Todd Dezago (born 1961) is an

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writer best known for his collaborations with artist

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on ''

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'' and their creator-owned fantasy series ''

Tellos ''Tellos'' is a fantasy comic book series created by Todd Dezago and Mike Wieringo and published by Image Comics. Three issues at the end of the initial run were printed through Gorilla Comics, which was co-founded by Wieringo. After that compan ...

''.

Early life

Todd Dezago was raised in

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and studied to be an actor.

Career

Dezago began his comics writing career on ''

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'' for

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in 1994. He first worked with

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on ''

'' #8 (Sept. 1996). They then worked together on the

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fantasy series ''

'' in 1999. The series, a coming-of-age adventure set in a magical,

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world, ran 10 issues (May 1999–Nov. 2000). The last three issues were released by

Gorilla Comics Gorilla Comics was a short-lived American comic book imprint (trade name), imprint launched in 2000 in comics, 2000 by creators Kurt Busiek, Tom Grummett, Stuart Immonen, Karl Kesel, Barry Kitson, George Pérez, Mark Waid, and Mike Wieringo. Charact ...

, a short-lived

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imprint co-founded by Dezago and several other creators in 2000. Following the demise of the series, Dezago wrote the ''Tellos: Maiden Voyage'' #1 (March 2001)

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. At

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, Dezago co-created ''

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'' with artist

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in the 1998 one-shot ''Young Justice: The Secret''. His other ''Young Justice'' work includes the 1998

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'' JLA: World Without Grown-ups''. From 1999 to 2002, he wrote ''

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'' #50–89. In 2005 he co-created ''

The Perhapanauts ''The Perhapanauts'' is an American comic book series created by writer Todd Dezago and artist Craig Rousseau in 2005. The first two mini-series, "First Blood" and "Second Chances", were published by Dark Horse Comics, but later in 2008, the ...

'' with artist

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Bibliography

Ardden Entertainment

* ''

Casper and the Spectrals ''Casper and the Spectrals'' is a three-issue comic book miniseries published by Ardden Entertainment, celebrating the 60th anniversary of Casper the Friendly Ghost. The series gives the characters a modernized look and design while living in a gr ...

'' #1–3 (2009–2010)

CD Comics

* ''Occupational Hazards'' (among others) (2000)

Dark Horse Comics

* ''

'' #1–4 (2005–2006) * ''The Perhapanauts: Second Chances'' #1–4 (2006–2007)

DC Comics

* '' Batman: Gotham Knights'' #24 ("

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" backup story) (2002) * '' The Flash 80-Page Giant'' #1 (1998) * ''

'' #50–54, 56–59, 62–89 (1999–2002) * '' JLA 80-Page Giant'' #1 (1998) * ''JLA: World Without Grown-Ups'' #1–2 (1998) * ''

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'' #40–41 (2001) * ''Sins of Youth: The Secret/Deadboy'' #1 (2000) * ''

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/The Flash'' #1 (1997) * ''Tangent Comics/The Trials of the Flash'' #1 (1998) * ''

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 ...

'' vol. 2 #50 (2007) * ''

'' #22 (2000) * ''Young Justice: The

Secret Secrecy is the practice of hiding information from certain individuals or groups who do not have the "need to know", perhaps while sharing it with other individuals. That which is kept hidden is known as the secret. Secrecy is often controvers ...

'' #1 (1998)

Dynamite Entertainment

* ''DF Premiere: Tellos Prologue'' #1 (1999) * ''Dynamic Forces: Tellos Preview Book'' #1 (1999)

Image Comics

* ''Monster Pile-Up'' #1 (2008) * ''The Perhapanauts'' vol. 2 #1–6 (2008–2009) *''The Perhapanauts Annual'' #1 (2008) * ''The Perhapanauts: Danger Down Under'' #1–5 (2012–2013) * ''Popgun'' #4 (2010) * ''

Section Zero ''Section Zero'' is an American comic book series, published in 2000 by Gorilla Comics, a minor comic book company that also acted as an imprint of Image Comics. It was written by Karl Kesel with artwork provided by Tom Grummett. The series f ...

