| Joe Casey | |
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| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Writer |
| Notable works | Cable WildC.A.T.s Gødland |
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Joe Casey is an American comic book writer. He has worked on titles such as Wildcats 3.0, Uncanny X-Men, The Intimates, Adventures of Superman, and G.I. Joe: America's Elite, among others.
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Biography
During Casey's run at Marvel Comics people started to recognize his talent as a writer, especially in regard to his work on the book Cable. He took the story in a different direction than had been previously established. Cable went from a multi-gun toting tough guy to a more spiritualized leader for the Askani.
Casey wrote many titles for Wildstorm comics, often to high critical acclaim, like the highly experimental Automatic Kafka with artist Ashley Wood. Casey took over Wildcats and gave the series new direction turning from standard superheroics to corporate espionage. His Mister Majestic series with artist Ed McGuiness impressed DC Comics enough to offer them a run on Adventures of Superman.
A film based on Casey's graphic novel Full Moon Fever was announced in December 2004; the film is to be directed by Renny Harlin.[1]
Casey wrote a limited series for Marvel Comics, a sequel to 2005's Avenger's: Earth's Mightiest Heroes. He also wrote the series G.I. Joe: America's Elite for Devil's Due Publishing and Gødland for Image Comics. He is also wrote a revamp of the original Youngblood miniseries by Rob Liefeld, called Maximum Youngblood. Recently, as well, as discussing the ending of Gødland and the new Charlatan Ball and Nixon's Pals,[2] he mentioned that Codeflesh[3] would be returning.[4]
Casey is a part of the Man of Action collective of creators (along with Joe Kelly, Duncan Rouleau, Steven T. Seagle), who created the series Ben 10, currently airing on Cartoon Network.
He currently has two major projects for DC and Marvel. Dark Reign: Zodiac, which pits a new iteration of the old Avengers enemies against Norman Osborn's new status quo,[5][6][7] and Final Crisis: Aftermath: Dance which follows the adventures of the Super Young Team.[8][9]
Bibliography
DC Comics
DC Comics work includes:
- The Flash #151 (1999)
- The Adventures of Superman #587-590, 592-606, 608-610, 612-623 (2001-2004)
- Batman: Tenses #1-2 (2003)
- Final Crisis Aftermath: Dance #1-6 (with ChrisCross, 2009)
Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics work includes:
- Alpha Flight volume 2 #11 (1998)
- Alpha Flight/Inhumans Annual '98 (1998)
- Uncanny X-Men/Fantastic Four Annual '98 (1998)
- Wolverine: Black Rio (1998)
- Cable #51-70 (1998-1999)
- The Incredible Hulk #467-474 (1998-1999)
- Wolverine/Cable: Guts and Glory #1 (1999)
- Wolverine: Days of Future Past #2-3 (1998)
- X-Men (vol. 2) #73 (1998) and 88 (1999)
- Iron Man Annual '99 (1999)
- Juggernaut: The Eight Day (1999)
- Thunderbolts #26 (1999)
- Captain America Annual '99 (1999)
- Uncanny X-Men #368, 394-409 (1999, 2001-2002)
- Deathlok (vol. 3) #1-11 (1999-2000)
- X-Men: Children of the Atom #1-6 (1999-2000)
- Heroes Reborn: Masters of Evil (2000)
- Uncanny X-Men Annual 2001 (2001)
- The X-Men In: Life Lessons (2003)
- Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes #1-8 (2005)
- Iron Man: The Inevitable #1-6 (2005-2006)
- Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes II #1-8 (2006-2007)
- Fantastic Four: First Family #1-6 (2006)
- Iron Man: Enter the Mandarin #1-6 (2007-2008)
- The Last Defenders #1-6 (2008)[10][11]
- Dark Reign: Zodiac #1-#3 (with Nathan Fox, 2009)
Wildstorm
