Victor Gischler
Victor Gischler is an American author of hard-boiled crime fiction.[1]
Biography
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 writes 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 works now 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 0966347366, hardback, Delacorte Press, March 2005, ISBN 0385337256, paperback, Dell Books, January 2006, ISBN 0440241707)
- Gun Monkeys (304 pages, Dell Books, November 2003, ISBN 0440241286)
- The Pistol Poets (368 pages, paperback, Dell Books, January 2005, ISBN 0440241693)
- Shotgun Opera (320 pages, paperback, Dell Books, April 2006, ISBN 0440241715)
- Go-Go Girls of the Apocalypse (336 pages, paperback, Touchstone Books, July 2008, ISBN 1416552251)
- Vampire A Go Go (337 pages, paperback, Touchstone Books, September 2009, ISBN 1416552278)
- The Deputy (256 pages, Tyrus Books, April 2010, hardback, ISBN 1935562010, paperback, ISBN 1935562002)
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 (with Bong Dazo, Marvel Comics, September 2009–present)
- "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, May 2010)
- Deadpool Corps (with Rob Liefeld, Marvel Comics, June 2010–present)
- Death of Dracula (with Giuseppe Camuncoli, one-shot, Marvel Comics, August 2010)
- X-Men #1- (with Paco Medina, ongoing series, Marvel Comics, September 2010 – present)
Notes
- ^ Langley, Greg (July 6, 2008). "A seemingly light story hold seeds for thought". The Advocate. http://www.2theadvocate.com/entertainment/23565254.html. 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. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07/20/RVTR11LLT0.DTL. Retrieved July 25, 2009.
- ^ Khouri, Andy (April 19, 2008). "NYCC: Punisher MAXes Out with Three Writers". Comic Book Resources. http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=16097. Retrieved May 26, 2010.
- ^ Richards, Dave (April 29, 2009). "Swamp Things: Gischler Talks Punisher MAX". Comic Book Resources. http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=20999. Retrieved May 26, 2010.
- ^ Rogers, Vaneta (June 9, 2009). "Welcome to the Bayou, Frank: Victor Gischler on Punisher MAX". Newsarama. http://www.newsarama.com/comics/060909-Punisher-Gischler.html. Retrieved July 25, 2009.
- ^ Richards, Dave (March 16, 2010). "EXCLUSIVE: Gischler on "Wolverine: Revolver"". Comic Book Resources. http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=20440. Retrieved May 26, 2010.
- ^ Richards, Dave (April 22, 2009). "Getting Ahead: Gischler on New Deadpool Series". Comic Book Resources. http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=20906. Retrieved April 29, 2009.
- ^ Ekstrom, Steve (May 12, 2009). "Deadpool and Head: Gischler on Deadpool: Merc with a Mouth". Newsarama. http://www.newsarama.com/comics/050912-Deadpool-Merc.html. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
- ^ Richards, Dave (November 3, 2009). "Gischler's Crisis of Infinite Deadpools". Comic Book Resources. http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=23563. Retrieved May 26, 2010.
- ^ Richards, Dave (April 8, 2010). "Gischler Throws an Intergalactic (Dead)pool Party". Comic Book Resources. http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=25629. Retrieved May 26, 2010.
- ^ Nomad (May 6, 2010). "The X-Men Get All Fanged Up in Curse of the Mutants". DreadCentral. http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/37386/the-x-men-get-all-fanged-up-the-curse-mutants.
- ^ "Victor Gischler talks DEATH OF DRACULA and X-MEN". Comic Monsters. May 12, 2010. http://www.comicmonsters.com/features-1120-Victor_Gischler_talks_DEATH_OF_DRACULA_and_X-MEN.html. Retrieved May 26, 2010.
- ^ Richards, Dave (May 19, 2010). "Victor Gischler Plots "The Death of Dracula"". Comic Book Resources. http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=26302. Retrieved May 26, 2010.
- ^ Richards, Dave (April 19, 2010). "C2E2: Victor Gischler Talks X-Men". Comic Book Resources. http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=25834. Retrieved August 1, 2010.
- ^ Lee Goldberg Adapts Gun Monkeys
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