'' #1 (Tellos backup story) (2000) * ''Skullkickers'' #24 (2013) * '' Tales of Tellos'' #1–3 (2004) * ''Tellos'' #1–10 (1999–2000) * ''Tellos Prelude'' #1 (1999) * ''Tellos: The Joining'' #1 (1999) * ''Tellos: The Last Heist'' #1 (2001) * ''Tellos: Maiden Voyage'' #1 (2001) * ''Tellos: Sons & Moons'' #1 (2002)

Marvel Comics

* ''

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'' #404–405, 663 (1995, 2011) * '' Bug'' #1 (1997) * ''

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'' vol. 2 #40–43 (1997) * ''

Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme ''Doctor Strange'' is a series of several comic book volumes featuring the character Doctor Strange and published by Marvel Comics, beginning with the original ''Doctor Strange'' comic book series that debuted in 1968. Publication history Docto ...

'' #83 (1995) * ''Free Comic Book Day 2010: Iron Man/Nova'' (backup story) (2010) * '' Generation X '' #11–12, 15–16 (with Scott Lobdell) (1996) * ''

Marvel Adventures Spider-Man ''Marvel Adventures Spider-Man'' (preceded by ''Marvel Age Spider-Man'') is a Marvel Comics comic book series intended for all ages, especially children, that ran for 61 issues from May 2005 through May 2010. The ''Marvel Age Spider-Man'' stories ...

'' #45–48 (2009) * ''Marvel Adventures Super Heroes'' #10 (2009) * ''Marvel Age: Spider-Man'' #7–11, 15, 17–18 (2004–2005) * ''Marvel Age Spider-Man Team-Up'' #1–5 (2004–2005) * ''

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Game: Hero Up'' #1 (2011) * ''

'' #7–33, -1 (1996–1998) * ''

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'' #1–2 (1995) * ''

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'' #230–240 (1996) * ''

Spider-Man Family ''Spider-Man Family'' (later retitled ''The Amazing Spider-Man Family'') is a comic book series published by Marvel Comics. It began as a series of one-shots written and penciled by various writers and artists before becoming a bi-monthly ongoin ...

'' #7 (2008) * ''Spider-Man Team-Up Special'' #1 (2005) * '' Spider-Man: Maximum Clonage Alpha'' #1 (1995) * ''Spider-Man: The Clone Journal'' #1 (1995) * ''Spider-Man: The Jackal Files'' #1 (1995) * ''

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Reborn'' #1 (1997) * ''The

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: The Long Night'' #1 (2002) * ''Web of Scarlet Spider'' #1–2 (1995) * ''

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'' #121–122, 126–129 (1995) * '' What If...?'' #90 (1996) * ''

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'' #129–131 (1998) * ''Wolverine: Killing Made Simple'' #1 (2008) * ''

'' #103–111 (1994–1995) * ''X-Force and Cable '95'' #1 (1995) * ''

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'' #½ (1998) * ''

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'' #21 (1998)

Selfpublished

*''The Mike Wieringo Tellos Tribute'' Vol.1–2 (2017) *''The Perhapanauts: Into Hollow Earth'' OGN (2016)

Sitcomics

* ''Startup Binge Book'' #3 (with Darin Henry) (2020)

References

External links

*
Todd Dezago
at Mike's Amazing World of Comics

at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators {{DEFAULTSORT:Dezago, Todd 1961 births American comics writers Living people People from Rhinebeck, New York

Early life

Career

Bibliography

Ardden Entertainment

CD Comics

Dark Horse Comics

DC Comics

Dynamite Entertainment

Image Comics

Marvel Comics

Selfpublished

Sitcomics

References

Further reading

External links