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Ales (Aleš) Kot is a Czech-American
comic book writer A script is a document describing the narrative and dialogue of a comic book in detail. It is the comic book equivalent of a television program teleplay or a film screenplay. In comics, a script may be preceded by a plot outline, and is almost al ...
known for their psychedelic spy series ''Zero'' published by
Image An image or picture is a visual representation. An image can be Two-dimensional space, two-dimensional, such as a drawing, painting, or photograph, or Three-dimensional space, three-dimensional, such as a carving or sculpture. Images may be di ...
and their work for
Marvel Marvel may refer to: Business * Marvel Entertainment, an American entertainment company ** Marvel Comics, the primary imprint of Marvel Entertainment ** Marvel Universe, a fictional shared universe ** Marvel Music, an imprint of Marvel Comics ...
, as well as brief controversy involving fellow comics writer
Nathan Edmondson Nathan Edmondson is an American comic book writer, best known for his creator-owned series ''Who is Jake Ellis?'', published by Image Comics, as well as the runs on ''The Punisher (2014 series), The Punisher'' and ''Black Widow (Natalia Romanova) ...
.


Bibliography


Image Comics

*'' Wild Children'' (with
Riley Rossmo Riley Rossmo is a Canadians, Canadian comic book artist and illustrator, known for his work on various Image Comics titles, as well as Marvel Comics' ''Daken: Dark Wolverine''. Rossmo is an instructor at the Alberta College of Art and Design. Per ...
,
graphic novel A graphic novel is a self-contained, book-length form of sequential art. The term ''graphic novel'' is often applied broadly, including fiction, non-fiction, and Anthology, anthologized work, though this practice is highly contested by comics sc ...
, 64 pages, 2012, ) *''
Change Change, Changed or Changing may refer to the below. Other forms are listed at Alteration * Impermanence, a difference in a state of affairs at different points in time * Menopause, also referred to as "the change", the permanent cessation of t ...
'' #1–4 (with Morgan Jeske, 2012–2013) collected as ''Change'' (tpb, 128 pages, 2013, ) *''
Zero 0 (zero) is a number representing an empty quantity. Adding (or subtracting) 0 to any number leaves that number unchanged; in mathematical terminology, 0 is the additive identity of the integers, rational numbers, real numbers, and compl ...
'' (with Michael Walsh (#1),
Tradd Moore Tradd Moore (born October 31, 1987) is an American comic book artist. His work has appeared in series published by Marvel Comics, Image Comics and DC Comics. Comics career Moore graduated from Savannah College of Art and Design in 2010. While s ...
(#2),
Mateus Santolouco Mateus may refer to: * Mateus, a historical civil parish in the Vila Real municipality of Portugal * Mateus (wine), a brand of wine produced in the Vila Real municipality of Portugal * Mateus Palace, a palace in the above civil parish, built by the ...
(#3), Morgan Jeske (#4),
Will Tempest Will may refer to: Common meanings * Will and testament, instructions for the disposition of one's property after death * Will (philosophy), or willpower * Will (sociology) * Will, volition (psychology) * Will, a modal verb - see Shall and will ...
(#5), Vanesa del Rey (#6), Matt Taylor (#7),
Jorge Coelho Jorge Miguel Correia Coelho (born 18 October 1978) is a Portuguese former basketball player. He played at his home country for Portugal Telecom (1999/2000-2002-2003), CF Belenenses (2003/2004-2005/2006) and FC Porto (2006/2007). Coelho was also ...
(#8),
Tonči Zonjić Tonči Zonjić is a Croatian comic book artist, writer and illustrator living in Toronto, Canada. He is best known for his work on Mike Mignola's '' Lobster Johnson'' series, and the Eisner Award-nominated ''Jake Ellis'' series. He designed the ...
(#9),
Michael Gaydos Michael Gaydos is an American comics artist. Career At Marvel Comics he has worked with Brian Michael Bendis on '' Alias,'' the last storyline of its follow up, '' The Pulse'', and the current sequel comic, ''Jessica Jones''. He has also illustr ...
