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Louise Simonson

January 01, 1970

Louise Simonson (née Mary Louise Alexander; born September 26, 1946[1]) is an American comic book writer and editor. She is best known for her work on comic book titles such as Conan the Barbarian, Power Pack, X-Factor, New Mutants, Superman: The Man of Steel, and Steel. She is often referred to by the nickname "Weezie". Among the comic characters she co-created are Cable, Steel, Power Pack, Rictor, Doomsday and the X-Men villain Apocalypse.

Louise Simonson
Simonson at the 2012 New York Comic Con
BornMary Louise Alexander
(1946-09-26) September 26, 1946 (age 77)
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Area(s)Writer, Editor, Colourist
Pseudonym(s)Louise Jones, Weezie
Notable works
New Mutants, Power Pack, Steel, Conan (as editor), Superman: The Man of Steel, X-Factor
AwardsEagle Award for Power Pack;
Comics Buyer's Guide Award for The Death of Superman;
Inkpot Award for Outstanding Achievement in Comic Arts

In recognition of her contributions to comics, ComicsAlliance listed Simonson as one of twelve female comics creators deserving of lifetime achievement recognition.[2]

Early life and career edit

In 1964 while attending Georgia State College, Louise met fellow student Jeffrey Catherine Jones. The two began dating and were married in 1966.[3] Their daughter Julianna was born the following year. After graduation, the couple moved to New York City. Louise modeled for artist Bernie Wrightson's cover of DC Comics' House of Secrets #92 (June–July 1971),[4][5] the first appearance of Swamp Thing,[6] and was hired by McFadden-Bartell, a magazine publisher and distributor and worked there for three years.[3] She and Jones split up during this time but she continued to use the name Louise Jones for several years afterward.[3]

Louise met the comic book writer and artist Walt Simonson in 1973, began dating in August 1974,[7] and married in 1980.[8] They collaborated on X-Factor from 1986 to 1989.

Career edit

Comics editor edit

In 1974, Jones started her professional comic book career at Warren Publishing. She went from assistant to senior editor[8] of the comics line (Creepy, Eerie, and Vampirella) before leaving the company at the end of 1979.[9]

In January 1980, Jones 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) and Conan the Barbarian (#114–148 ). Simonson (as "Louise Jones") edited another X-Men spin-off, The New Mutants, at its debut in 1983. After leaving the series, she had a "cameo" in New Mutants #21, drawn in as a slumber party guest by artist Bill Sienkiewicz.[10] During this period, she also edited Marvel's Star Wars and Indiana Jones comics.[9][11]

In 2017, she edited the graphic novel Son of Shaolin for Image Comics.[12]

Comics writer edit

At the end of 1983, Jones quit her editing job at Marvel to try her hand at full-time writing as Louise Simonson. She created the Eagle Award-winning Power Pack.[13] The title, which debuted in August 1984, featured the adventures of four pre-teen superheroes. Simonson wrote the majority of the title's first forty issues, even coloring one issue (#18). Her other Marvel writing work included Starriors, Marvel Team-Up, Web of Spider-Man,[14] and Red Sonja. Louise helped her husband Walt Simonson color his "Star Slammers" story in Marvel Graphic Novel #6 (1983).

In 1986 Bob Layton, writer of the X-Men spin-off X-Factor, was running late on a deadline, and Simonson was called in to write a fill-in issue of X-Factor. This story was never published, since Layton ultimately turned his story in on time, but while writing it Simonson found herself inspired by the characters, to the point where she brought a list of her ideas to editor Bob Harras in the hopes that Layton might use them for the series.[15] Instead, Layton ended up dropping X-Factor shortly after, and at Chris Claremont and Ann Nocenti's suggestion, Harras chose Simonson as his replacement.[15] In #6, her first issue, she and artist Jackson Guice introduced Apocalypse,[16] a character who would go on to make repeated appearances in the X-Men franchise. 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 led to his being renamed as "Archangel". It was at Simonson's suggestion that X-Men writer Chris Claremont's "Mutant Massacre" story idea was turned into a crossover through all the "X-books", the first of its kind.[17] Her run on X-Factor included the relevant installments of "Mutant Massacre", and the subsequent crossovers "Fall of the Mutants," "Inferno", and "X-Tinction Agenda".[18] She ended her run on the title with #64 in 1991.

In 1987, beginning with issue #55, she became the New Mutants scripter. Similarly to X-Factor, she was originally brought in as a fill-in writer so that Chris Claremont could launch two other titles,[17] but ended up writing the series for three and a half years, ending with #97 in 1991. It was during this run that she and artist Rob Liefeld introduced Cable, another important character in the X-Men franchise.[19] In 1988–89, she and her husband co-wrote the Havok and Wolverine: Meltdown limited series painted by Jon J Muth and Kent Williams.

