Peter Gross is an

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writer and artist known for such works as ''

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'', ''

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'' and '' The Unwritten''.

Biography

Gross attended St. John's University and did graduate studies at the

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. He intended to make a living as a fine artist, but was drawn into comics, first doing some work for Marvel and then following it up with his originally-self-published series ''Empire Lanes''."Artist adopts love of comics"
''Kentucky New Era'', September 6, 1987

Bibliography

Comics work includes: * ''

'' #4, 6–8, 18–19, 21–30, 39–41, 43–62, 64–75 (art and (from #51) script, with writer

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Vertigo, August 1994 – August 2000) * ''

'' #5–8, 10–13, 15–19, 21–23, 25–27, 29–32, 34–40, 42–44, 46–49, 51–54, 56–57, 59–61, 63–65, 67–69, 71–72, 74–75 (with writer Mike Carey, ongoing series,

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, October 2000 – August 2006) collected as: ** ''Volume 2 Children and Monsters'' (collects ''Lucifer'' #5–13, Vertigo, 2001, ) ** ''Volume 3 A Dalliance with the Damned'' (collects ''Lucifer'' #14–20, Vertigo, 2002, ) ** ''Volume 4 The Divine Comedy'' (collects ''Lucifer'' #21–28, Vertigo, 2003, ) ** ''Volume 5 Inferno'' (collects ''Lucifer'' #29–35, Vertigo, 2004, ) ** ''Volume 6 Mansions of the Silence'' (collects ''Lucifer'' #36–41, Vertigo, 2004, ) ** ''Volume 7 Exodus'' (collects ''Lucifer' #42–44 & #46–49, Vertigo, 2005, ) ** ''Volume 8 The Wolf Beneath the Tree'' (collects ''Lucifer'' #45 & #50–54, Vertigo, 2005, ) ** ''Volume 9 Crux'' (collects ''Lucifer'' #55–61, Vertigo, 2006, ) ** ''Volume 10 Morningstar'' (collects ''Lucifer'' #62–69, Vertigo, 2006, ) ** ''Volume 11 Evensong'' (collects ''Lucifer'' #70–75, Vertigo, 2007, ) *'' Chosen'' (with writer

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, 3-issue mini-series,

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, 2004, tpb,

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, 72 pages, December 2008, ) *'' The Unwritten'' (with Mike Carey, ongoing series, Vertigo, July 2009- 2015)

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Living people People from St. Cloud, Minnesota University of Wisconsin–Superior alumni 1958 births {{US-comics-creator-stub