Steve Niles

Steve Niles (born June 21, 1965 in Jackson, New Jersey) is an American comic book author.

He is credited among other contemporary writers as bringing horror comics back to prominence,^{[citation needed]} authoring such works as 30 Days of Night, its sequel, Dark Days (IDW Publishing), and Criminal Macabre (Dark Horse Comics) with frequent artist collaborator Ben Templesmith.

Biography

Steve Niles was raised in the Washington, D.C. suburbs, working in several comic book stores and recording for bands "Gray Matter (band)" and "Three" for the Dischord Records label in the 1980s and 1990s. He often credited late night television horror host, Count Gore De Vol, as an early influence - in 2004 Count Gore wrote the introduction to the graphic Novel "Aleister Arcane," which was about a horror host.

Niles' start in the comics industry began with the formation of his self publishing company, Arcane Comix. He has published, edited, and adapted several comics and anthologies for Eclipse Comics, and has also worked for Disney and Todd McFarlane Productions where Niles wrote for Kiss Magazine before collaborating in the Hellspawn series with noted illustrator Ashley Wood after Brian Michael Bendis's departure.

After optioning 30 Days of Night in Hollywood, Niles formed a joint venture production company, Creep International, with 90's rocker and film director Rob Zombie. This project has produced two works to date: The Nail (with Nat Jones) through Dark Horse, and Bigfoot (with Richard Corben) through IDW Publishing. Upon placing that venture on hiatus, he then formed another similar company with actor Thomas Jane with the intention of bringing his Criminal Macabre character Cal MacDonald to the big screen after conflict with the studio, MGM that had optioned it. Niles and Jane also co-wrote the ill fated and yet to be completed Bad Planet (Image) with artists Lewis Larosa and Tim Bradstreet.

Niles has recently moved to work on corporate properties at Marvel and DC Comics; in 2006, he collaborated with artist Scott Hampton on a Batman miniseries Gotham County Line. In 2006, Niles wrote another miniseries that reinvents Steve Ditko's vintage character Creeper with DC artist Justiniano. He is currently creating a new DC character with artist Scott Hampton, named Simon Dark. Dark is a vigilante hero with elements of the Frankenstein mythos.^[1]

In October 2007, Steve recorded an introduction to the Washington, D.C.'s horror fest, The Spooky Movie Film Festival, in honor of opening night host, Count Gore De Vol, who was being honored for his 35 years in Washington, D.C. Posters for 30 Days of Night were given out, including one signed by Niles.^[2]

Adaptations

30 Days of Night has been developed into a major motion picture, with Sam Raimi as producer. Other comics he has written that have been optioned for film include Criminal Macabre, In the Blood and Wake the Dead.

Bibliography

30 Days of Night (with Ben Templesmith, IDW Publishing)
Bigfoot (IDW Publishing) ^[3]
Criminal Macabre (with Ben Templesmith, Dark Horse Comics and IDW Publishing)
Dark Days (with Ben Templesmith, IDW Publishing)

References

External links

Interview for 30 Days of Night at Dread Central

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[1] "Introducing... Simon Dark"

[2] "Grindhouse-Themed Double Feature To Kick-Off Spooky Movie Film Festival"

[3] ttp://www.idwpublishing.com/titles/bigfoot.shtml

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