Ales (Aleš) Kot is a Czech-American

comic book writer A script is a document describing the narrative and dialogue of a comic book in detail. It is the comic book equivalent of a television program teleplay or a film screenplay. In comics, a script may be preceded by a plot outline, and is almost ...

known for their psychedelic spy series ''Zero'' published by

Image An image is a visual representation of something. It can be two-dimensional, three-dimensional, or somehow otherwise feed into the visual system to convey information. An image can be an artifact, such as a photograph or other two-dimensiona ...

and their work for

Marvel Marvel may refer to: Business * Marvel Entertainment, an American entertainment company ** Marvel Comics, the primary imprint of Marvel Entertainment ** Marvel Universe, a fictional shared universe ** Marvel Music, an imprint of Marvel Comics ...

, as well as brief controversy involving fellow comics writer

Nathan Edmondson Nathan Edmondson is an American comic book writer, best known for his creator-owned series ''Who is Jake Ellis?'', published by Image Comics, as well as the runs on ''The Punisher'' and '' Black Widow'' for Marvel Comics. Edmondson is the co-fou ...

Bibliography

Image Comics

*'' Wild Children'' (with

Riley Rossmo Riley Rossmo is a Canadian comic book artist and illustrator, known for his work on various Image Comics titles, as well as Marvel Comics' ''Daken: Dark Wolverine''. Rossmo is an instructor at the Alberta College of Art and Design. Personal lif ...

graphic novel A graphic novel is a long-form, fictional work of sequential art. The term ''graphic novel'' is often applied broadly, including fiction, non-fiction, and anthologized work, though this practice is highly contested by comic scholars and industry ...

, 64 pages, 2012, ) *''

Change Change or Changing may refer to: Alteration * Impermanence, a difference in a state of affairs at different points in time * Menopause, also referred to as "the change", the permanent cessation of the menstrual period * Metamorphosis, or change, ...

'' #1–4 (with Morgan Jeske, 2012–2013) collected as ''Change'' (tpb, 128 pages, 2013, ) *''

Zero 0 (zero) is a number representing an empty quantity. In place-value notation Positional notation (or place-value notation, or positional numeral system) usually denotes the extension to any base of the Hindu–Arabic numeral system (or ...

'' (with Michael Walsh (#1), Tradd Moore (#2),

Mateus Santolouco Mateus may refer to: * Mateus (wine), a brand of wine produced in Portugal * Mateus (Vila Real), a civil parish in Portugal ** Mateus Palace, a palace in the above civil parish * Mateus (name), Portuguese given name and surname * Jorge & Mateus, ...

(#3), Morgan Jeske (#4), Will Tempest (#5), Vanesa del Rey (#6), Matt Taylor (#7),

Jorge Coelho Jorge Miguel Correia Coelho (born October 18, 1978, Lisbon) is a Portuguese basketball player. He played at his home country for Portugal Telecom (1999/2000-2002-2003), CF Belenenses (2003/2004-2005/2006) and FC Porto (2006/2007). Coelho was al ...

(#8),

Tonči Zonjić Tonči Zonjić is a Croatian comic book artist. Career Zonjić started out as an illustrator at the age of 15 and got into comics by creating a fanzine called ''Pipci!'' (''Tentacles!'') in 2004.

(#9),

Michael Gaydos Michael Gaydos is an American comics artist. Career At Marvel Comics he has worked with Brian Michael Bendis on ''Alias,'' the last storyline of its follow up, '' The Pulse'', and the current sequel comic, ''Jessica Jones''. He has also illustra ...

(#10), Ricardo López Ortiz (#11),

Adam Gorham Adam; el, Ἀδάμ, Adám; la, Adam is the name given in Genesis 1-5 to the first human. Beyond its use as the name of the first man, ''adam'' is also used in the Bible as a pronoun, individually as "a human" and in a collective sense as " ...

(#12),

Alberto Ponticelli Alberto is the Romance version of the Latinized form (''Albertus'') of Germanic '' Albert''. It is used in Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. The diminutive forms are ''Albertito'' in Spain or ''Albertico'' in some parts of Latin America, Alberti ...

