Joe Casey

Joe Casey is an American comic book writer.

He has worked on titles such as Wildcats 3.0, Uncanny X-Men, The Intimates, Adventures of Superman, and G.I. Joe: America's Elite among others. As part of the comics creator group Man of Action Studios, Casey is one of the creators of the animated series Ben 10.

Joe Casey
Joe Casey
Casey at the 2012 New York Comic Con
NationalityAmerican
Area(s)Writer
Notable works
Cable
WildC.A.T.s
Gødland
http://www.manofaction.tv

Career

Starting his professional writing career at Marvel Comics, Casey wrote for several titles, including Cable, The Incredible Hulk and Uncanny X-Men. He is also the co-creator of the superhero America Chavez.

Casey wrote many titles for Wildstorm, like the highly experimental Automatic Kafka with artist Ashley Wood. Casey took over Wildcats and gave the series a new direction, moving it from the superhero genre to incorporate elements of corporate espionage. He wrote a Mister Majestic series with artist Ed McGuiness, after which they subsequently collaborated on Adventures of Superman, which Casey wrote for three years.

Casey wrote 2005's Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes limited series and its sequel for Marvel Comics. Since 2001 Casey has produced creator-owned work through Image Comics, including Gødland, Codeflesh, Nixon's Pals, Charlatan Ball, Doc Bizarre, M.D., Officer Downe. He also wrote a revamp of the original Youngblood miniseries by Rob Liefeld, called Maximum Youngblood. As well as discussing the ending of Gødland, Charlatan Ball and Nixon's Pals,[dead link] he mentioned that Codeflesh[dead link] would be returning.

Casey was featured in a 2006 documentary about the 1990s comic boom and bust called Adventures Into Digital Comics.

Casey is a member of the Man of Action collective of creators (with Joe Kelly, Duncan Rouleau, Steven T. Seagle), who created the series Ben 10, airing on Cartoon Network.[citation needed] They also created the show Generator Rex, which also ran for two seasons on Cartoon Network. They are producers and story editors on the shows Ultimate Spider-Man and Marvel's Avengers Assemble airing on Disney XD. Casey also co-created the animated property Disco Destroyer with Scott Mosier and Jim Mahfood.

Dark Reign: Zodiac pits a new iteration of the old Avengers enemies against Norman Osborn's new status quo as Director of National Security, and Final Crisis: Aftermath: Dance follows the adventures of the Super Young Team. His brief return to DC also included a brief run on Superman/Batman.

His next work for Image Comics, with Mike Huddleston on art duties, was Butcher Baker: The Righteous Maker. The critically acclaimed series ended with issue #8, which was published on August 15, 2012, ten months after issue #7, a delay that Casey stated was due to Huddleston's having overcommitted himself. Huddleston responded to Casey's public statement by stating that the delay was caused by his need to take over work in order to make sufficient money, as Butcher Baker was not lucrative enough for him to avoid doing so. Huddleston further explained that he apologized to Casey and to fans for the delay.

That same year, Casey debuted the six-issue Marvel miniseries Vengeance, which introduced a group of new villains to the Marvel Universe. The hardcover collection was released in December 2012.

His other work includes the creator-owned series Sex and The Bounce for Image Comics, as well as Catalyst Comix for Dark Horse Comics, reviving many of the old Comics Greatest World superheroes from the 1990s.

A film called Officer Downe, based on Casey's comic, was released in 2016.

Bibliography

Early work

  • Comic Effect #11 (a Superman/Aliens review, fanzine, 1995)
  • San Diego Comic Convention Program #22: "I Could Have Been a Teenage Comic Book Writer" (essay, SDCC, 1995)
  • The Chosen #1–2 (co-written by Casey and José Martínez, art by Paul Martínez and Jonathan Jay Lee, Prolix Press, 1995)
  • The Harvest King #1–3 (with Mike Macropoulos, Caliber, 1998)

