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'''George Khoury''' is a writer and |
'''George Khoury''' is a writer and interviewer in the field of [[comic book]]s. Khoury's most notable works focus on [[United Kingdom|UK]] comic book writer [[Alan Moore]]. Khoury is based in [[New Jersey]]. |
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==Biography== |
==Biography== |
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Khoury recalls not being "completely enthralled by comic books until I discovered ''[[Star Wars (Marvel Comics)|Star Wars]]'' #68 [(Feb, 1983)<ref>[http://www.comicbookdb.com/issue.php?ID=26511 ''Star Wars'' #28 at the ComicBookDb]. Accessed September 24, 2008</ref>] from [[Marvel Comics]]."<ref name="Stern">[http://www.marvelmasterworks.com/features/int_stern_1006_1.html Khoury, George, "The Roger Stern Interview: The Triumphs and Trials of the Writer" at MarvelMasterworks.com]. Accessed September 24, 2008</ref> As a 12-year old ''[[Star Wars]]'' fan, Khoury was introduced to Marvel Comics, and |
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A graduate of Saint Peter's College, Khoury's books include ''Kimota'', a book about the history of Miracleman, which was nominated for a [[Will Eisner Award]] in 2002; G-Force Animated: The Official [[Battle of the Planets]] book (with co-writer [[Jason Hofius]]); Extraordinary Works of [[Alan Moore]]; ''True Brit: A Celebration to the Great British Comic Book Artists''; ''Modern Masters'': [[Art Adams]] & [[Kevin Maguire]] - co-edited with [[Eric Nolen-Weathington]]; ''The Age of Heroes'' (with co-writer [[Jason Hofius]]); several more upcoming projects. |
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{{cquote|"kept coming back for more of these Marvel Comics each week... discover[ing] a goldmine of wonders: ''[[Uncanny X-Men]]'' by [[Chris Claremont]] and [[Paul Smith (comics)|Paul Smith]], ''[[Fantastic Four]]'' by [[John Byrne]], ''[[Thor (Marvel Comics)|Thor]]'' by [[Walter Simonson]], ''[[Daredevil]]'' by [[Frank Miller (comics)|Frank Miller]] and [[Klaus Janson]], ''[[The Defenders (comics)|The New Defenders]]'' by [[J.M. DeMatteis]] and [[Don Perlin]], etc... I was enchanted by the excitement-filled stories that I was getting from these Marvel epics – this was my golden age.<ref name="Stern"/>}} |
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Khoury attended [[Saint Peter's College (New Jersey)|Saint Peter's College]] in New Jersey, where he wrote for the school paper and was a member of the Zeta Eta chapter of the [[Delta Sigma Pi]] fraternity.<ref name="Marvel">[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=17959 Khoury, George, "Pop! #20 - I was a Marvel intern zombie!," September 7, 2008]. Accessed September 22, 2008</ref> During his senior year (1995), he applied - and was accepted for - an autumn [[internship]] at Marvel Comics, with editor [[Ralph Macchio]], and Macchio's assistant [[Matt Idelson]].<ref name="Marvel"/> During the course of his (unpaid) five-month internship, Khoury recalled "[t]he only money I ever made at Marvel was $45 that Sir Michael Higgins gave me for assisting him on a lettering job," but that he was proud of the reader reaction to "stories that we'd pieced together mere weeks before."<ref name="Marvel"/> In January 1996, he helped "prep <nowiki>'</nowiki>''[[Captain America]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki> #451," including placing [[word balloon]]s "with [[Mark Waid]]'s approval."<ref name="Marvel"/> |
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He's also a senior editor and writer for the award-winning [[Comic Book Artist]] magazine. |
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Khoury graduated from St. Peter's College c. 1996. |
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In addition, Khoury has written freelance articles for [[Creative Screenwriting]], [[Newsarama]], [[El Siglo]], [[Comics Buyer's Guide]], ''The Jack Kirby Collector'', and ''Spike Lee: Interviews''. |
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In 2007, as author of ''Image Comics: Road to Independance'', he moderated a reunion of all seven [[Image Comics]] founders - [[Erik Larsen]], [[Jim Lee]], [[Rob Liefeld]], [[Todd McFarlane]], [[Whilce Portacio]], [[Marc Silvestri]], and [[Jim Valentino]] - at the [[San Diego Comicon]].<ref>[http://www.comicvine.com/myvine/g_man/original-7-image-creators-reunite-in-a-bigger-room/87-31647/ Comic Vine: July 17, 2007]. Accessed September 25, 2008</ref> |
