Jimmy Palmiotti
Jimmy Palmiotti | |
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Born | James Palmiotti August 14, 1961 |
Nationality | American |
Area(s) | Writer, Inker |
Awards | Inkpot Award (2014)[1] |
Spouse(s) | Amanda Conner |
James Palmiotti (born August 14, 1961[citation needed]) is an American writer and inker of comic books, who also does writing for games, television and film.
Early life
Palmiotti attended the High School of Art and Design in New York City.[2]
Career
Palmiotti started at Marvel Comics in 1991. He inked titles such as the Punisher, Ghost Rider, The Nam and the Marvel 2099 line, and has accumulated extensive inking and writing credits. He often inked the work of his friend and collaborator Joe Quesada. Together, they created Ash and Painkiller Jane.
For Marvel, Palmiotti worked on the established Daredevil, a run especially known for the "Guardian Devil" arc scripted by Kevin Smith.
Palmiotti also worked for Dark Horse Comics, as the inker during the Doug Mahnke run on X. He inked Paul Gulacy on Shang-Chi: Master of Kung Fu, Punisher and Catwoman. He inked Steve Dillon on Punisher, as well as Brad Walker's pencil's on the DC Comics miniseries Secret Six - Six Degrees of Separation.
In 1994, Palmiotti and Quesada formed a publishing company, Event Comics,[3] and co-created Ash, a firefighter with superpowers, Painkiller Jane, a female cop with healing powers, Kid Death and Fluffy, about a boy and his pet robot dog and 22 Brides, about a group of girls that run the New York underworld. . In 1998, Event Comics was contracted to do several books for Marvel Comics, dubbed Marvel Knights.[3]
The Marvel Knights line have influenced subsequent Marvel television and movie adaptation, including Netflix's Daredevil and Black Panther feature film. Christopher Priest attributed the Dora Milaje to both Joe Quesada and Jimmy Palmiotti.[4]
As a writer, Palmiotti is known for
Palmiotti has also worked on
He worked on the
He is also known as an editor for many projects and books with companies ranging from Marvel Comics, Fox Atomic, Blackbull Comics and Kickstart Comics. He is also a partner in two comic book companies.
In July 2010 he started recording Listen to Jimmy, a podcast with "Monster Mike" Campbell of the Canadian comic book and pop culture radio show Where Monsters Dwell. Listen to Jimmy follows an open format where Campbell and Palmiotti discuss any topics that they deem relevant that week. Campbell also asks Palmiotti questions that are sent in by listeners through email, Twitter, and Facebook. The podcast is available for download at the Where Monsters Dwell site and through iTunes.
In June 2013, Palmiotti was the keynote speaker for the 2013 Inkwell Awards Awards Ceremony at HeroesCon in Charlotte, North Carolina.[8][9][10]
In 2013, DC Comics tapped Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti to relaunch the Harley Quinn series. The 30 issue series would consistently be a top seller at DC creating a large fan base and sparking numerous cosplay variants of the character at conventions. This title ran for 3 years before being relaunched with the same creative team in 2016 with the Rebirth line. The first issue of the Rebirth line in August 2016 sold nearly 400,000 copies,[11] representing the largest selling issue of all comics in that month. The title continues to be a consistent top seller at most retail stores. Jimmy was a key contributor to the revitalization of Harley Quinn at DC Comics. Along with Amanda Conner, they wrote the Harley Quinn character for over 100 different issues of the character returned Harley Quinn to the spotlight. Their work championed the popularity of the character again. Their stories, characters, designs and concepts heavily influenced the look and feel of the character, merchandising and her rise into both the theatrical and mainstream media/audience again.
In 2015, DC Comics launched a new Starfire series with Amanda Conner. The series lasted 13 issues.
In 2016, Palmiotti joined actress Kristanna Loken and Jonathan Bates in forming TRIOentertainment, a company designed to offer unique and exciting array of superior films, quality intellectual properties, and original projects for theatrical, television and home entertainment. The team has several properties in various stages of development.
In 2016, his character Monolith was optioned by Lionsgate for development.