In 1991, Simonson began writing for DC Comics. She, artist Jon Bogdanove, and editor Mike Carlin launched a new Superman title, Superman: The Man of Steel[20] — a title she wrote for eight years until #86 in 1999. She contributed to such storylines as "Panic in the Sky" in 1992.[21] Later that year, Simonson (along with Carlin, Dan Jurgens, Roger Stern and others) was one of the chief architects of "The Death of Superman" storyline, in which Superman died and was resurrected. It was during that storyline, in The Adventures of Superman #500 (June 1993),[22] that Simonson and Bogdanove introduced their character Steel, who graduated to his own title in February 1994,[23] with Simonson as writer until #31. The character went on to feature in an eponymous feature film starring Shaquille O'Neal in 1997. Simonson was one of the many creators who worked on the Superman: The Wedding Album one-shot in 1996 wherein the title character married Lois Lane.[24]

In 1999, Simonson returned to Marvel to write a Warlock series, which featured a character from her previous New Mutants run. That same year, she wrote a miniseries, Galactus the Devourer, in which Galactus died temporarily. In 2005, she wrote stories featuring Magnus, Robot Fighter for the publisher Ibooks, Inc. In 2007, Simonson wrote a one-shot starring Magik of the New Mutants as part of a four-issue event known as Mystic Arcana.[25] In 2009, she wrote two issues of Marvel Adventures featuring Thor. The next year, she scripted the five-part limited series X-Factor Forever and reunited with June Brigman for a new Power Pack story in Girl Comics #3. Simonson also co-wrote the comic World of Warcraft, based on the multi-million player internet game, for Wildstorm, and a manga story, based in the Warcraft universe, for Tokyopop. In 2011, DC hired Louise Simonson to write DC Retroactive: Superman - The '90s, pencilled by her Man of Steel-collaborator Jon Bogdanove.

Simonson wrote the "Five Minutes" chapter in Action Comics #1000 (June 2018)[26] and a twelve-part webcomic tie-in to The Death of Superman animated movie.[27] In 2019, she contributed two stories to DC Primal Age #1 and teamed up with June Brigman again for the one-shot Power Pack: Grow Up.[28] In 2020 she scripted the comic adaptation of Leigh Bardugo's novel Wonder Woman: Warbringer as well as a comic tie-in to the movie Wonder Woman 1984. Simonson revisited her runs on X-Factor and New Mutants with new stories for X-Men Legends, pencilled by her husband Walt and published in 2021 and 2022.[29][30]

In April 2022, Simonson and her husband were reported among the more than three dozen comics creators who contributed to Operation USA's benefit anthology book, Comics for Ukraine: Sunflower Seeds, a project spearheaded by IDW Publishing Special Projects Editor Scott Dunbier, whose profits would be donated to relief efforts for Ukrainian refugees resulting from the February 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[31][32] Simonson teamed up with artist June Brigman to produce an original story with new characters created specifically for the anthology.[33]

Novelist edit

From 1993 through 2009, she wrote five picture books and eleven novels for middle-readers, many of which featured characters from DC Comics. Two YA novels, Justice League: The Gauntlet[34] and Justice League: Wild at Heart,[35] published by Bantam Books, were based on the Justice League cartoon. She wrote an adult Batman novel and the non-fiction DC Comics Covergirls.[36]

Awards edit

Bibliography edit

Capstone Publishers edit

  • Far Out Fairy Tales: Snow White and the Seven Robots OGN (2015)

Dark Horse Comics edit

DC Comics edit

Ibooks edit

IDW edit

Image edit

Marvel Comics edit

Tokyopop edit

Valiant edit

Virtual Comics edit

  • The 6 #2–3 (1996)

Warren Publishing edit

Welsh Publishing Group edit

  • Superman & Batman Magazine #5 (1994)

