| Louise Simonson | |
 Louise Simonson at the 2008 New York Comic Convention. The New York Comic Con held annually in New York City is a convention dedicated to comics graphic novels anime manga video games toys movies and television |
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| Born | September 26, 1946 Atlanta, Georgia |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Writer |
| Notable works | Power Pack, X-Factor, New Mutants, Steel |
Louise Simonson (born Mary Louise Alexander, September 26, 1946 in Atlanta, Georgia, formerly Louise Jones, when married to artist Jeff Jones) is an American comic book writer and editor. Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar dedicates a Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Power Pack is a team of fictional child Superheroes in the Marvel Comics universe. X-Factor is an American Comic book series published by Marvel Comics. The New Mutants is the name of two defunct Marvel Comics Superhero teams as well as the title of two series featuring those teams Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar dedicates a Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The State of Georgia ( is a state in the United States and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against British rule Jeffrey Catherine Jones (born January 10, 1944) is a Science fiction and Fantasy Illustrator, whose work was best known from the 1960s The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A comic book (often shortened to simply comic and sometimes called a comic paper or comic magazine) is a Magazine or Book of narrative She is best known for her work on comic book titles such as Power Pack, X-Factor, New Mutants, Superman, and Steel. Power Pack is a team of fictional child Superheroes in the Marvel Comics universe. X-Factor is an American Comic book series published by Marvel Comics. The New Mutants is the name of two defunct Marvel Comics Superhero teams as well as the title of two series featuring those teams Superman is a fictional Comic book Superhero widely considered to be one of the most recognized of such characters and an American Cultural icon She is sometimes referred to by the nickname "Weezie".
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Career
In 1971 Simonson (then Louise Jones) modeled for artist Berni Wrightson's cover of DC Comics House of Secrets #92 (June-July, 1971), a comic which later became famous as the first appearance of Swamp Thing. Bernie "Berni" Wrightson (born October 27, 1948, Baltimore Maryland, U DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company The House of Secrets is the name of several mystery -suspense Anthology Comic book series published by DC Comics. The Swamp Thing is a Fictional character created by Len Wein and Berni Wrightson for DC Comics and featured in a long-running horror-fantasy [1]
Three years later in 1974, Jones started her professional comic book career at Warren Publishing. Warren Publishing was an American Magazine company founded by James Warren, who published his first magazines in 1957 and continued in the business for She went from assistant to senior editor of the comics line (Creepy, Eerie, and Vampirella) before leaving the company at the end of 1979. creep Creepy was an American horror - Comics Magazine launched by Warren Publishing in 1964. Eerie was an American magazine of horror comics introduced in 1966 by Warren Publishing. Vampirella is a Fictional character, a Comic book Vampire heroine created by Forrest J Ackerman for Warren Publishing 's
In January, 1980, she joined Marvel Comics, where she initially worked again as an editor, most notably on Uncanny X-Men, which she edited for almost four years (#137–182). Marvel Comics is an American comic book company owned by Marvel Publishing Inc The X-Men is a team of fictional Superhero characters in Comic books published by Marvel Comics.
Louise Jones met the comic book writer and artist Walt Simonson in 1973. Walter "Walt" Simonson (born September 2 1946) is an American Comic book writer and artist The two were married in 1980. At the end of 1983, she quit her editing job at Marvel to try her hand at freelance writing. A freelancer, freelance worker, or freelance is a person who pursues a profession without a long-term commitment to any one employer As "Louise Simonson", she became a freelance writer with multiple assignments at her former employer Marvel, such as Starriors. Starriors was a Robot Toy-line created by Tomy in association with Marvel Comics in 1984. Louise also helped her husband color his 1983 Marvel graphic novel Star Slammers. A
In August 1984, Simonson and artist June Brigman created Power Pack. June Brigman ( October 26, 1960 in Atlanta Georgia) is an American Comic book artist, Graphic novelist and Illustrator The title featured the adventures of four pre-teen superheroes and was an immediate sales and critical success. Simonson would write the majority of the title's first forty issues, even coloring one issue (#18).
In 1986, Simonson returned to the X-books to begin a long stint as writer of X-Men spin-off X-Factor with #6. In that issue, she and artist Jackson Guice introduced Apocalypse, a character who would go on to play a major role in the X-Men franchise. Jackson "Butch" Guice is an American comic book artist. From #10 of the title, she was joined by her husband, Walt Simonson, on pencils. In #25, the creators gave the character Angel blue skin and metal wings in a process which would lead to his being renamed as Archangel. Angel, in comics, may refer to Angel comics, comics featuring the Buffyverse character Angel Angel (Marvel Comics Warren Kenneth Worthington III is a Fictional character, a Comic book Superhero in the Marvel Comics universe. She ended her run on the title with #64 in 1991.
