DAN SLOTT

'Dan Slott' is an American comic book writer best known for '' and ''She-Hulk''. He will become one of the four writers of ''Amazing Spider-Man'' in November. He is renowned for injecting humor into typically serious superhero books.

Contents

Biography

Breaking into comics

Early writing

Work for Marvel

Bibliography

Collected Editions

References

Biography

Breaking into comics

In the early 1990s Slott's entered the comics industry as a college intern at Marvel Comics for (then) editor Fabian Nicieza. Slott had recently graduated from college and had taken the non-paying position, posing as an undergrad, as a way to make contacts and to learn the business of comics. After a few months, Slott was told that Marvel wanted to hire him for a staff position, but only after he finished his college education. Slott admitted he had already graduated and was put on staff full-time. In the following years Slott served as Marvel's art returnist, an assistant editor, and gave guided tours of the offices. During this time, he also worked as both a freelance writer and last-minute colorist.

Early writing

Slott's break came when he became the regular writer for Marvel’s ''Ren and Stimpy'' comic. Following its success (it consistently placed in the top 50 best-selling comics) he found himself in high demand to write more childrens' comics, including DC’s ''Scooby Doo'', ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Powerpuff Girls'', but was eager to show a more serious side in superhero comics. After work on ''Batman Adventures'' and ''Justice League Adventures'', Slott was given the chance to pitch a series for DC. The resulting miniseries was '' with artist Ryan Sook in 2003. In 2004 he wrote the ''4th Parallel'' storyline for the Justice League which introduced the Red King; this story was published in 2007 in'' JLA Classified'' #32-36.

Work for Marvel

'''s success led to Slott's return to Marvel in 2004 to launch a new ''She-Hulk'' series. The title focused on She-Hulk as a "superhuman lawyer" in the bizarre setting of the Marvel Universe and is filled with Dan’s love for (and deep knowledge of) the trivia of Marvel comics. The series was well received by critics and reviewers, developed a cult following, and led to further writing assignments at Marvel. Though well regarded, Marvel felt that the book would perform better if it were placed on hiatus and relaunched with a new #1. After relaunching in October 2005 the second series met with higher sales and recently, after tie-ins with crossover events ''Civil War'' and ''World War Hulk'', reached its highest numbers. In 2007 Marvel announced Slott would leave the title as of (volume 2) #21 in order to work on their flagship title ''Amazing Spider-Man''.[1] He will be replaced by Peter David.
While ''She-Hulk'' was on hiatus in 2005, Dan penned the ''Spider-Man/Human Torch'' miniseries, which chronicled the friendship of the two characters over the years, with each issue paying tribute to a different era of Marvel Comics.
Slott also gave the team the Great Lakes Avengers their first ever solo miniseries in ''Great Lakes Avengers: Misassembled''. The story satirized comic book deaths and "grim'n'gritty" crossover events such as ''Avengers Disassembled'' and ''Identity Crisis'' by killing off a character in each issue. He also made the first roster changes to the team since its inception by creating a new character, Grasshopper, and reviving an obscure one, Squirrel Girl. During this creative period, Slott signed an exclusive contract with Marvel. He has since returned to the GLA twice, first with the ''GLX-mas Special'' over Christmas 2005, following a name change to the 'Great Lakes X-Men', and latterly in the ''Deadpool/GLI Summer Fun Spectacular'' in summer 2007 with co-writer Fabian Nicieza, to coincide with Marvel's '' crossover.
At the end of 2005, Slott was assigned to write The Thing's first solo series in 20 years. While well-received by critics, ''The Thing'' was not a sales success and was canceled with issue 8, despite Slott's attempts to rally readers in a campaign he called "Pull My Thing." The eight issues have been released in a trade paperback entitled ''Idol of Millions''.
In summer 2006 Slott scripted the ''Two-Gun Kid Marvel Western Special,'' one of several books designed to highlight Marvel's Western characters. He also plotted the 18th episode of Cartoon Network's Fantastic Four TV series, which guest-starred She-Hulk.
Currently, Slott is the writer of Marvel's '', which launched following the conclusion of the 2006-7 ''Civil War'' storyline and debuted as Slott's first top ten book and after writing ''Amazing Spider-Man: Swing Shift'' for Free Comic Book Day will become one of the four writers of the thrice-weekly ''Amazing Spider-Man'' in November, initially teamed with artist Steve McNiven.

Bibliography

★ ''2099 Unlimited'' #7 Marvel Comics

★ ''Acclaim Adventure Zone Digests'' #1-3 Acclaim Comics

★ ''Amazing Fantasy'' Vol.2 #15 Marvel Comics

★ ''Amazing Spider-Man: Swing Shift'' (Free Comic Book Day issue) Marvel Comics 2007

★ Animaniacs #15, 16, and 18 DC Comics

★ ''Arkham Asylum: Living Hell'' #1-6, DC Comics 2003

★ '' #1- Marvel Comics 2007-

★ ''Batman Adventures'' #1-8, and #10-14 (with Ty Templeton), DC Comics (2003-2004)