Marvel Comics

Image Comics

  • Hellcop #1–4 (with Gilbert Monsanto, Avalon Studios, 1998–1999)
  • Double Image #1–5: "Codeflesh" (with Charlie Adlard, anthology, 2001)
    • After the series cancellation, Codeflesh was continued in Double Take #6–8 (Funk-O-Tron, 2001–2002)
    • All eight installments were collected by AiT/Planet Lar as Codeflesh (tpb, 144 pages, 2003, ISBN 1-932051-15-5)
    • Reprinted, along with a new short story, as Codeflesh: The Definitive Edition (hc, 128 pages, 2009, ISBN 1-60706-077-9)
  • Four Letter Worlds: "Funk" (with Mike Huddleston, anthology graphic novel, 144 pages, 2005, ISBN 1-58240-439-9)
  • Gødland (with Tom Scioli, 2005–2013) collected as:
    • Gødland: Celestial Edition Volume 1 (collects #1–12, hc, 360 pages, 2007, ISBN 1-5824-0832-7)
      • Includes the "Early Christmas" short story from Image Holiday Special 2005 (written by Casey, art by Tom Scioli, 2005)
    • Gødland: Celestial Edition Volume 2 (collects #13–24, hc, 360 pages, 2010, ISBN 1-6070-6252-6)
    • Gødland: Celestial Edition Volume 3 (collects #25–36 and the Gødland Finale one-shot, hc, 360 pages, 2015, ISBN 1-6321-5382-3)
  • Pilot Season: Velocity (with Kevin Maguire, one-shot, Top Cow, 2007) collected in Pilot Season 2007 (tpb, 144 pages, 2008, ISBN 1-58240-900-5)
    • A four-issue limited series continuing the story from the one-shot was announced for 2008, with Casey joined by new artist ChrisCross.
    • The Casey/ChrisCross team reportedly completed the entire first issue before departing the series due to "creative differences".
    • The series was eventually released in 2010 with script by Ron Marz and art by Kenneth Rocafort.
  • Youngblood:
    • Youngblood vol. 4 (with Derec Donovan, 2008–2009) collected as:
    • Youngblood Volume 1 (hc, 168 pages, 2008, ISBN 1-5824-0858-0)
      • Reprints of the first five issues of Youngblood (original art by Rob Liefeld, 1992–1993) with new dialogue by Casey.
  • The Next Issue Project: Fantastic Comics #24: "Flip Falcon in the Fourth Dimension" (with Bill Sienkiewicz, anthology, 2008)
  • Krash Bastards (with Axel 13, graphic novel, 142 pages, 2008, ISBN 1-58240-905-6)
  • Nixon's Pals (with Chris Burnham, graphic novel, 100 pages, 2008, ISBN 1-58240-937-4)
    • Reprinted in color and with bonus material as Nixon's Pals (hc, 120 pages, 2015, ISBN 1-6321-5303-3)
  • Charlatan Ball #1–6 (with Andy Suriano, 2008–2009) collected as Charlatan Ball (tpb, 160 pages, 2009, ISBN 1-60706-084-1)
  • Officer Downe: "Tough Shit" (with Chris Burnham, one-shot, 2010)
  • Butcher Baker, the Righteous Maker #1–8 (with Mike Huddleston, 2011–2012) collected as Butcher Baker, the Righteous Maker (hc, 250 pages, 2012, ISBN 1-6070-6652-1; tpb, 2017, ISBN 1-5343-0333-2)
  • Ziggy Marley's Marijuanaman (script by Casey based on the concept by Ziggy Marley, art by Jim Mahfood, graphic novel, 48 pages, 2011, ISBN 1-60706-370-0)
  • Doc Bizarre, M.D. (with Andy Suriano, graphic novel, 72 pages, 2011, ISBN 1-60706-455-3)
  • Haunt (with Nathan Fox, Robbi Rodriguez (#25) and Kyle Strahm (#28), 2011–2012) collected as:
    • Volume 4 (collects #19–24, tpb, 160 pages, 2012, ISBN 1-6070-6588-6)
    • Volume 5 (collects #25–30, tpb, 160 pages, cancelled, ISBN 1-6070-6679-3)
      • The series ceased publication with issue #28, which had last two pages written and drawn by Todd McFarlane (owner of the book).
      • McFarlane was also listed as the writer of all subsequent issues, even though the Casey/Fox run has been solicited up to issue #31.
  • The Bounce #1–12 (with David Messina, 2013–2014) collected as The Bounce: The Complete Edition (tpb, 270 pages, 2014, ISBN 1-6321-5011-5)
  • Sex (with Piotr Kowalski, Morgan Jeske (#9), Chris Peterson (#14), Dan McDaid (#17), Luke Parker (#18) and Ian McEwan (#19–20), 2013–2016) collected as:
  • Valhalla Mad #1–4 (with Paul Maybury, 2015) collected as Valhalla Mad (tpb, 120 pages, 2016, ISBN 1-6321-5602-4)
  • Annual (collection of never-before-reprinted and new material curated by Casey, 128 pages, 2017, ISBN 1-5343-0371-5)
    • "Modern Romance" (written by Casey, art by Nathan Fox)
    • "The Winternational" (written by Casey, art by Luke Parker)
    • "Odin's Mighty Return" (written by Casey, art by Jim Rugg)
    • "Slowpoke the Porcupine" (written and drawn by Max Casey)
    • "Gangsta Toads" (written and drawn by Dylan Casey)
    • "Swap Meat" (article) and "Colonel Kane and Abel" (written by Casey, art by Wilfredo Torres)
  • New Lieutenants of Metal #1–4 (with Ulises Farinas, 2018) collected as New Lieutenants of Metal (tpb, 104 pages, 2019, ISBN 1-5343-0699-4)
  • MCMLXXV #1–3 (with Ian McEwan, 2018) collected as MCMLXXV (tpb, 80 pages, 2019, ISBN 1-5343-1215-3)
  • Jesusfreak (with Benjamin Marra, graphic novel, 64 pages, 2019, ISBN 1-5343-1174-2)
  • All-America Comix (with Dustin Nguyen, one-shot, 2020)