(#10), Ricardo López Ortiz (#11), Adam Gorham (#12),
Alberto Ponticelli Alberto is the Romance version of the Latinized form (''Albertus'') of Germanic ''Albert''. It is used in Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. The diminutive forms are ''Albertito'' in Spain or ''Albertico'' in some parts of Latin America, Albertin ...
(#13), Marek Oleksicki (#14), Ian Bertram (#15), Stathis Tsemberlidis (#16), Robert Sammelin (#17) and
Tula Lotay Tula Lotay is the pen name of Lisa Wood, an English comic book artist. She is known for illustrating '' Supreme: Blue Rose'', written by Warren Ellis for Image Comics, and for founding the Thought Bubble Festival, the UK's largest comics conven ...
(#18), 2013–2015) collected as: **''An Emergency'' (collects #1–5, tpb, 172 pages, 2014, ) **''At the Heart of It All'' (collects #6–10, tpb, 160 pages, 2014, ) **''Tenderness of Wolves'' (collects #11–14, tpb, 128 pages, 2015, ) **''Who by Fire'' (collects #15–18, tpb, 128 pages, 2015, ) *''
Quiet QUIET was an astronomy experiment to study the polarization of the cosmic microwave background radiation. QUIET stands for Q/U Imaging ExperimenT. The Q/U in the name refers to the ability of the telescope to measure the Q and U Stokes parameters ...
'' (with Morgan Jeske, unproduced graphic novel — announced in 2013) *'' The Darkness'' (
one-shot One shot may refer to: Film and television * One-shot film, a feature film shot in one long take with no edits, or manufactured to look like so * ''One Shot'' (2005 film), a Sri Lankan action film directed by Ranjan Ramanayake * ''One Shot'', a ...
s,
Top Cow Top Cow Productions is an American comics publisher, an imprint (trade name), imprint of Image Comics. It was founded by Marc Silvestri in 1992. The company is known for publishing titles such as ''Cyber Force (comics), Cyberforce'', ''The Darknes ...
): **''The Darkness: Vicious Traditions'' (with
Dean Ormston Dean Ormston is a British born comic book artist. His most notable work has been for the British comic '' 2000 AD'' and for DC Comics' Vertigo imprint. Biography Ormston was born in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England and earned a degree in ...
, 2014) **''The Darkness: Close Your Eyes'' (with Marek Oleksicki, 2014) *'' Thought Bubble Anthology'' #4: "A Letter to the Sixteen-Year-Old" (with Alison Sampson, 2014) collected in ''Thought Bubble Anthology Collection'' (tpb, 136 pages, 2016, ) *'' The Surface'' #1–4 (with Langdon Foss, 2015) collected as ''The Surface'' (tpb, 128 pages, 2015, ) *''
Material A material is a matter, substance or mixture of substances that constitutes an Physical object, object. Materials can be pure or impure, living or non-living matter. Materials can be classified on the basis of their physical property, physical ...
'' #1–4 (with Will Tempest, 2015) collected as ''Material'' (tpb, 128 pages, 2015, ) *''
Wolf The wolf (''Canis lupus''; : wolves), also known as the grey wolf or gray wolf, is a Canis, canine native to Eurasia and North America. More than thirty subspecies of Canis lupus, subspecies of ''Canis lupus'' have been recognized, includin ...
'' (with Matt Taylor and Ricardo López Ortiz, 2015–2016) collected as: **''Blood and Magic'' (collects #1–4, tpb, 144 pages, 2015, ) **''Apocalypse Soon'' (collects #5–9, tpb, 128 pages, 2016, ) *'' Antistar'' (with Christian Ward, unreleased graphic novel — announced in 2013, solicited for 2016; 64 pages, ) *'' Generation Gone'' #1–5 (with
André Lima Araújo André — sometimes transliterated as Andre — is the French and Portuguese form of the name Andrew and is now also used in the English-speaking world. It used in France, Quebec, Canada and other French-speaking countries, as well in Portugal, ...
