James Asmus

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James Asmus is a writer, actor and comedian known for his affiliation with such theaters as The Annoyance and the sketch group Hey You Millionaires, and for his work writing comic books such as Quantum and Woody , Thief of Thieves and Gambit .

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Career

Asmus has written several plays for both the Annoyance Theater and The New Colony theater group in Chicago. The plays he has written include Love Is Dead (The Annoyance), Hearts Full of Blood (the New Colony) and Amelia Earhart Jungle Princes (The New Colony). Both Love is Dead and Hearts Full of Blood received remounts in the New York Fringe Fest, winning awards for Outstanding Music & Lyrics [1] and Outstanding Achievement in Playwrighting [2] respectively.

Asmus is currently most prolific as a comic book writer, [3] writing such comics as Gambit for Marvel Comics, Rick and Morty for Oni Press, Survival Street for Dark Horse Comics, and Quantum & Woody for Valiant Entertainment.

Awards and nominations

Bibliography

Marvel Comics

Image Comics

Valiant Comics

DC Comics

BOOM! Studios

IDW Publishing

ONI Press

Dark Horse Comics

Opus Comics

Bad Egg

Insight Editions

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