Jeff Parker (comics)

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Jeff Parker
Born1966
NationalityAmerican
Area(s)Writer, penciller, inker, letterer, colorist
Notable works
The Interman
Agents of Atlas
Thunderbolts
Aquaman
https://www.jeffparkerwrites.com

Jeff Parker (born 1966) is an American comic book writer and artist. He is a member of Helioscope Studio, formerly Periscope Studio.

Biography[]

Parker's earliest work in comics was Solitaire, published by Malibu Comics. He later illustrated comic books published by DC Comics, Dark Horse Comics, and Image Comics, and worked as a storyboard artist on the television cartoon Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot.

His work as a writer at Marvel includes the limited series Agents of Atlas, X-Men: First Class, and Marvel Adventures The Avengers. Parker is also the writer of Walk-In and the second volume of Guy Ritchie's Gamekeeper for Virgin Comics.

He returned to Agents of Atlas with a new ongoing series called simply "ATLAS," which ran for 6 issues in 2010.[1] He has also written a mini-series for Wildstorm, called : The Unfathomable[2][3] Parker also took over the writing of Thunderbolts with issue #138,[4] introduced the Agents of Atlas in the following two issues[5] and then took the title in "Siege," after which he will oversee an overhaul of the team line-up.[6]

He is originally from Burlington, North Carolina, son of an grocery store owner whose first exposure to comics came from reading comics on the store's spinner racks.[7] He was a member of the illustration studio Artamus Studios, based out of Hillsbourough, along with Mike Wieringo, Scott Hampton, Richard Case, , and others.

Bibliography[]

DC Comics[]

  • : The Unfathomable (with Tom Fowler, 6-issue limited series, Wildstorm, March–August 2009)
  • The Big Book of (pencils and inks, Paradox Press):
    • Weirdos: "Fyodor Mikhaylovich Dostoyevsky" (with writer , 1995)
    • Thugs: "The Bliss Bank Ring" (with writer Joel Rose, 1996)
    • The Unexplained: "The Crystal Skull Doom" (with writer Doug Moench, 1997)
    • Martyrs: "St. Callistus: The Slave Pope" (with writer John Wagner, 1997)
    • Grimm: "Fitcher's Bird" (with writer Jonathan Vankin, 1998)
    • The 70s: "Burt Reynolds" (with writer Jonathan Vankin, 2000)
  • Wonder Woman #86-87 (pencils, with writer William Messner-Loebs and inks by //, DC Comics, 1994)
  • Aquaman vol. 7: #26-40 and Annual #2 (with Paul Pelletier, 2014–2015)
  • Batman '66 vol. 1: #1-30 (writer, with various different artists)
  • Batman '66 Meets The Man From U.N.C.L.E: #1-6 (limited series 2016)

Marvel Comics[]

  • Agents of Atlas vol. 1 (writer, with pencils by Leonard Kirk and inks by , 6-issue limited series, Marvel Comics, 2006–2007)
  • Agents of Atlas vol. 2 #1-11 (writer, ongoing series, 2009)
  • Agents of Atlas vol. 3 (with Greg Pak, art by Gang Hyuk Lim and Carlo Pagulayan, August 2019 - )[8]
  • Atlas (writer, with art by Gabriel Hardman and Ramon Rosanas, July–November 2010)
  • Avengers vs. Atlas (writer, with art by , 4-issue limited series, March–June 2010)
  • Dark Reign: The Hood (writer, with art by Kyle Hotz, 5-issue limited series, July–November 2009)
  • Exiles vol. 2 #1-6 (writer, with art by , June–November 2009)
  • Fall of the Hulks Alpha (writer, with pencils by Paul Pelletier, one-shot, February 2009)
  • Fall of the Hulks: Red Hulk (writer, with pencils by , 4-issue limited series, March–June 2010)
  • Gorilla Man (writer, with pencils by Giancarlo Caracuzzo, 3-issue limited series, September–November 2010)
  • Hulked Out Heroes (writer, with art by Humberto Ramos, 2-issue limited series, June 2010)[9]
  • Marvel Adventures: The Avengers #1-4, 9-10 (writer)
  • Marvel Boy: The Uranian (writer, with pencils by Felix Ruiz, 3-issue limited series, March–May 2010)
  • Monster-Size Hulk (writer, with artist , one-shot, Marvel Comics, 2008)
  • #25-57 (writer, ongoing series, 2010–2012)
  • Red She-Hulk #58-67 (writer, ongoing series, 2012–2013)
  • Spider-Man: 1602 (writer, with art by , 5-issue limited series, December 2009–April 2010)
  • Spider-Man and the Fantastic Four (writer, with art by Mike Wieringo, 4-issue limited series, May–August 2007)
  • The Age of the Sentry #1-6 (writer, with art by /Ramon Rosanas, November 2008–April 2009)
  • The Incredible Hercules #138-141 (backup writer, featuring Agents of Atlas, 2009–2010)
  • Thunderbolts #138-174 (writer, ongoing series, 2009–2012)
  • X-Men: First Class (writer, ongoing series, 2006–2010)
  • X-Men vs. Agents of Atlas (writer, with pencils by Carlo Pagulayan, 2-issue limited series, December 2009–January 2010)

