| David Wohl | |
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| Born | New York City |
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| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Writer, Editor |
| Notable works | Witchblade The Darkness Battle of The Planets |
David Wohl is an American comic book writer and editor. He is best known as an editor at Marvel Comics and Top Cow Productions and, at the latter, writing The Darkness and Witchblade.
Biography
Born in New York City, Mr. Wohl began his creative career as a high school intern at Marvel Comics. After spending a year making copies and getting coffee for the editorial staff, Mr. Wohl climbed through the ranks, working as an assistant editor on titles ranging from Spider-Man to the X-Men. He was soon promoted to Managing Editor, working closely with writer Clive Barker on the
In 1993, Mr. Wohl left Marvel to become Editor-in-Chief and Executive Vice President of Top Cow Productions, eventually becoming President in 1999. While at Top Cow, Mr. Wohl was instrumental in the company's success, co-creating and writing such comic book franchises as The Darkness, Witchblade, and Aphrodite IX. He worked as a producer on the Witchblade television series that aired on TNT for two seasons. Several episodes of the series were based on Wohl's original story ideas.
In 2003, David joined John Woo's Tiger Hill Entertainment as Creative Director, where he oversaw all of Tiger Hill's properties, working (again) with Clive Barker on Demonik for Majesco Publishing and with John Woo on Stranglehold for Midway Games.
In 2006, David became VP of Development for a fledgling animation company called Blockade, which focuses on using videogame assets and engines to create economical 3-D animation. The company currently has four shows in production, led by a television series based on Sony's Heavenly Sword videogame franchise.
Among his other duties, David is currently writing a creator-owned series for Aspen Comics called Executive Assistant: Iris, which will launch in March, 2009. David has also recently worked on comics for HBO's True Blood and New Regency's Se7en franchise.
References
- David Wohl at the Grand Comic-Book Database
- David Wohl at the Comic Book DB
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