Jeffrey T. Krul (born November 14, 1972 in Michigan) is an American

comic book A comic book, also called comicbook, comic magazine or (in the United Kingdom and Ireland) simply comic, is a publication that consists of comics art in the form of sequential juxtaposed panels that represent individual scenes. Panels are of ...

writer, best known for his work on

Aspen MLT Aspen Comics (Aspen MLT Inc.) is a California entertainment company founded in 2003 by artist Michael Turner. It has locations in Santa Monica and Marina Del Rey. The company is best known for producing comic books and figurines. History The co ...

's ''

Fathom A fathom is a unit of length in the imperial and the U.S. customary systems equal to , used especially for measuring the depth of water. The fathom is neither an International Standard (SI) unit, nor an internationally-accepted non-SI unit. Hi ...

'' comic series.

Early life

J.T. Krul was born and raised in Michigan. He received a Bachelor's degree in Film and Video Production from

Michigan State University Michigan State University (Michigan State, MSU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan. It was founded in 1855 as the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan, the fi ...

. His early childhood friends, never understood why. But J.T. Would watch the entire credits sequence of any show or movie he watched. Now, they see it was all research, for him.

Career

Krul moved to Los Angeles in 1996, where he landed the job of production assistant on the TV show ''

Seinfeld ''Seinfeld'' ( ) is an American television sitcom created by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld. It aired on NBC from July 5, 1989, to May 14, 1998, over nine seasons and List of Seinfeld episodes, 180 episodes. It stars Seinfeld as Jerry Seinfeld ( ...

''. He was promoted to the position of the show's production coordinator in its last season. J.T. Krul's first

work was at

Marvel Comics Marvel Comics is an American comic book publishing, publisher and the flagship property of Marvel Entertainment, a divsion of The Walt Disney Company since September 1, 2009. Evolving from Timely Comics in 1939, ''Magazine Management/Atlas Co ...

, writing ''

X-Men Unlimited ''X-Men Unlimited'' was the title of three comic book series published by Marvel Comics. The purpose of this title was to run stories that fit between the main X-Men comics. The stories included all characters (heroes and villains) from the X-tit ...

'' and later, ''

Spider-Man Unlimited ''Spider-Man Unlimited'' is an American animated series by Saban Entertainment which features the Marvel comic book superhero Spider-Man, intended as a loose sequel series to the previous '' Spider-Man: The Animated Series'', which ran from 199 ...

''. He subsequently went to work for Michael Turner's company,

, writing their flagship titles ''

'' and '' Soulfire''. He then launched a creator-owned comic book there called ''Mindfield'', which debuted in 2010. In 2008 Krul wrote ''Past Experience'', a ''Heroes'' comic book story starring characters from the NBC TV series of the same name. That same year, he wrote the third book in the '' Joker's Asylum'' series of one-shots, which featured Poison Ivy. Other books he has written for DC Comics include several issues of ''

Teen Titans The Teen Titans are a superhero team appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, frequently in eponymous monthly series. As the group's name indicates, the members are teenage superheroes, many of whom have acted as sidekicks to DC ...

'' and ''

Titans In Greek mythology, the Titans ( grc, οἱ Τῑτᾶνες, ''hoi Tītânes'', , ''ho Tītân'') were the pre-Olympian gods. According to the ''Theogony'' of Hesiod, they were the twelve children of the primordial parents Uranus (Sky) and Ga ...

'', including ''Blackest Night: Titans'', the tie in to DC's 2009–2010 "

Blackest Night "Blackest Night" is a 2009–10 American comic book crossover storyline published by DC Comics, consisting of an eponymous central miniseries, written by Geoff Johns and penciled by Ivan Reis, along with a number of tie-in issues. ''Blackest Nig ...

" crossover storyline. In 2009 Krul wrote ''

Justice League The Justice League (also known as The Justice League of America) are a team of superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The team first appeared in ''The Brave and the Bold'' #28 (March 1960). The team was conceived ...

: The Rise and Fall'', and ''Justice League: The Rise of Arsenal'' and later took over the ''

Green Arrow Green Arrow is a superhero who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Mort Weisinger and designed by George Papp, he first appeared in ''More Fun Comics'' #73 in November 1941. His secret identity, real name is Olive ...

'' series with issue #31 (May 2010), with a storyline titled "The Fall of Green Arrow". After four issues a new volume of ''Green Arrow'' was launched with a new #1 with Krul writing. He returned to ''Teen Titans'' as the main writer. As part of DC Comics'

The New 52 The New 52 is the 2011 revamp and relaunch by DC Comics of its entire line of ongoing monthly superhero comic books. Following the conclusion of the " Flashpoint" crossover storyline, DC canceled all its existing titles and debuted 52 new serie ...

relaunch in 2011, Krul wrote ''Green Arrow'' and ''

Captain Atom Captain Atom is a superhero appearing in American comic books, first in the 1960s by Charlton Comics before being acquired in the 1980s by DC Comics. Captain Atom has existed in three basic incarnations. Publication history Captain Atom was crea ...