References edit

  1. ^ Miller, John Jackson (June 10, 2005). . Comics Buyer's Guide. Iola, Wisconsin. Archived from the original on February 18, 2011. Retrieved December 12, 2010.
  2. ^ . ComicsAlliance. January 29, 2016. Archived from the original on June 30, 2016. Louise Simonson has influenced superhero comics to a degree that few women have.
  3. ^ a b c Cooke, Jon B. (Spring 1999). "'Weezie' Jones Simonson - Louise discusses her life & times as a Warren editor". Comic Book Artist (4). Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing: 92–94.
  4. ^ Levitz, Paul (2010). "The Bronze Age 1970-1984". 75 Years of DC Comics The Art of Modern Mythmaking. Cologne, Germany: Taschen. p. 481. ISBN 978-3-8365-1981-6. When Swamp Thing debuted in this issue of House of Secrets as a "one-shot", no one could have known it would lead to an enduring hit franchise, least of all its cover model, future comics writer Louise Simonson.
  5. ^ Keily, Karl (May 28, 2014). "Louise Simonson Declares War on Cartoon Network in IDW's Super Secret Crisis War". Comic Book Resources. from the original on August 16, 2014. Retrieved May 29, 2014.
  6. ^ Cooke, Jon B. (Summer 1999). "Like a Bat Out of Hell Chatting with Bernie Wrightson, DC's Monster Maker". Comic Book Artist (5). Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
  7. ^ Cooke, Jon B. (October 2000). "Simonson Says The Man of Two Gods Recalls His 25+ Years in Comics". Comic Book Artist (10). Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing: 23.
  8. ^ a b Shooter, Jim. "Bullpen Bulletins", Marvel Comics cover-dated July 1981.
  9. ^ a b Louise Jones (editor) at the Grand Comics Database
  10. ^ . UncannyX-Men.net. Archived from the original on October 30, 2013. Retrieved June 2, 2013.
  11. ^ Shooter, Jim. "Bullpen Bulletins," Marvel Comics cover-dated November 1983.
  12. ^ "Son Of Shaolin OGN". Image Comics. Retrieved 2019-06-17.
  13. ^ DeFalco, Tom; Gilbert, Laura, ed. (2008). "1980s". Marvel Chronicle A Year by Year History. London, United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. p. 218. ISBN 978-0756641238. Working with artist June Brigman...Louise created the preteen super-hero team called Power Pack. {{cite book}}: |first2= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  14. ^ Manning, Matthew K.; Gilbert, Laura, ed. (2012). "1980s". Spider-Man Chronicle Celebrating 50 Years of Web-Slinging. London, United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. p. 147. ISBN 978-0756692360. Spider-Man swung into the pages of an all-new ongoing series in this first issue by writer Louise Simonson and penciler Greg LaRocque. {{cite book}}: |first2= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  15. ^ a b Sanderson, Peter (October 1986). "Walt & Louise Simonson". Comics Interview. No. 39. Fictioneer Books. pp. 42–57.
  16. ^ DeFalco "1980s" in Gilbert (2008), p. 227: "Simonson liked the idea of introducing a Darwinian character who would initiate disasters to help stimulate humanity's evolution."
  17. ^ a b Grant, Paul J. (August 1993). "Poor Dead Doug, and Other Mutant Memories". Wizard: X-Men Turn Thirty. pp. 66–69.
  18. ^ Manning, Matthew K. "1990s" in Gilbert (2008), p. 251
  19. ^ Manning "1990s" in Gilbert (2008), p. 248: "Writer Louise Simonson and penciller Rob Liefeld introduced one of the hottest stars of the 1990s, the mysterious mutant known only as Cable."