(#13),

Marek Oleksicki Marek is the West Slavic (Czech, Polish and Slovak) masculine equivalent of Marcus, Marc or Mark. The name may refer to: * Marek (given name) * Marek (surname) * Marek, the pseudonym of Bulgarian communist Stanke Dimitrov (1889–1944) * The titl ...

(#14),

Ian Bertram Ian Bertram is an American comic book artist and a New York's School of Visual Arts graduate. He is working and living in New York. He creates mystical, grotesque, and primal portraits of the strange. He has published with Marvel, DC, Image, and ...

(#15),

Stathis Tsemberlidis Stathis is a Greek name. * Stathis Giallelis (born 21 January 1941) Greek actor * Stathis Psaltis (1948-2017), Greek actor * Stathis K. Zachos (Στάθης (Ευστάθιος) Ζάχος born 1947, Athens) mathematician, logician and theoretica ...

(#16),

Robert Sammelin The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honou ...

(#17) and

Tula Lotay Tula Lotay is the pen name of Lisa Wood, an English comic book artist. She is known for illustrating '' Supreme: Blue Rose'', written by Warren Ellis for Image Comics, and for founding the Thought Bubble Festival, the UK's largest comics convent ...

(#18), 2013–2015) collected as: **''An Emergency'' (collects #1–5, tpb, 172 pages, 2014, ) **''At the Heart of It All'' (collects #6–10, tpb, 160 pages, 2014, ) **''Tenderness of Wolves'' (collects #11–14, tpb, 128 pages, 2015, ) **''Who by Fire'' (collects #15–18, tpb, 128 pages, 2015, ) *''

Quiet Quiet may refer to: * Silence, a relative or total lack of sound In music * The Quiett (born 1985), South Korean rapper * ''Quiet'' (album), a 1996 John Scofield album * "Quiet", a song by Lights, from her album '' The Listening'' (2009) * "Qui ...

'' (with Morgan Jeske, unproduced graphic novel — announced in 2013) *'' The Darkness'' (

one-shot One shot may refer to: Film and television * One-shot film, a feature film shot in one long take with no edits, or manufactured to look like so * ''One Shot'' (2005 film), a Sri Lankan action film directed by Ranjan Ramanayake * ''One Shot'' (2 ...

Top Cow Top Cow Productions is an American comics publisher, an imprint of Image Comics founded by Marc Silvestri in 1992. History During the early years of Image Comics, which was founded in 1992, co-founder Marc Silvestri shared a studio with Jim Le ...

): **''The Darkness: Vicious Traditions'' (with

Dean Ormston Dean Ormston is a British born comic book artist. His most notable work has been for the British comic '' 2000 AD'' and for DC Comics' Vertigo imprint. Biography Ormston was born in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England and earned a degree in a ...

, 2014) **''The Darkness: Close Your Eyes'' (with Marek Oleksicki, 2014) *'' Thought Bubble Anthology'' #4: "A Letter to the Sixteen-Year-Old" (with Alison Sampson, 2014) collected in ''Thought Bubble Anthology Collection'' (tpb, 136 pages, 2016, ) *''

The Surface ''The Surface'' is a 2014 American drama thriller film directed by Gil Cates Jr. and starring Sean Astin, Mimi Rogers, Chris Mulkey, and Jeff Gendelman. Gendelman also served as the films writer and producer. Plot Mitch takes his late father� ...

'' #1–4 (with Langdon Foss, 2015) collected as ''The Surface'' (tpb, 128 pages, 2015, ) *''

Material Material is a substance or mixture of substances that constitutes an object. Materials can be pure or impure, living or non-living matter. Materials can be classified on the basis of their physical and chemical properties, or on their geologi ...

'' #1–4 (with Will Tempest, 2015) collected as ''Material'' (tpb, 128 pages, 2015, ) *''

Wolf The wolf (''Canis lupus''; : wolves), also known as the gray wolf or grey wolf, is a large canine native to Eurasia and North America. More than thirty subspecies of ''Canis lupus'' have been recognized, and gray wolves, as popularly u ...

'' (with Matt Taylor and Ricardo López Ortiz, 2015–2016) collected as: **''Blood and Magic'' (collects #1–4, tpb, 144 pages, 2015, ) **''Apocalypse Soon'' (collects #5–9, tpb, 128 pages, 2016, ) *'' Antistar'' (with

Christian Ward Christian J. Ward (born September 9, 1985), professionally known as Hitmaka, is an American record producer and former rapper from Chicago, Illinois. Ward began his career as a rapper under the name Yung Berg, having released his debut album ''L ...

