Victor Gischler is an American author of humorous

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Career

Gischler's debut novel ''Gun Monkeys'' was nominated for the

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, and his novel ''Shotgun Opera'' was an

Anthony Award The Anthony Awards are literary awards for mystery writers presented at the Bouchercon World Mystery Convention since 1986. The awards are named for Anthony Boucher (1911–1968), one of the founders of the Mystery Writers of America. Among the m ...

finalist. His work has been translated into Italian, French, Spanish and Japanese. He earned a Ph.D. in English at the University of Southern Mississippi. His fifth novel ''Go-Go Girls of the Apocalypse'' was published in 2008 by the Touchstone/Fireside imprint of Simon & Schuster. He has also written

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like '' The Punisher: Frank Castle'', ''

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'' and ''

Deadpool Deadpool is an antihero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Fabian Nicieza and artist/writer Rob Liefeld, the character first appeared in ''New Mutants'' #98 (cover-dated Feb. 1991). Initially, Deadp ...

'' (including ''Deadpool: Merc With a Mouth'' and ''Deadpool Corps'') for

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 ...

. Gischler worked on

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Curse of the Mutants "Curse of the Mutants" is a comics storyline that ran in books published by the American company Marvel Comics from July 2010 to May 2011. The arc centers on a human bomb exploding in San Francisco's Union Square, covering dozens (including Jubi ...

" starting in the '' Death of Dracula''

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and continued in ''

'' #1. ''Gun Monkeys'' has been optioned for a film adaptation, with

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writing the script and

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penciled in to direct.

Bibliography

Novels

*''Suicide Squeeze'' (368 pages, paperback, Uglytown Productions, December 2001, , hardback,

Delacorte Press Dell Publishing Company, Inc. is an American publisher of books, magazines and comic books, that was founded in 1921 by George T. Delacorte Jr. with $10,000 (approx. $145,000 in 2021), two employees and one magazine title, ''I Confess'', and ...

, March 2005, , paperback,

Dell Books Dell Publishing Company, Inc. is an American publisher of books, magazines and comic books, that was founded in 1921 by George T. Delacorte Jr. with $10,000 (approx. $145,000 in 2021), two employees and one magazine title, ''I Confess'', and s ...

, January 2006, ) *''Gun Monkeys'' (304 pages, Dell Books, November 2003, ) *''The Pistol Poets'' (368 pages, paperback, Dell Books, January 2005, ) *''Shotgun Opera'' (320 pages, paperback, Dell Books, April 2006, ) *''Go-Go Girls of the Apocalypse'' (336 pages, paperback,

Touchstone Books Simon & Schuster () is an American publishing company and a subsidiary of Paramount Global. It was founded in New York City on January 2, 1924 by Richard L. Simon and M. Lincoln Schuster. As of 2016, Simon & Schuster was the third largest publi ...

, July 2008, ) *''Vampire A Go Go'' (337 pages, paperback, Touchstone Books, September 2009, ) *''The Deputy'' (256 pages, Tyrus Books, April 2010, hardback, , paperback, ) *''Stay'' (

Thomas Dunne Books Thomas Dunne Books was an imprint of St. Martin's Press, which is a division of Macmillan Publishers. From 1986 until April 2020, it published popular trade fiction and nonfiction. History The imprint signed David Irving, a scholar, for a Joseph ...

, June 2015, ) *''Gestapo Mars'' (a Carter Sloan novel) (297 pages, Titan Books, September 2015, ) *''No Good Deed'' (288 pages, hardback, Forge Books, September 2018, )

A Fire Beneath the Skin

# ''Ink Mage'' (400 pages, paperback, 47North, October 2013, ) # ''The Tattooed Duchess'' (368 pages, paperback, 47North, July 2015, ) # ''A Painted Goddess'' (400 pages, paperback, 47North, March 2016, )

Comics

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Special: Little Black Book'' (with

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, MAX, August 2008) *''

: Revolver'' (with

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, one-shot,

, August 2009) *''The Punisher: Frank Castle MAX'' #71-74 (with

Goran Parlov Goran Parlov (born March 14, 1967) is a Croatian comic book artist. Early life Goran Parlov graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb in 1991 and soon moved to Italy. Career Parlov began drawing comics professionally in the early 90s, ...

, MAX, August–November 2009) *''

: Merc With a Mouth'' #1-13 (with

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, Marvel Comics, September 2009 - September 2010) * "Great Balls of Thunder on the Deep Blue Sea" (with

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, in ''Deadpool'' #900, December 2009) *''Prelude to Deadpool Corps'' (with an issue each by

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Whilce Portacio William "Whilce" Portacio (; born July 8, 1963) is a Filipino American comic book writer and artist noted for his work on such titles as ''The Punisher'', ''X-Factor'', ''Uncanny X-Men'', '' Iron Man'', ''Wetworks'' and ''Spawn''. Portacio was als ...

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and

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, 5-issue limited series, Marvel Comics, May 2010) *''Deadpool Corps'' #1-12 (with Rob Liefeld, ongoing series, Marvel Comics, June 2010 - May 2011) *'' Death of Dracula'' (with

Giuseppe Camuncoli Giuseppe Camuncoli (born March 2, 1975) is an Italian comic book artist best known for his work on the Marvel Comics titles ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' and ''The Superior Spider-Man'' and the DC Comics/Vertigo series ''Hellblazer'' as well as his ...

, Marvel Comics, August 2010) *''

'' #1-29 (with

, ongoing series, Marvel Comics, September 2010 – June 2012) *''Fear Itself: Hulk vs Dracula'' (with Ryan Stegman, 3-issue limited series, Marvel Comics, November 2011 - December 2011) *''Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Spike'' (with Paul Lee, 5-issue limited series,

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, August 2012 - December 2012)Dark Horse Announces Two New Buffy Spin-Offs: Spike and Willow
/ref> *''Conan: The Phantoms of the Black Coast'' (with Attila Futaki, 5-issue limited series,

, October 2012 - February 2013) *''

The Shadow The Shadow is a fictional character created by magazine publishers Street & Smith and writer Walter B. Gibson. Originally created to be a mysterious radio show narrator, and developed into a distinct literary character in 1931 by writer Walter ...

'' #7-12 (with Aaron Campbell, ongoing series,

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, October 2012 – April 2013) *''Kiss Me Satan'' (with Juan Ferreyra, 5-issue limited series,

, September 2013 – present) *''Clown Fatale'' (with Maurizio Rosenzweig, 4-issue limited series,

, November 2013 – present) *''Noir'' (with Andrea Mutti, 5-issue limited series,

, November 2013 – present) *''Sally of the Wasteland'' (with Tazio Bettin, 5-issue limited series,

Titan Comics Titan Publishing Group is the publishing division of Titan Entertainment Group, which was established in 1981. The books division has two main areas of publishing: film and television tie-ins and cinema reference books; and graphic novels and co ...

, August 2014 – present)

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Interviews

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