  20. ^ Manning, Matthew K.; Dolan, Hannah, ed. (2010). "1990s". DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle. London, United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. p. 250. ISBN 978-0-7566-6742-9. DC editorial saw the chance to give their hero a fourth ongoing monthly book, Superman: The Man of Steel was born, with the first issue written by Louise Simonson and with art by Jon Bogdanove, Tom Grummett, Bob McLeod, and Dan Jurgens. {{cite book}}: |first2= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  21. ^ Manning "1990s" in Dolan, p. 253: "In this seven-part adventure...writers Dan Jurgens, Jerry Ordway, Roger Stern, and Louise Simonson, with artists Brett Breeding, Tom Grummett, Jon Bogdanove, and Bob McLeod assembled many of DC's favorite characters to defend the world."
  22. ^ Manning "1990s" in Dolan, p. 259: " The issue also featured four teaser comics that introduced a group of contenders all vying for the Superman name...Construction worker John Henry Irons found a new purpose in life as the future Steel in a story by Louise Simonson, with art by Jon Bogdanove"
  23. ^ Manning "1990s" in Dolan, p. 265: "Steel finally stepped out of Superman's shadow in his own ongoing series by writers Jon Bogdanove and Louise Simonson, and artist Chris Batista."
  24. ^ Manning "1990s" in Dolan, p. 275: " The behind-the-scenes talent on the monumental issue appropriately spanned several generations of the Man of Tomorrow's career. Written by Dan Jurgens, Karl Kesel, David Michelinie, Louise Simonson, and Roger Stern, the one-shot featured the pencils of John Byrne, Gil Kane, Stuart Immonen, Paul Ryan, Jon Bogdanove, Kieron Dwyer, Tom Grummett, Dick Giordano, Jim Mooney, Curt Swan, Nick Cardy, Al Plastino, Barry Kitson, Ron Frenz, and Dan Jurgens."
  25. ^ Furey, Emmett (May 8, 2007). "Louise Simonson - Where has the 'Magik' gone?". Comic Book Resources. from the original on December 14, 2013. Retrieved January 27, 2010.
  26. ^ Johnson, Jim (April 18, 2018). "Action Comics #1000 Shows Superman Still Looks Good at 80 Years Old". Newsarama. from the original on April 26, 2018. Louise Simonson and Jerry Ordway typify the Man of Steel's miracles in 'Five Minutes,' while providing a fun look at the conflict Superman creates in the life of Clark Kent.
  27. ^ "DC Returns to The Death of Superman in New Comic". Comic Book Resources. 2018-08-01. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
  28. ^ Grunenwald, Joe (2019-05-14). "POWER PACK returns in new one-shot by Louise Simonson, June Brigman, and Gurihiru". The Beat. Retrieved 2019-06-17.
  29. ^ Adams, Tim (2021-01-06). "X-Men Legends Recruits Louise and Walter Simonson for a New X-Factor Story". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved 2022-05-25.
  30. ^ Varona, Henry (2021-10-08). "X-Men Legends Begins the Search for Apocalypse's Next Horseman". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved 2022-05-25.
  31. ^ Kaplan, Rebecca O. (April 18, 2022). "ZOOP launches benefit anthology COMICS FOR UKRAINE: SUNFLOWER SEEDS". The Beat. from the original on April 18, 2022. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
  32. ^ Brooke, David (April 18, 2022). "'Comics for Ukraine: Sunflower Seeds' to benefit Ukrainian refugees". AIPT. from the original on April 26, 2022. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
  33. ^ Kit, Borys (April 20, 2022). "Comic Book Creators Team for Ukraine Relief Effort Anthology 'Sunflower Seed'". The Hollywood Reporter. from the original on April 20, 2022. Retrieved April 30, 2022.
  34. ^ Simonson, Louise (2002). Justice League: The Gauntlet. New York, New York: Bantam Books. pp. 160. ISBN 978-0553487732.
  35. ^ Simonson, Louise (2003). Justice League: Wild at Heart. New York, New York: Bantam Books. pp. 160. ISBN 978-0553487756.
  36. ^ Simonson, Louise (2007). DC Comics Covergirls. Milan, Italy: Rizzoli Universe Promotional Books. p. 208. ISBN 978-0-7893-1544-1.
  37. ^ "Inkpot Award Winners". Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac. from the original on July 9, 2012.