, unreleased graphic novel — announced in 2013, solicited for 2016; 64 pages, ) *'' Generation Gone'' #1–5 (with

André Lima Araújo André — sometimes transliterated as Andre — is the French and Portuguese form of the name Andrew, and is now also used in the English-speaking world. It used in France, Quebec, Canada and other French-speaking countries. It is a variation ...

, 2017) collected as ''Generation Gone'' (tpb, 176 pages, 2018, ) *''

The New World The term ''New World'' is often used to mean the majority of Earth's Western Hemisphere, specifically the Americas."America." ''The Oxford Companion to the English Language'' (). McArthur, Tom, ed., 1992. New York: Oxford University Press, p. 3 ...

'' #1–5 (with Tradd Moore, 2018) collected as ''The New World'' (tpb, 176 pages, 2019, ) *'' Days of Hate'' (with Danijel Žeželj, 2018–2019) collected as: **''Act One'' (collects #1–6, tpb, 176 pages, 2018, ) **''Act Two'' (collects #7–12, tpb, 168 pages, 2019, ) *'' Lost Soldiers'' #1–5 (with

Luca Casalanguida The last universal common ancestor (LUCA) is the most recent population from which all organisms now living on Earth share common descent—the most recent common ancestor of all current life on Earth. This includes all cellular organisms; th ...

, 2020) collected as ''Lost Soldiers'' (tpb, 168 pages, 2021, ) *'' Gunslinger Spawn'' #1: "A Small Gift" (with

Kevin Keane Kevin Keane (born 1990) is a Gaelic footballer who plays for Westport. He previously played for the Mayo county team. He started at right corner-back in the 2012 All-Ireland SFC Final, which Mayo lost by four points to Donegal. Keane wa ...

, co-feature,

Todd McFarlane Productions Todd McFarlane (; born March 16, 1961) is a Canadian comic book creator, artist, writer, filmmaker and entrepreneur, best known for his work as the artist on ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' and as the creator, writer, and artist on the superhero horro ...

, 2021) collected in ''Spawn's Universe Collection'' (tpb, 144 pages, 2022, )

Marvel Comics

*''

Secret Avengers ''Secret Avengers'' is an American comic book series published by Marvel Comics featuring a fictional black ops superhero team of the same name. The series started with Ed Brubaker on writing duties, depicting a black-ops sect of Marvel's premi ...

'' (with

Butch Guice Jackson "Butch" Guice (born June 27, 1961) is an American comics artist who has worked in the comics industry since the 1980s. Biography Guice was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee.. Retrieved March 21, 2008. Growing up in the 1960s, Guice was fond o ...

Luke Ross Luke Ross (born Luciano Queiroz 18 July 1972) is a comic artist known for his work on books such as ''Gen13'', ''Spider-Man'', ''Green Lantern (comic book), Green Lantern'', ''Indiana Jones comic books, Indiana Jones'' and ''Captain America (vol ...

(vol. 2 #15–16) and Michael Walsh; issues #12–16 of the second volume are co-written by Kot and

Nick Spencer Nick Spencer is a comic book writer and former politician best known for his Image series ''Morning Glories'', his collaborations with artist Steve Lieber on the comedic series '' Superior Foes of Spider-Man'' and '' The Fix'', a three-year run on ...

, 2013–2015) collected as: **''How to MA.I.M. a Mockingbird'' (collects vol. 2 #12–16, tpb, 112 pages, 2014, ) **''Let's Have a Problem'' (collects vol. 3 #1–5, tpb, 144 pages, 2014, ) *** Includes the digital-only 2-issue limited series '' Original Sin: Secret Avengers'' (written by Kot, art by Ryan Kelly, 2014) **''The Labyrinth'' (collects vol. 3 #6–10, tpb, 112 pages, 2015, ) **''God Level'' (collects vol. 3 #11–15, tpb, 112 pages, 2015, ) *''

Iron Patriot The Iron Patriot is a patriotism-themed exoskeleton used by several fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Publication history The concept of the Iron Patriot, which is meant to evoke Iron Man and Capta ...

