Benjamin Percy
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Benjamin Percy | |
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 Percy in 2006 | |
| Alma mater | Brown University; Southern Illinois University |
| Genre | Novel, Short Story |
| Spouse | Lisa Percy |
| Relatives | Jennifer Percy (sister) |
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| Official website | |
Benjamin Percy is an American
comic book writer, and screenwriter
.
Career
Benjamin Percy has published four novels, The Dark Net, The Dead Lands, Red Moon, and The Wilding, as well as two books of short fiction: Refresh, Refresh and The Language of Elk. In 2016, he published his first book of non-fiction, a collection of essays on writing and genre fiction: Thrill Me.
Percy's first work for
Green Arrow: Rebirth, which sold over 90,000 copies when it was released in May 2016. It was the highest-selling issue with Green Arrow as the main character in recent comics history, and received a second-printing. In comparison, the final issues of the previous Green Arrow series sold between 21,000 and 22,000 copies, the last Green Arrow #1, from the New 52 launch, sold 55,512 copies, and Kevin Smith's Green Arrow #1 from 2001 sold 85,046 copies.[1]
Bibliography
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Books
Collections
- The Language of Elk (2006)
- Refresh, Refresh (2007)
- Thrill Me: Essays on Fiction (2016)
- Suicide Woods (2019)
Novels
- The Wilding (2010)[2]
- Red Moon (2013)
- The Dead Lands (2015)
- The Dark Net (2017)
- The Ninth Metal (2021)
- The Unfamiliar Garden (2022)
- The Sky Vault (2023)
Comics
- Year Zero #1–5 (with Ramon Rosanas, April 2020–present)[3]
- Devil's Highway #1–5 (with Brent Schoonover, July 2020–)[4]
- Detective Comics #35–36 (October–November 2014) "Terminal" (with John Paul Leon)
- Volume 7: Anarky (hc, 176 pages, 2016) collects
- Green Arrow Volume 6 #41–52 (with Patrick Zircher, June 2015 – May 2016)[5]
- Green Arrow: Rebirth #1 (with Otto Schmidt, August 2016)
- Green Arrow Volume 7 #1–38 (with Otto Schmidt and Juan Ferreyra, August 2016 – March 2018)
- Teen Titans Volume 6 #1–20 (with Jonboy Meyers, Wade Von Grawbadger, and Khoi Pham, November 2016 – July 2018)
- Volume 1: Damian Knows Best (sc, 144 pages, 2017) collects
- Volume 2: The Rise of Aqualad (sc, 128 pages, 2018) collects
- Volume 3: The Return of Kid Flash (sc, 152 pages, 2018) collects
- Nightwing Volume 4 #44–50 (with Chris Mooneyham and Amancay Nahuelpan, July–December 2018)
- James Bond: Black Box #1–6 (March–August 2017) (with Rapha Lobosco)
- James Bond: Black Box (hc, 176 pages, 2017) collects
- Ghost Rider (Series 10) #1–present (with Corey Smith, Brent Peeples & Kael Ngu, May 2022–present)[6]
- Ghost Rider Vol 1.: Unchained (collecting Ghost Rider (Series 10) #1–5, with Corey Smith, Brent Peeples & Kael Ngu, trade paperback, 144 pages, 2022, ISBN 1302927825)
- Ghost Rider Vol 1.: Shadow Country (collecting Ghost Rider (Series 10) #6–10, with Corey Smith, Brent Peeples & Kael Ngu, trade paperback, 160 pages, 2023, ISBN 1302947974)
- Ghost Rider Vol 1.: Unchained (collecting Ghost Rider (Series 10) #1–5, with Corey Smith, Brent Peeples & Kael Ngu, trade paperback, 144 pages, 2022,
- X-Force (vol. 6) #1–present (with Joshua Cassara, Stephen Segovia & Jan Bazaldua, November 2019–present)[7]
- X-Force by Benjamin Percy: Volume 1 (collecting X-Force (vol. 6) #1–6, with Joshua Cassara & Stephen Segovia, trade paperback, 176 pages, 2020, ISBN 1-3029-1988-1)
- X-Force by Benjamin Percy: Volume 2 (collecting X-Force (vol. 6) #7–12, with Joshua Cassara & Jan Bazaldua, trade paperback, 136 pages, 2020, ISBN 1-3029-1989-X)
- X-Force by Benjamin Percy: Volume 1 (collecting X-Force (vol. 6) #1–6, with Joshua Cassara & Stephen Segovia, trade paperback, 176 pages, 2020,
- Weapon Plus: World War IV #1 (with Georges Jeanty and Rachelle Rosenberg, January 2020)[8]
- Wolverine (vol. 7) #1–present (with Adam Kubert & Victor Bogdonavic, February 2020–present)[9]
- Wolverine by Benjamin Percy: Volume 1 (collecting Wolverine (vol. 7) #1–3, with Adam Kubert & Victor Bogdonavic, trade paperback, 136 pages, 2020, ISBN 1-3029-2182-7)
- Wolverine by Benjamin Percy: Volume 1 (collecting Wolverine (vol. 7) #1–3, with Adam Kubert & Victor Bogdonavic, trade paperback, 136 pages, 2020,
- Wolverine: The Long Night Adaptation #1–5
- Marvel Comics Presents Vol. 3 #4
- Empyre: X-Men #2
- Marauders #14–15
Short fiction
| Title | Year | First published | Reprinted/collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Refresh, Refresh" | 2005 | Percy, Benjamin (2005). "Refresh, Refresh". The Paris Review. 175. Retrieved 2015-08-27. | Percy, Benjamin (2007). Refresh, Refresh. Graywolf Press. ISBN 978-1-55597-485-5 .
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| "Writs of Possession" | 2011 | Percy, Benjamin (Spring 2011). "Writs of Possession". Virginia Quarterly Review. 87 (2). Retrieved 2015-03-08. | Henderson, Bill, ed. (2013). ""Writs of Possession"". The Pushcart Prize XXXVII : best of the small presses 2013. Pushcart Press. pp. 217–231. |
Scripts
Podcasts
Wastelanders: Old Man Star-Lord
References
General references
- Jasper, David. Writing Stories the Color of Oregon — Former Resident Releases Collection of Short Tales. The Bulletin (Bend, Oregon), April 11, 2006.
Inline citations
- ^ Couto, Anthony (June 6, 2016). "REPORT: 'Green Arrow: Rebirth' #1 Sells Over 90,000 Copies" Archived 2016-08-11 at the Wayback Machine. Comic Book Resources.
- ^ Peschel, Joseph (October 20, 2010). "Fathers, sons, and the pull of the wild". Boston.com.
- ^ Year Zero
- ^ Devil's Highway
- ^ Rogers, Vaneta (May 26, 2015). "Acclaimed Novelist Brings 'Dark Aesthetic' To GREEN ARROW In June". Newsarama.
- ^ [1]
- ^ X-Force (2019–2020)
- ^ Weapon Plus: World War IV #1
- ^ Wolverine (2020–Present)
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Benjamin Percy.
- Official website
- Benjamin Percy. Whiting Awards.
- Percy, Benjamin (Summer 2007). "Dial Tone". The Missouri Review. Issue 30.2
- Alger, Derek (December 1, 2010). "Benjamin Percy". Pif Magazine.
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