In 2016, his character Painkiller Jane was optioned for movie development by Jessica Chastain and her production studio, Freckle Films and Lotus Entertainment and Solipsist Films. Chastain is set to star in the lead role of the character and film.[12]
In 2017, The Pro, which Palmiotti created with (by Garth Ennis, Amanda Conner and him) was optioned by Paramount Pictures where Erwin Stoff of 3 Arts is producing and Zoe McCarthy has been hired to write the screenplay.[13]
In 2019, his character creation, Luke Fox, for the Batwing series that he and Justin Gray created for DC Comics (in April 2013[14]) was featured as a major character on the CW Batwoman TV series.
Personal life
Palmiotti is married to frequent collaborator Amanda Conner.[15][16]
Bibliography
Comics scripting
- Painkiller Jane:
- 22 Brides #1-4 (Mar. 1996 - Jan. 1997)
- Painkiller Jane #0-5 (Jan. - Nov. 1997) (#0 printed in Jan. 1999)
- Painkiller Jane vol. 2, #1-3 (Mar. - Aug. 2006)
- Painkiller Jane vol. 3, #0-5 (Apr. 2007 - Mar. 2008)
- Painkiller Jane: The Price of Freedom #1-4 (Nov. 2013 - Jan. 2014)
- Painkiller Jane: The 22 Brides #1-3 (May - Oct. 2014)
- Venom: Sinner Takes All (inks, 1995)
- The Pro (inks, written by Garth Ennis, penciled by Amanda Conner, graphic novel, Image Comics, 2002)
- ISBN 1-60010-407-X)
- ISBN 1-4012-0120-2)
- Cloudburst (with co-author Justin Gray and art by Eliseu Gouveia/Christopher Shy, 64 page graphic novel, Image Comics, January 2004)
- Monolith (with co-author Justin Gray and art by Phil Winslade, 12-issue limited series, DC Comics, April 2004 - March 2005)
- Jonah Hex (with Justin Gray, ongoing series, DC Comics, January 2006 - August 2011) collected as:
- Face Full of Violence (with art by ISBN 1-4012-1095-3)
- Guns of Vengeance (with art by Luke Ross, ISBN 1-4012-1249-2)
- Origins (with art by ISBN 1-4012-1490-8)
- Only the Good Die Young (with art by Jordi Bernet, Phil Noto, and David Michael Beck, 144 pages, collects Jonah Hex #19-24, April 2008, ISBN 1-4012-1689-7)
- Luck Runs Out (with art by ISBN 1-4012-1960-8)
- Bullets Don't Lie (with art by ISBN 1-4012-2157-2)
- Lead Poisoning (with art by Jordi Bernet and David Michael Beck, 144 pages, collects Jonah Hex #37-42, October 2009, ISBN 1-4012-2485-7)
- Six Gun War (with art by ISBN 1-4012-2587-X)
- Counting Corpses (with art by Darwyn Cooke, ISBN 1-4012-2899-2)
- Face Full of Violence (with art by
- ISBN 1-4012-1336-7)
- Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters: Brave New World (with co-author Justin Gray, 8-issue limited series, DC Comics, November 2007 - June 2008, tpb, September 2008, ISBN 1-4012-1954-3)
- ISBN 978-0-06-124354-7)
- Gatecrasher (with Mark Waid and Amanda Conner, Black Bull Comics)
- ISBN 1-60706-060-4)
- ISBN 1-4012-2510-1)
- Power Girl (with co-author Justin Gray and art by Amanda Conner, ongoing series, DC Comics, July 2009 - May 2010) collected as:
- Volume 1: Power Girl: A New Beginning (April 2010, ISBN 1-4012-2618-3)
- Volume 2: Aliens & Apes (October 2010, ISBN 1-4012-2910-7)
- Power Trip (February 2014, ISBN 1-4012-4307-X)
- Volume 1: Power Girl: A New Beginning (April 2010,
- ISBN 1-60010-615-3)
- ISBN 1-60706-264-X)
- ISBN 1-4012-2550-0)
- Jonah Hex and Yosemite Sam (written by Jimmy Palmiotti and art by Mark Texiera, one shot, DC Comics June 2017)
- All-Star Western (written with Justin Gray, art by various), collected as:
- Guns and Gotham (192 pages, DC Comics, November 2012, ISBN 978-1401237097)
- The War of Lords and Owls (192 pages, DC Comics, March 2013, ISBN 978-1401238513)
- The Black Diamond Probability (224 pages, DC Comics, November 2013, ISBN 978-1401243999)
- Gold Standard (176 pages, DC Comics, May 2014, ISBN 978-1401246266)
- Man Out of Time (192 pages, DC Comics, November 2014, ISBN 978-1401249939)
- End of the Train (144 pages, DC Comics, May 2015, ISBN 978-1401254131)
- Guns and Gotham (192 pages, DC Comics, November 2012,
- ISBN 0-7851-8394-9)
- Batwing with co-author Justin Gray, an ongoing series.