, 2017) collected as ''Generation Gone'' (tpb, 176 pages, 2018, ) *'' The New World'' #1–5 (with Tradd Moore, 2018) collected as ''The New World'' (tpb, 176 pages, 2019, ) *'' Days of Hate'' (with
Danijel Žeželj Danijel Žeželj is a People of Croatia, Croatian comic book artist, animator, painter and illustrator and author of a number of graphic novels. Biography Žeželj studied classical painting, sculpting and printing at the Academy of Fine Arts in ...
, 2018–2019) collected as: **''Act One'' (collects #1–6, tpb, 176 pages, 2018, ) **''Act Two'' (collects #7–12, tpb, 168 pages, 2019, ) *'' Lost Soldiers'' #1–5 (with Luca Casalanguida, 2020) collected as ''Lost Soldiers'' (tpb, 168 pages, 2021, ) *'' Gunslinger Spawn'' #1: "A Small Gift" (with
Kevin Keane Kevin Keane (born 1990) is a Gaelic footballer who plays for Westport. He previously played for the Mayo county team. He started at right corner-back in the 2012 All-Ireland SFC Final, which Mayo lost by four points to Donegal. Keane was ...
, co-feature,
Todd McFarlane Productions Todd McFarlane (; born March 16, 1961) is a Canadian comic-book creator, best known for his work as an artist on ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' and as the creator, writer, and artist on the Superhero fiction, superhero Horror fiction, horror-fantasy ...
, 2021) collected in ''Spawn's Universe Collection'' (tpb, 144 pages, 2022, )


Marvel Comics

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Secret Avengers ''Secret Avengers'' is an American comic book Ongoing series, series published by Marvel Comics featuring a fictional black operation, black ops superhero team of the same name. The series started with Ed Brubaker on writing duties, depicting a b ...
'' (with
Butch Guice Jackson "Butch" Guice (June 27, 1961 – May 1, 2025) was an American comics artist who worked in the comics industry beginning in the 1980s. Biography Guice was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee.. Retrieved March 21, 2008. Growing up in the 1960 ...
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Luke Ross Luke Ross (born Luciano Queiroz, 18 July 1972) is a comic artist known for his work on books such as ''Gen13'', ''Spider-Man'', ''Green Lantern (comic book), Green Lantern'', ''Indiana Jones comic books, Indiana Jones'' and ''Captain America (vo ...
(vol. 2 #15–16) and Michael Walsh; issues #12–16 of the second volume are co-written by Kot and
Nick Spencer Nick Spencer is an American comic book writer and former politician best known for his Image series ''Morning Glories'', his collaborations with artist Steve Lieber on the comedic series '' Superior Foes of Spider-Man'' and '' The Fix'', a three- ...
, 2013–2015) collected as: **''How to MA.I.M. a Mockingbird'' (collects vol. 2 #12–16, tpb, 112 pages, 2014, ) **''Let's Have a Problem'' (collects vol. 3 #1–5, tpb, 144 pages, 2014, ) *** Includes the digital-only 2-issue limited series '' Original Sin: Secret Avengers'' (written by Kot, art by Ryan Kelly, 2014) **''The Labyrinth'' (collects vol. 3 #6–10, tpb, 112 pages, 2015, ) **''God Level'' (collects vol. 3 #11–15, tpb, 112 pages, 2015, ) *''
Iron Patriot Icarus Icarus (Joshua "Jay" Guthrie) is a mutant superhero. He was a member of the student body at the Xavier Institute and a member of the New Mutants training squad. Jay was the son of Thomas and Lucinda Guthrie. Thomas dies early in Jay's lif ...
'' #1–5 (with Garry Brown, 2014) collected as ''Iron Patriot: Unbreakable'' (tpb, 120 pages, 2014, ) *'' Bucky Barnes: The Winter Soldier'' (with Marco Rudy, Michael Walsh (#3 and 11) and Langdon Foss, 2014–2015) collected as: **''Volume 1: The Man on the Wall'' (collects #1–5, tpb, 112 pages, 2015, ) **''Volume 2'' (collects #6–11, tpb, 136 pages, 2015, )


Other publishers

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DC Comics DC Comics (originally DC Comics, Inc., and also known simply as DC) is an American comic book publisher owned by DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. DC is an initialism for "Detective Comics", an American comic book seri ...
