Peter Andrewes "Andy" Schmidt is an American comic book editor and writer. He is best known for his work at Marvel and is now editing and writing at other companies.

Career

At Marvel Schmidt was an Associate Editor and mainly worked on the "Marvel Heroes" group of titles under

Tom Brevoort Tom Brevoort () is an American comic book editor, known for his work for Marvel Comics, where he has overseen titles such as '' New Avengers'', ''Civil War'', and ''Fantastic Four''. He became Executive Editor in 2007, and in January 2011 was prom ...

. In 2006 he oversaw the "

Annihilation In particle physics, annihilation is the process that occurs when a subatomic particle collides with its respective antiparticle to produce other particles, such as an electron colliding with a positron to produce two photons. The total energy a ...

" storyline, a major event involving a range of Marvel's cosmic characters. In June 2008 it was announced that Schmidt had left Marvel and went to work for

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 ...

, editing ''

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'' and the revival of ''

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''. He has also taken up comic writing, with his first series being ''

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'' at

Boom! Studios Boom! Studios (styled BOOM! Studios) is an American comic book and graphic novel publisher, headquartered in Los Angeles, California, United States. History Origins In the early 2000s, Ross Richie and Andrew Cosby had been working in Holly ...

, with an announced three-issue comic book adaptation of '' Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan''. He owns and teaches at Comics Experience, a school dedicated to teaching comics writers and artists.

Bibliography

Editor

*'' Secret War'' #1-5 (Marvel, 2004–2005) *

event (Marvel, 2005–2006): **''

Drax the Destroyer Drax the Destroyer (Arthur Douglas) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Jim Starlin, the character first appeared in ''Iron Man (comic book), The Invincible Iron Man'' #55 (February 19 ...

'' (2005) #1-4 **''

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'' (2006) #1-4 **''

Ronan the Accuser Ronan the Accuser is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Ronan was created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby and he first appeared in ''Fantastic Four'' #65 (August 1967). He is the Supreme A ...

'' (2006) #1-4 **''

Silver Surfer The Silver Surfer is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character also appears in a number of movies, television, and video game adaptations. The character was created by Jack Kirby and first a ...

'' (2006) #1-4 **''

Super-Skrull The Super-Skrull (Kl'rt) is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, generally as an enemy of the Fantastic Four, the powers of whom he possessed. The character, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, first appeared ...

'' (2006) #1-4 **''Annihilation'' #1-6 (2006) *''

Ms. Marvel Ms. Marvel is the name of several fictional superheroes appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was originally conceived as a female counterpart to Captain Marvel. Like Captain Marvel, most of the bearers of the Ms. M ...

'' (Marvel, 2006) #1 *'' Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Last Generation'' (IDW Publishing, 2008) *'' Star Trek: Countdown'' (IDW Publishing, 2009)

Writer

Comics

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and

Wolverine The wolverine (), (''Gulo gulo''; ''Gulo'' is Latin for "gluttony, glutton"), also referred to as the glutton, carcajou, or quickhatch (from East Cree, ''kwiihkwahaacheew''), is the largest land-dwelling species of the family Mustelidae. It is ...

" (with art by Marco Turini, in ''

Marvel Comics Presents ''Marvel Comics Presents'' was an American comic book anthology series published by Marvel Comics originally from 1988 to 1995. It returned for a second volume in 2007–2008, and a third volume that started in 2019. Volume 1 The first volume ...

'' #8, Marvel, 2008) * "The Hole" (with

Frazer Irving Frazer Irving (born 1970) is a British comic book artist known for the series '' Necronauts'', published by the British magazine '' 2000 AD''. After breaking into the American market he has worked on a number of superhero titles, including a s ...

, in '' X-Men: Divided We Stand'' #2, Marvel, July 2008) * "Why Did It Have To Be Spiders?" (with pencils by Joe Lalich and inks by John Czop, in ''

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'' #1, by Th3rd World Studios, 2008)Th3rd World's "Creature Feature": Spawn of Cheesy Horror!
Newsarama, August 7, 2008 *''

'' (concept by

Andrew Cosby Andrew Cosby is an American comic book creator, film producer, and screenwriter. He is the co-creator of the hit SyFy TV series Eureka, and the co-founder of Boom! Studios. Malibu Comics Cosby worked at Malibu Comics from 1993 to 1995, at which ...

, with art by

Chee Chee may refer to: People * Chee (given name), a unisex given name * Chee (surname), a surname Other uses * 22158 Chee, a main-belt asteroid * Chée, a river in northeastern France * Chee, a race of androids in the ''Animorphs'' novel series ...

, 4-issue mini-series,

, 2008) *'' Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan'' (with art by Chee, IDW Publishing, 2009) *''Five Days to Die'' (art by Chee, 5 issue mini-series, IDW Publishing, 2010)

Books

* ''The Insider's Guide To Creating Comics And Graphic Novels'' (176 pages, Impact, February 2009, )

References

External links

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