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==Publications== |
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===Kimota!=== |
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Khoury's main body of work has been produced for North Carolina-based publisher [[TwoMorrows Publishing]]. In 2001, he produced a companion to the Great British superhero [[Miracleman]], detailing the genesis of that character from his [[Captain Marvel (DC Comics)|Captain Marvel]]-origins to on-going legal wranglings over ownership. In particular, the volume featured extensive interviews with original series writer/creator [[Mick Anglo]], ''[[Warrior (comics)|Warrior]]'' magazine editor-publisher [[Dez Skinn]] and acclaimed author of the 1980s 'Marvel (Miracle) Man' revivial, [[Alan Moore]]. These were augmented with script excerpts, Moore's original proposal, artwork and interviews with other individuals who had worked on the series, including [[Chuck Austen]], [[Rick Veitch]], [[John Totleben]], [[Neil Gaiman]] and [[Mark Buckingham]]. |
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The book was nominated for an [[Will Eisner Award|Eisner Award]] in 2002. |
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From at least issue #21 (Aug, 2002) of TwoMorrows' ''[[Comic Book Artist]]'' magazine, Khoury contributed articles and columns, in particular focusing on 'lost' stories that were talked about, solicited or even worked on, but are unreleased.<ref name="CBA">[http://www6.wittenberg.edu/lib/research/comics_index/index.php?search=George%20Khoury&fieldnames=author Wittenberg University's "Index to ''Comic Book Artist'', ''Alter Ego'', and ''Back Issue''." Compiled by Jamie Daugherty and Josh Cohick]. Accessed September 25, 2008</ref> By issue #23, Khoury was described as the magazines "new assistant editor," rising later to a position of senior editor, while continuing to write for the award-winning publication.<ref name="CBA"/> |
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Khoury has also worked for other TwoMorrows magazines, including ''The Jack Kirby Collector'', ''Back Issue'' and ''Rough Stuff''.<ref>See, for example, [http://srbissette.com/labels/Helen%20Day%20Art%20Center.html Steve Bissette's "MYRANT" blog, April 17, 2007]. Accessed September 25, 2008</ref> |
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Khoury has also produced freelance work for publications including ''[[Creative Screenwriting]]'', [[Newsarama]], ''[[El Siglo]]'', ''[[Comics Buyer's Guide]]'', and contributed an interview to the book ''[[Spike Lee]]: Interviews'' (ed. Cynthia Fuchs). In January, 2008, Khoury began producing an irregular weekly column for [[Comic Book Resources]] entitled "Pop!," and featuring a mixture of reminiscences, 'lost stories,' interviews and analysis.<ref>[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=author&id=27 "Pop!" by George Khoury archive]. Accessed September 25, 2008</ref> |
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===Other books=== |
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Khoury's other books include ''The Extraordinary Works of [[Alan Moore]]'', an extensive reference guide to the Northampton-based English comics legend, and ''True Brit: A Celebration to the Great British Comic Book Artists''. With co-writer [[Jason Hafius]], Khoury has produced ''[[G-Force]] Animated: The Official [[Battle of the Planets]] book'', and ''The Age of Heroes'', and co-edited (with [[Eric Nolen-Weathington]]) two volumes in TwoMorrows' "[[Modern Masters]]" series spotlighting landmark comics illustrators - Vol. 6: [[Art Adams|Art(hur) Adams]], and Vol. 10: [[Kevin Maguire]]. |
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A book on the various 'muck monsters' of comics (primarily [[Swamp Thing]] and [[Man-Thing]]) was solicited (to feature a [http://www.comicartcommunity.com/gallery/details.php?image_id=15117&mode=search&sessionid=20e778afa2a4a4e0c8a5f828aac3e004 cover] by [[Frank Cho]]), but has yet to be released. |
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* ''[[Image Comics]]: The Road To Independence'' (280 pages, [[TwoMorrows Publishing]], June 2007, ISBN 1-893905-71-3)<ref>[http://twomorrows.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=543 Publisher profile for ''Image Comics: The Road To Independence'']</ref> |
