Greg Pak
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Greg Pak is an American comic book writer and film director. He is best known for his work on books published by Marvel Comics, including X-Men (most notably X-Treme X-Men), several titles featuring the Hulk (including Planet Hulk, which was one of the storylines eventually adapted into the film Thor: Ragnarok), and Hercules.[1] In 2019, Pak began writing Star Wars comics for Marvel.
Early life
Pak was born in
Career
Pak's
Pak worked as the
Pak began writing for Marvel Comics in September 2004, with a 4 issue Warlock series,[8] and signed an exclusive deal with them in July 2005.[9] In a story in 2005's Amazing Fantasy vol. 2 #15 he and artist Takeshi Miyazawa created Amadeus Cho.
Pak helmed the year long Planet Hulk story arc in the pages of The Incredible Hulk in 2006 & 2007, beginning with #92 and concluding with #105. After the ensuing World War Hulk event in 2007, where he wrote the primary miniseries as well as the core tie-ins issues of Incredible Hulk (#106-111).
He continued onto the
Other 2000s Marvel projects include
At the same time as his Planet / World War Hulk run, Pak also wrote
Pak is one of the featured contributors to Secret Identities: The Asian American Superhero Anthology.[20]
In June 2013, Pak began writing
Pak would return to the world of the Incredible Hulk in 2016, scripting The Totally Awesome Hulk, in which Amadeus Cho was now imbued with the Hulk's powers.[22] The series lasted 23 issues before being replaced with the original Incredible Hulk series (restarting its legacy numbering at #709), though its revival (and Cho's time as the "primary" Hulk) was brief as the series concluded with #717. Pak returned to the world of Planet Hulk once more with 2022-2023's Planet Hulk Worldbreaker miniseries.
During this time Pak also helped briefly revive
In 2019 Pak would help bring the characters
In 2023 Pak wrote an educational comic book entitled Who Belongs?, drawn by Jeremy Arambulo, colored by Irma Kniivila, and lettered by Janice Chiang. This project was part of an AAPI Hidden Voices series from the New York City Department of Education’s Civics for All Comics Group.[27]
Personal life
Pak is married to Japanese filmmaker Keiko Ibi.[7]
Filmography
- Robot Stories (2003)
- Po Mo Knock Knock (1999)
- Mouse (short) (1997)
Bibliography
Marvel Comics
- Warlock vol. 5 #1-4 (with Charlie Adlard, 2004)
- X-Men:
- X-Men: Phoenix - Endsong #1-5 (with Greg Land, 2005)
- X-Men: Phoenix - Warsong #1-5 (with Tyler Kirkham, 2006–2007)
- Magneto: Testament #1-5 (with Carmine Di Giandomenico, 2008–2009)
- Astonishing X-Men #44-47, 60-61 (with Mike McKone and various, 2012–2013)
- X-Treme X-Men #1-13 (with various, 2012–2013)
- Storm #1-11 (with various, 2014–2015)
- Weapon X #1-27 (with Greg Land, 2017–2019)
- X-Men Prime #1 (with various, 2017)
- Weapons of Mutant Destruction: Alpha #1 (with Mahmud Asrar, 2017)
- Marvel Nemesis: The Imperfects #1-6 (with Renato Arlem, 2005)[28]
- Pat Lee, 2005)
- Marvel 1602: New World #1-5 (with Greg Tocchini, 2005)
- David Lopez, 2006)
- Amazing Fantasy vol. 2 #15 (with Patrick Scherberger, 2006)
- Hulk:
- Incredible Hulk vol. 2 #92-111 (with various, 2006–2007)
- Incredible Hulk #601-611, 709-717 (with various, 2009-2010, 2017-2018)
- Incredible Hulks #612-635 (with various, 2010-2011)
- The Totally Awesome Hulk #1–23 (with Frank Cho, December 2015 – 2017)