''. He left ''Green Arrow'' after issue #3 due to time pressures but continued to write ''Captain Atom''. Krul has written for

Dynamite Entertainment Dynamite Entertainment is an American comic book publisher founded by Nick Barrucci in 2004 at Mount Laurel, New Jersey. It is best known as the owners of '' The Boys'' franchise across several IP medias. Dynamite primarily publishes adaptation ...

's books including ''

Red Sonja Red Sonja is a fictional sword and sorcery comic-book superheroine created by writer Roy Thomas and artist Barry Windsor-Smith for Marvel Comics in 1973, partially inspired by Robert E. Howard's character Red Sonya of Rogatino. Marvel Comics ...

'' and '' Highlander: Way of the Sword''.

Personal life

Krul lives in

Southern California Southern California (commonly shortened to SoCal) is a geographic and Cultural area, cultural region that generally comprises the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. It includes the Los Angeles metropolitan area, the second most po ...

with his wife and their two daughters.

Bibliography

Aspen MLT

*''Aspen Seasons: Fall 2005'' #1 (2005) *''

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: Spring 2005'' #1 (2005) *''

'' vol. 2 #0–8 (2005–2006) *''Fathom'' vol. 3 #0–10 (2008–2010) *''Fathom Beginnings'' #1 (2005) *'' Fathom: Cannon Hawke'' #0–5 (2004–2006) *''Fathom: Cannon Hawke: Prelude'' #1 (2005) *''Fathom Prelude'' #1 (2005) *''Jirni'' #1 (2013) *''Michael Turner's Cannon: Dawn of War'' #0–3 (2004) *'' Soulfire'' #3–10 (2005–2009) *'' Soulfire: Chaos Reign'' #0–3 (2006–2007) *'' Soulfire: Dying Of The Light'' #0–5 (2005–2006) *''Worlds of Aspen'' #1–4 (2006–2009)

DC Comics

*'' The Adventures of Superman'' vol. 2 #6 (2013) *'' Batman Beyond Unlimited'' #3–17 (2012–2013) *''

: Titans'' #1–3 (2009) *''

Bloodlines Bloodline most commonly refers to heredity. Bloodline, bloodlines, blood line or blood lines may also refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Comics * Bloodlines (comics), ''Bloodlines'' (comics), a 1993 DC Comics crossover * ''Colossus: Blood ...

'' #1–4 (2016) *''

'' vol. 4 #1–12, #0 (2011–2012) *'' Flashpoint: Deadman and the Flying Graysons'' #1–3 (2011) *''

G.I. Combat ''G.I. Combat'' was an American comics anthology featuring war stories. It was published from 1952 until 1956 by Quality Comics, followed by DC Comics until its final issue in 1987. In 2012 it was briefly revived. Publication history The focu ...

'' vol. 2 #1–4, #0 ("

The War that Time Forgot ''The War that Time Forgot'' was a comic book feature published by DC Comics beginning in 1960 in the title '' Star Spangled War Stories'', created by Robert Kanigher, Ross Andru and Mike Esposito. It ran for eight years, ending in 1968 and retur ...

") (2012) *''

'' vol. 4 #30–31 (2010) *''Green Arrow'' vol. 5 #1–12 (2010–2011) *''Green Arrow'' vol. 6 #1–3 (2011–2012) *''

Heroes Heroes or Héroes may refer to: * Hero, one who displays courage and self-sacrifice for the greater good Film * ''Heroes'' (1977 film), an American drama * ''Heroes'' (2008 film), an Indian Hindi film Gaming * ''Heroes of Might and Magic'' ...

'' #2 (2009) *''

The Joker's Asylum The Joker is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by Bill Finger, Bob Kane, and Jerry Robinson, and first appeared in the debut issue of the comic book ''Batman (comic book), Bat ...

'': " Poison Ivy" #1 (2008) *'' JSA: Classified'' #23–24 (2007) *''

'' vol. 3 #77–78, 88–100 (2010–2011) *''

'' vol. 2 #15, 19, 21–22 (2009–2010) *''Untold Tales of Blackest Night'' #1 (2010)

Dynamite Entertainment

*'' Highlander: Way of the Sword'' (2007–2008) *'' The Owl'' #1–4 (2013) *''

'' #7 (2006)

Marvel Comics

*''

'' #2 (2004) *''

'' #1 (2004)

ZMX Comics / Aspen Comics

*''

Nu Way Nu or NU may refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * Nu metal, a heavy metal fusion genre * Nu jazz, a jazz fusion genre * Nu-disco, a genre of dance music * Nu gaze, a shoegaze fusion genre * Nu prog, a subgenre of progressive rock * Nu-funk, a ...

'' #1-#4 (2018) *''

'' #5 (2019)

References

External links

* * *
J. T. Krul
at Mike's Amazing World of Comics

at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators
J.T. Krul
interview wit
ScriptsandScribes.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Krul, J.T. 1972 births American comics writers Living people Michigan State University alumni Writers from California Writers from Michigan