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Suicide Squad The Suicide Squad is an antihero/supervillain team appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The first version of the Suicide Squad debuted in ''The Brave and the Bold'' #25 (September 1959) and the second and modern version, cre ...
'' vol. 4 #20–23 (with
Patrick Zircher Patrick Zircher () is an American comic book artist and penciller. Career Zircher's early career as an illustrator began with production of several completed works for '' Villains and Vigilantes'', '' Champions'' and other pen-and-paper role-pl ...
and
Rick Leonardi Rick Leonardi (born August 9, 1957) is an American comics artist who has worked on various series for Marvel Comics and DC Comics, including ''Cloak and Dagger'', ''The Uncanny X-Men'', ''The New Mutants'', ''Spider-Man 2099'', ''Nightwing'', ''B ...
(#23), 2013) collected in ''Suicide Squad: Discipline and Punish'' (tpb, 144 pages, 2014, ) **'' The Witching Hour'': "Little Witch" (with Morgan Jeske,
anthology In book publishing, an anthology is a collection of literary works chosen by the compiler; it may be a collection of plays, poems, short stories, songs, or related fiction/non-fiction excerpts by different authors. There are also thematic and g ...
one-shot,
Vertigo Vertigo is a condition in which a person has the sensation that they are moving, or that objects around them are moving, when they are not. Often it feels like a spinning or swaying movement. It may be associated with nausea, vomiting, perspira ...
, 2013) *
Black Mask Studios Black Mask Studios is a comic book and graphic novel publishing company formed by Matt Pizzolo, Steve Niles and Brett Gurewitz, designed as a new infrastructure to support comic book creators and a new pipeline for transgressive art. Black Mask ...
: **'' Occupy Comics'' #1: "Citizen Journalist" (with
Tyler Crook Tyler Crook is an American comics cartoonist. He broke into comics in 2011 with ''Petrograd'', written by Philip Gelatt and published by Oni Press, and in 2012 he won the Russ Manning Most Promising Newcomer Award. He is best known for his work o ...
, anthology, 2013) collected in ''Occupy Comics'' (tpb, 160 pages, 2014, ) **'' Liberator: Rage Ignition'': "Misericordia" (with Morgan Jeske — story created for the collected edition; tpb, 144 pages, 2014, ) * '' TOME Volume 1'' (interview with Riley Rossmo conducted by Kot, anthology graphic novel, 200 pages,
IDW Publishing IDW Publishing is an American publisher of comic books, graphic novels, art books, and comic strip collections. It was founded in 1999 as the publishing division of Idea and Design Works, LLC (IDW) and is recognized as the fifth-largest comic ...
, 2013, ) *
Valiant Valiant may refer to: Arts, entertainment and media Film * ''The Valiant'' (1929 film), starring Paul Muni * ''The Valiant'' (1962 film), directed by Roy Ward Baker * ''Valiant'' (film), a 2005 film about British homing pigeons Television ...
: **'' Shadowman'' vol. 4 #12: "Deadside Blues" (with CAFU, co-feature, 2013) collected in ''Shadowman: Deadside Blues'' (tpb, 112 pages, 2014, ) **''
Dead Drop A dead drop or dead letter box is a method of espionage tradecraft used to pass items or information between two individuals (e.g., a case officer and an agent, or two agents) via a secret location. By avoiding direct meetings, individuals can ...
'' #1–4 (with Adam Gorham, 2015) collected as ''Dead Drop'' (tpb, 112 pages, 2015, ) *''
Eerie Eerie may refer to: * Feeling of creepiness * Eerie (magazine), ''Eerie'' (magazine), an American horror comic first published in 1966 * Eerie (Avon), ''Eerie'' (Avon), a 1947 horror comic * Eerie (film), ''Eerie'' (film), a 2018 Filipino horror fi ...
'' vol. 2 #4: "Ickstarter" (with Sloane Leong, anthology,
Dark Horse A dark horse is a previously lesser-known person, team or thing that emerges to prominence in a situation, especially in a competition involving multiple rivals, that is unlikely to succeed but has a fighting chance, unlike the underdog who is exp ...
