Hank Kanalz is an 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 ...

and editor. He is the Senior Vice President of

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and Integrated Publishing at

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, and was formerly General Manager of the

WildStorm Wildstorm Productions, (stylized as WildStorm), is an American comic book imprint. Originally founded as an independent company established by Jim Lee under the name "Aegis Entertainment" and expanded in subsequent years by other creators, Wilds ...

brand for DC Comics. He also serves as Head of Publishing for Immortal Studios, a content provider that specializes in comics and more in the

Wuxia ( ), which literally means "martial heroes", is a genre of Chinese fiction concerning the adventures of martial artists in ancient China. Although is traditionally a form of historical fiction, its popularity has caused it to be adapted f ...

genre (martial arts, fantasy).

Biography

Through the late 1980s and 1990s, Kanalz wrote various comics for publishers such

, and especially

Malibu Comics Malibu Comics Entertainment, Inc. (also known as Malibu Graphics) was an American comic book publisher active in the late 1980s and early 1990s, best known for its Ultraverse line of superhero titles. Notable titles published by Malibu included '' ...

. He designed the "i" logo for

Image Comics Image Comics is an American comic book publisher and is the third largest comic book and graphic novel publisher in the industry in both unit and market share. It was founded in 1992 by several high-profile illustrators as a venue for creator-ow ...

(one of the few intellectual properties of the company), and contributed dialogue and lettering for the first issue of Image's first published comic,

Rob Liefeld Robert Liefeld (; born October 3, 1967) is an American comic book creator. A prominent writer and artist in the 1990s, he is known for co-creating the character Cable (comics), Cable with writer Louise Simonson and the character Deadpool with wri ...

's '' Youngblood''. Prior to joining

in 2004, he held the position of Director of Worldwide Theme Parks for Warner Bros. He edited the ''

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'' comic book as well as co-editing the ''

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'' comic with

Ben Abernathy Ben Abernathy is an editor at Madefire, a company that creates motion books. Abernathy was previously a group editor at DC Comics, and prior to that, a senior editor at WildStorm Productions, an imprint of DC Comics. Biography Abernathy has held ...

. As General Manager for WildStorm, he was responsible for the timely scheduled publication of books.

Bibliography

*''

The Flash The Flash (or simply Flash) is the name of several superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Harry Lampert, the original Flash first appeared in ''Flash Comics'' #1 (cover date ...

'' #19: "Blood Ties" ( Bonus Book with pencils by Bill Knapp and inks by Jerry Acerno,

, December 1988) *'' Youngblood'' Vol. 1 #1 (with co-author and artist

, April 1992) *''

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'' Vol. 1 #1–2 (with co-authors, Rob Liefeld, Eric Stephenson and

Richard Horie Richard Horie is an artist who has worked on many comics, mostly as a penciller and colorist, but also as writer and inker. Biography Richard Horie has worked in almost every field as a comics creator, from writer and penciller to inker and col ...

, Image Comics, August–October 1992) *''

Ex-Mutants ''Ex-Mutants'' was a comic book series created by writer David Lawrence and artist Ron Lim along with editor David Campiti in 1986. It was first published by Eternity Comics and then Pied Piper Comics' black-and-white imprint, Amazing Comics (cont ...

'' #4–10 (with pencils by

Paul Pelletier Paul Pelletier is an American comic book penciller. Career Pelletier began working as a professional comic artist in the late 1980s. His first work appeared in Cosmic Steller Rebellers (hammac publications) and Wayward Warrior (Hammac Publica ...

and inks by Ken Branch,

, 1993) *''

Siren Siren or sirens may refer to: Common meanings * Siren (alarm), a loud acoustic alarm used to alert people to emergencies * Siren (mythology), an enchanting but dangerous monster in Greek mythology Places * Siren (town), Wisconsin * Siren, Wisc ...

'' (with pencils by Kevin J. West and inks by

Bob Almond Bob Almond (born January 4, 1967 in Seoul, South Korea)''Comics Buyer's Guide'' #1650; February 2009; Page 107 is an American comic book inker whose credits include the Marvel Comics publications ''Warlock and the Infinity Watch'', ''Black Panther ...

, 4-issue mini-series,

, 1995) *'' Eliminator'' (with co-author

Roland Mann Roland (; frk, *Hrōþiland; lat-med, Hruodlandus or ''Rotholandus''; it, Orlando or ''Rolando''; died 15 August 778) was a Frankish military leader under Charlemagne who became one of the principal figures in the literary cycle known as the ...

and pencils by

Mike Zeck Michael J. Zeck (born September 6, 1949), is an American comics artist. He is best known for his work for Marvel Comics on such series as ''Captain America'', ''Marvel Super-Heroes Secret Wars'', '' Master of Kung-Fu'', and ''The Punisher'' as wel ...

, 4-issue mini-series,

, 1995) *''

Ultraforce The Ultraforce is a fictional superhero group that appears in American comic books published by Malibu, and later Marvel. The purpose of the group was to protect the public and keep other "Ultras" (superheroes) from becoming unruly. The group con ...

'' #7–10 (with co-author Chris Ulm, pencils by

Steve Erwin Steve Erwin (born January 16, 1960) is an American comics artist best known as the co-creator of '' Checkmate'' and ''Gunfire'' for DC Comics. Career Erwin studied commercial art at Oklahoma State University-Okmulgee. He credits Neal Adams' Ba ...

and

George Pérez George Pérez (; June 9, 1954 – May 6, 2022) was an American comic book artist and writer, who worked primarily as a penciller. He came to prominence in the 1970s penciling ''Fantastic Four (comic book), Fantastic Four'' and ''The Avengers (co ...

and inks by John Stangeland,

, 1995) *''

Green Lantern Green Lantern is the name of several superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. They fight evil with the aid of rings that grant them a variety of extraordinary powers, all of which come from imagination, fearlessness, ...

80-Page Giant'' #2: "Anything You Can Do..." (with pencils by Kevin J West, DC Comics, June 1999)

Notes

References

*
Hank Kanalz
at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators

External links

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Hank Kanalz
at Comic Vine {{DEFAULTSORT:Kanalz, Hank Image Comics WildStorm Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) American comics writers 20th-century American male writers 20th-century American writers