Jen Van Meter
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| Jen Van Meter | |
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| Born | Jennifer Van Meter Fresno, California, U.S. |
| Area(s) | Writer |
Notable works | Hopeless Savages |
| Spouse(s) | Greg Rucka |
Jennifer Van Meter is an American comic book writer best known for her Oni Press series Hopeless Savages.
Early life and education
Van Meter was born and raised in Fresno, California. She graduated from Vassar College with a Bachelor of Arts in English, and followed that with a Master of Arts in Folklore Studies and Literature from the University of Oregon.[1][2]
Career
Van Meter's first published comics work was a story in the 1998 Dr. Mirage for Valiant.
Personal life
Van Meter lives in Portland, Oregon, with her husband, comics creator Greg Rucka, and their two children.[6]
Bibliography
Dark Horse Comics
- Dark Horse Presents Annual '98: "Buffy the Vampire Slayer: MacGuffins" (with Luke Ross, anthology, 1998)
- Collected by ISBN 1-5930-7826-9)
- Collected by ISBN 1-6841-5499-5)
- Collected by
- ISBN 1-6165-5880-6)
Oni Press
- ISBN 1-9299-9804-X) collects:
- The Blair Witch Project (with Tommy Lee Edwards, Guy Davis and Bernie Mireault, one-shot, 1999)
- The Blair Witch Chronicles #1–4 (with Guy Davis (#1), Bernie Mireault (#2, 4) and Tom Fowler (#3), 2000)
- Hopeless Savages:
- Hopeless Savages: Greatest Hits 2000–2010 (tpb, 392 pages, 2010, ISBN 1-9349-6448-4) collects:
- Oni Press Color Special (anthology):
- Oni Press Color Special '00: "Sticks and Stones" (with Chynna Clugston-Major, 2000)
- Oni Press Color Special '01: "Hopeless-Savage Romance" (with Christine Norrie, 2001)
- Oni Press Color Special '00: "Sticks and Stones" (with
- Hopeless Savages #1–4 (with Christine Norrie and Chynna Clugston-Major, 2001)
- Hopeless Savages: Ground Zero #1–4 (with Bryan Lee O'Malley, Andi Watson, Christine Norrie and Chynna Clugston-Major, 2002)
- Too Much Hopeless Savages! #1–4 (with Christine Norrie and Ross Campbell, 2003)
- Hopeless Savages B-Sides: The Origin of the Dusted Bunnies (with Becky Cloonan, Vera Brosgol, and Mike Norton, one-shot, 2005)
- Oni Press Color Special (anthology):
- Hopeless Savages: Break (with ISBN 1-6201-0252-8)
- Hopeless Savages: Greatest Hits 2000–2010 (tpb, 392 pages, 2010,
- Resurrection vol. 2 #11: "The Return of St. John" (with T. J. Kirsch, co-feature, 2010)
DC Comics
- ISBN 1-4012-5812-3)
- Batman:
- ISBN 1-4012-9407-3)
- Batman: The Golden Streets of Gotham (with Cliff Chiang and Tommy Lee Edwards, one-shot, Elseworlds, 2003)
- Weird Western Tales vol. 2 #4: "Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie" (with Dave Taylor, anthology, Vertigo, 2001)
- Cinnamon: El Ciclo #1–5 (with Francisco Paronzini, 2003–2004)
- Justice Society of America:
- JSA: Classified #5–7: "Honor Among Thieves" (with ISBN 1-4012-1218-2)
- Justice Society of America 80-Page Giant: "Spin Cycle" (with Jesús Merino, anthology one-shot, 2010)
- JSA: All-Stars vol. 2 #2–11: "The Inheritance" (with Travis Moore, co-feature, 2010)
- JSA: Classified #5–7: "Honor Among Thieves" (with
- ISBN 1-4012-0973-4)
- ISBN 1-4012-2169-6)
Marvel Comics
- ISBN 0-7851-2897-2)
- ISBN 0-7851-3899-4)
- Spider-Man:
- ISBN 0-7851-4318-1)
- The Amazing Spider-Man:
- "Date Night" (with ISBN 0-7851-6524-X)
- "Cat and Mouse: A Black Cat Mystery" (with ISBN 0-7851-9010-4)
- "Date Night" (with
- digital minicomic, 2011)
- First published in print as a feature in Fear Itself: The Worthy (one-shot, 2011)
- Collected in Fear Itself: Spider-Man (hc, 136 pages, 2012, ISBN 0-7851-5703-4)
- ISBN 0-7851-5269-5)
- ISBN 0-7851-5223-7)
- ISBN 0-7851-6071-X)
- Marvel Adventures: Super Heroes #21: "Super Troupers" (with Pepe Larraz, anthology, 2012)
- The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes #9: "The Skies are... Doomed!" (with Luciano Vecchio, anthology, 2013)
- ISBN 0-7851-8886-X) includes:
- Captain Marvel vol. 6 #15–16 (co-written by Van Meter and Kelly Sue DeConnick, art by Pat Olliffe, 2013)
- Avengers Assemble #19 (co-written by Van Meter and Kelly Sue DeConnick, art by Barry Kitson, 2013)
- ISBN 0-7851-8965-3)
- ISBN 0-7851-5413-2)
Other publishers
- Adventures @ eBay (co-written by Van Meter and Greg Rucka, art by Judd Winick, one-shot, eBay Publishing, 2000)
- Viz, 2000)
- ISBN 1-6069-0584-8)
- Valiant):
- The Death-Defying Doctor Mirage: Deluxe Edition (hc, 272 pages, 2016, ISBN 1-6821-5153-0) collects:
- The Death-Defying Doctor Mirage #1–5 (with ISBN 1-9393-4649-5)
- The Death-Defying Doctor Mirage: Second Lives #1–4 (with Roberto de la Torre, 2015–2016) also collected as Doctor Mirage: Second Lives (tpb, 112 pages, 2016, ISBN 1-6821-5129-8)
- The Death-Defying Doctor Mirage #1–5 (with
- The Death-Defying Doctor Mirage: Deluxe Edition (hc, 272 pages, 2016,
- Spitball: A CCAD Comics Anthology #1: "Victory Garden" (with Hannah Ross, Columbus College of Art and Design, 2015)
- Fresh Romance #7–8: "Don't Break Up the Party" (with Kyle Latino, digital anthology, Rosy Press, 2016)
- Prima (with Rick Burchett, unreleased series intended for publication by Image, announced for 2016)[7]
References
- ^ "About Jen". jenvanmeter.com. Retrieved February 13, 2012.
- ^ "Jen Van Meter" Archived 2010-09-14 at the Wayback Machine. Oni Press. Retrieved February 13, 2012.
- ^ "2002 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards". Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac. Retrieved February 13, 2012.
- ^ "2004 Popular Paperbacks". American Library Association. 2004. Retrieved February 13, 2012.
- ^ O'Shea, Tim (July 28, 2010). "Talking Comics with Tim: Jen Van Meter". Comic Book Resources.
- ^ "About Greg Rucka". Greg Rucka. 2012. Archived from the original on June 30, 2013. Retrieved January 13, 2012.
- ^ Sims, Chris (April 6, 2016). "The A-Team In Toe Shoes: Jen Van Meter And Rick Burchett On The Post-War Ballet Of 'Prima'". ComicsAlliance. Archived from the original on April 8, 2016.
External links
- Official website
- Jen Van Meter at the Grand Comics Database
- Jen Van Meter at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
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