Brian Pulido
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Brian Pulido is a multi-talented creator, writer and producer of various comic books, films and related properties. He resides in Scottsdale, Arizona with his wife Francisca and their puppies, Raven and Midnight.
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[edit] Education
Pulido is a graduate of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts Motion Picture and Television Department. He is also a member of the board of directors for A Commitment to Our Roots (or ACTOR), a non-profit foundation formed to aid retired members of the comic book community in financial need.
[edit] Comic book career
Pulido has created, written or co-written over 260 comic books, including: Lady Death, Evil Ernie, Purgatori, Chastity, Smiley The Psychotic Button,Cremator,Bad Kitty, Jade, Lady Demon, Bedlam and The Undead among many other titles. He’s written or published stories for World Wrestling Entertainment, Universal’s The Mummy, Halloween, Megadeth and Insane Clown Posse. His stories have been published by Marvel Comics and Dark Horse Comics, among others.
Pulido’s current comics work includes all new stories based on New Line Cinema’s A Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th and Texas Chain Saw Massacre from Avatar Press, as well as the monthly Lady Death and Medieval Lady Death, a Wizard book of the month. With Avatar Press, he launched all new supernatural creations Belladonna, Gypsy, War Angel, Killer Gnomes and Unholy.
As the president of Chaos! Comics, Pulido was the leading independent comic publisher of the 1990’s, achieving over thirty million dollars in sales in eight languages. As creative director, Pulido won twelve international printing awards and oversaw over 500 licensed items including posters, prints, sculptures, action figures, apparel, trading cards and drinkware.
In 1999, he received the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund’s Defender of Liberty award for his fundraising efforts.
[edit] Film career
On the motion picture front, Pulido created, produced and wrote the story for ADV Films’ animated feature, Lady Death. He wrote, produced and directed the award winning short horror film, There’s Something Out There, which has played at numerous film festivals. He is currently writing Gone, a feature length screenplay with New York Times best-selling author Michael A. Stackpole.
In 2005, Pulido co-founded and is currently the festival director of the International Horror and Sci-Fi Film Festival.
