Victor Gischler
Victor Gischler is an American author of humorous crime fiction.[1]
Victor Gischler | |
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Occupation | Author |
Nationality | American |
Education | University of Southern Mississippi (PhD) |
Genre | Crime Superhero |
Notable works | Gun Monkeys Shotgun Opera |
Notable awards | Edgar Award Anthony Award |
Website | |
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Career
Gischler's debut novel Gun Monkeys was nominated for the Edgar Award, and his novel Shotgun Opera was an Anthony Award finalist.[2] His work has been translated into Italian, French, Spanish and Japanese. He earned a Ph.D. in English at the University of Southern Mississippi. His fifth novel Go-Go Girls of the Apocalypse was published in 2008 by the Touchstone/Fireside imprint of Simon & Schuster.[3]
He has also written American comic books like The Punisher: Frank Castle,[4][5][6] Wolverine[7] and Deadpool (including Deadpool: Merc With a Mouth[8][9][10] and Deadpool Corps[11]) for Marvel Comics. Gischler worked on X-Men "Curse of the Mutants" starting in the Death of Dracula one-shot[12][13][14] and continued in X-Men #1.[15]
Gun Monkeys has been optioned for a film adaptation, with Lee Goldberg writing the script and Ryuhei Kitamura penciled in to direct.[16]
Bibliography
Novels
- Suicide Squeeze (368 pages, paperback, Uglytown Productions, December 2001, ISBN 0-9663473-6-6, hardback, Delacorte Press, March 2005, ISBN 0-385-33725-6, paperback, Dell Books, January 2006, ISBN 0-440-24170-7)
- Gun Monkeys (304 pages, Dell Books, November 2003, ISBN 0-440-24128-6)
- The Pistol Poets (368 pages, paperback, Dell Books, January 2005, ISBN 0-440-24169-3)
- Shotgun Opera (320 pages, paperback, Dell Books, April 2006, ISBN 0-440-24171-5)
- Go-Go Girls of the Apocalypse (336 pages, paperback, Touchstone Books, July 2008, ISBN 1-4165-5225-1)
- Vampire A Go Go (337 pages, paperback, Touchstone Books, September 2009, ISBN 1-4165-5227-8)
- The Deputy (256 pages, Tyrus Books, April 2010, hardback, ISBN 1-935562-01-0, paperback, ISBN 1-935562-00-2)
- Stay (Thomas Dunne Books, June 2015, ISBN 9781250041517)
- Gestapo Mars (a Carter Sloan novel) (297 pages, Titan Books, September 2015, ISBN 978-1-78329-735-1)
- No Good Deed (288 pages, hardback, Forge Books, September 2018, ISBN 9781250106698)
A Fire Beneath the Skin
Comics
- Punisher MAX Special: Little Black Book (with Jefte Palo, one-shot, MAX, August 2008)
- Wolverine: Revolver (with Das Pastoras, one-shot, Marvel Comics, August 2009)
- The Punisher: Frank Castle MAX #71-74 (with Goran Parlov, MAX, August–November 2009)
- Deadpool: Merc With a Mouth #1-13 (with Bong Dazo, Marvel Comics, September 2009 - September 2010)
- "Great Balls of Thunder on the Deep Blue Sea" (with Sanford Greene, in Deadpool #900, December 2009)
- Prelude to Deadpool Corps (with an issue each by Rob Liefeld, Whilce Portacio, Philip Bond, Paco Medina and Kyle Baker, 5-issue limited series, Marvel Comics, May 2010)
- Deadpool Corps #1-12 (with Rob Liefeld, ongoing series, Marvel Comics, June 2010 - May 2011)
- Death of Dracula (with Giuseppe Camuncoli, one-shot, Marvel Comics, August 2010)
- X-Men #1-29 (with Paco Medina, ongoing series, Marvel Comics, September 2010 – June 2012)
- Fear Itself: Hulk vs Dracula (with Ryan Stegman, 3-issue limited series, Marvel Comics, November 2011 - December 2011)
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Spike (with Paul Lee, 5-issue limited series, Dark Horse Comics, August 2012 - December 2012)[17]
- Conan: The Phantoms of the Black Coast (with Attila Futaki, 5-issue limited series, Dark Horse Comics, October 2012 - February 2013)
- The Shadow #7-12 (with Aaron Campbell, ongoing series, Dynamite Comics, October 2012 – April 2013)
- Kiss Me Satan (with Juan Ferreyra, 5-issue limited series, Dark Horse Comics, September 2013 – present)
- Clown Fatale (with Maurizio Rosenzweig, 4-issue limited series, Dark Horse Comics, November 2013 – present)
- Noir (with Andrea Mutti, 5-issue limited series, Dynamite Comics, November 2013 – present)
- Sally of the Wasteland (with Tazio Bettin, 5-issue limited series, Titan Comics, August 2014 – present)
Notes
- Langley, Greg (July 6, 2008). "A seemingly light story hold seeds for thought". The Advocate. Retrieved July 25, 2009.
- X-Men Nation interviews writer of Deadpool: Merc with a Mouth, Victor Gischler
- Berry, Michael (20 July 2008). "'Go-Go Girls of the Apocalypse,' 'Dogs'". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved July 25, 2009.
- Khouri, Andy (April 19, 2008). "NYCC: Punisher MAXes Out with Three Writers". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved May 26, 2010.
- Richards, Dave (April 29, 2009). "Swamp Things: Gischler Talks Punisher MAX". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved May 26, 2010.
- Rogers, Vaneta (June 9, 2009). "Welcome to the Bayou, Frank: Victor Gischler on Punisher MAX". Newsarama. Retrieved July 25, 2009.
- Richards, Dave (March 16, 2010). "EXCLUSIVE: Gischler on "Wolverine: Revolver"". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved May 26, 2010.
- Richards, Dave (April 22, 2009). "Getting Ahead: Gischler on New Deadpool Series". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved April 29, 2009.
- Ekstrom, Steve (May 12, 2009). "Deadpool and Head: Gischler on Deadpool: Merc with a Mouth". Newsarama. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
- Richards, Dave (November 3, 2009). "Gischler's Crisis of Infinite Deadpools". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved May 26, 2010.
- Richards, Dave (April 8, 2010). "Gischler Throws an Intergalactic (Dead)pool Party". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved May 26, 2010.
- Nomad (May 6, 2010). "The X-Men Get All Fanged Up in Curse of the Mutants". DreadCentral.
- "Victor Gischler talks DEATH OF DRACULA and X-MEN". Comic Monsters. May 12, 2010. Retrieved May 26, 2010.
- Richards, Dave (May 19, 2010). "Victor Gischler Plots "The Death of Dracula"". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved May 26, 2010.
- Richards, Dave (April 19, 2010). "C2E2: Victor Gischler Talks X-Men". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved August 1, 2010.
- Lee Goldberg Adapts Gun Monkeys
- Dark Horse Announces Two New Buffy Spin-Offs: Spike and Willow
References
- Victor Gischler at the Grand Comics Database
- Victor Gischler at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
External links
Interviews
- Tramountanas, George A. (August 18, 2009). "X-POSITION: Victor Gischler". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved May 29, 2009.
- Tramountanas, George A. (February 17, 2010). "X-POSITION: Victor Gischler". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved May 29, 2009.