Simonson (as Louise Jones) had edited another X-Men spin-off, The New Mutants (1st series), at its debut in 1983 (after leaving the book, she would have a "cameo" in New Mutants #21, drawn in as a slumber party guest by artist Bill Sienkiewicz [1]). A sleepover, also known as a pajama party or a slumber party (or rarely a snoozer) is a Party where a guest or guests are Boleslav (William Felix Robert Sienkiewicz ( IPA: 'kɛvɪʧ Polish 'kjeviʧ born May 3, 1958, Blakely, Pennsylvania Subsequently, with #55 in 1987 she became the title’s writer, writing it for 3 1/2 years until #97 in 1991. It was during this run that she and artist Rob Liefeld introduced Cable, another important character in the X-Men franchise. Rob Liefeld, (born October 3 1967) is an American Comic book writer illustrator and publisher Cable is a Fictional character that appears in Comic books published by Marvel Comics.
In 1990, Simonson began writing for Marvel’s rivals, DC Comics. She, artist Jon Bogdanove, and editor Mike Carlin launched a new Superman title, Superman: Man of Steel — a title she would write for eight years until #86 in 1999. Jon Bogdanove is an American comic book artist and Writer. He is best known for his work on Power Pack, Superman Michael Carlin (b October 6, 1958) is a Comic book Writer and editor. Superman The Man of Steel is the title of a monthly American comic book series that ran 136 issues (ending with issue # 134 from 1991 to 2003 During this run, Simonson (along with Carlin, Dan Jurgens, Roger Stern and others) was one of the chief architects of the The Death of Superman storyline, in which Superman died and was resurrected. Dan Jurgens (born June 27, 1959) is an American Comic book Writer and Artist. Roger Stern (born September 17 1950) is an American Comic book Author and Novelist. The Death of Superman is a Comic book Storyline (culminating in Superman #75 in 1992 that served as the catalyst for DC Comics ' It was during that story, in Superman: Man of Steel #19, that Simonson and Bogdanove introduced their character Steel, who graduated to his own title in 1993, with Simonson as writer until #31. The character went on to feature in an eponymous feature film starring Shaquille O'Neal in 1997. In the Film industry, a feature film is a Film made for initial distribution in theaters and being the "main attraction" of the screening Shaquille Rashaun O'Neal (born March 6 1972 frequently referred to simply as " Shaq " is an African American Professional basketball
In 1999, Simonson returned to Marvel to write a Warlock series, which featured a character from her previous New Mutants run. Warlock is a Fictional character, a Cybernetic alien Superhero published by Marvel Comics. Also at Marvel that year, she wrote a miniseries, Galactus the Devourer, in which Galactus died temporarily. Galactus is a Fictional character that appears in Comic books published by Marvel Comics.
In 2002 and 2003, Simonson wrote two books for teens based on the Justice League cartoon: Wonder Woman (The Gauntlet) and Wild at Heart published by Bantam Books. The Justice League sometimes called the Justice League of America or JLA for short is a Fictional DC Comics superhero team. Bantam Books is a major US publishing house owned by Random House and is part of the Bantam Dell Publishing Group
More recently she has been involved with writing new stories featuring Magnus Robot Fighter for the publisher ibooks. Magnus Robot Fighter is a fictional character created by writer/artist Russ Manning in 1963 based primarily on Tarzan. In 2007, it was announced that Simonson will be writing a one-shot starring Magik of the New Mutants as part of a four-issue event known as Mystic Arcana. This page refers to the first Magik Illyana Rasputin For the second Magik see Amanda Sefton. Mystic Arcana is a 2007 series of four American Comic book one-shots published by Marvel Comics.
Selected comics work
- New Mutants vol. 1 #55-80, 82-91, 93-97
- New Mutants Annual #4-6
Other work
Simonson made frequent in-class appearances when her husband Walt Simonson taught a Graphic Storytelling course at Manhattan's School of Visual Arts in the 1990s. The School of Visual Arts ( SVA) is an Art school in Manhattan New York City and is one of the nation's leading independent Colleges of art and
References
- ^ Bernie Wrightson Interview - Comic Book Artist #5 - TwoMorrows Publishing
- ^ The X-Men Companion, Volume II; published September 1982, by Fantagraphics Books, Inc.; pages 5 & 108. Fantagraphics Books is an American publisher of Alternative comics, classic Comic strip anthologies Magazines Graphic novels
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| Preceded by Chris Claremont |
New Mutants (vol. 1) writer 1987–1991 |
Succeeded by Fabian Nicieza |
| Preceded by Bob Layton |
X-Factor (vol. 1) writer 1986–1991 |
Succeeded by Whilce Portacio |
| Preceded by N/A |
Superman: The Man of Steel writer 1991–1998 |
Succeeded by Doug Schultz |
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