- Daredevil: Dark Nights A three-issue miniseries for Marvel Comics
- ISBN 1-60706-505-3)
- Triggergirl 6 (written by Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray with art by Phil Noto, Image Comics)
- ISBN 1-6070-6640-8)
- Weapon of God (written by Justin Gray and Jimmy Palmiotti and art by Giancarlo Caracuzzo, 71 page graphic novel, PaperFilms, September 2013)
- Forager (written by Justin Gray and Jimmy Palmiotti and art by Steven Cummings, 76 page graphic novel, PaperFilms, February 2014)
- Denver (written by Justin Gray and Jimmy Palmiotti and art by Pier Brito, 94 page graphic novel, PaperFilms, July 2014)
- Abbadon (written by Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray; art by Fabrizio Fiorentino & Alessia Nocera (PaperFilms and Adaptive Studios, 2016))
- Sex & Violence, Volumes 1 and 2 (written by Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray; art by Juan Santa Cruz, Jimmy Broxton, Vanessa Del Rey, Romina Moranelli and Rafa Garres, PaperFilms 2013, 2014)
- The Big Con Job (written by Jimmy Palmiotti and Matt Brady; Boom Comics, July 2016, ISBN 978-1608868506)
- GI Zombie (written by Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray; art by Scott Hampton; DC Comics, 176 pages, September 2015 ISBN 978-1401254872)
- ISBN 1-4778-4912-2)
- Starfire (written with Amanda Conner, DC Comics, 2015 - 2016), collected as:
- Welcome Home (March 2016, 160 pages, ISBN 978-1401261603)
- A Matter of Time (January 2017, 144 pages, ISBN 978-1401270384)
- Welcome Home (March 2016, 160 pages,
- Harley Quinn (with Amanda Conner, DC Comics, November 2013 - 2016) collected as:
- Hot in the City (with art by ISBN 1-4012-4892-6)
- Hot in the City (with art by
- Harley Quinn (with Amanda Conner, DC Comics, November 2016 - ) collected as:
- Hot in the City (with art by John Timms and Chad Hardin; 168 pages, collects Harley Quinn #1-7, DC Comics, March 2017, ISBN 978-1401268312)
- Joker Loves Harley (with art by John Timms and Chad Hardin; 144 pages, collects Harley Quinn #8-13, DC Comics, June 2017, ISBN 978-1401270957)
- Hot in the City (with art by John Timms and Chad Hardin; 168 pages, collects Harley Quinn #1-7, DC Comics, March 2017,
- Harley Quinn Little Black Book (with Amanda Conner, art by various DC Comics, 2015 - 2017)
- Harley Quinn and her Gang of Harleys (with Frank Tieri, DC Comics, 2016)
- Harley Quinn and her Gang of Harleys (with art by Mauricet; 176 pages, collects Harley Quinn and her Gang of Harleys #1-6, DC Comics, February 2017, ISBN 978-1401267858)
- Harley Quinn and her Gang of Harleys (with art by Mauricet; 176 pages, collects Harley Quinn and her Gang of Harleys #1-6, DC Comics, February 2017,
Screenwriting
Short Animation Scripts, Next generation writers Hire a writer
- Starz. Creator, writer and script consultant on 22 one-hour episodes.
