Brian Pulido (born November 30, 1961) is a creator, writer and producer of comic books and films.

Early life

Growing up in Long Branch, New Jersey, Pulido first developed an interest in the horror genre after the release of ''

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'' when he was a child.

Comic book career

Pulido has created, written or co-written numerous comic books, including ''

Lady Death Lady Death is a fictional goddess appearing in American comic books published by Coffin Comics. Created by Brian Pulido, Lady Death first appeared in ''Evil Ernie'' #1 in December 1991. Lady Death then reappeared in the ''Evil Ernie: The Resur ...

'', ''

Evil Ernie Evil Ernie, an undead psychotic killer, is a fictional supervillain created by writer Brian Pulido and artist Steven Hughes in 1991 and originally published by Eternity Comics. The imprint shifted hands in 1993 to Chaos! Comics and then Devi ...

'', ''

Purgatori Purgatori is a fictional comic book character, created by writer Brian Pulido and artist Steven Hughes. A crimson-skinned, winged vampire goddess, she first appeared in ''Evil Ernie: Revenge'' #1 (October 1994), published by Chaos! Comics. She h ...

'', ''

Chastity Chastity, also known as purity, is a virtue related to temperance. Someone who is ''chaste'' refrains either from sexual activity considered immoral or any sexual activity, according to their state of life. In some contexts, for example when ma ...

'', ''Smiley The Psychotic Button'', ''Cremator'', '' Bad Kitty'', '' Jade'', ''

Lady Demon Lady Demon is a fictional character that appears in comic books published by Chaos! Comics. Her first appearance was in ''Lady Death: Between Heaven and Hell'' #3. Lady Demon is Lady Death's much darker and evolved form. Fictional character biogra ...

'', ''Bedlam'' and ''

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''. He has written or published stories for

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, Universal's The Mummy, Halloween, Megadeth and Insane Clown Posse. His stories have been published by

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and

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, among others. Pulido's comics work also includes stories based on

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's ''

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'', '' Friday the 13th'' and ''

Texas Chain Saw Massacre ''The Texas Chain Saw Massacre'' is a 1974 American horror film produced and directed by Tobe Hooper from a story and screenplay by Hooper and Kim Henkel. It stars Marilyn Burns, Paul A. Partain, Edwin Neal, Jim Siedow and Gunnar Hansen, ...

'' (this one, with Daniel HDR art, was nominated as Best Screen-to-Comic Adaptation, on the TV Scream Awards) from

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, as well as the monthly

and ''Medieval Lady Death''. With

, he launched all new supernatural creations ''Belladonna'', ''Gypsy'', War Angel, ''Killer Gnomes'' and ''Unholy''. In 1998, Pulido packaged a five-issue weekly miniseries for Marvel called ''The Supernaturals'' with writing by

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and art by

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. That series included redesigns of characters such as

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and Satana. Pulido was the president of

Chaos! Comics Chaos! Comics was a comic book publisher that operated from 1993 until 2002, mostly focusing on horror comics. Their titles included ''Lady Death'', ''Purgatori'', ''Evil Ernie'', ''Chastity'', ''Jade'', '' Bad Kitty'', and ''Lady Demon''. Chaos! ...

until it closed in 2002.

Film career

Pulido created, produced and wrote the story for ADV Films' animated feature, '' Lady Death: The Movie''. He wrote, produced and directed the short horror film, '' There's Something Out There'', which has played at numerous film festivals. Pulido wrote and directed the film '' The Graves'', which was released in 2009, and his follow project is entitled ''Damnation''. As of mid-February 2014 he is currently working on a project called Zack the Zombie Exterminator.

Awards and recognition

*November 2012

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Ambassador (November 2012 – present)"Inkwell Awards Ambassadors"
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References

External links

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Brian Pulido's page at Avatar Press

International Horror and Sci-Fi Film Festival
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