Victor Gischler | |
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Occupation | Author |
Nationality | American |
Education | University of Southern Mississippi (PhD) |
Genre | Crime Superhero |
Notable works | Gun Monkeys Shotgun Opera |
Notable awards | Edgar Award Anthony Award |
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Victor Gischler is an American author of humorous crime fiction. [1]
Gischler's debut novel Gun Monkeys was nominated for the Edgar Award, and his novel Shotgun Opera was an Anthony Award finalist. [2] His work has been translated into Italian, French, Spanish and Japanese. He earned a Ph.D. in English at the University of Southern Mississippi. His fifth novel Go-Go Girls of the Apocalypse was published in 2008 by the Touchstone/Fireside imprint of Simon & Schuster. [3]
He has also written American comic books like The Punisher: Frank Castle , [4] [5] [6] Wolverine [7] and Deadpool (including Deadpool: Merc With a Mouth [8] [9] [10] and Deadpool Corps [11] ) for Marvel Comics. Gischler worked on X-Men "Curse of the Mutants" starting in the Death of Dracula one-shot [12] [13] [14] and continued in X-Men #1. [15]
Gun Monkeys has been optioned for a film adaptation, with Lee Goldberg writing the script and Ryuhei Kitamura penciled in to direct. [16]
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