Brian K. Vaughan

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Brian K. Vaughan
Born	1976 Cleveland, Ohio
Occupation	Comic Book Writer, Playwright, Screenwriter
Nationality	American
Notable work(s)	Pride of Baghdad Y: The Last Man Ex Machina Runaways

Brian K. Vaughan (born 1976, Cleveland, Ohio) is an American comic book and television writer. He is best known for the comic book series Y: The Last Man, Ex Machina, Runaways, and Pride of Baghdad, and was one of the principal writers of the television series LOST, during seasons three through five.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Early life and career 1.2 Later career 1.3 The Beatles in Vaughan 2 Awards and nominations 3 Selected bibliography 3.1 Marvel Comics 3.2 DC Comics 3.3 Vertigo Comics 3.4 Wildstorm Comics 3.5 Dark Horse Comics 4 Other works 4.1 Television 4.2 Films 5 Footnotes 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Biography

[edit] Early life and career

He graduated from St. Ignatius High School in Cleveland, Ohio. As an undergraduate film student at New York University, Vaughan took part in Marvel's Stan-hattan Project, a class for fledgling comic book writers. His first credit was Cable #43 (May 1997).

[edit] Later career

Vaughan has written most of the major DC and Marvel characters, including Batman and the X-Men. He has also written several screenplays, stage plays, and short stories, although he prefers writing comic books. He has stated in an interview with Wizarduniverse.com^[1] that he prefers to write his own creations like Y: The Last Man and Ex Machina because he doesn't think he's the best at using his "voice" with company-owned characters.

[edit] The Beatles in Vaughan

While making regular use of pop culture references Vaughan has made regular use of references to the rock group The Beatles, often using the references as plot devices. In two major cases they involve a conversation discussing the 'worst Beatle's song ever'.

• In Marvel's Runaways one of the members gives herself the codename Lucy in the Sky. Later when a teen-aged newcomer comes among the team he shares his love for the Beatles with 'Lucy', excepting Only a Northern Song which he described as the band's worst song. Later it is revealed that this newcomer's intimate knowledge of older music despite his apparent age was that he was a vampire.

• In Y: The Last Man in a pivotal scene Yorick explains himself in a monologue dealing with why Beatles song Everyone's Got Something to Hide but Me and My Monkey is the worst Beatles song of all time. The conversation gained further relevance due to during Yorick's journey he is almost always partnered with his pet monkey Ampersand who holds a secret critical to the story.

[edit] Awards and nominations

• Eisner Award (2008) for Best Series (along with artists Pia Guerra and José Marzán Jr.) for Y: The Last Man.
• Eisner Award (2005) for Best Writer, for his work on Y: The Last Man, Runaways, Ex Machina and Marvel's Ultimate X-Men, and for Best New Series (along with artists Tony Harris and Tom Feister) for Ex Machina.

• Nominated for five Eisners in 2006: Best Writer; Best Single Issue, Best Serialized Story and Best Continuing Series for Ex Machina; and Best Serialized Story for Y: The Last Man.^[2]

• "Comic's Best Writer" (2006), Wizard magazine.

• Nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story (2009), Y: The Last Man, Volume 10: Whys and Wherefores.^[3]

[edit] Selected bibliography

[edit] Marvel Comics

• Ka-Zar Annual '97 (1997) (first Marvel Comics work)
• Cable #43 (1997)
• Tales from the Age of Apocalypse #2 (1997)
• What If #112 (1998)
• Wolverine #131 (1998)
• Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty #5, 7 (1999)
• X-Men: Unlimited #22 (1999) (Cat & Mouse story only)
• X-Men Icons: Cyclops #1-4 (2001)
• The Hood #1-6 (2002)
• X-Men Icons: Chamber #1-4 (2002-2003)
• X-Men 2 Movie Prequel: Wolverine (2003)
• Mystique #1-13 (2003-2004)
• Runaways (Vol. 1) #1-18 (2003-2004)
• 411 #2 (2003)
• Spider-Man/Doctor Octopus: Negative Exposure #1-5 (2003-2004)
• Ultimate X-Men #46-65, Annual #1 (2004-2006)
• Runaways (Vol. 2) #1-24 (2005-2007)
• Wha...Huh? #1 (2005)
• X-Men/Runaways #1 (2006)
• Dr. Strange: The Oath #1-5 (2006-2007)
• Logan #1-3 (2008)