'' #1–5 (with Garry Brown, 2014) collected as ''Iron Patriot: Unbreakable'' (tpb, 120 pages, 2014, ) *'' Bucky Barnes: The Winter Soldier'' (with

Marco Rudy Marco may refer to: People * Marco (given name), people with the given name Marco * Marco (actor) (born 1977), South Korean model and actor * Georg Marco (1863–1923), Romanian chess player of German origin * Tomás Marco (born 1942), Spanish c ...

, Michael Walsh (#3 and 11) and Langdon Foss, 2014–2015) collected as: **''Volume 1: The Man on the Wall'' (collects #1–5, tpb, 112 pages, 2015, ) **''Volume 2'' (collects #6–11, tpb, 136 pages, 2015, )

Other publishers

DC Comics DC Comics, Inc. (doing business as DC) is an American comic book publisher and the flagship unit of DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. DC Comics is one of the largest and oldest American comic book companies, with thei ...

: **''

Suicide Squad The Suicide Squad is an antihero/supervillain team appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The first version of the Suicide Squad debuted in ''The Brave and the Bold'' #25 (September 1959) and the second and modern version, cre ...

'' vol. 4 #20–23 (with

Patrick Zircher Patrick Zircher () is an American comic book artist and penciller. Career Zircher's early career as an illustrator began with production of several completed works for '' Villains and Vigilantes'', ''Champions'' and other pen-and-paper role-pl ...

and

Rick Leonardi Rick Leonardi (born August 9, 1957) is an American comics artist who has worked on various series for Marvel Comics and DC Comics, including ''Cloak and Dagger'', ''The Uncanny X-Men'', ''The New Mutants'', ''Spider-Man 2099'', ''Nightwing'', ''B ...

(#23), 2013) collected in ''Suicide Squad: Discipline and Punish'' (tpb, 144 pages, 2014, ) **'' The Witching Hour'': "Little Witch" (with Morgan Jeske,

anthology In book publishing, an anthology is a collection of literary works chosen by the compiler; it may be a collection of plays, poems, short stories, songs or excerpts by different authors. In genre fiction, the term ''anthology'' typically categ ...

one-shot,

Vertigo Vertigo is a condition where a person has the sensation of movement or of surrounding objects moving when they are not. Often it feels like a spinning or swaying movement. This may be associated with nausea, vomiting, sweating, or difficulties w ...

, 2013) *

Black Mask Studios Black Mask Studios is a comic book and graphic novel publishing company formed by Matt Pizzolo, Steve Niles and Brett Gurewitz, designed as a new infrastructure to support comic book creators and a new pipeline for transgressive art. Black Mask ...

: **'' Occupy Comics'' #1: "Citizen Journalist" (with

Tyler Crook Tyler Crook is an American comics artist. He broke into comics in 2011 with ''Petrograd'', written by Philip Gelatt and published by Oni Press, and in 2012 he won the Russ Manning Most Promising Newcomer Award. He is best known for his work on M ...

, anthology, 2013) collected in ''Occupy Comics'' (tpb, 160 pages, 2014, ) **'' Liberator: Rage Ignition'': "Misericordia" (with Morgan Jeske — story created for the collected edition; tpb, 144 pages, 2014, ) * '' TOME Volume 1'' (interview with Riley Rossmo conducted by Kot, anthology graphic novel, 200 pages,

IDW Publishing IDW Publishing is an American publisher of comic books, graphic novels, art books, and comic strip collections. It was founded in 1999 as the publishing division of Idea and Design Works, LLC (IDW), itself formed in 1999, and is regularly recog ...

, 2013, ) * Valiant: **'' Shadowman'' vol. 4 #12: "Deadside Blues" (with

CAFU Marcos Evangelista de Morais (born 7 June 1970), known as Cafu (), is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a right-back. Known for his pace and energetic attacking runs along the right flank, he is regarded as one of the gr ...

, co-feature, 2013) collected in ''Shadowman: Deadside Blues'' (tpb, 112 pages, 2014, ) **''

Dead Drop A dead drop or dead letter box is a method of espionage tradecraft used to pass items or information between two individuals (e.g., a case officer and an agent, or two agents) using a secret location. By avoiding direct meetings, individuals ca ...

