J. M. DeMatteis
John Marc DeMatteis (* December 15, 1953 ) is an American comic book writer and signatory.
Life and work
DeMatteis, who themselves as followers of the Indian guru Meher Baba openly about his esoteric belief Confesses began working in the late 1970s as a professional comic book writer, after he had previously been working as a music critic.
First DeMatteis worked for the publisher DC Comics to various horror comics, before moving to DC's rival Marvel. For Marvel Comics he oversaw in the 1980s series such as Captain America, different Spider-Man series and The Defender. Were supplemented graphic novels such as Moonshadow ( Jon J. Muth with the painter ), Blood: A Tale ( with Kent Williams) and Dr. Strange: Into Shambhala. His most frequent artistic partner during his Marvel years was about the artist Mike Zeck, with whom he became the classic Spider-Man story Kraven 's Last Hunt created among others.
In the late 1980s DeMatteis finally returned to DC, where he led the newly launched series Justice League of America took over as successor by Gerry Conway. Together with his co- writers Keith Giffen he chose a the dark, down beating especially in brutal and ferocious action stories Zeitgeist, completely contrary approach by which converted the series into a humor title, the less frequently than its predecessor title to cosmic threats and world savior adventure turned, but increasingly turned tricky problems of everyday life and the interaction of the acting figures in the foreground. DeMatteis ' approach - which unlike previous incarnations of the Justice League substance also less on the well-known figures in the publishing program such as Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman or Flash, but to lesser known characters like Booster Gold, Blue Beetle, Guy Gardner, Martian Manhunter and Mister Miracle back hand - proved to be so popular that eszahlreiche spin-off series like Justice League Europe or solo series over the division Guy Gardner and Mister Miracle moved to yourself. 1992 DeMatteis left the Justice League series, which was afterwards handed over to Dan Jurgens. In 2003, he returned once more to the substance when he six-part miniseries Formerly Known as the Justice League presented together with Giffen, Joe Rubinstein and Kevin Maguire, for which the Quartet was awarded the 2004 Eisner Award for Best Humor titles. 2005 this success was followed by the miniseries I Can not Believe It 's Not The Justice League.
In the early 1990s DeMatteis played a leading role in the creation of DC's Vertigo imprint, while the autobiographical miniseries Brooklyn Dreams wrote for the Paradox Press imprint.
In 1991, DeMatteis the series The Spectacular Spider -Man, he a new one - gave direction before 1995 as the successor of David Michelinie the series The Amazing Spider -Man took over - especially psychologizing interpretations of the figure concentrating. His artistic partner was there most of the artist Sal Buscema. Other series that oversaw DeMatteis in these years for Marvel, were Daredevil, Doctor Strange, Man-Thing and Silver Surfer.
In the late 1990s took DeMatteis for the DC series Adventures of Superman and The Spectre. There were some stories about the characters Batman and Wonder Woman, as well as the graphic novel Green Lantern: Will World.
It was followed by the comic novels Mercy and Farewell and The Last One, as well as the fifteen- part series series Seekers Into The Mystery, which is about a screenwriter who embarks on a journey of self discovery.
Together with Mike Ploog DeMatteis created the fantasy title Abadazad ( 2004), which is marketed by Disney.
For the American television DeMatteis wrote episodes for series such as The Twilight Zone, The Adventures of Superboy, Earth: Final Conflict, The Real Ghostbusters, Justice League Unlimited and Legion of Super - Heroes. In 1990 he produced an album as a musician with the title How Many Lifetimes? .
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- Americans
- Born in 1953
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