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 Superman: The Man of Steel writer
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January 01, 1970
louise, simonson, née, mary, louise, alexander, born, september, 1946, american, comic, book, writer, editor, best, known, work, comic, book, titles, such, conan, barbarian, power, pack, factor, mutants, superman, steel, steel, often, referred, nickname, weezi. Louise Simonson nee Mary Louise Alexander born September 26 1946 1 is an American comic book writer and editor She is best known for her work on comic book titles such as Conan the Barbarian Power Pack X Factor New Mutants Superman The Man of Steel and Steel She is often referred to by the nickname Weezie Among the comic characters she co created are Cable Steel Power Pack Rictor Doomsday and the X Men villain Apocalypse Louise SimonsonSimonson at the 2012 New York Comic ConBornMary Louise Alexander 1946 09 26 September 26 1946 age 77 Atlanta Georgia U S NationalityAmericanArea s Writer Editor ColouristPseudonym s Louise Jones WeezieNotable worksNew Mutants Power Pack Steel Conan as editor Superman The Man of Steel X FactorAwardsEagle Award for Power Pack Comics Buyer s Guide Award for The Death of Superman Inkpot Award for Outstanding Achievement in Comic Arts In recognition of her contributions to comics ComicsAlliance listed Simonson as one of twelve female comics creators deserving of lifetime achievement recognition 2 Contents 1 Early life and career 2 Career 2 1 Comics editor 2 2 Comics writer 2 3 Novelist 3 Awards 4 Bibliography 4 1 Capstone Publishers 4 2 Dark Horse Comics 4 3 DC Comics 4 4 Ibooks 4 5 IDW 4 6 Image 4 7 Marvel Comics 4 8 Tokyopop 4 9 Valiant 4 10 Virtual Comics 4 11 Warren Publishing 4 12 Welsh Publishing Group 5 References 6 External linksEarly life and career editIn 1964 while attending Georgia State College Louise met fellow student Jeffrey Catherine Jones The two began dating and were married in 1966 3 Their daughter Julianna was born the following year After graduation the couple moved to New York City Louise modeled for artist Bernie Wrightson s cover of DC Comics House of Secrets 92 June July 1971 4 5 the first appearance of Swamp Thing 6 and was hired by McFadden Bartell a magazine publisher and distributor and worked there for three years 3 She and Jones split up during this time but she continued to use the name Louise Jones for several years afterward 3 Louise met the comic book writer and artist Walt Simonson in 1973 began dating in August 1974 7 and married in 1980 8 They collaborated on X Factor from 1986 to 1989 Career editComics editor edit In 1974 Jones started her professional comic book career at Warren Publishing She went from assistant to senior editor 8 of the comics line Creepy Eerie and Vampirella before leaving the company at the end of 1979 9 In January 1980 Jones 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 and Conan the Barbarian 114 148 Simonson as Louise Jones edited another X Men spin off The New Mutants at its debut in 1983 After leaving the series she had a cameo in New Mutants 21 drawn in as a slumber party guest by artist Bill Sienkiewicz 10 During this period she also edited Marvel s Star Wars and Indiana Jones comics 9 11 In 2017 she edited the graphic novel Son of Shaolin for Image Comics 12 Comics writer edit At the end of 1983 Jones quit her editing job at Marvel to try her hand at full time writing as Louise Simonson She created the Eagle Award winning Power Pack 13 The title which debuted in August 1984 featured the adventures of four pre teen superheroes Simonson wrote the majority of the title s first forty issues even coloring one issue 18 Her other Marvel writing work included Starriors Marvel Team Up Web of Spider Man 14 and Red Sonja Louise helped her husband Walt Simonson color his Star Slammers story in Marvel Graphic Novel 6 1983 In 1986 Bob Layton writer of the X Men spin off X Factor was running late on a deadline and Simonson was called in to write a fill in issue of X Factor This story was never published since Layton ultimately turned his story in on time but while writing it Simonson found herself inspired by the characters to the point where she brought a list of her ideas to editor Bob Harras in the hopes that Layton might use them for the series 15 Instead Layton ended up dropping X Factor shortly after and at Chris Claremont and Ann Nocenti s suggestion Harras chose Simonson as his replacement 15 In 6 her first issue she and artist Jackson Guice introduced Apocalypse 16 a character who would go on to make repeated appearances in the X Men franchise 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 led to his being renamed as Archangel It was at Simonson s suggestion that X Men writer Chris Claremont s Mutant Massacre story idea was turned into a crossover through all the X books the first of its kind 17 Her run on X Factor included the relevant installments of Mutant Massacre and the subsequent crossovers Fall of the Mutants Inferno