'' #1–4 (with

, 2015) collected as ''Dead Drop'' (tpb, 112 pages, 2015, ) *''

Eerie ''Eerie'' was an American magazine of horror comics introduced in 1966 by Warren Publishing. Like '' Mad'', it was a black-and-white magazine intended for newsstand distribution and did not submit its stories to the comic book industry's voluntar ...

'' vol. 2 #4: "Ickstarter" (with Sloane Leong, anthology,

Dark Horse A dark horse is a previously lesser-known person or thing that emerges to prominence in a situation, especially in a competition involving multiple rivals, or a contestant that on paper should be unlikely to succeed but yet still might. Origin Th ...

, 2013) collected in ''Eerie: Experiments in Terror'' (tpb, 168 pages, 2016, ) *
Think of a City
' page 49 (with Langdon Foss, Internet art project, 2015) *'' James Bond: The Body'' #1–6 (with Luca Casalanguida,

Dynamite Dynamite is an explosive made of nitroglycerin, sorbents (such as powdered shells or clay), and Stabilizer (chemistry), stabilizers. It was invented by the Swedish people, Swedish chemist and engineer Alfred Nobel in Geesthacht, Northern Germa ...

, 2018) collected as ''James Bond: The Body'' (hc, 152 pages, 2018, ) *''

Bloodborne is a 2015 action role-playing game developed by FromSoftware and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 4. ''Bloodborne'' follows the player's character, a Hunter, through the decrepit Gothic, Victorian-era–inspired cit ...

'' (with Piotr Kowalski, Titan, 2018–2019) collected as: **''The Death of Sleep'' (collects #1–4, tpb, 112 pages, 2018, ) **''The Healing Thirst'' (collects #5–8, tpb, 112 pages, 2019, ) **''A Song of Crows'' (collects #9–12, tpb, 112 pages, 2019, ) **''The Veil, Torn Asunder'' (collects #13–16, tpb, 112 pages, 2020, ) *''

Judge Dredd Megazine ''Judge Dredd: The Megazine'' is a monthly British comic magazine, launched in September 1990. It is a sister publication to '' 2000 AD''. Its name is a play on words, formed from "magazine" and Judge Dredd's locale Mega-City One. Content Like ...

'' (anthology,

Rebellion Rebellion, uprising, or insurrection is a refusal of obedience or order. It refers to the open resistance against the orders of an established authority. A rebellion originates from a sentiment of indignation and disapproval of a situation and ...

): **''

Devlin Waugh This is a list of characters in the British comic strip ''Judge Dredd'' appearing in '' 2000 AD'', ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' and related publications. They are listed alphabetically by surname, in categories. (Major characters have their own art ...

'': *** ''Devlin Waugh: Blood Debt'' (tpb, 176 pages, 2021, ) includes: **** "Call Me by Thy Name" (with

Mike Dowling Mike Dowling is an American roots music guitarist and songwriter who is best known for his solo arrangements on the Grammy Award-winning composition CD '' Henry Mancini: Pink Guitar''. In 2005, Dowling was ranked as one of the twelve best fingerst ...

, in #400, 2018) **** "A Very Large Splash" (with Mike Dowling, in #415–420, 2020) *** ''Devlin Waugh: The Reckoning'' (tpb, 160 pages, 2023, ) collects: **** "The Wolves of Saint Vitus" (with

Patrick Goddard Patrick may refer to: *Patrick (given name), list of people and fictional characters with this name *Patrick (surname), list of people with this name People *Saint Patrick (c. 385–c. 461), Christian saint *Gilla Pátraic (died 1084), Patrick or ...

, in #422, 2020) **** "When I Was a Young Demon (I Did a Bad, Bad Thing)" (with Patrick Goddard, in #423, 2020) **** "A Question of Trust" (with Mike Dowling, in #430, 2021) **** "The Lord of Lies" (with Mike Dowling, in #431, 2021) **** "The Reckoning" (with Mike Dowling, in #432–438, 2021) *'' YT Savior'' (with Robert Sammelin, unreleased series intended for publication by

AWA Studios Artists, Writers & Artisans or AWA Studios is an American independent comic book publisher founded in November 2018 by Axel Alonso, Bill Jemas and Jonathan F Miller. History AWA Studios was founded in November 2018 by Axel Alonso and Bill Jema ...

, announced in 2019)

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