Fred Van Lente

Fred Van Lente
Born	(1972-02-14) February 14, 1972 Tacoma, WA
Nationality	American
Area(s)	Writer
Notable works	Action Philosophers Incredible Hercules Marvel Zombies 3 Marvel Zombies 4
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Fred Van Lente (born February 14, 1972 in Tacoma, WA) is an American writer, primarily of comic books and graphic novels.

Career

Van Lente is the co-founder, along with artist Ryan Dunlavey, of Evil Twin Comics, which produces his and Dunlavey’s non-fiction comic books, the first and most famous of which is Action Philosophers.

Recent work includes becoming the ongoing co-author of Incredible Hercules with Greg Pak,^[1] as well as writing Marvel Zombies 3^{[2][3][4][5][6]} and Marvel Zombies 4.^[7][8] with Kev Walker and X-Men Noir with Dennis Calero.^[9][10] Upcoming work includes two one-shots as part of Marvel Zombies Return.^[11] He also wrote the first issue of Deadpool Team-Up (number #899 as it was counting backwards from the #900 special).^[12]

Van Lente created a new Power Man, Victor Alvarez, who first appeared in the Shadowland: Power Man mini-series,^[13][14] then in a new Power Man and Iron Fist series, also by Van Lente.^[15][16][17]

Van Lente has been called "one of the most idiosyncratic and insightful new voices in comics."^[18]

Bibliography

• "Tranquility in The Big Date" (with Steve Ellis, in Negative Burn #40, Caliber Comics, 1996)
• The Silencers: Black Kiss (with Steve Ellis, 2-issue mini-series, Moonstone Books, 2003, tpb, 2005, ISBN 978-1-933076-01-0)
• Action Philosophers (with Ryan Dunlavey, Evil Twin Comics, April 2005 – July 2007) collected as:
  • Volume 1 (2006, ISBN 978-0-9778329-0-3)
  • Volume 2 (2006, ISBN 978-0-9778329-1-0)
  • Volume 3 (2007, ISBN 978-0-9778329-2-7)
• Scorpion: Poison Tomorrow (with Leonard Kirk, in Amazing Fantasy #7–12, Marvel Comics, June–November 2005, tpb, 2005, ISBN 978-0-7851-1712-4)
• Cowboys & Aliens (with co-author Andrew Foley and art by Luciano Lima, graphic novel, Platinum Studios, 2006, ISBN#978-1582407241)
• Watchdogs (with Brian Churilla, Platinum Studios, 2007, ISBN 978-1-934220-05-4)
• The Weapon (with Scott Koblish, 4-issue mini-series, Platinum Studios, June–September 2007)
• Marvel Adventures Spider-Man #21–24, 33–36 (with Cory Hamscher, Marvel Comics, 2007, 2008) collected as:
  • Volume 6: The Black Costume (collects Marvel Adventures Spider-Man #21–24, 2007, ISBN 978-1-934220-05-4)
  • Volume 9: Fiercest Foes (collects Marvel Adventures Spider-Man #33-36, May 2008)
• Marvel Adventures Fantastic Four Vol. 6: Monsters & Mysteries (with Clay Mann, Marvel Comics, 2007, ISBN 978-0-7851-2380-4)
• Marvel Adventures Iron Man Volume 1: Heart of Steel (with James Cordeiro, Marvel Comics, 2007, ISBN 978-0-7851-2644-7)
• The Incredible Hercules #112–141 (with co-author Greg Pak and art by Khoi Pham, Rafa Sandoval, and others, Marvel Comics, 2008–2010) collected as:
  • Against The World (collects Incredible Hulk #112 and Incredible Hercules #113–115 and "Hulk vs. Hercules: When Titans Collide", 136 pages, hardcover, July 2008, ISBN 0-7851-3312-7, softcover, October 2008, ISBN 0-7851-2533-7)
  • Secret Invasion (collects Incredible Hercules #116–120, hardcover, November 2008, ISBN 0-7851-3333-X, softcover, March 2009, ISBN 0-7851-2829-8)
  • Love and War (collects Incredible Hercules #121–125, 128 pages, hardcover, March 2009, ISBN 0-7851-3334-8, softcover, June 2009, ISBN 0-7851-3246-5)
  • Dark Reign (collects Incredible Hercules #126–131, 160 pages, hardcover, October 2009, ISBN 0-7851-3830-7)
• Hercules: Fall of an Avenger #1–2 (with co-author Greg Pak and art by Ariel Olivetti, Marvel Comics, March–April 2010)
• Marvel Zombies 3 (with Kev Walker, 4-issue limited series, Marvel Comics, December 2008 - March 2009, TPB, 104 pages, hardcover, May 2009, ISBN 0-7851-3635-5, softcover, December 2009, ISBN 0-7851-3526-X)
• X-Men Noir (with Dennis Calero, 4-issue limited series, Marvel Comics, February–May 2009)
• Marvel Zombies 4 (with Kev Walker, 4-issue limited series, Marvel Comics, June 2009 - ongoing, hardcover, November 2009, ISBN 0-7851-3917-6)
• Marvel Zombies Return (Marvel Comics):
• Marvel Zombies Return: Spider-Man (with artist Nick Dragotta, one-shot, 2009)
• Marvel Zombies Return: Avengers (with artist Wellington Alves, one-shot, 2009)
• Silent But Deadly( with Dalibor Talajic, in Deadpool #900, Marvel Comics, December 2009)
• Deadpool Team-Up #899 (with Dalibor Talajic, ongoing series, Marvel Comics, January 2010)
• Heroic Age: Prince of Power #1-4 (with Greg Pak, and art by Reilly Brown, Marvel Comics July–October 2010)
• Odd Is On Our Side (with Dean Koontz, and art by Queenie Chan, Del Rey Books, October 2010)
• Shadowland: Power Man (with Mahmud Asrar, 4-issue mini-series, Marvel Comics, October 2010 - January 2011)
• Power Man and Iron Fist (with Wellinton Alves, 5-issue limited series, Marvel Comics, April–July 2011)
• "The Chosen" (with Alessandro Vitti, in Fear Itself: The Home Front #5-7, Marvel Comics, October–December 2011)
• Archer & Armstrong #1-ongoing, Valiant Comics, May 2012-Ongoing

Awards

Van Lente's industry awards include Action Philosophers receiving a Xeric Grant in 2004; it was also nominated for an Ignatz Award in 2005 and 2006. The American Library Association named Action Philosophers a "Great Graphic Novel for Teens" in 2007. His "super crime" series The Silencers was named "Best Independent Super Hero Comic" by Broken Frontier in 2003.

Notes

References

• Fred Van Lente at the Grand Comics Database

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fred Van Lente.

• Official website
• Fred Van Lente at the Comic Book DB
• The Weapon for free at Drunk Duck
• Watchdogs for free at Drunk Duck

Interviews

• Career-spanning interview at The Comic Book Gazatte
• Interview with Fred and Ryan Dunlavey at comiXology
• The Outhouse Interview: Fred Van Lente, The Outhouse, December 21, 2009
• First Class Comic Review #1 – July 2010 (firstclasscomicreview.moonfruit.com)