- Giant Size Hulk #1 (with various, 2006)
- Planet Hulk Gladiator Guidebook (with co-author Anthony Flamini, 2006)
- What If: Planet Hulk
- John Romita, Jr., 2007–2008)
- World War Hulk: After Smash (with Rafa Sandoval, 2008)
- World War Hulk: Warbound #1-5 (with Leonard Kirk and Rafa Sandoval, 2008)
- Skaar: Son of Hulk #1-12 (with Ron Garney, 2008-2009)
- Skaar: Son of Hulk Presents - Savage World of Sakaar (with various, 2008)
- Planet Skaar Prologue (with Dan Panosian, 2009)
- Dark Reign: The List - Hulk (with Ben Oliver, 2009)
- Generations: Banner Hulk & The Totally Awesome Hulk (with Matteo Buffagni, 2017)
- Weapon H #1–12 (with various, 2018-2019)
- Hulkverines #1-3 (with Ario Anindito, 2019)
- Hercules:
- Incredible Hercules #112-141 (with co-author Fred Van Lenteand various, 2008–2010)
- Hulk vs Hercules: When Titans Collide (with co-author Fred Van Lente and various, 2008)
- Assault on New Olympus #1 (with co-author Fred Van Lente and Rodney Buchemi, 2009)
- Thor & Hercules: Encyclopædia Mythologica (with co-authors Fred Van Lente, Paul Cornell and Anthony Flamini, 2009)
- Hercules: Fall of an Avenger #1-2 (with co-author Fred Van Lente and art by Ariel Olivetti, 2010)
- Heroic Age: Prince of Power#1-4 (with co-author Fred Van Lente and art by Reilly Brown, 2010)
- Chaos War #1-5 (with co-author Fred Van Lente and art by Khoi Pham, 2010–2011)
- Herc #1-10, #6.1 (with co-author Fred Van Lente and art by Cliff Richards, 2011)
- War Machine #0-12 (with Leonardo Manco, 2008-2009)
- Alpha Flight vol. 4 #0.1, 1-8 (with co-author Fred Van Lente and art by Dale Eaglesham, 2012)
- Silver Surfer vol. 6 #1-5 (with various, 2011)
- Red Skull #1-5 (with Mirko Colak, 2011)
- Agents of Atlas
- War of the Realms: The New Agents of Atlas #1-4 (art by Gang Hyuk Lim, May - June 2019)[29]
- Agents of Atlas vol. 3 #1-5 (with Jeff Parker, art by Gang Hyuk Lim and Carlo Pagulayan, August - December 2019)[30]
- Atlantis Attacks #1-5 (2020)
- Aero #1-12 (with co-writer Zhou Liefen, art by Keng, 2019-2020)
- Sword Master #1-12 (with co-author Shuizhu, art by Gunji 2019-2020)
DC Comics
- Batman/Superman #1-9, 11–27, Annual #1-2 (with Jae Leeand various, 2013-December 2015)
- Action Comics #23.2, 25–50 (with Aaron Kuder, November 2013-March 2016)
- Secret Origins a segment in #1 (with Lee Weeks, 2014)
- Teen Titans #17–19 (with Ian Churchill, February 2016–April 2016)
- City Boy #1-6 (with Minkyu Jung and Sunny Gho, May 2023-October 2023)
Other publishers
- Boom Studios:
- Mech Cadet Yu #1-12 (with Takeshi Miyazawa and various, 2017-2018)
- Mech Cadets #1-6 (with Takeshi Miyazawa, 2023)
- Firefly (2018-)
- Ronin Island #1-12 (with Giannis Milonogiannis and Irma Knivilla, 2019-2020)
- Mech Cadet Yu #1-12 (with Takeshi Miyazawa and various, 2017-2018)
- Dynamite Entertainment:
- Battlestar Galactica #0-12 (with Nigel Raynor, 2006–2007)
- Turok: Dinosaur Hunter #1-12 (with various artists, 2014-2015)
- John Wick #1-5 (with Giovanni Valletta and Matt Gaudio, 2017-2019)[31]
- James Bond (2018-)
- Lilo & Stitch (2024)
- Kickstarter:
- Code Monkey Save World #1(with Takeshi Miyazawa 2013)
- Princess Who Saved Herself! (with Takeshi Miyazawa 2015)
- Valiant Comics:
- Eternal Warrior #1-8(with Trevor Hairsine and Robert Gill, 2013–2014)
References
- ^ a b Truitt, Brian (February 21, 2013). "'Batman/Superman' showcases meeting of DC Comics icons". USA Today.
