In 1993-94 he wrote the three issue series Holy Cross, each issue a self-contained story set in the same district of north Belfast, published by Fantagraphics. The first issue was drawn by Davy Francis, the second by English artist Chris Hogg, and the third by P. J. Holden. Coney and Holden also collaborated on the Holy Cross graphic novel The Moon Looked Down and Laughed, published by Fantagraphics in 1997. In 2012 he scripted, from an idea by Rob Curley, the historical adventure series Noe the Savage Boy, drawn by Stephen Downey and published by Atomic Diner.