and X Tinction Agenda 18 She ended her run on the title with 64 in 1991 In 1987 beginning with issue 55 she became the New Mutants scripter Similarly to X Factor she was originally brought in as a fill in writer so that Chris Claremont could launch two other titles 17 but ended up writing the series for three and a half years ending with 97 in 1991 It was during this run that she and artist Rob Liefeld introduced Cable another important character in the X Men franchise 19 In 1988 89 she and her husband co wrote the Havok and Wolverine Meltdown limited series painted by Jon J Muth and Kent Williams In 1991 Simonson began writing for DC Comics She artist Jon Bogdanove and editor Mike Carlin launched a new Superman title Superman The Man of Steel 20 a title she wrote for eight years until 86 in 1999 She contributed to such storylines as Panic in the Sky in 1992 21 Later that year Simonson along with Carlin Dan Jurgens Roger Stern and others was one of the chief architects of The Death of Superman storyline in which Superman died and was resurrected It was during that storyline in The Adventures of Superman 500 June 1993 22 that Simonson and Bogdanove introduced their character Steel who graduated to his own title in February 1994 23 with Simonson as writer until 31 The character went on to feature in an eponymous feature film starring Shaquille O Neal in 1997 Simonson was one of the many creators who worked on the Superman The Wedding Album one shot in 1996 wherein the title character married Lois Lane 24 In 1999 Simonson returned to Marvel to write a Warlock series which featured a character from her previous New Mutants run That same year she wrote a miniseries Galactus the Devourer in which Galactus died temporarily In 2005 she wrote stories featuring Magnus Robot Fighter for the publisher Ibooks Inc In 2007 Simonson wrote a one shot starring Magik of the New Mutants as part of a four issue event known as Mystic Arcana 25 In 2009 she wrote two issues of Marvel Adventures featuring Thor The next year she scripted the five part limited series X Factor Forever and reunited with June Brigman for a new Power Pack story in Girl Comics 3 Simonson also co wrote the comic World of Warcraft based on the multi million player internet game for Wildstorm and a manga story based in the Warcraft universe for Tokyopop In 2011 DC hired Louise Simonson to write DC Retroactive Superman The 90s pencilled by her Man of Steel collaborator Jon Bogdanove Simonson wrote the Five Minutes chapter in Action Comics 1000 June 2018 26 and a twelve part webcomic tie in to The Death of Superman animated movie 27 In 2019 she contributed two stories to DC Primal Age 1 and teamed up with June Brigman again for the one shot Power Pack Grow Up 28 In 2020 she scripted the comic adaptation of Leigh Bardugo s novel Wonder Woman Warbringer as well as a comic tie in to the movie Wonder Woman 1984 Simonson revisited her runs on X Factor and New Mutants with new stories for X Men Legends pencilled by her husband Walt and published in 2021 and 2022 29 30 In April 2022 Simonson and her husband were reported among the more than three dozen comics creators who contributed to Operation USA s benefit anthology book Comics for Ukraine Sunflower Seeds a project spearheaded by IDW Publishing Special Projects Editor Scott Dunbier whose profits would be donated to relief efforts for Ukrainian refugees resulting from the February 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine 31 32 Simonson teamed up with artist June Brigman to produce an original story with new characters created specifically for the anthology 33 Novelist edit From 1993 through 2009 she wrote five picture books and eleven novels for middle readers many of which featured characters from DC Comics Two YA novels Justice League The Gauntlet 34 and Justice League Wild at Heart 35 published by Bantam Books were based on the Justice League cartoon She wrote an adult Batman novel and the non fiction DC Comics Covergirls 36 Awards editEagle Award for Power Pack 1985 Comics Buyer s Guide Award for The Death of Superman 1992 Inkpot Award for Outstanding Achievement in Comic Arts 1992 37 Bibliography editCapstone Publishers edit Far Out Fairy Tales Snow White and the Seven Robots OGN 2015 Dark Horse Comics edit Star Wars River of Chaos 1 4 1995 DC Comics edit Action Comics 701 1000 Annual 6 1994 2018 Adventures of Superman 500 568 569 571 Annual 3 1993 1999 Convergence Superman Man of Steel 1 2 2015 DC Primal Age 1 2019 DC Retroactive Superman The 90s 1 2011 The Death of Superman 1 12 webcomic 2018 The Death of Superman 30th Anniversary Special 1 2023 Detective Comics 635 637 Annual 4 1991 Doomsday Annual 1 1995 New Titans 87 94 96 Annual 10 1992 1994 Showcase 96 2 1996 Steel 1 3 5 16 21 27 29 31 0 Annual 2 1994 1996 Supergirl Lex Luthor Special 1 1993 Superman 3 D 1 1998 Superman Forever 1 1998 Superman Red Superman Blue 1 1998 Superman Save the Planet 1 1998 Superman The Man of Steel 1 56 59 83 86 0 Annual 2 4 6 1991 1999 