[edit] DC Comics

• Batman: Gotham City Secret Files & Origins (back-up) (2000)
• The Titans #14 (co-writer with Devin Grayson, 2000)
• Sins of Youth: Wonder Girls #1 (2000)
• Sins of Youth: Secret Files & Origins #1 (2000)
• Young Justice #22 (2000)
• Wonder Woman vol. 2, #160-161 (2000)
• Superman Annual #12 (2000)
• Green Lantern: Circle of Fire #1-2 (2000)
• Green Lantern and Adam Strange #1 (2000)
• Green Lantern and the Atom #1 (2000)
• JLA Annual #4 (2000)
• Batman #588-590 (2001)
• Detective Comics #787 (2003)

[edit] Vertigo Comics

• Vertigo: Winter's Edge #3 (2000)
• Swamp Thing (Vol. 3) #1-20 (2000-2001)
• Vertigo Secret Files & Origins: Swamp Thing #1 (2000)
• Y: The Last Man #1-60 (2002-2008)
• Pride of Baghdad (2007)

[edit] Wildstorm Comics

• Ex Machina #1-present (2004-present)
• Tom Strong #28 (2004)
• Ex Machina Special Edition #1-4 (2006-2009)
• Midnighter #7 (2007)

[edit] Dark Horse Comics

• Michael Chabon Presents: The Amazing Adventures of the Escapist (anthology) #3. Entitled "To Reign in Hell." (2004)
• Michael Chabon Presents: The Amazing Adventures of the Escapist (anthology) #8. Vaughan's story was reprinted as The Escapists #1. (2005)
• The Escapists #1-6 (2006)
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight #6-9: No Future for You arc (2007)

[edit] Other works

[edit] Television

• Lost (2006-2009)^[4][5]
  • 3.17 - "Catch-22" – April 18, 2007 (with Jeff Pinkner)
    • Missing Piece #3 (PC #101) – "King of the Castle" – November 20, 2007
    • Missing Piece #5 (PC #106) – "Operation: Sleeper" – December 3, 2007
  • 4.02 - "Confirmed Dead" – February 7, 2008 (with Drew Goddard)
  • 4.08 - "Meet Kevin Johnson" – March 20, 2008 (with Elizabeth Sarnoff)
  • 4.09 - "The Shape of Things to Come" - April 24, 2008 (with Drew Goddard)
  • 5.04 - "The Little Prince" - February 4, 2009 (with Melinda Hsu Taylor)
  • 5.09 - "Namaste" - March 18, 2009 (with Paul Zbyszewski)
  • 5.12 - "Dead is Dead" - April 8, 2009 (with Elizabeth Sarnoff)

[edit] Films

• Y: The Last Man (screenplay) ^[6]
• Ex Machina^[7]
• Runaways^[8]

[edit] Footnotes

[edit] References

Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Brian K. Vaughan

• Newsarama (Aug. 2006) interview with Brian K. Vaughan
• Newsarama (Sept. 2006) interview with Brian K. Vaughan
• September 2006 Comic Book Resources interview with Brian K. Vaughan

[edit] External links

• Brian K. Vaughan at the Internet Movie Database
• Runaways.mergingminds.org

Preceded by Joss Whedon	Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight writer 2007	Succeeded by Joss Whedon
Preceded by none	Runaways writer 2003–2007	Succeeded by Joss Whedon
Preceded by Eric Luke	Wonder Woman writer 2000	Succeeded by Ben Raab

v • d • e Runaways Creators Brian K. Vaughan and Adrian Alphona Main characters Karolina Dean • Molly Hayes • Victor Mancha • Nico Minoru • Klara Prast • Chase Stein • Alex Wilder • Xavin • Gertrude Yorkes • Old Lace • Leapfrog Villains The Pride: The Wilders • The Yorkes • The Deans • The Minorus • The Hayes • The Steins Others: The Gibborim • Ultron • Val Rhymin Related groups Cloak and Dagger • Excelsior • Young Avengers Story arcs "Pride & Joy" • "Dead Wrong" Publications Tie-ins: X-Men/Runaways: Free • Civil War: Young Avengers/Runaways • Mystic Arcana: Sister Grimm • Secret Invasion: Runaways/Young Avengers Spin-offs: Loners