William Francis Messner-Loebs (; born William Francis Loebs, Jr., February 19, 1949) is an

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and writer from Michigan, also known as Bill Loebs and Bill Messner-Loebs. His hyphenated surname is a combination of his and his wife Nadine's unmarried surnames. In the 1980s and 1990s he wrote runs of series published by

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Image Comics Image Comics is an American comic book publisher and is the third largest comic book and graphic novel publisher in the industry in both unit and market share. It was founded in 1992 by several high-profile illustrators as a venue for creator-ow ...

, Comico, and other comics publishers, including DC's superhero series ''Flash'' and ''

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'' among others. Additionally he has both written and drawn original creator-owned works, such as '' Journey: The Adventures of Wolverine MacAlistaire''.

Biography

William Messner-Loebs was born in

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. His right arm was amputated above the shoulder in infancy because of a cancerous tumor; he writes and draws with his left hand. Loebs was a friend of

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, and played in Siembieda's role-playing group in Detroit; in 1981, his mother Frances (Schepeler) Loebs loaned Siembieda the money to start publishing role-playing books for his company Palladium Games. His first comics work was for Power Comics Company and on Noble Comics' ''

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'' with

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. His first ongoing series was ''Journey: The Adventures of Wolverine MacAlistaire'', about 19th-century Michigan frontier life, which he both wrote and illustrated. It was published from 1983 to 1986 by Aardvark-Vanaheim and

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, followed by a limited series ''Journey: Wardrums''. He wrote the 31-issue ''

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'' series published by Comico from 1986 to 1988 and collaborated with artist

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on the ''

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'' limited series, a spin-off from the ''Jonny Quest'' series. In 1988, he began writing ''

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'' with issue #15 and continued through #61. He and artist

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introduced

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as a supporting character in the series in ''The Flash'' vol. 2 #28 (July 1989). He also reintroduced the

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as a reformed villain and established the character as gay, in issue #53 (Aug. 1991). Meanwhile he wrote ''

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'' #25-41 and the ''

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'' series for DC's

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imprint. He wrote ''

Epicurus the Sage ''Epicurus the Sage'' was a two-issue limited series graphic novel, written by William Messner-Loebs, with art by Sam Kieth. The two issues were published in 1989 and 1991 by Piranha Press, the "alternative comics" imprint of DC Comics. Plot A ...

'' which was illustrated by

Sam Kieth Sam Kieth (born January 11, 1963) is an American comics artist and writer, best known as the creator of ''The Maxx'' and ''Zero Girl''. Career Comics Kieth's first published work was "a story in the back of a Comico comic" when he was "about ...

, and scripted ''

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'' which was illustrated and co-written by Kieth. In 1990, Messner-Loebs became the writer of the ''Batman'' newspaper comic strip and wrote the strip until its cancellation the following year. In 1992 Loebs took over writing the ''

'' series, with pencils by

Mike Deodato Mike Deodato (; born May 23, 1963), sometimes credited as Mike Deodato Jr., is the professional pseudonym of Brazilian comic book artist Deodato Taumaturgo Borges Filho. Early life Mike Deodato was born on May 23, 1963 in Campina Grande, Paraíb ...

. During his run from #63 to #100, he created the character

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, for whom he wrote the mini-series ''Artemis: Requiem''. Meanwhile he wrote ''

Hawkman Hawkman is the name of several superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Dennis Neville, the original Hawkman first appeared in ''Flash Comics'' #1, published by All-American ...

'' #9-27, penciled primarily by

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. In 1996 he had a brief run writing

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' ''

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''. From 1997 to 1999 he wrote ''

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'' #29-49, penciled by

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. In 1999 he wrote the "V2K" mini-series ''Brave Old World'' for

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, penciled by Guy Davis. In 2005, following years of limited freelance work and the loss of his and his wife's home in the early 2000s, Messner-Loebs’s financial condition was publicized in the local newspaper and comics news sites and Internet message boards. Author

Clifford Meth Clifford Meth is an American writer, editor, and publisher best known for his dark fiction, as well as his publishing imprint Aardwolf Publishing. He has said that his work is often "self-consciously Jewish." Early life Meth grew up in Rockaway, ...

teamed up with artist

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to create a benefit auction to help Messner-Loebs. The two also created an art tribute book entitled ''Heroes & Villains'' with all proceeds aiding Messner-Loebs. His financial situation improved somewhat, and he had a number of works published, including an issue of ''

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'' in 2005, and several pieces in ''The Three Tenors'' (Aardwolf Publishing), which he shared credits for along with Clifford Meth and artist

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. A new "Journey" story was included in the one-shot ''Many Happy Returns'' in 2008, and

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reprinted the original material in paperback. He has done writing for

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, including the four-issue ''Necronomicon'' and stories for ''Zombie Tales''. He has done illustration work for the 2007 humor book ''Chicken Wings for the Beer Drinker's Soul'' and a monthly cartoon for the ''Livingston ounty, MIParent Journal''. In 2008, he discussed additional, more substantial new works with various publishers. In 2011, he wrote the ''

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: The Flash – The '80s'' and ''DC Retroactive: Wonder Woman – The '90s'' one-shots. As of early 2018, William Messner-Loebs and his wife have continued to struggle financially, with Messner-Loebs working two part-time positions in Michigan. In 2019, he co-wrote, with Amy Chu, issues #3–5 of the limited series '' Kiss: The End'' 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 ...