DC Comics

  • The Flash:
  • Superman:
    • Superman Secret Files & Origins #2: "From the Desk of... Jimmy Olsen" (with Michael Avon Oeming, co-feature, 1999)
    • Superman 80-Page Giant #2: "Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen: Who Do You Trust?" (with Michael Avon Oeming, anthology, 1999)
    • Adventures of Superman:
      • "Pillar of Earth" (with Mike S. Miller, in #587–588, 2001)
      • Superman: Return to Krypton (tpb, 208 pages, 2004, ISBN 1-4012-0194-6) includes:
        • "Return to Krypton, Part Two: Second Honeymoon" (with Duncan Rouleau, in #589, 2001)
        • "Return to Krypton II, Part Two: Culture Shock" (with Duncan Rouleau, in #606, 2002)
      • "Don't Cry for Me, Bialya" (with Derec Aucoin, in #590, 2001)
      • "Strange Behavior" (with Mike Wieringo, in #592, 2001)
      • Superman: Our Worlds at War (tpb, 512 pages, 2006, ISBN 1-4012-1129-1) includes:
        • "Our Worlds at War" (with Mike Wieringo, in #593–595, 2001)
      • "Shipbuilding" (with Mike Wieringo, in #596, 2001)
      • "Joker: Last Laugh — Rubber Crutch" (with Derec Aucoin, in #597, 2001)
      • "Cult of Persuasion (prologue)" (with Mike Wieringo, in #598, 2001)
      • "Borba Za Zhivuchest" (with Derec Aucoin, in #599, 2002)
      • "A Lex" (with Mike Wieringo, in #600, 2002)
      • "Cult of Persuasion" (with Pete Woods, in #601–602, 2002)
      • "Mirror, Mirror" (with Carlos Meglia, in #603–605, 2002)
      • Superman: Ending Battle (tpb, 192 pages, 2009, ISBN 1-4012-2259-5) includes:
        • "Ending Battle" (with Derec Aucoin, in #608–609, 2002)
      • "Small Perceptions" (with Derec Aucoin, in #610, 2003)
      • "In the Grip of the Hollow Men!" (with Derec Aucoin, in #612–616, 2003)
      • "Encyclopedia Universal" (with Charlie Adlard, in #617–618, 2003)
      • "Prestidigitation Nation" (with Derec Aucoin, in #619–620, 2003)
      • "The Chilling Prophecy of the Minuteman" (with Derec Aucoin, in #621–622, 2003–2004)
      • Superman: The Man of Steel — Believe (digest-sized tpb, 128 pages, 2013, ISBN 1-4012-4705-9) includes:
        • "Bittersweet" (with Derec Aucoin, in #623, 2004)
  • Batman: Tenses #1–2 (with Cully Hamner, 2003)
  • Final Crisis Aftermath: Dance #1–6 (with ChrisCross and Eduardo Pansica, 2009) collected as Final Crisis Aftermath: Dance (tpb, 144 pages, 2010, ISBN 1-4012-2605-1)
  • Superman/Batman #64, 68–71 (with Scott Kolins (#64) and Ardian Syaf, 2009–2010) collected in Superman/Batman Volume 6 (tpb, 328 pages, 2017, ISBN 1-4012-7503-6)
    • Casey was fired off the book after he harshly commented on DC's decision to brand his first arc on the series as a tie-in to Our Worlds at War, a then-8-year-old event.
    • Issues #70–71 were completed by a different creative team (script by Joshua Williamson, art by Jason Fabok), with Casey credited as "co-writer".

Wildstorm

Dark Horse Comics

Other publishers

References

Preceded by The Incredible Hulk writer
1998–1999
Succeeded by
Preceded by Uncanny X-Men writer
2001–2002
Succeeded by

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