Christina Weir is a writer of comic books and television. She writes with her husband,

Nunzio DeFilippis Nunzio DeFilippis is an American writer of comic books and television. He writes with his wife, Christina Weir, whom he met while they were both students at Vassar College. The two have written for two seasons on HBO's '' Arli$$'', and have sold ...

, whom she met while they were both students at

Vassar College Vassar College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Poughkeepsie, New York, United States. Founded in 1861 by Matthew Vassar, it was the second degree-granting institution of higher education for women in the United States, closely follo ...

. The two have written for two seasons on HBO's '' Arli$$'', and have sold story ideas to the Disney Channel's ''

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''. In comics, they have written several graphic novels and miniseries for independent publisher

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, including ''

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, Three Strikes, Maria's Wedding, The Tomb, Once In A Blue Moon'', the Amy Devlin Mysteries, Frenemy Of The State (written with

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), and the upcoming Bad Medicine. Their work at Oni led to work at

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, relaunching the teen mutant book ''

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''. This book was renamed '' New X-Men: Academy X''. Their run on these books spanned three years and created almost two dozen new super-powered mutant characters for Marvel's

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franchise, including

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, Hellion,

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, Tag,

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, and

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. They have also written for

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, with stories appearing in ''

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, Adventures of Superman'' and

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. The duo also work in the expanding field of Japanese manga, providing English adaptations for the Del Rey titles ''Guru-Guru Pon-Chan, Sugar Sugar Rune'' and ''Kagetora''. They also write original English language manga for

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, writing one of the company's launch titles, ''

Amazing Agent Luna ''Amazing Agent Luna'' is an original English-language manga series written by Nunzio DeFilippis and Christina Weir (also authors of Destiny's Hand), with art by Shiei. It is published by Seven Seas Entertainment. The first volume of ''Amazi ...

'' and the pirate manga, ''

Destiny's Hand ''Destiny's Hand'' is a pirate Original English-language manga written by Nunzio DeFilippis and Christina Weir (authors of Amazing Agent Luna), with art by Mel Calingo. It is published by Seven Seas Entertainment and the first volume came out in ...

'' as well as the current Dracula Everlasting.

Selected works

* ''Skinwalker'' #1-4 (art by Brian Hurtt) (Oni Press, May - September 2002) * ''Three Strikes'' #1-5 (art by Brian Hurtt) (Oni Press, April - October 2003) * ''Maria's Wedding'' graphic novel (art by Jose Garibaldi) (Oni Press, July 2003) * ''

'' vol. 2 #1-13 (Marvel Comics, July 2003 - June 2004) * ''The Tomb'' graphic novel (art by Christopher Mitten) (Oni Press, July 2004) * '' New X-Men: Academy X'' vol. 2 #1-19 (Marvel Comics (July 2004 - December 2005) * ''

'' vol. 1-7 (Seven Seas Entertainment, 2005–2011) * '' New X-Men: Hellions'' #1-4 (Marvel Comics, July–October 2005) * '' Adventures of Superman'' #644-648 (with Greg Rucka) (November 2005 - March 2006) * ''Past Lies: An Amy Devlin Mystery'' graphic novel (Oni Press, March 2006) * ''

'' vol. 1-3 (art by Mel Calingo) (Seven Seas Entertainment, 2006–2009) * ''Bakugan Battle Brawlers, The Evo Tournament'' (Del Rey, 2009) * ''Batman Confidential'' #26-28 (DC Comics, April - June 2009) * ''All Saints' Day: An Amy Devlin Mystery'' graphic novel (Oni Press, October 2010) * '' Amazing Agent Jennifer'' vol. 1-2 (Seven Seas Entertainment, 2011–2012) * '' Dracula Everlasting'' vol. 1-2 (Seven Seas Entertainment, 2011–2012) * '' The Avalon Chronicles, Volume 1: Once In A Blue Moon'' (Oni Press, 2012) * ''Play Ball'' (Oni Press, 2012) * '' Bad Medicine'' (Oni Press, debuted

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External links

DeFilippis and Weir have a homepage with a small blog
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