- ^ a b "Greg Pak: You Wouldn't Like Him When He's Angry" (Radio Program). NPR.org. July 10, 2012.
- ^ The Yale Record. New Haven: Yale Record. Spring, 1990. p. 2.
- ^ "25 NEW FACESOF INDIE FILM 2003". Filmmaker. Summer 2003
- ^ Evans, William (August 13, 2014). "The Carcosa Interview: Greg Pak". The Nerds of Color.
- ^ "RHODES SCHOLARS SELECTED FOR 1991". The New York Times. December 10, 1990
- ^ a b Angulo, Sandra P. (April 23, 1999). "Oscar winner Keiko Ibi is shooting a cheerleading movie". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved September 23, 2020.
- ^ Weiland, Jonah (July 18, 2004). Warlock Stories: Greg Pak talks "Warlock". Comic Book Resources.
- ^ Tramountanas, George A. (July 11, 2005). "Greg Pak Makes His Marvel - Signs Exclusively With Publisher". Comic Book Resources.
- ^ Richards, Dave (March 17, 2008). "GREEK WEEK Part I -Pak & Van Lente talk Hercules' Past". Comic Book Resources
- ^ Richards, Dave (March 20, 2008). "GREEK WEEK Part IV- Pak & Van Lente on Herc's Past & Future". Comic Book Resources.
- ^ Richards, Dave (September 4, 2008). "Love, Olympian Style: Pak & Van Lente talk 'Incredible Hercules'". Comic Book Resources.
- ^ Richards, Dave (June 10, 2008). "Hulk Slash! Pak talks 'Skaar: Son of Hulk'". Comic Book Resources.
- ^ Weiland, Jonah (August 20, 2004). Greg Pak talks 'X-Men: Phoenix - Endsong'"., Comic Book Resources.
- ^ Singh, Arune (June 2, 2006). "It's Not Over Till She Sings: Greg Pak Talks 'X-Men: Phoenix- Warsong'". Comic Book Resources.
- ^ Richards, Dave (May 31, 2008). "WW Philly: Pak talks 'Magneto: Testament'". Comic Book Resources.
- ^ Brady, Matt (July 25, 2008). SDCC '08 - Pak & Rosemann Talk War Machine. Newsarama.
- ^ Richards, Dave (July 25, 2008). "CCI: Pak, Rosemann on 'War Machine'". Comic Book Resources.
- ^ Brady, Matt (November 10, 2008). "Greasing the Gears: Greg Pak Talks 'War Machine'". Newsarama.
- ^ Secret Identities. The New Press. Retrieved September 16, 2012.
- ^ Phegley, Kiel (June 24, 2014). "Greg Pak & Aaron Kuder Take Over 'Action Comics'". Comic Book Resources.
- Marvel Entertainment. Retrieved February 14, 2021.
- ^ Matadeen, Renaldo (May 15, 2019). "How the John Wick Comic Book Prequel Reveals His Secret History". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved May 15, 2019.
- ^ Yan, Alice (May 10, 2018). "Chinese superheroes Sword Master and Aero join the fight against evil in Marvel universe". South China Morning Post. Retrieved May 20, 2019.
- ^ "Sword Master #1". Previews World. Retrieved May 20, 2019.
- ^ Marnell, Blair (May 10, 2019). "Introducing the 'New Agents of Atlas'". Marvel.com. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
- ^ Greg (June 4, 2023). "Cover reveal for WHO BELONGS? from the NYC DOE Civics for All Comics Group". GREG PAK • writer • filmmaker. Retrieved October 14, 2023.
- ^ Goldstein, Hilary (March 21, 2005) "Marvel Nemesis Unveiled". IGN.
- ^ "War Of The Realms: New Agents Of Atlas (2019) #1 (of 4) - Marvel Comics". comicstore.marvel.com.
- ^ Marston, George (May 23, 2019). "AGENTS OF ATLAS Returns With New #1 In August". Newsarama.
- ^ John Wick at the Grand Comics Database
Sources
- Greg Pak at the Grand Comics Database
- "Robot Stories & More Screenplays" Book Collection with Original Commentaries
External links
- Official website
- Greg Pak at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
- Greg Pak at IMDb
- "Asian Pride Porn". AtomFilms.com
- "Robot Stories" Official website