Other[]

Comics from other publishers include:

  • Solitaire #7-12 (pencils, with writer Gerard Jones, Malibu Comics, 1994)
  • The Calculus Test (inks, with writer , pencils by and other inks by , in Negative Burn #13, Caliber Comics, 1994)
  • The Interman (Writer, penciller, inker, colorist and letterer, 2003)
  • Walk-In (writer, with art by , Virgin Comics, 2006–2007)
  • (writer, illustrator, 2007)
  • Guy Ritchie's Gamekeeper (writer, with art by Ron Randall and , Virgin Comics, 2008)
  • (writer, with art by Steve Lieber, 5-issue limited series, Image Comics, 2009–2010, tpb, 128 pages, 2010, ISBN 1-60706-266-6)[10]
  • Bucko (writer, with art by Erika Moen, webcomic serial, 2012-2012, collected by Dark Horse Comics, HC, 136 pages, 2012, ISBN 1-59582-973-3)[11]
  • Willow (Writer, Dark Horse Comics, November 2012 – March 2013)[12]
  • Kings Watch (Writer, Dynamite Entertainment, September 2013-April 2014)[13]
  • Flash Gordon, (Writer, Dynamite Entertainment, April 2014 - Jan 2015).[14]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Richards, Dave. "CCI Exclusive: Parker and Paniccia on Agents of Atlas", Comic Book Resources, July 24, 2008
  2. ^ Getting 'Mysterius' With Jeff Parker - His New Series, Newsarama, November 4, 2008
  3. ^ "Mysterius The Great.com". Mysterius The Great.com. Retrieved 2011-03-12.
  4. ^ Richards, Dave (August 9, 2009). "CCC09: Parker Hears the sound of Thunder(bolts)". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved January 21, 2010.
  5. ^ Richards, Dave (December 14, 2009). "Parker Deploys the Agents of Atlas". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved January 21, 2010.
  6. ^ Richards, Dave (January 20, 2010). "Parker's Thunderbolts Gear Up For "Siege"". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved January 21, 2010.
  7. ^ Lien-Cooper, Barb (March 3, 2004). "Declaration of Independents". Sequential Tart. Retrieved 2013-12-15.
  8. ^ Marston, George (23 May 2019). "AGENTS OF ATLAS Returns With New #1 In August". Newsarama.
  9. ^ Rogers, Vaneta (March 26, 2010). "Jeff Parker Debriefs Us on Declassified HULKED-OUT HEROES". Newsarama. Retrieved March 26, 2010.
  10. ^ Whole book for free; or learning from 4Chan Archived 2010-10-22 at the Wayback Machine, official Underground site, October 19, 2010
  11. ^ "Bucko HC". Archived from the original on 16 May 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
  12. ^ Dark Horse Announces Two New Buffy Spin-Offs: Spike and Willow
  13. ^ Comic Book Resources Review of "Kings Watch", April 9, 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  14. ^ Dynamite delivers remarkable revivals with Captain Victory and Flash Gordon Oliver Sava, The A.V. Club, August 14th, 2014. Retrieved April 21, 2015.

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Preceded by
Rick Remender 		Thunderbolts writer
2007–2012 		Succeeded by
Daniel Way
Preceded by
Geoff Johns 		Aquaman writer
2013–2015 		Succeeded by
Cullen Bunn
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