Superman The Man of Tomorrow 11 14 1998 1999 Superman The Wedding Album 1 1996 Wonder Woman 600 2010 Wonder Woman 1984 1 with Anna Obropta 2020 Wonder Woman Agent of Peace 8 digital 2020 Wonder Woman Warbinger GN 2020 Wonderful Women of the World GN among others 2021 World of Warcraft 15 25 2009 2010 Ibooks edit Magnus Robot Fighter 1 2005 IDW edit Rocketeer Adventures 4 2012 Super Secret Crisis War 1 6 2014 Super Secret Crisis War Codename Kids Next Door one shot 2014 Super Secret Crisis War Cow and Chicken one shot 2014 Super Secret Crisis War Foster s Home for Imaginary Friends one shot 2014 Super Secret Crisis War The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy one shot 2014 Super Secret Crisis War Johnny Bravo one shot 2014 Image edit Gen13 Bootleg 4 1997 Wildstorm 1 with Walt Simonson 1995 Marvel Comics edit Adventures in Reading Starring the Amazing Spider Man 1 promo 1990 Amazing High Adventure 1 1984 The Amazing Spider Man Annual 19 1985 Avengers Earth s Mightiest Heroes 9 2013 Avengers Origins 1 promo 2015 Captain America Meets the Asthma Monster 1 promo 1988 Chaos War X Men 1 2011 Fantastic Four 645 Annual 2000 2015 2000 Galactus The Devourer 1 6 1999 2000 Girl Comics 3 2010 Havok and Wolverine Meltdown 1 4 1989 Heroes for Hope Starring the X Men 1 1985 Iron Age 3 2011 Jean Grey 1 4 2023 Life of Christ The Christmas Story 1 1993 Life of Christ The Easter Story 1 1993 Marvel Adventures Super Heroes 7 11 2009 Marvel Super Special 38 1985 Marvel Team Up 149 150 Annual 7 1984 1985 Mystic Arcana Magik 1 2007 New Mutants 55 80 82 91 93 97 Annual 4 6 1987 1991 Power Pack 1 20 22 33 35 37 39 41 Holiday Special 1 1984 1988 1992 Power Pack Grow Up 1 2019 Red Sonja 8 13 1985 1986 Sensational She Hulk 29 30 1991 Spellbound 1 6 1988 Spider Man and Power Pack 1 promo 1984 Starriors 1 4 1984 1985 Warlock 1 9 1999 2000 Web of Spider Man 1 3 1985 X Factor 6 64 Annual 3 5 1986 1991 X Factor Forever 1 5 2010 X Men Black Sun 4 2000 X Men Gold 1 2014 X Men Legends X Factor 3 4 New Mutants 11 2021 2022 X Terminators 1 4 1988 1989 Tokyopop edit Warcraft Legends 5 2009 Valiant edit Faith 5 6 2016 Virtual Comics edit The 6 2 3 1996 Warren Publishing edit Creepy 101 1978 Eerie 81 with David Michelinie 99 1977 1979 Welsh Publishing Group edit Superman amp Batman Magazine 5 1994 References edit Miller John Jackson June 10 2005 Comics Industry Birthdays Comics Buyer s Guide Iola Wisconsin Archived from the original on February 18 2011 Retrieved December 12 2010 A Life s Work 12 Women Who Deserve Lifetime Achievement Recognition ComicsAlliance January 29 2016 Archived from the original on June 30 2016 Louise Simonson has influenced superhero comics to a degree that few women have a b c Cooke Jon B Spring 1999 Weezie Jones Simonson Louise discusses her life amp times as a Warren editor Comic Book Artist 4 Raleigh North Carolina TwoMorrows Publishing 92 94 Levitz Paul 2010 The Bronze Age 1970 1984 75 Years of DC Comics The Art of Modern Mythmaking Cologne Germany Taschen p 481 ISBN 978 3 8365 1981 6 When Swamp Thing debuted in this issue of House of Secrets as a one shot no one could have known it would lead to an enduring hit franchise least of all its cover model future comics writer Louise Simonson Keily Karl May 28 2014 Louise Simonson Declares War on Cartoon Network in IDW s Super Secret Crisis War Comic Book Resources Archived from the original on August 16 2014 Retrieved May 29 2014 Cooke Jon B Summer 1999 Like a Bat Out of Hell Chatting with Bernie Wrightson DC s Monster Maker Comic Book Artist 5 Raleigh North Carolina TwoMorrows Publishing Retrieved June 13 2013 Cooke Jon B October 2000 Simonson Says The Man of Two Gods Recalls His 25 Years in Comics Comic Book Artist 10 Raleigh North Carolina TwoMorrows Publishing 23 a b Shooter Jim Bullpen Bulletins Marvel Comics cover dated July 1981 a b Louise Jones editor at the Grand Comics Database New Mutants 21 November 1984 UncannyX Men net Archived from the original on October 30 2013 Retrieved June 2 2013 Shooter Jim Bullpen Bulletins Marvel Comics cover dated November 1983 Son Of Shaolin OGN Image Comics Retrieved 2019 06 17 DeFalco Tom Gilbert Laura ed 2008 1980s Marvel Chronicle A Year by Year History London United Kingdom Dorling Kindersley p 218 ISBN 978 0756641238 Working with artist June Brigman Louise created the preteen super hero team called Power Pack a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a first2 has generic name help CS1 maint multiple names authors list link Manning Matthew K Gilbert Laura ed 2012 1980s Spider Man Chronicle Celebrating 50 Years of Web Slinging London United Kingdom Dorling Kindersley p 147 ISBN 978 0756692360 Spider Man swung into the pages of an all new ongoing series in this first issue by writer Louise Simonson and penciler Greg LaRocque a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a first2 has generic name help CS1 maint multiple names authors list link a b Sanderson Peter October 1986 Walt amp Louise Simonson Comics Interview No 39 Fictioneer