Roger McKenzie (comics)
Roger McKenzie | |
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Born | November 8 |
Nationality | American |
Area(s) | Writer, Publisher |
Notable works | Daredevil |
Roger McKenzie (born November 8)[1] is an American comic book writer best known for his work on Daredevil with Frank Miller.
Biography[]
Roger McKenzie's first comics work was a seven-page short story titled "Ground Round" in Vampirella #50 (April 1976) published by Warren Publishing.[2] He wrote stories for Warren's black and white magazine titles Creepy, Eerie, and Vampirella from 1976–1982. He worked for DC Comics as well, creating the western character Cinnamon and several stories for the company's horror titles.[2]
McKenzie and Frank Miller's first collaboration was on a two-page story entitled "Slowly, painfully, you dig your way from the cold, choking debris..." published in DC Comics' Weird War Tales #68 (Oct. 1978).[2] McKenzie became the writer on Marvel Comics' Daredevil with issue #151 (March 1978), and gave the series a dark tone reminiscent of his horror writings. Miller joined McKenzie on the series starting with #158 (May 1979).[3]
In 1979, he collaborated with artist Ernie Colón on an adaptation of Battlestar Galactica for Marvel.[4] McKenzie wrote Captain America (1978–1980) as well.[2] McKenzie and artist Don Perlin developed the idea of Captain America running for the office of President of the United States.[5] Marvel originally rejected the idea but it would be used later by Roger Stern and John Byrne[6] in Captain America #250 (October 1980).[7] McKenzie and Perlin received credit for the idea on the letters page at Stern's insistence.[8] McKenzie and Perlin would also receive credit in the follow-up story in What If? #26 (April 1981).[2] McKenzie wrote several stories for the Marvel Fanfare anthology series[9] including a two-part Iron Man vs. Doctor Octopus tale drawn by Ken Steacy.[10]
McKenzie has written for a variety of independent publishers such as Pacific Comics, Comico Comics, Pied Piper Comics, and Eclipse Comics.[2] He wrote the Star Hawks newspaper comic strip for United Feature Syndicate in 1981.[11]
McKenzie serves as Executive Editor of the Charlton Neo line of comics, where he writes for [12] and .[13] Since February 2015, he has been writing the weekly comic strip with Sandy Carruthers for , a webcomic site.[14]
Bibliography[]
Charlton Neo[]
- #1–5 (2014–2016)
- #1 (2015)
Checkmate Comics[]
- Bud Colbert Time-Travelin' Janitor (editor)
- Big Busty Broads of WWII (editor)
Comico: The Comic Company[]
- Next Man #1–5 (1985)
DC Comics[]
- Batman #325 (1980)
- Black Lightning #11 (The Ray backup story) (1978)
- Cancelled Comic Cavalcade #1 (1978)
- Doorway to Nightmare #3 (1978)
- House of Mystery #259, 299 (1978–1981)
- House of Secrets #151 (1978)
- Men of War #5–11 (Gravedigger) (1978)
- The Unexpected #187, 191 (1978–1979)
- Weird War Tales #61–64, 68 (1978)
- Weird Western Tales #48–49 (Cinnamon) (1978)
- Welcome Back, Kotter #9 (1978)
Deluxe Comics[]
- Wally Wood's T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents #5 (1986)
Eclipse Comics[]
- Sun Runners #4–7 (1984–1985)
Gold Key Comics[]
- Doctor Solar, Man of the Atom #29–31 (1981–1982)
- Gremlins #11365 (1984)
- Grimm's Ghost Stories #59–60 (1982)
Image Comics[]
- Savage Dragon #195, 200, 204 (Knight Watchman backup stories) (2014–2015)
Marvel Comics[]
- Battlestar Galactica #1–7, 11–16 (1979–1980)
- Captain America #226–237, 243–245, 250 (1978–1980)
- Captain Marvel #57 (1978)
- Daredevil #151–161, 163–166, 183 (1978–1980, 1982)
- Epic Illustrated #6, 10 (1981–1982)
- Ghost Rider #28–34 (1978–1979)
- Iron Man #159 (1982)
- Marvel Fanfare #1–2, 5, 14–15, 18, 22–23, 32 (1982–1987)
- Marvel Super Special #8 (Battlestar Galactica) (1978)
- Marvel Team-Up #98, 104 (1980–1981)
- The Spectacular Spider-Man #124 (1987)
- The Tomb of Dracula (black and white magazine) #4–5 (1980)
