Cullen Bunn grew up in rural North Carolina.[1] He lived there until he was 19, when his parents moved to Thayer, Missouri to run a cattle farm. After a couple years, his parents moved back to North Carolina, but Bunn remained in Missouri. He attended Missouri State University.[2]
Career
Bunn's noir/horror comic, and first collaboration with Brian Hurtt, The Damned, was published in 2007 by Oni Press. The sequel, The Damned: Prodigal Sons, was released in 2008. In 2010 Oni Press premiered Bunn's series, The Sixth Gun, which ran from May 2010 to June 2016.[citation needed]
In 2011, Oni Press published Bunn's original hardcover graphic novel, The Tooth. That same year, Earwig Press/Evileye Books published Bunn's middle-reader horror prose series Crooked Hills. He also was one of the writers in Marvel Comics' crossover storyline that year, "Fear Itself". He wrote the tie-in book Fear Itself: The Black Widow, which received mostly positive reviews,[3][4][5][6] and later wrote two issues of The Fearless, a spinoff published after the conclusion of "Fear Itself" that also received positive reviews.[7] In November of that year, Lion Forge Comics published Bunn's digital comic, Night Trap.[8]
In December 2013, Marvel announced the then-new ongoing Magneto, a series following the solo adventures of Magneto and penned by Bunn, with art by Gabriel Hernández Walta.[11] The series debuted in March 2014 and ran for 21 issues, ending in August 2015.[12]
Bunn's Harrow County, an ongoing creator-owned horror series with art by Tyler Crook, published by Dark Horse Comics, was announced in San Diego Comic-Con 2014.[13] The first issue debuted in May 2015 and sold out a distributor level, with a second printing commissioned by Dark Horse.[14]
In September 2014, Bunn's six-issue limited series Wolf Moon, with art by Jeremy Haun and covers by Jae Lee, was announced as the newest miniseries from Vertigo.[15] The series, which sought to re-imagine the werewolf mythos, was released in December 2014.[16]
After Brian Wood, Bunn was announced as the new writer of Moon Knight for Marvel, teaming up with artist Ron Ackins for a five-issue run beginning with issue #13 in March 2015.[17][18]
A new creator-owned limited series from Bunn and Terrible Lizard artist Drew Moss, titled Blood Feud, was announced by Oni Press in March 2015, with the first issue debuting in October of that same year and the last issue being released in February 2016 .[19][20]
For DC Comics' company-wide storyline "Divergence", which followed "Convergence", Bunn was announced as the writer of Aquaman, with art by Trevor McCarthy, and Green Lantern: The Lost Army, with art by Jesús Saiz, launching in June, as well as continuing his work on Lobo and Sinestro.[21][22] In September 2015, DC announced the cancellation of both Lobo, ending the series with issue 13, and Green Lantern: The Lost Army, after six issues.[23][24] Bunn left Aquaman after eight issues, citing negative fan reaction as the deciding factor.[25] He was replaced by writer Dan Abnett, who took over the series with issue 49 in February 2016.[26] Bunn announced on his Tumblr account that Sinestro would end after issue 23, and that he would not be writing for DC after the company's Rebirth event for the foreseeable future.[27][28]
In New York Comic-Con 2015, IDW Publishing announced Bunn along with artist David Baldeon as the creative team behind Micronauts, a new ongoing series launching in April 2016 that would follow the team from the classic Marvel series from the '80s.[29][30]
Marvel Comics announced Bunn as the writer of the new Uncanny X-Men series relaunching as part of their All-New All-Different publishing initiative, with art by Greg Land.[31] Along with wrestler CM Punk, Bunn is also the co-writer of Drax, with art by Scott Hepburn, also for Marvel.[32]
Harrow County, written by Bunn with art by Tyler Crook, was optioned by SyFy in December 2015 for development as a television series, with Becky Kirsch attached to write the adaptation.[33]
Dark Horse Comics announced Death Follows, a print collection of Bunn's and A. C. Zamudio's Monkey Brain limited series The Remains.[34] The collection, featuring the original short story written by Bunn that inspired the series, was published in May 2016.[35]
Bunn's and Vannesa R. Del Rey's limited series The Empty Man was optioned by 20th Century Fox in February 2016.[36] David Prior was attached to write and direct the film adaptation of the Boom! Studios comic.[37] It was released in 2020.
During the ComicsPRO 2016 annual meeting, Dark Horse Comics announced a new Conan comic book series titled Conan the Slayer, written by Bunn and illustrated by Sergio Dávila, launching in July 2016.[38][39]
Civil War 2: X-Men, a four-issue limited series written by Bunn that ties into the Marvel event Civil War 2, was announced during the In-Store Convention Kick-Off 2016. Featuring art by Andrea Broccardo, the series would pit the teams behind Uncanny X-Men and Extraordinary X-Men against each other after a mutant takes action against the Inhumans.[40][41]
In 2017 and 2018, Cullen published several books with Aftershock comics, including Unholy Grail with art by Mirko Colak.[42]Dark Ark, with art by Juan Doe [43]Brothers Dracul, teaming up again with Mirko Colak,[44] and Witch Hammer with art by Dalibor Talajic.[45]
Personal life
While in college Bunn had lived in the Springfield, Missouri area.[2] As of July 2015, he was living in Valley Park, Missouri.[46] By December 2018 he was described in an interview with 417 Magazine as having returned to live in Springfield.[2] He and his wife Cindy have a son, Roman.[1]
Night of the Living Deadpool (4-issue limited series with Ramon Rosanas, January–March 2014, collected in Night of the Living Deadpool, TPB, 96 pages, 2014, ISBN0-7851-9017-1)
Deadpool vs. Carnage (limited series, April 2014–June 2014)
Deadpool vs. Carnage (TPB, 120 pages, 2014, ISBN0-7851-9015-5) collects:
"Deadpool vs. Carnage" (with Salvador Espin, in #1–4, 2014)
Return of the Living Deadpool (4-issue limited series, with Nik Virella, February–May 2015, collected in Return of the Living Deadpool, TPB, 112 pages, 2015, ISBN0-7851-9257-3)
Deadpool: Back in Black (5-issue limited series, with Salvador Espin, October–December 2016, collected in Deadpool: Back in Black, TPB, 112 pages, 2017, ISBN1-30290-188-5)
Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe Again (5-issue limited series, with Dalibor Talajic, July–September 2017, collected in Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe Again, TPB, 112 pages, 2017, ISBN1-30290-834-0
Army of Darkness vol. 4 (5-issue limited series with Larry Watts, December 2014–April 2015, collected in Army of Darkness: Ash in Space, TPB, 144 pages, 2015, ISBN1-60690-691-7)
Wolf Moon (6-issue limited series, with Jeremy Haun, December 2014–May 2015, collected in Wolf Moon, TPB, 160 pages, 2015, ISBN1-4012-5774-7, Vertigo)
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