Derek McCulloch (comics)

Derek McCulloch
Born 1964 (age 51–52)
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Nationality Canadian
Area(s) Writer
Notable works
 Stagger Lee
DerekMcCulloch.com

Derek McCulloch (born 1964) is an author of graphic novels, comics, and books for children, lyricist, and playwright. He was born in Ottawa, Ontario, raised in Grande Prairie, Alberta,[1] and lives in Oakland, California.

Biography

Throughout the mid-1980s and early 1990s, he was the publisher of Strawberry Jam Comics, and wrote To Be Announced and night life. He was also co-founder of The Comic Legends Legal Defense Fund in Canada and co-edited the organization's two True North anthologies. His stories have appeared in comics series including Open Season, Shred!, and Cerebus High Society.[2] He works as a technical editor at an engineering company.[3]

He wrote Stagger Lee, a graphic novel based on the story of Stagger Lee and drawn by Shepherd Hendrix, which was published by Image Comics in May 2006.[4] It has been nominated for several awards, including the Eisner Awards 2007[5] and the Eagle Awards 2006,[6] and won several Glyph Comics Awards in 2007,[7] including Story of the Year and Best Writer.

McCulloch wrote Gone to Amerikay, an original graphic novel drawn by Colleen Doran and released in 2012 to numerous positive notices from The Wall Street Journal, Boing Boing, Irish Echo, The Miami Herald, Irish Central, and The Sunday Times, Dublin edition.[8] An excerpt from the book was included in the anthology The Best American Comics 2013 under the title "The Story of Gráinne Ní Mháille."

In 2009, he released his first book for children, T. Runt!, illustrated by Jimmie Robinson.

In 2010, he self-published a print-on-demand anthology of short stories, Stories of a Callow Youth.[9]

Pug, his 2010 graphic novel with artist Greg Espinoza, was nominated for the 2011 Spinetingler Award, in the category of Best Crime Comic/Graphic Novel.[10]

In December 2011, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis announced that its 2012 new theatre series, Ignite! would feature a reading of a stage musical adaptation of Stagger Lee with a book by McCulloch and music and lyrics by Stew and Heidi Rodewald.[11] When the reading took place on March 15, 2012, it was with not just book but also lyrics by McCulloch. It was directed by Amanda Dehnert and had a cast including Ken Page, Rebecca Naomi Jones, and Javier Munoz.[12][13]

In August 2014, Image Comics published Displaced Persons,[14] an original graphic novel by McCulloch and Anthony Peruzzo, described as a "tale of murder, love, crime, friendship, betrayal, and just the slightest bit of time travel," taking place in San Francisco in the years 1939, 1969, and 1999. Displaced Persons was previously announced (and solicited) in 2008 as a project for McCulloch and Rantz Hoseley.[15] but Hoseley was not connected with the final version of the book.

In February 2016, 59E59 Theaters, an off-Broadway theater announced a stage musical adaptation of Damon Runyon's Madame La Gimp,[16] with a book by McCulloch and Giles Havergal, lyrics by McCulloch, music by Kyle Athayde, and arrangements and orchestrations by Peter and Will Anderson. The production was scheduled for October 2016, and was to be directed by Amanda Dehnert.

Bibliography

Original graphic novels

Books for Children

Prose

Strawberry Jam Comics

Other

Mini-Comics

References

  1. ↑ Exclaim! Canada's Music Authority
  2. ↑ Meet the Authors of STAGGER LEE!
  3. ↑ Edson Leader, Edson, AB
  4. ↑ Santa Cruz Sentinel – Home
  5. ↑ The 2007 Eisner Awards: 2007 Master Nominations List
  6. ↑ THE BEAT » Blog Archive » Eagle Award Nominations up!
  7. ↑ The 2007 Glyph Comics Award winners » PopCultureShock
  8. ↑ NYCC Gone to Amerikay Artwork » Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources
  9. ↑ I Love Derek McCulloch » A Distant Soil by Colleen Doran
  10. ↑ 2011 Spinetingler Award: Best Crime Comic/Graphic Novel – NOMINEES » Spinetingler
  11. ↑ Ignite! The Rep's New Play Festival» Repertory Theatre of St. Louis
  12. ↑ Ken Page, Rebecca Jones and Javier Muñoz Participate in Stew and Heidi Rodewald's Stagger Lee Reading » Playbill.com
  13. ↑ Rep’s series for new plays catches on quickly » stltoday
  14. ↑ DISPLACED PERSONS inspired by City-by-the-Bay » Imagecomics.com
  15. ↑ Flippin’ through Previews – April 2008 » Comic Book Resources
  16. ↑ 59E59 Theaters Announces New Season » Playbill.com

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