Brian K. Vaughan

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Brian K. Vaughan

Born 1976
Cleveland, Ohio
Occupation Comic Book Writer, Playwright, Screenwriter
Nationality American
Notable work(s) Pride of Baghdad
Y: The Last Man
Ex Machina
Runaways
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Brian Keller Vaughan (born 1976, Cleveland, Ohio) is an American comic book writer best known for the series Y: The Last Man, Ex Machina, Runaways, and Pride of Baghdad.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Early life and career

As an undergraduate film student at New York University, Vaughan took part in Marvel's Stan-hattan Project, a class for fledgling comic book writers that also helped Joe Kelly break into comic books. Vaughan's first credit was Cable #43 (May 1997).

[edit] Later career

Vaughan has written most of the major DC and Marvel characters, including Batman and the X-Men. He has also written several screenplays, stage plays, and short stories, although he prefers writing comic books. He has stated in an interview with Wizarduniverse.com[1] that he prefers to write his own creations like Y: The Last Man and Ex Machina because he doesn't think he's the best at using his "voice" with company-owned characters.

[edit] Awards and nominations

  • Eisner Award (2005) for Best Writer, for his work on Y: The Last Man, Runaways, Ex Machina and Marvel's Ultimate X-Men, and for Best New Series (along with artists Tony Harris and Tom Feister) for Ex Machina.
  • Nominated for five Eisners in 2006: Best Writer; Best Single Issue, Best Serialized Story and Best Continuing Series for Ex Machina; and Best Serialized Story for Y: The Last Man.[2]
  • "Comic's Best Writer" (2006), Wizard magazine.

[edit] Selected bibliography

[edit] Marvel Comics

[edit] DC Comics / Vertigo / Wildstorm

[edit] Dark Horse Comics

[edit] Other Works

[edit] Television

[edit] Films

  • Y: The Last Man (screenplay) [4]
  • Ex Machina[5]
  • Runaways[6]

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ Brian Bendis interviews Brian K. Vaughan
  2. ^ The 2006 Eisner Awards: 2006 Master Nominations List, Blog@Newsarama: Comic-Con: 2006 Eisner Award Winners
  3. ^ Newsarama (Dec. 20, 2006): "Brian K. Vaughan Joins Writing Staff of Lost" (cites Vaughn's blog)
  4. ^ IGN (March 2, 2007): "WonderCon 07: Vaughan, The Last Man", by Richard George
  5. ^ Newsarama (Aug. 2, 2005): "Brian K. Vaughan on Ex Machina 's Movie News", by Matt Brady
  6. ^ Marvel Studios to Adapt Runaways - Superhero Hype!

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Preceded by
Joss Whedon		 Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight writer
2007		 Succeeded by
Joss Whedon
Preceded by
none		 Runaways writer
2003–2007		 Succeeded by
Joss Whedon
Preceded by
Eric Luke		 Wonder Woman writer
2000		 Succeeded by
Ben Raab