Books pp 42 57 DeFalco 1980s in Gilbert 2008 p 227 Simonson liked the idea of introducing a Darwinian character who would initiate disasters to help stimulate humanity s evolution a b Grant Paul J August 1993 Poor Dead Doug and Other Mutant Memories Wizard X Men Turn Thirty pp 66 69 Manning Matthew K 1990s in Gilbert 2008 p 251 Manning 1990s in Gilbert 2008 p 248 Writer Louise Simonson and penciller Rob Liefeld introduced one of the hottest stars of the 1990s the mysterious mutant known only as Cable Manning Matthew K Dolan Hannah ed 2010 1990s DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle London United Kingdom Dorling Kindersley p 250 ISBN 978 0 7566 6742 9 DC editorial saw the chance to give their hero a fourth ongoing monthly book Superman The Man of Steel was born with the first issue written by Louise Simonson and with art by Jon Bogdanove Tom Grummett Bob McLeod and Dan Jurgens a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a first2 has generic name help CS1 maint multiple names authors list link Manning 1990s in Dolan p 253 In this seven part adventure writers Dan Jurgens Jerry Ordway Roger Stern and Louise Simonson with artists Brett Breeding Tom Grummett Jon Bogdanove and Bob McLeod assembled many of DC s favorite characters to defend the world Manning 1990s in Dolan p 259 The issue also featured four teaser comics that introduced a group of contenders all vying for the Superman name Construction worker John Henry Irons found a new purpose in life as the future Steel in a story by Louise Simonson with art by Jon Bogdanove Manning 1990s in Dolan p 265 Steel finally stepped out of Superman s shadow in his own ongoing series by writers Jon Bogdanove and Louise Simonson and artist Chris Batista Manning 1990s in Dolan p 275 The behind the scenes talent on the monumental issue appropriately spanned several generations of the Man of Tomorrow s career Written by Dan Jurgens Karl Kesel David Michelinie Louise Simonson and Roger Stern the one shot featured the pencils of John Byrne Gil Kane Stuart Immonen Paul Ryan Jon Bogdanove Kieron Dwyer Tom Grummett Dick Giordano Jim Mooney Curt Swan Nick Cardy Al Plastino Barry Kitson Ron Frenz and Dan Jurgens Furey Emmett May 8 2007 Louise Simonson Where has the Magik gone Comic Book Resources Archived from the original on December 14 2013 Retrieved January 27 2010 Johnson Jim April 18 2018 Action Comics 1000 Shows Superman Still Looks Good at 80 Years Old Newsarama Archived from the original on April 26 2018 Louise Simonson and Jerry Ordway typify the Man of Steel s miracles in Five Minutes while providing a fun look at the conflict Superman creates in the life of Clark Kent DC Returns to The Death of Superman in New Comic Comic Book Resources 2018 08 01 Retrieved 2020 10 04 Grunenwald Joe 2019 05 14 POWER PACK returns in new one shot by Louise Simonson June Brigman and Gurihiru The Beat Retrieved 2019 06 17 Adams Tim 2021 01 06 X Men Legends Recruits Louise and Walter Simonson for a New X Factor Story Comic Book Resources Retrieved 2022 05 25 Varona Henry 2021 10 08 X Men Legends Begins the Search for Apocalypse s Next Horseman Comic Book Resources Retrieved 2022 05 25 Kaplan Rebecca O April 18 2022 ZOOP launches benefit anthology COMICS FOR UKRAINE SUNFLOWER SEEDS The Beat Archived from the original on April 18 2022 Retrieved April 26 2022 Brooke David April 18 2022 Comics for Ukraine Sunflower Seeds to benefit Ukrainian refugees AIPT Archived from the original on April 26 2022 Retrieved April 26 2022 Kit Borys April 20 2022 Comic Book Creators Team for Ukraine Relief Effort Anthology Sunflower Seed The Hollywood Reporter Archived from the original on April 20 2022 Retrieved April 30 2022 Simonson Louise 2002 Justice League The Gauntlet New York New York Bantam Books pp 160 ISBN 978 0553487732 Simonson Louise 2003 Justice League Wild at Heart New York New York Bantam Books pp 160 ISBN 978 0553487756 Simonson Louise 2007 DC Comics Covergirls Milan Italy Rizzoli Universe Promotional Books p 208 ISBN 978 0 7893 1544 1 Inkpot Award Winners Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac Archived from the original on July 9 2012 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Louise Simonson Louise Simonson at the Comic Book DB archived from the original Louise Simonson at Mike s Amazing World of Comics Louise Simonson at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators Preceded byn a Power Pack writer1984 1988 Succeeded byJon Bogdanove Preceded byBob Layton X Factor writer1986 1991 Succeeded byWhilce Portacio Preceded byChris Claremont New Mutants writer1987 1991 Succeeded byFabian Nicieza Preceded byn a Superman The Man of Steel writer1991 1998 Succeeded byMark Schultz Preceded byWalt Simonson World of Warcraft writer2009 2010 with Walt Simonson Succeeded byMike Costa Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Louise Simonson amp oldid 1210138776, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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