* ''[[Image Comics]]: The Road To Independence'' (280 pages, [[TwoMorrows Publishing]], June 2007, ISBN 1-893905-71-3)<ref>[http://twomorrows.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=543 Publisher profile for ''Image Comics: The Road To Independence'']</ref> |
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==References== |
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* [http://www.moviepoopshoot.com/squib/66.html An interview about True Brit] |
* [http://www.moviepoopshoot.com/squib/66.html An interview about True Brit] |
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* [http://www.newsarama.com/general/Parobeck/RememberParobeck.htm Mike Parobeck article by author] |
* [http://www.newsarama.com/general/Parobeck/RememberParobeck.htm Mike Parobeck article by author] |
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* [http://www.twomorrows.com/kirby/articles/27ross.html Alex Ross interview by |
* [http://www.twomorrows.com/kirby/articles/27ross.html Alex Ross interview by Khoury] |
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* [http://www.marvelmasterworks.com/features/int_stern_1006_1.html Roger Stern interview by Khoury] |
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* [http://books.guardian.co.uk/reviews/generalfiction/0,,604420,00.html Guardian Review of Kimota] |
* [http://books.guardian.co.uk/reviews/generalfiction/0,,604420,00.html Guardian Review of Kimota] |
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Revision as of 00:04, 25 September 2008
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| Subject | Comics |
| Notable works | The Extraordinary Works of Alan Moore |
George Khoury is a writer and interviewer in the field of comic books. Khoury's most notable works focus on UK comic book writer Alan Moore. Khoury is based in New Jersey.
Biography
Khoury recalls not being "completely enthralled by comic books until I discovered Star Wars #68 [(Feb, 1983)[2]] from Marvel Comics."[3] As a 12-year old Star Wars fan, Khoury was introduced to Marvel Comics, and
"kept coming back for more of these Marvel Comics each week... discover[ing] a goldmine of wonders: Uncanny X-Men by Chris Claremont and Paul Smith, Fantastic Four by John Byrne, Thor by Walter Simonson, Daredevil by Frank Miller and Klaus Janson, The New Defenders by J.M. DeMatteis and Don Perlin, etc... I was enchanted by the excitement-filled stories that I was getting from these Marvel epics – this was my golden age.[3]
Khoury attended Saint Peter's College in New Jersey, where he wrote for the school paper and was a member of the Zeta Eta chapter of the Delta Sigma Pi fraternity.[4] During his senior year (1995), he applied - and was accepted for - an autumn internship at Marvel Comics, with editor Ralph Macchio, and Macchio's assistant Matt Idelson.[4] During the course of his (unpaid) five-month internship, Khoury recalled "[t]he only money I ever made at Marvel was $45 that Sir Michael Higgins gave me for assisting him on a lettering job," but that he was proud of the reader reaction to "stories that we'd pieced together mere weeks before."[4] In January 1996, he helped "prep 'Captain America' #451," including placing word balloons "with Mark Waid's approval."[4]
Khoury graduated from St. Peter's College c. 1996.
In 2007, as author of Image Comics: Road to Independance, he moderated a reunion of all seven Image Comics founders - Erik Larsen, Jim Lee, Rob Liefeld, Todd McFarlane, Whilce Portacio, Marc Silvestri, and Jim Valentino - at the San Diego Comicon.[5]
Publications
Kimota!
Khoury's main body of work has been produced for North Carolina-based publisher TwoMorrows Publishing. In 2001, he produced a companion to the Great British superhero Miracleman, detailing the genesis of that character from his Captain Marvel-origins to on-going legal wranglings over ownership. In particular, the volume featured extensive interviews with original series writer/creator Mick Anglo, Warrior magazine editor-publisher Dez Skinn and acclaimed author of the 1980s 'Marvel (Miracle) Man' revivial, Alan Moore. These were augmented with script excerpts, Moore's original proposal, artwork and interviews with other individuals who had worked on the series, including Chuck Austen, Rick Veitch, John Totleben, Neil Gaiman and Mark Buckingham.