- What If? #26 (1981)
Collections[]
- Daredevil/Punisher: Child's Play includes Daredevil #183, 70 pages, February 1988, ISBN 978-0871353511
- Daredevil: Marked for Death collects Daredevil #159–161, 163–164, 96 pages, March 1991, ISBN 978-0871356345
- Daredevil by Frank Miller & Klaus Janson Omnibus collects Daredevil #158–161, 163–166, and 183, 840 pages, March 2007, ISBN 978-0785123439
New Comics Group[]
- Young Master #6 (1988)
Pacific Comics[]
- Sun Runners #1–3 (1984)
Pied Piper Comics[]
- Kamikaze Cat #1 (1987)
- Lawrence & Lim's Ex-Mutants #8 (1987)
Sirius Comics[]
- Tales of the Sun Runners #1–2 (1986)
Warren Publishing[]
- Creepy #81, 84–87, 89–90, 92–95, 99, 104–105, 114–115, 120, 122, 124–125, 127, 129, 132, 134, 140 (1976–1982)
- Eerie #81, 83, 85, 87, 90, 92, 96, 102 (1977–1979)
- U.F.O. and Alien Comix #1 (1977)
- Vampirella #50, 53, 57–59, 63, 65–67, 82, 91, 94 (1976–1981)
- Warren Presents #1, 6 (1979)
References[]
- ^ Miller, John Jackson (June 10, 2005). "Comics Industry Birthdays". Comics Buyer's Guide. Archived from the original on October 30, 2010.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Roger McKenzie at the Grand Comics Database
- ^ Sanderson, Peter; Gilbert, Laura, ed. (2008). "1970s". Marvel Chronicle A Year by Year History. London, United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. p. 189. ISBN 978-0756641238.
Initially, Miller collaborated on Daredevil with writer Roger McKenzie.
CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link) - ^ Brown, Jonathan Rikard (July 2016). "Battlestar Galactica". Back Issue!. Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing (89): 52–54.
- ^ Brady, Matt (November 28, 2002). "Looking Back:Stern & Byrne's Captain America". Newsarama. Archived from the original on January 25, 2009. Retrieved February 20, 2012.
The story, according to Stern, actually began a year previous, when Roger McKenzie and Don Perlin were the creative team on Captain America, and Stern was an editor at Marvel. McKenzie and Perlin wanted Cap to run for office and win, setting up four years’ worth of stories in and around Washington, D.C. and the duties of the president. While it could’ve made for a great pop-culture civics lesson, Stern 86’d the idea.
- ^ Cronin, Brian (May 10, 2010). "The Greatest Roger Stern Stories Ever Told!". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on February 21, 2012. Retrieved February 20, 2012.
- ^ Captain America #250 at the Grand Comics Database
- ^ Khoury, George. "The Roger Stern Interview: The Triumphs and Trials of the Writer". Marvel Masterworks Resource Page. Archived from the original on February 21, 2012. Retrieved February 20, 2012.
I made sure that 1) Roger McK. and Don knew about it, and 2) they were credited with the idea on the letters page.
- ^ Kelly, Douglas R. (June 2017). "Kid in a Candy Store: Roger McKenzie Had a Ball With Marvel Fanfare". Back Issue!. Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing (96): 26–29.
- ^ DeAngelo, Daniel (June 2017). "Ken Steacy: No Assembly Required". Back Issue!. Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing (96): 38–42.
- ^ Bails, Jerry (n.d.). "McKenzie, Roger". Who's Who of American Comic Books 1928-1999. Archived from the original on May 11, 2007.
- ^ "The Charlton Arrow". Charlton Neo. n.d. Archived from the original on April 7, 2015.
- ^ "Charlton Wild Frontier". Charlton Neo. n.d. Archived from the original on April 4, 2015.
- ^ "Pix-C Web Comics". Charlton Neo. n.d. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015.
External links[]
- Roger McKenzie at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
- "DC Profiles #34: Roger McKenzie" at the Grand Comics Database
- Roger McKenzie at Mike's Amazing World of Comics
- Roger McKenzie at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators
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