Michael Alan Nelson (born June 6, 1971) is an American

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writer and novelist. He is best known for the comic book and novel series ''Hexed'', ''

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'' comics, and co-writing the " Day Men" comics series. Nelson has written over 30 graphic novels. Nelson has co-written a variety of graphic novels with notable collaborators from "

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" with film director

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to "Insurrection 3.6" with screenwriter Blake Masters to actor

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on "Protocol Orphans" to "The Last Reign: Kings of War" with

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director

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. Nelson has worked with some of the top comic book artists in the industry. His series "Day Men" features artwork by the illustrator

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. Illustrators such as

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(Hexed),

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(28 Days Later),

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(28 Days Later), and

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(Swordsmith Assassin) have generated covers for Nelson's series. Nelson's series also showcased artists that would go on to have high-profile careers such as Emma Rios ( Pretty Deadly),

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, and Matteo Scalera ( Black Science (comics)). Nelson has written two series tapping world-famous classic pulp authors: his adaptation of Robert E. Howard's " Hawks of Outremer" and a modern spin on H.P. Lovecraft's

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in " Fall of Cthulhu".

Awards

* 2004 New Times 55 Fiction contest for short-short "The Conspirators" * 2011 Glyph Award: "Best Female Character": Selena from the series " 28 Days Later (comics)". * 2014 nomination "The Ghastly Awards" for "Best Archival Collection" for 28 Days Later (comics).

Film adaptations

* October 22, 2012

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announced that Paramount Pictures had picked up "Insurrection 3.6" for development as a feature film with

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and

Matt Tolmach Matthew Tolmach (born 1964)

producing. * August 19, 2013 Deadline.com disclosed that Universal Pictures had acquired the rights to Day Men as a movie in "a pre-emptive seven-figure bid." * On June 17, 2014 Deadline.com reported that Fox has picked up

for film development with

attached to direct. In August 2017, Rebecca Thomas was hired to direct the movie. * On August 19, 2015 Deadline.com reported that Fox TV picked up "Protocol: Orphans" for development.

Novel

* October 21, 2014

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announced the publication of a YA novel based on Nelson's comic book series

Hexed ''Hexed'' is a 1993 American black comedy film starring Arye Gross, Claudia Christian, Adrienne Shelly, and R. Lee Ermey, and written and directed by Alan Spencer, best known as the creator of the satirical TV series ''Sledge Hammer!'' The film ...

: Hexed: Sisters of Witchdown ().

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website excerpted Chapter 2 of the novel on April 28 and Pyr released the novel on May 5, 2015.

Short comics stories

*''Cthulhu Tales'' short story "The Beach" (with Andrew Ritchie), BOOM! Studios, July 2006. *''Cthulhu Tales: The Rising'' short story "For You" (with Andrew Ritchie), BOOM! Studios, February 2007. *''Cthulhu Tales (ongoing series) #1'' short story "The Farm" (with Sunder Raj), BOOM! Studios, March 2008. *''Cthulhu Tales (ongoing series) #5'' short story "The Doorman" (with Milton Sobreiro), BOOM! Studios, July 2008. *''Fear the Dead'' one shot (with various artists), BOOM! Studios, April 2006. *''Ninja Tales'' short story, BOOM! Studios, January 2007. *''Pirate Tales'' short story, BOOM! Studios, April 2006. *''Zombie Tales'' short story "Severance" (with

Joe Abraham Joseph Conrad Abraham, is an American-born comic book illustrator and actor. He is best known for his work as the artist on the comic, ''Hero Squared'' published by Boom! Studios. He has also worked on comics in the Warhammer 40,000 and Cthulhu u ...

), BOOM! Studios, June 2005. *''Zombie Tales: Oblivion'' short story "Riot Grrrl" (with

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), BOOM! Studios, October 2005. *''Zombie Tales: The Dead'' short story "The Miracle of Bethany" (with

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), BOOM! Studios, April 2006.

Individual comic book issues

*''Action Comics 23.1: Cyborg Superman'' one shot (with

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), DC Comics, September 4, 2013.

Collected editions

References

External links

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Print interviews

October 29, 2008 on Comics Bulletin

May 2, 2011 on

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February 22, 2013 on

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February 26, 2013 on

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(September 11, 2013 on Nerdist News, Nerdist)

June 20, 2014

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Video interviews

April 5, 2011 on

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June 1, 2012 on Mask & Cape

November 6, 2012 on Comics Continuum

May 1, 2014 on Pop Culture Network

August 1, 2014 at

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on Comic Wow!

September 16, 2014 at

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on Comic Wow!

Audio interviews

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