Dan Slott

Dan Slott

Slott at the 2012 New York Comic Con.
Born 1967
Notable works
 The Amazing Spider-Man
Arkham Asylum: Living Hell
Avengers: The Initiative
The Mighty Avengers
Ren & Stimpy
She-Hulk
The Superior Spider-Man
The Thing
Silver Surfer

Dan Slott is an American comic book writer, the current writer on Marvel Comics' The Amazing Spider-Man, and is best known for his work on books such as Arkham Asylum: Living Hell, She-Hulk, Silver Surfer, The Superior Spider-Man, and Ren & Stimpy

Career

Early writing

Dan Slott's first published work for Marvel was "To Bounce Or Not To Bounce", a six-page backup story in New Warriors Annual #1 and "Survival of the Hippest" in Mighty Mouse #10 both cover dated July 1991.[1] He became the regular writer for Marvel's Ren & Stimpy comic book series with that series debut issue (Dec. 1992) and first wrote Spider-Man in an issue of Ren and Stimpy that saw Spider-Man in battle against the Powdered Toast Man. Following this, Slott wrote other children's comics, including DC's Scooby-Doo, Looney Tunes, and Powerpuff Girls. After work on Batman Adventures and Justice League Adventures, Slott was given the chance to pitch a series for DC. The resulting miniseries was Arkham Asylum: Living Hell 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.

Marvel Comics

Slott speaking on a panel on comic book writing at the 2009 Brooklyn Book Festival. To Slott's right is Jim McCann, and to his left are Fred Van Lente and Peter David.

Arkham Asylum's success led to Slott's return to Marvel in 2004 to launch a new She-Hulk series.[2] The title focused on She-Hulk as a "superhuman lawyer" in the Marvel Universe. After relaunching in October 2005, the second series met with higher sales, and after tie-ins with crossover events Civil War and World War Hulk, reached its highest numbers yet. In 2007 Slott left the title with volume 2 #21, and became one of the writers on The Amazing Spider-Man.

While She-Hulk was on hiatus in 2005, Slott 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 gave the team the Great Lakes Avengers their first ever solo miniseries in GLA: Misassembled, which featured a character being killed in each issue. He 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 period, Slott signed an exclusive contract with Marvel. He has since returned to the GLA twice, first with the 2005 GLX-mas Special, following a name change to the Great Lakes X-Men, and then again in the 2007 Deadpool/GLI Summer Fun Spectacular with co-writer Fabian Nicieza, to coincide with Marvel's Initiative crossover.

At the end of 2005, Slott was assigned to write The Thing's first solo series in 20 years. It 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, which sees the Thing and other heroes fighting deadly roller-coasters and other machines in Arcade's Murderworld.

Slott was the writer of Marvel's Avengers: The Initiative,[3] which launched following the conclusion of the 2006-07 "Civil War" storyline. He was one of the four writers of the thrice-monthly The Amazing Spider-Man, a schedule which began in January 2008 following the controversial storyline "One More Day".[4] His first three issues placed in the top ten highest selling comics for January, with the first issue taking the number two spot that month, selling around 128,000 copies, a 3% jump from the previous month.[5]

Slott took over writing duties on The Mighty Avengers after writer Brian Michael Bendis's departure, starting with issue #21 and finishing with issue #36.[6] He wrote the story for the Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions video game, which was released in September 2010.[7] In November 2010, Slott took over The Amazing Spider-Man as the sole writer, marking the book's change to a bi-monthly schedule, beginning with Slott's "Big Time" storyline.[8][9]

The "Big Time" storyline ended with The Amazing Spider-Man #700, its final issue. While that issue's story, which involved the switching of Peter Parker's mind with that of Doctor Octopus, and ended with the death of Parker in Doctor Octopus' body and Octopus remaining in Parker's, generated controversy among fans, including death threats for Slott,[10] it went on to win the 2012 Diamond Gem Award for Top Dollar Comic of the Year.[11] The comic book went through five printings,[12] The next month saw the premiere of a new series, The Superior Spider-Man, written by Slott, and featuring the adventures of Spider-Man, now inhabited by the mind of Doctor Octopus. The first issue went on to win the 2013 Diamond Gem Award for Comic Book of the Year Over $3.00.[13] The Superior Spider-Man ended with issue #31, with Peter Parker back as Spider-Man, and lead to a relaunch of The Amazing Spider-Man in April 2014. The first issue of this new version of The Amazing Spider-Man is, according to Diamond Comics Distributors, "The Best Selling Comic of the 21st Century."[14] Slott and artist Mike Allred launched a new Silver Surfer series in May 2014.[15]

Bibliography

References

  1. ↑ Dan Slott at the Grand Comics Database
  2. ↑ Manning, Matthew K.; Gilbert, Laura, ed. (2008). "2000s". Marvel Chronicle A Year by Year History. Dorling Kindersley. p. 321. ISBN 978-0756641238. She-Hulk (aka Jennifer Walters) started a new chapter in her life as chronicled by writer Dan Slott and artist Juan Bobillo.
  3. ↑ Manning "2000s" in Gilbert (2008), p. 336: "Writer Dan Slott along with artist Stefano Caselli created this new series to spotlight the government's training program for newly registered superhuman agents."
  4. ↑ Cowsill, Alan; Gilbert, Laura, ed. (2012). "2000s". Spider-Man Chronicle Celebrating 50 Years of Web-Slinging. Dorling Kindersley. p. 310. ISBN 978-0756692360. It was the start of a bold new era for the web-slinger and the start of the 'Brand New Day' storyline...Writer Dan Slott and artist Steve McNiven had the daunting task of handling the relaunch issue but did so with real style.
  5. ↑ "Hulk Tops January Charts". ICV2. March 4, 2008. Archived from the original on September 12, 2013.
  6. ↑ Rogers, Vaneta (September 28, 2008). "Baltimore '08: Slott Takes On Mighty Avengers, More Marvel". Newsarama. Archived from the original on November 8, 2013.
  7. ↑ Gallegos, Anthony (March 31, 2010). "Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions First Look". IGN. Archived from the original on November 5, 2012.
  8. ↑ Cowsill "2010s" in Gilbert (2012), p. 334: "Spidey's adventures were about to take an exciting new direction as Dan Slott became the title's sole writer."
  9. ↑ Wigler, Josh (July 25, 2010). "CCI: The Marvel: Spider-Man Panel". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on October 20, 2013. Archive requires scrolldown
  10. ↑ Hanks, Henry (December 31, 2012). "Events in landmark Spider-Man issue have fans in a frenzy". CNN. Archived from the original on November 8, 2013.
  11. ↑ "Diamond Announces 2012 Gem Award Winners". Diamond Comic Distributors. Archived from the original on July 2, 2014.
  12. ↑ "Amazing Spider-Man (1999) #700 (Ramos 5th Printing Variant)". Marvel Comics. Archived from the original on July 15, 2014.
  13. ↑ "Diamond Announces 2013 Gem Award Winners". Diamond Comic Distributors. Archived from the original on July 2, 2014.
  14. ↑ Miller, John Jackson (May 9, 2014). "April 2014 comics sales: Amazing Spider-Man #1 best-selling issue of 21st Century". Comichron.com. Archived from the original on July 19, 2014.
  15. ↑ Rogers, Vaneta (October 13, 2013). "NYCC 2013: Dan Slott Crams 'Kirby Cool' Concepts Into New Silver Surfer Series". Newsarama. Archived from the original on October 27, 2013.

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