Wildstorm titles include:
- Gen¹³ #42 (1999)
- Mister Majestic #1-9(1999-2000)
- The Authority: Devil's Night (2000)
- Wildcats: Devil's Night (2000)
- Wildcats: Ladytron (2000)
- Wildcats volume 2 #5, #8-28 (2000-2002)
- Automatic Kafka #1-9 (2002)
- Wildcats v3.0 #1-24 (2002-2004)
- Coup D'Etat: Wildcats (2004)
- The Intimates #1-12 (2004-2005)
Image Comics
Titles published by Image Comics include:
- Hellcop #1-4 (with Gilbert Monsanto, 1998-1999)
- "Codeflesh" (with Charlie Adlard in Double Image #1-5, 2001)
- Gødland #1-ongoing (with Tom Scioli, 2005-ongoing)
- Image Comics Holiday Special 2005 (4-page Gødland story, 2005)
- Krash Bastards, (with Axel 13, graphic novel, 2008)[12]
- Nixon's Pals (with Chris Burnham, graphic novel, 120 pages, April 2008, ISBN 1582409374)[13]
- Charlatan Ball #1-6 (with Andy Suriano, June 2008 - February 2009, tpb, collects Charlatan Ball Season One #1-6, 160 pages, April 2009, ISBN 1607060841))
AiT/Planet Lar
For AiT/Planet Lar he has produced:
- Codeflesh (with Charlie Adlard, Image Comics, tpb, collects Double Image/Double Take #1-8, softcover, 144 pages, AiT/Planet Lar, November 2003, ISBN 1932051155, hardcover, Codeflesh: The Definitive Edition, 128 pages, Image Comics, March 2009, ISBN 1607060779)
- Full Moon Fever (with Caleb Gerard and Damian Couceiro, graphic novel, 88 pages, September 2005, ISBN 193205135X)
- Rock Bottom (with Charlie Adlard, graphic novel, 112 pages, 2006, ISBN 1932051457)[14]
Others
Work for other publishers includes:
- Battle Pope #11-13 (Funk-O-Tron, 2000)
- Double Take #6-8 (Funk-O-Tron, 2001)
- Hellboy: Weird Tales #2 (Dark Horse Comics, 2003)
- Milkman Murders #1-4 (with Steve Parkhouse, Dark Horse Comics, 2004)
- Infantry #1-3 (Devil's Due Publishing, 2004-2005)
- Tom Strong #33 (America's Best Comics, 2005)
- G.I. Joe: America's Elite #0-18 (Devil's Due Publishing, 2005-2006)
Notes
- ^ Helmer running a 'Fever', Variety, December 5, 2004
- ^ SDCC 06: Joe Casey's Two New @ Image, Newsarama, July 22, 2006
- ^ Revisiting Codeflesh With Joe Casey & Larry Young, Newsarama, October 24, 2003
- ^ The Road To Enlightenment Leads to GØDLAND, Comic Book Resources, June 13, 2008
- ^ WC: Casey Talks “Dark Reign: Zodiac”, Comic Book Resources, February 28, 2009
- ^ WonderCon '09 - Joe Casey Talks 'Dark Reign: Zodiac', Newsarama, February 28, 2009
- ^ THE OSBORN SUPREMACY: Zodiac, Comic Book Resources, April 7, 2009
- ^ Ian Sattler on the Final Crisis: Aftermath Titles, Newsarama, February 11, 2009
- ^ Joe Casey “Dances” with Super Young Team in "Final Crisis Aftermath", Comic Book Resources, March 5, 2009
- ^ Joe Casey: Explaining The Last Defenders' Team, Newsarama, December 19, 2007
- ^ Joe Casey: A Change in The New Defenders?, Newsarama, February 19, 2008
- ^ Casey and Axel 13 Unleash "Krash Bastards", Comic Book Resources, January 22, 2008
- ^ CCI, Day 3: Super-adultery in "Nixon's Pals", Comic Book Resources, July 22, 2006
- ^ That Heavy Feeling: Casey & Adlard's "Rock Bottom", Comic Book Resources, August 22, 2006
References
- Joe Casey at the Grand Comic-Book Database
- Joe Casey at the Comic Book DB
External links
- Joe Casey official web site
- Comics, Drugs & Cornflakes - An Extensive Interview @ PopImage
- The Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators
- Comics Reporter: Tom Spurgeon: Interviews with Joe Casey: 2003 (48 000 words!), 2005, 2007
- Interview with Joe Casey about Youngblood on the Comic Geek Speak podcast
| Preceded by Peter David |
Incredible Hulk writer 1998–1999 |
Succeeded by John Byrne |
| Preceded by Scott Lobdell |
Uncanny X-Men writer 2001–2002 |
Succeeded by Chuck Austen |
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