The book was nominated for an Eisner Award in 2002.
Magazines
From at least issue #21 (Aug, 2002) of TwoMorrows' Comic Book Artist magazine, Khoury contributed articles and columns, in particular focusing on 'lost' stories that were talked about, solicited or even worked on, but are unreleased.[6] By issue #23, Khoury was described as the magazines "new assistant editor," rising later to a position of senior editor, while continuing to write for the award-winning publication.[6]
Khoury has also worked for other TwoMorrows magazines, including The Jack Kirby Collector, Back Issue and Rough Stuff.[7]
Khoury has also produced freelance work for publications including Creative Screenwriting, Newsarama, El Siglo, Comics Buyer's Guide, and contributed an interview to the book Spike Lee: Interviews (ed. Cynthia Fuchs). In January, 2008, Khoury began producing an irregular weekly column for Comic Book Resources entitled "Pop!," and featuring a mixture of reminiscences, 'lost stories,' interviews and analysis.[8]
Other books
Khoury's other books include The Extraordinary Works of Alan Moore, an extensive reference guide to the Northampton-based English comics legend, and True Brit: A Celebration to the Great British Comic Book Artists. With co-writer Jason Hafius, Khoury has produced G-Force Animated: The Official Battle of the Planets book, and The Age of Heroes, and co-edited (with Eric Nolen-Weathington) two volumes in TwoMorrows' "Modern Masters" series spotlighting landmark comics illustrators - Vol. 6: Art(hur) Adams, and Vol. 10: Kevin Maguire.
A book on the various 'muck monsters' of comics (primarily Swamp Thing and Man-Thing) was solicited (to feature a cover by Frank Cho), but has yet to be released.
Bibliography
- Kimota! The Miracleman Companion (148 pages, TwoMorrows Publishing, 2001, ISBN 978-1893905115) [9]
- The Extraordinary Works of Alan Moore (224 pages, TwoMorrows Publishing, 2003, ISBN 978-1893905245) [10]
- True Brit: Celebrating the Comic Book Artists of England (204 pages, TwoMorrows Publishing, 2004, ISBN 978-1893905337) [11]
- Image Comics: The Road To Independence (280 pages, TwoMorrows Publishing, June 2007, ISBN 1-893905-71-3)[12]
Solicited, but unproduced
- Swampmen: Muck Monsters of the Comics (with co-author Jon B. Cooke, 224 pages, TwoMorrows Publishing, 2006, ISBN 1893905470)[13]
References
- ^ Joshua Jabcuga interview with George Khoury, October 14, 2004. Accessed September 25, 2008
- ^ Star Wars #28 at the ComicBookDb. Accessed September 24, 2008
- ^ a b Khoury, George, "The Roger Stern Interview: The Triumphs and Trials of the Writer" at MarvelMasterworks.com. Accessed September 24, 2008
- ^ a b c d Khoury, George, "Pop! #20 - I was a Marvel intern zombie!," September 7, 2008. Accessed September 22, 2008
- ^ Comic Vine: July 17, 2007. Accessed September 25, 2008
- ^ a b Wittenberg University's "Index to Comic Book Artist, Alter Ego, and Back Issue." Compiled by Jamie Daugherty and Josh Cohick. Accessed September 25, 2008
- ^ See, for example, Steve Bissette's "MYRANT" blog, April 17, 2007. Accessed September 25, 2008
- ^ "Pop!" by George Khoury archive. Accessed September 25, 2008
- ^ Publisher profile for Kimota
- ^ Publisher profile for The Extraordinary Works of Alan Moore
- ^ Publisher profile for True Brit
- ^ Publisher profile for Image Comics: The Road To Independence
- ^ Swampmen at Google Book Search
External links
- Pop! column at Comic Book Resources
- George Khoury at Google Book Search
- An interview about True Brit
- Mike Parobeck article by author
- Alex Ross interview by Khoury
- Roger Stern interview by Khoury
- Guardian Review of Kimota
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