, 2013) collected in ''Eerie: Experiments in Terror'' (tpb, 168 pages, 2016, ) *
Think of a City
' page 49 (with Langdon Foss, Internet art project, 2015) *'' James Bond: The Body'' #1–6 (with Luca Casalanguida,
Dynamite Dynamite is an explosive made of nitroglycerin, sorbents (such as powdered shells or clay), and Stabilizer (chemistry), stabilizers. It was invented by the Swedish people, Swedish chemist and engineer Alfred Nobel in Geesthacht, Northern German ...
, 2018) collected as ''James Bond: The Body'' (hc, 152 pages, 2018, ) *''
Bloodborne is a 2015 action role-playing game developed by FromSoftware and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 4. The game follows a Hunter through the decrepit Gothic, Victorian-era–inspired city of Yharnam, whose inhabita ...
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Piotr Kowalski Piotr Kowalski (2 March 1927 – 7 January 2004) was a Polish artist, sculptor, and architect. Kowalski worked in non-traditional materials including electronic and mechanical devices, neon art, large earth works, explosions and other natural phe ...
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Titan Titan most often refers to: * Titan (moon), the largest moon of Saturn * Titans, a race of deities in Greek mythology Titan or Titans may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Fictional entities Fictional locations * Titan in fiction, fictiona ...
, 2018–2019) collected as: **''The Death of Sleep'' (collects #1–4, tpb, 112 pages, 2018, ) **''The Healing Thirst'' (collects #5–8, tpb, 112 pages, 2019, ) **''A Song of Crows'' (collects #9–12, tpb, 112 pages, 2019, ) **''The Veil, Torn Asunder'' (collects #13–16, tpb, 112 pages, 2020, ) *''
Judge Dredd Megazine ''Judge Dredd: The Megazine'' is a monthly British comic magazine, launched in September 1990. It is a sister publication to '' 2000 AD''. Its name is a play on words, formed from "magazine" and Judge Dredd's locale Mega-City One. Content L ...
'' (anthology,
Rebellion Rebellion is an uprising that resists and is organized against one's government. A rebel is a person who engages in a rebellion. A rebel group is a consciously coordinated group that seeks to gain political control over an entire state or a ...
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Devlin Waugh This is a list of characters in the British comic strip ''Judge Dredd'' appearing in '' 2000 AD'', ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' and related publications. They are listed alphabetically by surname, in categories. (Major characters have their own art ...
'': *** ''Devlin Waugh: Blood Debt'' (tpb, 176 pages, 2021, ) includes: **** "Call Me by Thy Name" (with
Mike Dowling Mike Dowling is an American roots music guitarist and songwriter who is best known for his solo arrangements on the Grammy Award-winning composition CD '' Henry Mancini: Pink Guitar''. In 2005, Dowling was ranked as one of the twelve best fingerst ...
, in #400, 2018) **** "A Very Large Splash" (with Mike Dowling, in #415–420, 2020) *** ''Devlin Waugh: The Reckoning'' (tpb, 160 pages, 2023, ) collects: **** "The Wolves of Saint Vitus" (with
Patrick Goddard Patrick may refer to: *Patrick (given name), list of people and fictional characters with this name *Patrick (surname), list of people with this name People *Saint Patrick (c. 385–c. 461), Christian saint *Gilla Pátraic (died 1084), Patrick or ...
, in #422, 2020) **** "When I Was a Young Demon (I Did a Bad, Bad Thing)" (with Patrick Goddard, in #423, 2020) **** "A Question of Trust" (with Mike Dowling, in #430, 2021) **** "The Lord of Lies" (with Mike Dowling, in #431, 2021) **** "The Reckoning" (with Mike Dowling, in #432–438, 2021) *'' YT Savior'' (with Robert Sammelin, unreleased series intended for publication by
AWA Studios Artists, Writers & Artisans or AWA Studios is an American independent comic book publisher founded in November 2018 by Axel Alonso, Bill Jemas and Jonathan F Miller. History AWA Studios was founded in November 2018 by Axel Alonso and Bill Jema ...
, announced in 2019)


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