, and contributed to an independent comic book anthology called ''YEET Presents''. In September 2020, William Messner-Loebs was named Project Editor for Resurgence Comics.

Awards

In 1985, Messner-Loebs was nominated for the

Russ Manning Most Promising Newcomer Award The Russ Manning Most Promising Newcomer Award is an American award presented to a comic book artist whose first professional work appeared within the previous two years. It was named after comic book artist Russ Manning. The winner is chosen from ...

. He received an

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in 1987 and his ''

'' series from Comico was nominated for the

Kirby Award The Jack Kirby Comics Industry Awards were a set of awards for achievement in comic books, presented from 1985-1987. Voted on by comic-book professionals, the Kirby awards were the first such awards since the Shazam Awards ceased in 1975. Sponsored ...

for Best Continuing Series and Best New Series that same year. In 1989, Messner-Loebs was nominated for an

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as Best Writer for ''

'' and his ''Jezebel Jade'' series was nominated for the Eisner Award for Best Finite Series. For his work on ''

'', he received the first

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in 1992. He received the Bill Finger Award for Writing Excellence in 2017.

Awards won

1987 *

1992 * Macabre Award 2008 * Bill Finger Award 2017

Award Finalist

Russ Manning Award The Russ Manning Most Promising Newcomer Award is an American award presented to a comic book artist whose first professional work appeared within the previous two years. It was named after comic book artist Russ Manning. The winner is chosen from ...

(for Most Promising Newcomer) 1985 *

Best Black-and-White Series (for ''Journey'') 1985 * Kirby Award Best Black-and-White Series (for ''Journey'') 1986 * Kirby Award Best Continuing Series (for ''Jonny Quest'') 1987 * Kirby Award Best New Series (for ''Jonny Quest'') 1987 *

Harvey Award The Harvey Awards are given for achievement in comic books. Named for writer-artist Harvey Kurtzman, the Harvey Awards were founded by Gary Groth in 1988, president of the publisher Fantagraphics, to be the successor to the Kirby Awards that were ...

Best Writer (for ''Jonny Quest'') 1988 *

Best Writer (for ''Jonny Quest'') 1989 * Eisner Award Best Finite Series (for ''Jezebel Jade'') 1989 * Harvey Award Best Graphic Album (for ''Epicurus the Sage'') 1990 * Harvey Award Best Graphic Album of Original Work (for ''Wonder Woman: Amazonia'') 1998

Bibliography

Aardvark-Vanaheim

* '' A–V in 3–D #1'' (1984) * ''

Cerebus the Aardvark ''Cerebus'' (; also ''Cerebus the Aardvark'') is a comic book series created by Canadian cartoonist Dave Sim, which ran from December 1977 until March 2004. The title character of the 300-issue series is an anthropomorphic aardvark who takes on ...

'' #34–38, 48–49 (backup stories) (1982–1983) * '' Journey: The Adventures of Wolverine MacAlistaire'' #1–14 (1983–1984)

Aardwolf Productions

* ''Aardwolf'' #1 (1994) * ''The Uncanny

... A Tribute'' (2004) * ''The Three Tenors: Off Key'' (2005)

About Comics

*''Many Happy Returns'' (2008)

Angry Isis Press

* ''Choices: A Pro-Choice Benefit Comic Anthology for the National Organization for Women'' #1 (1990)

Approbation Comics

*''Myriad'' #3 (1995)

A Wave Blue World

*''Dead Beats: London Calling'' (2021)

Boom! Studios

* ''Cthulhu Tales'' #3, 6, 12 (2008–2009) * ''Necronomicon'' #1–4 (2008) * ''Zombie Tales: The Series'' #3, 5 (2008)

Century Comics

* ''Actor Comics Presents'' #1 (2006)

Comico

* ''Jezebel Jade'' #1–3 (1988) * ''

'' #1–31 (1986–1988) * ''Primer'' #3 (writer/artist) (1983) * ''Silverback'' #1–3 (1989)

Cost Of Paper Comics

* ''YEET Presents'' #24, 26–27, 29, 31–34, 36-39, 41–44, 50, 52 (2019–) *''YEET Presents Special: Loey the Liger and the Wizard's Tower'' #1 (2021) *''Shamus and Katie'' #22 (2022)

Dark Horse Comics

* '' Doc Stearn...Mr. Monster'' vol. 2 #8 (1991) * ''

Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis ''Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis'' is a point-and-click adventure game developed and published by LucasArts and originally released on June 1, 1992 for Amiga, DOS and Macintosh. Almost a year later, it was reissued on CD-ROM as an enhance ...