- Dead Space: Downfall: script writer with Justin Gray for EA and Starz.
- Lions Gate Entertainment and the Animation Collective.
- Ballerina: A script adaption of a story by Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray- screenplay by Christos Gage and Ruth Gage, 2005.
- Superhero Squad: Planet Hulk. Script for animated show. Marvel Comics. Disney entertainment.
- Repo Men: script for two original webisodes. Universal Studios.
- NIKE Hooptown: short webisodes featuring Vince Carter and LeBron James. screenwriter and storyboard artist. Client: Nike
- Ultimate Spider-Man: Script for animated show. Marvel Comics. Disney entertainment.
- The Punisher: Screenplay with Garth Ennis for THQ Games.
- Ghost Rider: Screenplay with Garth Ennis for 2K Games.
- Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe: Screenplay with Garth Ennis for Midway Games.
- Injustice: Gods Among Us for NeatherRealm Studios
References
General references
- Jimmy Palmiotti at ComicBookRealm.com
Inline citations
- ^ Inkpot Award
- ^ Evans, Chris (April 3, 2010). "WC10: Comic Writers Unite!". Comic Book Resources.
- ^ a b "WonderCon Special Guests," Comic-Con Magazine (Winter 2010), p. 20.
- ^ "Priest Credits Quesada and Palmiotti with Dora Milaje". Bleeding Cool. 2018-10-06. Retrieved 2019-05-08.
- ^ Don't Miss It A Second Time: Justin Gray and Jimmy Palmiotti talk '21 Down'. Comic Book Resources. November 4, 2003
- ^ The Resistance: Not Futile At All[permanent dead link], Newsarama, November 27, 2002
- ^ 'Resistance' Isn't So Futile: Justin Gray talks new Wildstorm series. Comic Book Resources. December 5, 2002
- ^ "She Never Slept: 2013 Inkwell Awards". Archived 2016-09-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "2013 Inkwell Awards 2013 Ceremony". Inkwell Awards/YouTube, June 27, 2014. Retrieved October 3, 2018.
- ^ Doran, Michael (September 19, 2016). "HARLEY QUINN #1 Sells Nearly 400k; More August 2016 Sales Estimates and Comparisons". Newsarama.
- ^ Lodderhose, Diana (November 11, 2016). "Jessica Chastain Boards ‘Painkiller Jane’ For Lotus Entertainment & Solipsist Films". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved October 3, 2018.
- ^ Fleming, Mike Jr. (March 22, 2017). "Graphic Novel ‘The Pro’ Hooks Movie Deal At Paramount". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved October 3, 2018.
- ^ "BATWING #19". DC. 2013-01-14. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
- ^ Davis, Lauren. "WC10: Amanda Conner & Jimmy Palmiotti". Comic Book Resources. April 5, 2010
- ^ Rogers, Vaneta. "Amanda Conner's POWER GIRL Girl Power", Newsarama, December 7, 2009
External links
- PaperFilms Homepage
- Listen to Jimmy Podcast on the Where Monsters Dwell site
- Listen to Jimmy Podcast on iTunes
- Jimmy Palmiotti at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
- Jimmy Palmiotti on Twitter
- Jimmy Palmiotti on Facebook
- Jimmy Palmiotti at IMDb
- Jimmy Palmiotti on Threadless
Interviews
- Interview on The Jetsons, A Podcast Named Scooby-Doo!, July 2020
- Interview on Dock Walloper, comiXology, May 2008
- Audio interview with Jimmy, June 2006
- Interview with Jimmy and Justin Gray, PopImage, July 2002
- Interview with Jimmy, June 2001
- MKast#3
- Video Interview on Projectnerd.it June 2016
- Interview with Jimmy Palmiotti at Scripts & Scribes
- Fukunaga, Kevin (February 28, 2014). "Q&A INTERVIEW with Jimmy Palmiotti". Scripts & Scribes.
- Fukunaga, Kevin (February 28, 2014). "20Q INTERVIEW with Jimmy Palmiotti". Scripts & Scribes.