Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa

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Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa is an American writer whose parents were both emigrés from Nicaragua. He is known for his work on the comic books, Marvel Knights 4, Nightcrawler (vol. 3), and The Sensational Spider-Man (vol. 2). His current project is Dead of Night vol. 2, featuring Man-Thing and hosted by Digger of Tower of Shadows[1]. In May, 2008 Aguirre-Sacasa returns to the Fantastic Four with a Secret Invasion tie-in mini-series [2] and an Angel Revelations mini-series with artists Barry Kitson and Adam Polina, respectively[3].

Aguirre-Sacasa graduated from the Yale School of Drama in 2003[4] where his play Rough Magic, an interpretation of Shakespeare's The Tempest was produced.

His plays include Based on a Totally True Story, Bloody Mary, Rough Magic, Dark Matters,[5] Good Boys and True, The Mystery Plays, and Say You Love Satan.

His agency is Rosenstone / Wender.

He is the recipient of a GLAAD award.

He is one of the writers to the showBig Love[6] [7].

Contents

[edit] Comics (collected)

[edit] Marvel Knights 4

  • Vol 1. Wolf at the Door (Art: Steve McNiven) Collects 1-7
  • Vol 2. The Stuff of Nightmares (Art: Jim Muniz) Collects 8-12
  • Vol 3. Divine Time (Art: Jim Muniz) Collects 13-18
  • Vol 4. Impossible Things Happen Every Day (Art: Valentine DeLandro) Collects 19-24
  • Vol 5. The Resurrection of Nicholas Scratch (Art: Valentine DeLandro; Clay Mann) Collects 25-30

[edit] Nightcrawler

  • Vol 1. The Devil Inside (Art: Darick Robertson) Collects 1-6
  • Vol 2. The Winding Way (Art: Darick Robertson) Collects 7-12

[edit] Sensational Spiderman

  • Vol 1. Feral (Art: Angel Medina (artist)) Collects 23-27
  • Vol 2. Peter Parker, Spiderman: Civil War (Art: Angel Medina; Sean Chen) Collects 28-34
  • Vol 3. Peter Parker, Spiderman: Back in Black (Art: Angel Medina; Lee Weeks; Clayton Crain) Collects 35-40

[edit] Published plays

  • The Mystery Plays Dramatists Play Service, 2005 ISBN-13: 978-0-8222-2038-1
  • Say You Love Satan Dramatists Play Service, 2005 ISBN-13: 978-0-8222-2039-8
  • Based on a Totally True Story Dramatists Play Service, (forthcoming) ISBN-13: 978-0-8222-2224-8

[edit] References

  • Marvel Spotlight: David Finch/Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (March 2006)
  1. ^ | Aguirre _Sacasa talks Dead of Night featuring Man-Thing Comic Book Resources February 13, 2008 http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=12975
  2. ^ Brevoort announces Secret Invasion: Fantastic Four limited series (among others), Comicboards.com. February 16, 2008. http://www.comicboards.com/fantasticfour/view.php?trd=080216052713
  3. ^ Kiel Phegley Marvel Mondays: Secret Invasion: Fantastic Four Wizard Entertainment. March 10, 2008 http://www.wizarduniverse.com/031008marvelmondays.html
  4. ^ http://www.prismcomics.org/profile.php?id=744 retrieved on March 7, 2008
  5. ^ Sean Bugg. "Other Worlds: Playwright Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa's Fantastic Journeys", Metro Weekly, 11 December 2003. Retrieved on 2008-03-16. 
  6. ^ Kiel Phegley Marvel Mondays: Secret Invasion: Fantastic Four Wizard Entertainment. March 10, 2008 http://www.wizarduniverse.com/031008marvelmondays.html
  7. ^ Whatever knows fear...Broken Frontier, February 7, 2008 http://www.brokenfrontier.com/lowdown/details.php?id=1183

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