Charlie Huston

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Charlie Huston
Huston at WonderCon 2015
Huston at WonderCon 2015
BornOakland, California
OccupationNovelist
NationalityAmerican
Period2004–present
Genrecrime fiction, horror, pulp
Notable worksJoe Pitt Casebooks
Moon Knight
Gotham
Website
charliehuston.com

Charlie Huston is an American author of crime novels and superhero comic books. According to an interview with Paradigm, he prefers to be classified as a writer of "pulp" as opposed to "noir".[1]

Huston lives in Los Angeles with his wife, actress .

Career[]

, along with and Huston's fourth novel, , follow the lovable anti-hero, baseball-mad Henry Thompson, as he works his way through mistaken identity, his past, and a new life for himself.

In 2006, Huston joined the list of print authors who have written American comic books. In April 2006, Marvel Comics launched Huston's reboot of the Marvel character Moon Knight. Huston wrote the first 12 issues of the series, concluding his run in December 2007. He also wrote the second Ultimates Annual issue in August 2006. Another long-form comics work was a Wolverine series, Wolverine: The Best There Is, with artist Juan José Ryp.[2]

In January 2013, it was announced that Huston was working on the pilot for FX's adaption of the Powers comic series.[3] Between 2017 and 2019, Huston was a writer and producer on the Fox TV series Gotham.

Bibliography[]

Henry Thompson trilogy[]

  • (hc, 256 pages, Ballantine Books, 2004, ISBN 0-3454-6477-X; sc, 288 pages, 2005, ISBN 0-3454-6478-8)
  • (sc, 305 pages, Ballantine Books, 2005, ISBN 0-345-46479-6)
  • (sc, 286 pages, Ballantine Books, 2006, ISBN 0-345-48133-X)

Joe Pitt Casebooks[]

Main article: Joe Pitt Casebooks

Other work[]

Novels[]

  • (hc, 256 pages, Ballantine Books, 2007, ISBN 0-3454-8135-6; sc, 272 pages, 2009, ISBN 0-3454-8136-4)
  • (hc, 336 pages, Ballantine Books, 2009, ISBN 0-3455-0111-X; sc, 352 pages, 2009, ISBN 0-3455-0112-8)
  • Sleepless (hc, 368 pages, Ballantine Books, 2010, ISBN 0-3455-0113-6; sc, 368 pages, 2010, ISBN 0-34550-114-4)
  • (hc, 400 pages, Mulholland Books, 2013, ISBN 0-3161-3372-8; sc, 400 pages, 2014, ISBN 0-316-13370-1)

Comics[]

To date, the entirety of Huston's work in comics has been published by Marvel and its various imprints:

  • Moon Knight vol. 2 (with David Finch, , Tomm Coker (#13), and Mark Texeira; Mike Benson scripted #14–19 from Huston's plots, 2006–2008) collected as:
    • The Bottom (collects #1–6, hc, 152 pages, 2007, ISBN 0-7851-2542-6; tpb, 2007, ISBN 0-7851-1907-8)
    • Midnight Sun (collects #7–13, hc, 224 pages, 2008, ISBN 0-7851-2289-3; tpb, 2008, ISBN 0-7851-2290-7)
    • God and Country (collects #14–19, hc, 184 pages, 2008, ISBN 0-7851-2892-1; tpb, 2008, ISBN 0-7851-2521-3)
  • The Ultimates 2 Annual #2 (with Mike Deodato, Jr. and Ryan Sook, Ultimate Marvel, 2006) collected in Ultimate Annuals Volume 2 (tpb, 160 pages, 2006, ISBN 0-7851-2371-7)
  • Legion of Monsters: Man-Thing: "A Flower in Alien Soil" (with Klaus Janson, one-shot, 2007) collected in Legion of Monsters (hc, 280 pages, 2007, ISBN 0-7851-2754-2)
  • X-Force Special: Ain't No Dog (with , one-shot, 2008) collected in X-Force by Craig Kyle and Chris Yost Volume 1 (tpb, 384 pages, 2014, ISBN 0-7851-8966-1)
  • Deadpool vol. 2 #900: "One Down" (with Kyle Baker, co-feature, 2009) collected in Deadpool: Dead Head Redemption (tpb, 240 pages, 2011, ISBN 0-7851-5649-6)
  • Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu: Black and White: "The Vaccuum [sic] of Memory" (with Enrique Badía Romero, anthology one-shot, 2009)
  • Punisher (Marvel MAX):
    • The Punisher: Frank Castle #75: "Smallest Bit of This" (with , co-feature, 2009) collected in Punisher MAX: The Complete Collection Volume 5 (tpb, 504 pages, 2017, ISBN 1-3029-0274-1)
    • Punisher MAX: Hot Rods of Death: "Getting Mad" (with Shawn Martinbrough, one-shot, 2010) collected in Punisher MAX: The Complete Collection Volume 6 (tpb, 376 pages, 2017, ISBN 1-3029-0739-5)
  • Deathlok vol. 3 #1–7 (with Lan Medina, Marvel Knights, 2010) collected as Deathlok: The Demolisher (hc, 176 pages, 2010, ISBN 0-7851-4365-3; tpb, 2011, ISBN 0-7851-2828-X)
  • Bullseye: Perfect Game #1–2 (with Shawn Martinbrough, Marvel Knights, 2011) collected in Punisher and Bullseye: Deadliest Hits (tpb, 120 pages, 2017, ISBN 1-3029-0578-3)
  • Wolverine: The Best There Is #1–12 (with Juan José Ryp, 2011–2012) collected as Wolverine: The Best There Is—The Complete Series (tpb, 288 pages, 2013, ISBN 0-7851-6766-8)

See also[]

  • List of horror fiction authors

References[]

  1. ^ Fuhr, Paul (April 2008). "Interview with Charlie Huston". Paradigm (6). Archived from the original on 2008-10-04. Retrieved 2009-02-25.
  2. ^ Richards, Dave (July 12, 2010). "Huston Makes "Wolverine: The Best There Is"". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved July 26, 2010.
  3. ^ Goldman, Eric (2013-01-10). "FX President Reveals Brian Bendis' Powers is Still in Development and Explains Plan for Guillermo del Toro's The Strain". IGN. Retrieved 2013-02-22.

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