James D. Hudnall
James D. Hudnall | |
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Born | James David Hudnall April 10, 1957 Santa Rosa, California, US |
Died | April 9, 2019 | (aged 61)
Area(s) | Writer, Letterer |
Pseudonym(s) | Hud |
Notable works | Espers Alpha Flight Strikeforce: Morituri Interface |
http://jameshudnall.com |
James David Hudnall (April 10, 1957 – April 9, 2019) was an American writer who began his career in the
His series
Hudnall's other works includes: The Age of Heroes, Aftermath, Shut Up And Die, Two to the Chest, Chiller, Devastator,
Early life
Hudnall's parents divorced when he was two and his mother remarried to a man in the
After his discharge from the Air Force, Hudnall went to Coleman College in San Diego where he majored in computer science. He worked as a computer software consultant in Orange County, California, Sonoma County, and briefly in England. On returning to the states, he settled in Orange County, Ca where he began to read comics again. This renewed his interest in the medium and got him interested in writing, which was an earlier ambition. Hudnall attempted to self-publish a comic in 1982.[citation needed]
Comics career
In 1985, he started working with Eclipse Comics as a marketing director.[2] In 1986 his first comic was published - Espers. From there, he went on to work for Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Image, Dark Horse and Malibu.[citation needed]
Hudnall switched from writing comics to internet development in the late 1990s, while producing more limited work over the years, such as Trigs for Humanoids and 2 To the Chest from his own company Dark Planet Productions.[citation needed]
In 2009, he began writing for the
Hudnall later went into digital comics in 2012 when David Lloyd created the online comics anthology Aces Weekly with Val Mayerik.[citation needed]
In the fall of 2013, Hudnall released his first novel, The Age of Heroes: Hell's Reward, which is part of a planned series.[citation needed] A second series of novels, the Secret Team, is slated to debut in 2015.
Bibliography
Comics work includes:
- Espers
- Rick Mason: The Agent (ISBN 0871355450)
- Strikeforce: Morituri
- Alpha Flight vol. 1 63, 67–86
- Lex Luthor: The Unauthorized Biography
- The Psycho[citation needed]
- Interface[citation needed]
- Chiller[citation needed]
- Streets[citation needed]
- Sinking[citation needed]
- Harsh Realm (with Andrew Paquette)
- Hardcase[4] [5] [6]
- The Solution[4] [5] [6]
- The Age of Heroes[7]
- Devastator[citation needed]
- Shut Up and Die[citation needed]
- Trigs[citation needed]
- 2 to the Chest[citation needed]
- Blue Cat[citation needed]
- Devil's End FCBD 2019 (Lucky Comics, 2019)
- Devil's End #1 (Lucky Comics, 2021)
Novels
- The Age of Heroes: Hell's Reward [8]
Health
Hudnall had diabetes, which in 2015 led to the amputation of his right leg.[9] He died April 9, 2019, one day prior to his 62nd birthday.[10]
Awards and recognition
His graphic novel, Sinking, which is the fictional
In 2017 Hudnall received the Inkpot Award for his career in comics at San Diego Comic Con International.[12]
Notes
- ^ "ATA: Association of Talent Agents - Newsstand". agentassociation.com. Archived from the original on 17 June 2003. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- ^ "Newsflashes". Amazing Heroes. No. 64. Redbeard, Inc. February 1, 1985.
- ^ (February 3, 2017), "Powerless Easter Egg Compares Lex Luthor to Donald Trump," Comicbook.com. Retrieved August 24, 2017
- ^ a b Issue Checklist for Creator James Hudnall; Grand Comics Database; accessed in 2022-July-13.
- ^ a b In Memorian: James Hudnall at "The Scoop"
- ^ a b Comics Creator: James D. Hudnall at the League of Comics Geeks.
- ^ "Age of Heroes (1996 Halloween/Image) comic books". www.mycomicshop.com.
- ISBN 978-1492788621.
- ^ James Hudnall Receives Prosthetic Leg Thanks to Hero Initiative Help, by Meagan Damore, at Comic Book Resources; published November 4, 2015; retrieved September 4, 2017
- Bounding Into Comics; published April 9, 2019; retrieved April 10, 2019
- ^ 1993 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees and Winners, Comic Book Awards Almanac
- ^ "I Won an Ink Pot Award". July 26, 2017.
References
- James Hudnall at the Grand Comics Database
- James Hudnall at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
External links
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- Official website
- Information on the Harsh Realm lawsuit at E! Online
- Information on the Harsh Realm comic at Comic Book Resources
- Information on James Hudnall at Scripts and Scribes
- Information on his health issues at Comic Book Resources
- Information on his health issues at Comics Beat
- Interview with Hudnall at Alpha Flight.net
- Interview with Hudnall at First Comic News
- Information on Hudnall's political opinions at Bleeding Cool
- Work at Breitbart at Comicbook.com