'' #1–4 (1991)

DC Comics

* ''

Action Comics ''Action Comics'' is an American comic book/Comic anthology, magazine series that introduced Superman, one of the first major superhero characters. The publisher was originally known as National Allied Publications, and later as National Comics ...

'' #658 (1990) * '' The Adventures of Superman'' #471 (1990) * ''

Aquaman Aquaman is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Paul Norris and Mort Weisinger, the character debuted in ''More Fun Comics'' #73 (November 1941). The character is a pastiche of Namor. Initially ...

Annual'' #3 (1997) * '' Artemis: Requiem'' #1–6 (1996) * ''

Brave Old World Brave Old World is an American and German klezmer band. It formed in 1989. Members hail from the US and Germany. ''The Washington Post'' called Brave Old World "the revival's first supergroup. Every player is a virtuoso.” In 1992, the group ...

'' #1–4 (2000) * ''Cartoon Network Block Party'' #16 (2006) * ''Christmas with the Super-Heroes'' #2 (1989) * ''

: The Flash: The '80s'' #1 (2011) * ''DC Retroactive: Wonder Woman: The '90s'' #1 (2011) * ''

Doctor Fate Doctor Fate (also known as Fate) is the name of multiple superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The original version of the character was created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Howard Sherman, debuting in ''More F ...

'' #25–37, 39–41 (1991–1992) * ''

'' #1–2 (1989–1991) * ''Fast Forward'' #3 (1993) * ''

'' #15–28, 30–61, ''Annual'' #2–3, ''Special'' #1 (1988–1992) * ''The Flash 80-Page Giant'' #2 (1999) * '' Flinch'' #6 (1999) * ''

'' vol. 3 #53 (2005) * ''

'' #9–17, 19–27, #0, ''Annual'' #2 (1994–1995) * '' Impact Winter Special'' #1 (1991) * ''

'' #29–40, 42–49, #1000000, ''Annual'' #2 (1997–1999) * ''

'' #1–14, ''Annual'' #1 (1991–1992) * '' Justice League America Annual'' #7 (1993) * ''

Justice League Europe ''Justice League Europe'' (''JLE'') is a comic book series published by DC Comics that was a spin-off of the comic book '' Justice League America'' (which was then named ''Justice League International'' (vol. 1) for issues #7 to #25). ''Justice ...

'' #9–12 (1989–1990) * ''

Justice League Quarterly ''Justice League Quarterly'' (''JLQ'') was a quarterly American comic book series published by DC Comics from Winter 1990 to Winter 1994; it lasted 17 issues. It had a variable cast, pulling from the Justice League membership. The title centred o ...

'' #5, 10–11 (1991–1993) * ''Legends of the DC Universe'' #4–5 (Wonder Woman) (1998) * '' Power of the Atom'' #12–13 (1989) * ''

The Powerpuff Girls ''The Powerpuff Girls'' is an American superhero animated television series created by animator Craig McCracken and produced by Hanna-Barbera (later Cartoon Network Studios) for Cartoon Network and distributed by Warner Bros. Domestic Televi ...

'' #56 (2005) * ''

Secret Origins ''Secret Origins'' is the title of several comic book series published by DC Comics which featured the origin stories of the publisher's various characters. Publication history ''Secret Origins'' was first published as a one-shot in 1961 and c ...

'' #34, 48, ''Annual'' #2 (1988–1990) * '' Showcase '94'' #7 (1994) * ''Speed Force'' #1 (1997) * ''

Superman Superman is a superhero who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster, and debuted in the comic book ''Action Comics'' #1 (cover-dated June 1938 and publi ...

'' vol. 2 #48 (1990) * ''Superman: The Legacy of Superman'' #1 (1993) * ''

Wasteland Wasteland or waste land may refer to: * Desert or barren area * an uncultivated area of land, whether wooded or not, whether common land or not Art, entertainment, and media Comics * ''Wasteland'' (DC Comics), 1987–1989 anthology-style horror ...

'' #1–2, 4–6, 8–10, 12, 17–18 (1987–1988) * ''

Who's Who in the DC Universe ''Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe'' (1985–87), usually referred to simply as ''Who's Who'', is the umbrella title for a number of comic book series which DC Comics published to catalogue the wide variety of fictional cha ...

