Khoury, George

George Khoury (; born October 1971) is a writer and interviewer in the field of comic books. Khoury's most notable works focus on the UK comic book writer Alan Moore. Khoury is based in New Jersey.

Early life

Khoury recalls not being "completely enthralled by comic books until I discovered ''Star Wars'' #68 from Marvel Comics."Khoury, George, "The Roger Stern Interview: The Triumphs and Trials of the Writer" at MarvelMasterworks.com
Accessed September 24, 2008 As a 12-year-old ''Star Wars'' fan, Khoury was introduced to Marvel Comics, and

Khoury attended Saint Peter's College in New Jersey, where he wrote for the college paper and was a member of the Zeta Eta chapter of the Delta Sigma Pi fraternity. During his senior year, he held an unpaid late 1995 internship at Marvel Comics, with the editor Ralph Macchio and Macchio's assistant Matt Idelson.Khoury, George (September 7, 2008)
"Pop! #20 - I Was a Marvel Intern Zombie!"
Accessed September 22, 2008

Career

Khoury's main body of work has been produced for the North Carolina–based publisher TwoMorrows Publishing. His 2001 ''Kimota! The Miracleman Companion'' was nominated for an Eisner Award in 2002. In 2003, he published '' The Extraordinary Works of Alan Moore'' and in 2004 he was the editor of ''True Brit: A Celebration to the Great British Comic Book Artists''.

With Jason Hofius, Khoury co-wrote ''G-Force Animated: The Official Battle of the Planets Book'' and ''The Age of Heroes'', and co-edited (with Eric Nolen-Weathington) two volumes in TwoMorrows' ''Modern Masters'' series spotlighting comics illustrators: Vol. 6: '' Art(hur) Adams'' and Vol. 10: '' Kevin Maguire''.

In 2007, as author of the newly published ''Image Comics: Road to Independence'', he moderated a reunion of all seven Image founders—Erik Larsen, Jim Lee, Rob Liefeld, Todd McFarlane, Whilce Portacio, Marc Silvestri and Jim Valentino—at the San Diego Comicon.

His ''Swampmen: Muck Monsters of the Comics'', with co-author Jon B. Cooke, was published as an issue of ''Comic Book Creator'' magazine, #6, in 2014.

In 2016, he published ''Comic Book Fever: A Celebration of Comics: 1976-1986''.

Magazines

From at least issue #21 (August 2002) of TwoMorrows' ''Comic Book Artist'' magazine, Khoury contributed articles and columns, in particular focusing on "lost" stories that were talked about, solicited or even worked on, but are unreleased. By issue #23, Khoury was described as the magazine's "new assistant editor", rising later to the position of senior editor, while continuing to write for the publication.

Khoury has also worked for other TwoMorrows' magazines, including Jack Kirby Collector, Comic Book Artist, and Rough Stuff. He is currently a contributing editor to Comic Book Creator magazine.

Khoury has also produced freelance work for publications including '' Creative Screenwriting'', Newsarama.com, '' El Siglo'' and ''Comics Buyer's Guide'', and contributed an interview to the book ''Spike Lee: Interviews'' (ed. Cynthia Fuchs). In January 2008, Khoury began producing an irregular weekly column for CBR.com entitled "Pop!", featuring a mixture of reminiscences, "lost stories", interviews and analysis."'Pop!' by George Khoury archive"
CBR.com. Accessed September 17, 2019.

References

External links

An interview about True Brit


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American male writers
Comics critics
1971 births
Living people
American people of Lebanese descent