Gerry Kissell (born May 19, 1964) is an American

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and former U.S. Army combat medic. Kissell has contributed to several graphic novels published by

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, including ''Code Word: Geronimo'', ''The A-Team: War Stories'', and ''Iron Sky: Bad Moon Rising''. In addition to his work in comics, Kissell has illustrated book covers for authors such as Dale Dye and John M. Del Vecchio. He has also designed logos for various veteran-associated companies including those of Dye’s organizations, Warriors Inc. and Warriors Publishing Group.

Projects

On October 5, 2011 Blind Spot Pictures released a digital comic prequel to the Iron Sky film, titled ''Iron Sky: Bad Moon Rising'', written by Mikko Rautalahti, and fully illustrated by Kissell. IDW Publishing printed these comics in a softcover graphic novel collection in March 2013. In 2012 Kissell and a team of military veterans, together with actor Kurt Yaeger, began developing Vindicated Inc., a military-themed graphic novel series referring to itself as the 'First-Ever Disabled Veteran Action Hero Comic'. Yaeger served as the model for the lead character in the book because he himself has a prosthetic leg. Other film and television

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appear in the book including Dale Dye, Erik Audé, Aaron Douglas, Chance Kelly, as well as

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Shane Moore, creator of the horror book series ''The Apocalypse of Enoch''. Moore also served as a writer on part of the Vindicated Inc. graphic novel. The book series deals with the perception of disabilities as well as

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. In December 2013

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released a special collector's edition of the

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Alan Wake. The disc featured new content including a 44-page digital comic book with art by Gerry Kissell and Amin Amat. The comic book was written by Remedy Entertainment's Mikko Rautalahti who also wrote the script for the video game. On the 950th anniversary of the

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(October 14, 2016) a commemorative 124-page

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was released by Tapestry Comics entitled ''Bayeux'', after the

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. It was written by history teacher Tyler Button and told the story of the Battle of Hastings as well as the incidents leading up to the battle, including the

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, where the last

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King

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was killed by King Harold Godwinson's forces.

References

External links

Combat Veterans With PTSD

Diamond Comics

New York Times

Washington Times

Comic Book Resource

Comic Book Database
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