'' #3 (1990) * ''Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe'' #10 (1985) * ''

'' vol. 2 #63–64, 66–87, 90–100, #0, ''Annual'' #3, ''Special'' #1 (1992–1995) * '' Wonder Woman: Amazonia'' #1 (1998)

Disney

* ''

Disney Adventures ''Disney Adventures'' (also short-formed as ''D.A.'') was an American children's entertainment and educational magazine published twelve (later ten) times per year by Disney Publishing Worldwide, a subsidiary of Disney Consumer Products, a unit o ...

'' January 1992

Dynamite Entertainment

*'' KISS: The End'' #3–5 (2019)

Eclipse Comics

*''Born to be Wild'' (1991) * '' Doc Stearn...Mr. Monster'' #1–5 (1985–1986)

Fantagraphics Books

*''

Amazing Heroes ''Amazing Heroes'' was a magazine about the comic book medium published by American company Fantagraphics Books from 1981 to 1992. Unlike its companion title, ''The Comics Journal'', ''Amazing Heroes'' was a hobbyist magazine rather than an analyt ...

'' #138 ("2nd Annual Swimsuit Issue"), #164 ("Swimsuits '89") (1988–1989) *''Amazing Heroes Swimsuit Special'' #1 (1990) * ''Anything Goes!'' #5 (1987) * ''The Best Comics of the Decade'' #1 (1990) *''Dalgoda'' #7 (''Wolverine MacAlistaire'' backup story) (1986) *''Dinosaur Rex'' #2–3 (backup story) (1987) * '' Journey: The Adventures of Wolverine MacAlistaire'' #15–27 (1985–1986) * ''Journey: Wardrums'' #1–2 (1987–1990)

First Comics

* ''

Grimjack Grimjack is the main character of a comic book originally published by the American company First Comics. John Ostrander and Timothy Truman are credited as co-creators of the character, although Ostrander had been developing Grimjack with artist L ...

'' #12–13 (1985)

Image Comics

* ''Bliss Alley'' #1–2 (1997) * ''

Darker Image ''Darker Image'' was an American comic book published by Image Comics. The series was intended as 4-issue miniseries, serving as an introduction to three "grim and gritty" characters. The series, however, only had one published issue, published i ...

'' #1 (1993) * '' Gen13/

'' one-shot (1995) * ''MaxiMage'' #2–7 (1996) * ''

'' #1–15, 17–20, 22–23 (1993–1996)

Innovation Publishing

* ''

Summer Spectacular'' #1 (1990) * ''

The Maze Agency ''The Maze Agency'' is an American mystery comic book series created by Mike W. Barr and first professionally published in 1988. It revolves around a pair of detectives (Jennifer Mays and Gabriel Webb) and their adventures solving puzzling murders. ...

'' ''Annual'' #1 (1990)

Kitchen Sink Press

*''Images of Omaha'' #1 (1992)

Last Gasp

* '' Strip AIDS U.S.A.'' (1988)

Literacy Volunteers of Chicago

* ''Word Warriors'' #1 (1987)

Marvel Comics

* ''Cutting Edge'' #1 (1995) *''Epic Battles of the Civil War'' 1–2 (1998) * '' Savage Hulk'' #1 (1996) * ''The

Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe The ''Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe'' is an encyclopedic guide which details the fictional universe featured in Marvel Comics publications. The original 15-volume series was published in comic book format in 1982, followed by sporadic u ...

Deluxe Edition'' #2, 9 (1985–1986) * ''

'' #495–502 (1996) * '' What If...?'' vol. 2 #82 (1996)

Moonstone

* ''Moonstone Monsters: Witches'' #1 (2004) * ''Moonstone Noir: Bulldog Drummond'' #1 (2004)

Noble Comics

* ''

'' #1–2, ''Annual'' #1 (1981–1983)

SD Publishing (Robin Snyder)

* '' Tales of the Mysterious Traveler'' #34 (2021)

Ted Valley

* ''Flint Comix & Entertainment'' #26–31 (2011)

Thorby Comics

* ''Scandals'' #1 (1999)

Wisconsin Writers Association Press

* ''Human Interest Stuff'' (2012)

Zenescope Entertainment

* ''Mankind: The Story of All of Us'' #2 (2011)

References

External links

*
William Messner-Loebs
at Mike's Amazing World of Comics

at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators
Official website

Official Facebook page

Comic Vine profile

Interview with William Messner-Loebs
at nerdgenic.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Messner-Loebs, William 1949 births 20th-century American artists 21st-century American artists American amputees American comics artists American comics writers Bill Finger Award winners DC Comics people Inkpot Award winners Living people Marvel Comics people People from Ferndale, Michigan