★ ''Batman: Double Trouble'' Scholastic Books

★ '' #58 DC Comics

★ ''Big Max'' #1 Mr. Comics 2006

★ ''Cartoon Network Presents'' #3 and #21 DC Comics

★ ''Cartoon Network Starring Cow & Chicken'' #3, 7, and 13 DC Comics

★ ''Deadpool/GLI Summer Fun Spectacular'' Marvel Comics 2007

★ ''Dexter's Laboratory'' #4 and #14 DC Comics

★ ''Disney's Aladdin'' #2 and #11 Marvel Comics

★ ''Doc Samson'' #1-4 Marvel Comics

★ ''Earthworm Jim'' #1-3 Marvel Comics

★ ''Excalibur'' #68 Marvel Comics

★ ''Great Lakes Avengers'' #1-4, Marvel Comics 2005

★ ''GLX-Mas Special'', Marvel Comics 2005

★ ''Gross Point'' #2, 5, and 7 DC Comics

★ ''JLA Classified'' #32-36 DC Comics

★ ''JLA: Secret Files and Origins'' 2004 DC Comics

★ ''Justice League Adventures'' #4, 6, 11, and 13 DC Comics

★ ''Looney Tunes'' #13, 20, 25, 26, 44, 47, 49, 50, 51, 52, 57, 59, 62, 65, 70, 75, 89, 93, 100, 104, and 129 DC Comics

★ ''Marvel Comics Presents'' #89, 93, 98, 99, 116, 119, 129, 130, 132-136, 148, and 156 Marvel Comics

★ ''Marvel Swimsuit Special'' 1992-1993 Marvel Comics

★ ''Marvel Tales'' #256 Marvel Comics

★ ''Marvel Year in Review'' 1991-1993 Marvel Comics

★ ''Mighty Marvel Westerns: Two-Gun Kid'', Marvel Comics 2006

★ ''Midnight Sons Unlimited'' #9 Marvel Comics

★ ''Mighty Mouse'' #10 Marvel Comics

★ ''New Warriors Annual'' #1 Marvel Comics

★ ''Night Thrasher'' #13-14 Marvel Comics

★ ''NiGHTS into Dreams'' #1-4 Archie Comics

★ ''The Original Ghost Rider'' #3-13, 15-20 Marvel Comics

★ ''Pinky and the Brain'' #3 and #4 DC Comics

★ ''Power Pack Holiday Special'' #1 Marvel Comics

★ ''The Powerpuff Girls'' #34 DC Comics

★ ''The Punisher Back to School Special'' #2 Marvel Comics

★ ''The Punisher Summer Special'' #1 Marvel Comics

★ ''The Ren and Stimpy Show'' #1-13, 15, and 17-19 Marvel Comics

★ ''The Ren and Stimpy Show Eenteractive Special'' Marvel Comics

★ ''The Ren and Stimpy Show Holiday Special'' 1994 Marvel Comics

★ ''The Ren and Stimpy Show: Powdered Toastman Special'' #1-2 Marvel Comics

★ ''The Ren and Stimpy Show Special'' #3 Marvel Comics

★ ''Saban's Powerhouse Digest'' (w/ Power Rangers Turbo and Masked Rider) #1-2 Acclaim Comics

★ ''Scooby Doo'' #5 and #50 DC Comics

★ ''She-Hulk Volume 1'' #1-12, Marvel Comics 2004-2005

★ ''She-Hulk Volume 2'' #1-21, Marvel Comics (2005-2007)

★ ''Sleepwalker'' #25 Marvel Comics

★ ''Sonic Super Special'' #8 and #12 Archie Comics

★ ''Spider-Man/Human Torch'' #1-5, Marvel Comics 2005

★ ''Spider-Man Magazine For Kids'' Fall Marvel Comics 1996

★ ''Superman Adventures'' #40 and #57 DC Comics

★ ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Year of the Turtle'' #1-3 Archie Comics

★ ''Thing'' #1-8, Marvel Comics 2005-2006

★ ''Tomb Raider'' #50 Top Cow/Image Comics

★ ''Troublemakers'' #16 Acclaim Comics

★ ''Venom Super Special'' #1 Marvel Comics

★ ''Venom: Sinner Takes All'' #1-4 Marvel Comics

★ ''What If vol 2'' #52 and #63 Marvel Comics

★ ''What The--?!'' #23 and #26 Marvel Comics

★ ''Wolverine'' #102.5 Marvel Comics

★ ''Wonder Man Annual'' #2 Marvel Comics

★ ''X-Force Annual'' #1 Marvel Comics

★ ''X-Men Annual'' #1 Marvel Comics

Collected Editions

★ Arkham Asylum: Living Hell

★ Batman Adventures: Rogues Gallery

★ Batman Adventures: Shadows & Masks

★ Bugs Bunny & Friends: A Comic Celebration

★ Captain Universe: Power Unimaginable

★ Cartoon Cartoons: The Gang's All Here

★ Cartoon Cartoons: Name That Toon

★ Civil War: Marvel Universe TPB

★ Disney's Aladdin

★ G.L.A. Misassembled

★ Justice League Adventures TPB

★ Justice League Adventures: Friends & Foes

★ Justice League Adventures: The Magnificent Seven

★ Marvel Visionaries: Gil Kane

★ Mighty Marvel Westerns HC

★ The Ren & Stimpy Show: Pick of the Litter

★ The Ren & Stimpy Show: Tastes Like Chicken

★ The Ren & Stimpy Show: Don't Try This at Hone

★ The Ren & Stimpy Show: Your Pals

★ The Ren & Stimpy Show: Sick Little Monkeys

★ Scooby Doo: You Meddling Kids

★ She-Hulk: Single Green Female

★ She-Hulk: Superhuman Law

★ She-Hulk: Time Trials

★ She-Hulk: Laws of Attraction

★ Spider-Man/Human Torch: I'm With Stupid

★ The Thing: Idol of Millions

★ Tomb Raider Compendium Edition

References

★ Marvel Comics Bibliography

★ Fanboy Radio Episode 312 Interview with Dan Slott

★ Boston Legal v. She-Hulk: Heritage and Metafiction on Trial - Article at Silver Bullet Comics.