Jeff Parker (comics)

Jeff Parker is a Portland, Oregon based writer and comic book artist. He is a member of Periscope Studio, formerly Mercury Studio.

Biography

Parker's earliest work in comics was Solitaire, published by Malibu Comics. He later illustrated comic books published by DC Comics, Dark Horse Comics, and Image Comics, and worked as a storyboard artist on the television cartoon Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot.

His work as a writer at Marvel includes the limited series Agents of Atlas, X-Men: First Class, and Marvel Adventures The Avengers. Parker is also the writer of Walk-In and the second volume of Guy Ritchie's Gamekeeper for Virgin Comics.

Recent work includes "Fall of the Hulks." He will also be returning to Agents of Atlas with a new ongoing series to be called simply "ATLAS."^[1] He has also written a mini-series for Wildstorm, called Mysterius: The Unfathomable^[2][3] Parker also took over the writing of Thunderbolts with issue #138,^[4] introduced the Agents of Atlas in the following two issues^[5] and then took the title in "Siege," after which he will oversee an overhaul of the team line-up.^[6]

He is originally from Burlington, North Carolina, son of an grocery store owner who remains active in the local orthodox druid community, whose first exposure to comics came from reading comics on the store's spinner racks.^[7] He was a member of the illustration studio Artamus Studios, based out of Hillsbourough, along with Mike Wieringo, Scott Hampton, Richard Case, Chuck Wojtkiewicz, and others. Parker's experiences as a child growing up in the woods in North Carolina have recently been adapted to the screen in the runaway hit, The witch.

Bibliography

DC Comics

• Mysterius: The Unfathomable (with Tom Fowler, 6-issue limited series, Wildstorm, March–August 2009)
• The Big Book of (pencils and inks, Paradox Press):
  • Weirdos: "Fyodor Mikhaylovich Dostoyevsky" (with writer Carl Posey, 1995)
  • Thugs: "The Bliss Bank Ring" (with writer Joel Rose, 1996)
  • The Unexplained: "The Crystal Skull Doom" (with writer Doug Moench, 1997)
  • Martyrs: "St. Callistus: The Slave Pope" (with writer John Wagner, 1997)
  • Grimm: "Fitcher's Bird" (with writer Jonathan Vankin, 1998)
  • The 70s: "Burt Reynolds" (with writer Jonathan Vankin, 2000)
• Wonder Woman #86-87 (pencils, with writer William Messner-Loebs and inks by Kevin Conrad/Aaron McClellan/Aaron McClellan, DC Comics, 1994)
• Aquaman vol. 7: #26-40, Annual #2 and Futures End Special (with Paul Pelletier, 2014-2015)
• Batman '66 vol. 1: #1-30 (writer, with various different artists)
• Batman '66 Meets The Man From U.N.C.L.E: #1-6 (limited series 2016)

Marvel Comics

• Agents of Atlas vol. 1 (writer, with pencils by Leonard Kirk and inks by Kris Justice, 6-issue limited series, Marvel Comics, 2006–2007)
• Agents of Atlas vol. 2 #1-11 (writer, ongoing series, 2009)
• Avengers vs. Atlas (writer, with art by Gabriel Hardman, 4-issue limited series, March–June 2010)
• Dark Reign: The Hood (writer, with art by Kyle Hotz, 5-issue limited series, July–November 2009)
• Exiles vol. 2 #1-6 (writer, with art by Salvador Espin, June–November 2009)
• Fall of the Hulks Alpha (writer, with pencils by Paul Pelletier, one-shot, February 2009)
• Fall of the Hulks: Red Hulk (writer, with pencils by Carlos Rodriguez, 4-issue limited series, March–June 2010)
• Hulked Out Heroes (writer, with art by Humberto Ramos, 2-issue limited series, June 2010)^[8]
• Marvel Adventures: The Avengers #1-4, 9-10 (writer)
• Marvel Boy: The Uranian (writer, with pencils by Felix Ruiz, 3-issue limited series, March–May 2010)
• Monster-Size Hulk (writer, with artist Gabriel Hardman, one-shot, Marvel Comics, 2008)
• Hulk #25-57 (writer, ongoing series, 2010–2012)
• Red She-Hulk #58-67 (writer, ongoing series, 2012–2013)
• Spider-Man: 1602 (writer, with art by Ramon Rosanas, 5-issue limited series, December 2009–April 2010)
• Spider-Man and the Fantastic Four (writer, with art by Mike Wieringo, 4-issue limited series, May-August 2007)
• The Age of the Sentry #1-6 (writer, with art by Nick Dragotta/Ramon Rosanas, November 2008–April 2009)
• The Incredible Hercules #138-141 (backup writer, featuring Agents of Atlas, 2009–2010)
• Thunderbolts #138-174 (writer, ongoing series, 2009–2012)
• X-Men: First Class (writer, ongoing series, 2006–2010)
• X-Men vs. Agents of Atlas (writer, with pencils by Carlo Pagulayan, 2-issue limited series, December 2009–January 2010)

Other

Comics from other publishers include:

• Solitaire #7-12 (pencils, with writer Gerard Jones, Malibu Comics, 1994)
• The Calculus Test (inks, with writer Edward Martin III, pencils by Casey Jones and other inks by Craig Gilmore, in Negative Burn #13, Caliber Comics, 1994)
• The Interman (Writer, penciller, inker, colorist and letterer, 2003)
• Walk-In (writer, with art by Ashish Padlekar, Virgin Comics, 2006–2007)
• Guy Ritchie's Gamekeeper (writer, with art by Ron Randall and Ron Chan, Virgin Comics, 2008)
• Underground (writer, with art by Steve Lieber, 5-issue limited series, Image Comics, 2009–2010, tpb, 128 pages, 2010, ISBN 1-60706-266-6)^[9]
• Bucko (writer, with art by Erika Moen, webcomic serial, 2012-2012, collected by Dark Horse Comics, HC, 136 pages, 2012, ISBN 1-59582-973-3)^[10]
• Willow (Writer, Dark Horse Comics, November 2012 – March 2013)^[11]
• Kings Watch (Writer, Dynamite Entertainment, September 2013-April 2014)^[12]
• Flash Gordon, (Writer, Dynamite Entertainment, April 2014 - Jan 2015). ^[13]

Notes

References

External links

• Official website
• The Interman

Interviews

• Video Interview with Jeff Parker at Baltimore Comic Con www.ExploringTheMultiverse.com, August 2010
• Jeff Parker and the New Adventures of Old Marvel (archive), SilverBulletComics.com, September 26, 2006
• Tuesday Q&A: Jeff Parker at Marvel.com
• Jeff Parker: This Man, This MODOK (and More), Comics Bulletin
• Word Balloon: Jeff Parker - Sentry, Atlas and More, Newsarama, September 19, 2008
• The Marvel Universe Now With Extra Pulp: Parker Talks "Agents of Atlas", Comic Book Resources, May 19, 2006