Brian K. Vaughan
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| Born: | 1976 Cleveland, Ohio |
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| Occupation: | comic book writer, playwright, screenwriter |
| Nationality: | American |
| Website: | BKV.tv |
Brian K. 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, but mostly 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. Vaughan was hired in late 2006 as an executive story editor for the television series Lost; where he recently wrote his first episode - entitled "Catch 22" - with fellow writer Jeff Pinkner. The episode airs Wednesday April 18th 2007 at 10/9 central.[2]
New Line Cinema optioned Y: The Last Man and Ex Machina in 2005.[3]
[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.[4]
- "Comic's Best Writer" (2006), Wizard magazine.
[edit] Selected bibliography
[edit] Marvel Comics
- 411 #2
- Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty #5, 7
- Dr Strange: The Oath
- Ka-Zar Annual '97 (1997) (first Marvel Comics work)
- Mystique #1-13
- Runaways (Vol. 1) #1-18, (Vol. 2) #1-24
- Spider-Man/Doctor Octopus: Negative Exposure #1-5
- The Hood #1-6
- Ultimate X-Men #46-65, Annual #1
- Wha...Huh? #1
- What If #112
- Wolverine #131
- X-Men Icons: Cyclops #1-4
- X-Men Icons: Chamber #1-4
- X-Men 2 Movie Prequel: Wolverine
[edit] DC Comics / Vertigo / Wildstorm
- Batman #588-590
- Batman: Gotham City Secret Files & Origins (back-up)
- Detective Comics #787
- Ex Machina #1-present (as of Feb. 2007)
- Ex Machina Special Edition #1-2
- Green Lantern and Adam Strange #1
- Green Lantern and the Atom #1
- Green Lantern: Circle of Fire #1-2
- JLA Annual #4
- Midnighter #7
- Pride of Baghdad Hardcover
- Sins of Youth: Secret Files & Origins #1
- Sins of Youth: Wonder Girls #1
- Superman Annual #12
- Swamp Thing (Vol. 3) #1-20
- Titans #14
- Vertigo Secret Files & Origins: Swamp Thing #1
- Vertigo: Winter's Edge #3
- Wonder Woman vol. 2, #160-161
- Young Justice #22
- Y: The Last Man #1-present (as of Feb. 2007)
[edit] Dark Horse Comics
- The Escapists #1-6
- Michael Chabon Presents: The Amazing Adventures of the Escapist (anthology) #8. Vaughan's story was reprinted as The Escapists #1.
- Michael Chabon Presents: The Amazing Adventures of the Escapist (anthology) #3. Entitled "To Reign in Hell."
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer season eight Second Arc
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Brian Bendis interviews Brian K. Vaughan
- ^ Newsarama (Dec. 20, 2006): "Brian K. Vaughan Joins Writing Staff of Lost" (cites Vaughn's blog)
- ^ Newsarama (Aug. 2, 2005): "Brian K. Vaughan on Ex Machina 's Movie News", by Matt Brady
- ^ The 2006 Eisner Awards: 2006 Master Nominations List, Blog@Newsarama: Comic-Con: 2006 Eisner Award Winners
[edit] References
- Brian K. Vaughan Web Site
- Newsarama (Aug. 2006) interview with Brian K. Vaughan
- Newsarama (Sept. 2006) interview with Brian K. Vaughan
- September 2006 Comic Book Resources interview with Brian K. Vaughan]
[edit] External links
| Preceded by Eric Luke |
Wonder Woman writer 2000–2000 |
Succeeded by Ben Raab |
| Preceded by none |
Runaways writer 2003–2007 |
Succeeded by Joss Whedon |
| Preceded by Joss Whedon |
Buffy the Vampire Slayer season eight writer 200?–200? |
Succeeded by Jeph Loeb |
