Doselle Young
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Doselle Young | |
Doselle Young at the 2007 World Fantasy Convention |
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Nationality | American |
Area(s) | Writer |
Notable works | The Monarchy |
Doselle Young is a science fiction comic book author and contributor to a number of anthologies.
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[edit] Biography
Doselle Young is an author, graphic novelist and story consultant. For comics, he has penned stories for Vertigo's critically acclaimed anthologies Gangland, Heart Throbs and Strange Adventures as well as working on well-known characters such as Superman and Wonder Woman. Characters he has created for Wildstorm Productions include Jon Farmer, Professor Q, The Metropolitan and for the DC universe, the Wonder Woman character Nu'Bia (a post-Crisis on Infinite Earths DC Comics character based on the pre-Crisis character Nubia, created by Robert Kanigher and Don Heck in the 1970s).
Doselle also works as a paid consultant for feature films and television. He is also a member of the Brights movement and an advocate for a naturalistic worldview.
His prose story "Housework" will appear in the upcoming anthology The Darker Mask (Tor/August 2008).
Young's wife Janine Ellen Young is also a writer. They first interacted in a letter column of the comic Omega The Unknown. They were married on Halloween.
[edit] Influences
Influences listed by Young as his favorites[1] include:
- Nexus by Mike Baron and Steve Rude
- Grendel by Matt Wagner
- Zenith by Grant Morrison
- V For Vendetta by Alan Moore
- "The Laughing Man" by J.D. Salinger
[edit] Bibliography
Young has written for Tor Books, DC Comics' Vertigo and Wildstorm Productions imprints.
[edit] Comics
- The Monarchy (illustrated by John McCrea and Garry Leach, Wildstorm)
[edit] Comics Anthologies
- "Your Special Day", in Gangland #1
- "Jericho", in Heart Throbs
- "Driving Miss 134", in Strange Adventures
- Wonder Woman Annual vol. 2 #8, (1999)
[edit] Prose Anthologies
- "Housework", in The Darker Mask (Tor Books, 2008)
[edit] Notes
- ^ Christy Kallies, September 1998 Sequential Tart interview with Doselle Young, September 11, 1998
[edit] References
- Doselle Young at the Comic Book DB