Stefan Petrucha (born January 27, 1959) is an American writer of comics and

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. He has written graphic novels in the '' X-Files'' and ''

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'' series, as well as science fiction and horror. For 13 years, from 1994 to 2007, Petrucha wrote stories for

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published by Egmont.

Career

Stefan Petrucha has been a tech writer, an educational writer, a public relations writer and an editor for trade journals. He is also a teacher of comics, and teaches three online courses on writing for comics and other skills through the

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Selected bibliography

*''Making God'' (Between the Lines, 1997) *''Dark Ages: Assamite'' (White Wolf, 2002) *''Haunting the Dead: The Grass is Always Greener'' (White Wolf, 2003) *'' The Tunnel at the End of the Light'' in the ''

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'' series (Telos Publishing, 2004) *'' TimeTripper'' series :''Yestermorrow'' (Penguin/Razorbill 2006) :''InRage'' (Penguin/Razorbill 2006) :''BlindSighted'' (Penguin/Razorbill 2006) :''FutureImperfect'' (Penguin/Raozrbill 2007) *''The Shadow of Frankenstein'' (Dark Horse Books 2006) *''Wicked Dead'' series (HarperCollins 2007–2008) *''Teen, Inc.'' (Walker Books for Young Readers, 2007) *''The Rule of Won'' (Walker Books for Young Readers 2008) *''Blood Prophecy'' (Grand Central Publishing, 2010) *''Dead Mann Walking'' (Roc Books, 2011) *''Ripper'' (Philomel, 2012) *''Deadpool: Paws'' (Marvel, 2015)

Graphic novels/comic books

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'' 4 issue

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with Tom Sutton (

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, 1989–90) *''Meta-4'' on-going series with Ian Gibson, cancelled after 3 issues (First Comics, 1990–91) *''Lance Barnes, Post Nuke Dick'' mini-series with Barry Crain (Epic Comics, 1993, collected edition Moonstone Comics, 2004) *''Duckman'' (Topps, 1994) *'' X-Files'' (Topps Comics 1995-96) – also collected in trade paperbacks *''The Bandy Man'' (Caliber Comics, 1996) *''Kolchak: The Devil in the Details'' (Moonstone Comics, 2002) *'' Mickey Mouse and Friends'', '' Donald Duck and Friends'', ''

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'' and other Disney comics (

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, 2003–2008); stories originally written for

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1994–2007 *'' Nancy Drew, Girl Detective'' graphic novel series ( Papercutz, 2005 onwards) *'' Beowulf'' graphic novel (HarperCollins, 2007) *''

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'' (Papercutz)

Notes

External links

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Stefan Petrucha at Fantastic Fiction
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''Wicked Dead'' series
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