Judd Winick

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Judd Winick
Long Island, New York, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Area(s)Cartoonist, Writer, Penciller, Inker, Letterer
Notable works
Pedro and Me
Green Lantern
Green Arrow
Batman: Under the Hood
Hilo
The Life and Times of Juniper Lee
Spouse(s)
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(m. 2001)​
Children2
Official website

Judd Winick (born February 12, 1970) is an American

AIDS educator Pedro Zamora. Winick wrote lengthy runs on DC Comics' Green Lantern and Green Arrow series and created The Life and Times of Juniper Lee animated TV series for Cartoon Network
, which ran for three seasons.

As part of his run on

anti-hero Red Hood. Winick also wrote the prequel mini-series Red Hood: The Lost Days, which detailed the exact nature of Todd's resurrection, as well as the animated film Batman: Under the Red Hood
, which adapted his original story to screen.

Early life and career

Winick was born February 12, 1970, to a

Berke Breathed as the first collection of that strip that changed his life, one which prompted him to spend the next ten years "horribly aping" Breathed's style.[3]

Winick graduated from high school in 1988 and entered the

Calvin & Hobbes, offered Winick a development contract.[4]

Career

Early work

After graduation, Winick lived in an apartment in

television network Nickelodeon as an animated series, even turning the human characters into mice, and proposing new titles like Young Urban Mice and Rat Race, but nothing came of it.[1]

The Real World: San Francisco

Rachel Campos, Alex Escarno, Cory Murphy and his then-girlfriend (now wife) Pam Ling

Winick applied to be on MTV network's

Russian Hill on February 12, Winick's 24th birthday.[7] Winick became roommates with Pedro Zamora.[8] Although Cory Murphy, who was the first housemate to meet Zamora, learned that he was HIV-positive when they took the train together from Los Angeles to San Francisco,[9] Winick learned that Zamora was the housemate who had AIDS after Winick and Zamora had decided to be roommates, when Zamora told him that he was an AIDS educator, and subsequently showed his scrapbook to Winick and the other housemates.[8]

Winick's Nuts and Bolts strip began running in the San Francisco Examiner in March of that year.

Winick, who is

Jewish, was offended at Rainey's decision to wear a T-shirt depicting four guns arranged in the shape of a swastika, and by Rainey's refusal to accede to Winick's request not to wear it.[10]

After filming of the season ended, Winick and Ling moved to Los Angeles to continue their relationship.

By August 1994, Zamora's health began to decline. After being hospitalized, he asked Winick to substitute for him at a national AIDS education lecture. When Zamora died on November 11, 1994, Winick and Ling were at his bedside. Winick would continue Zamora's educational work for some time after that.[11]

1994 – 2001

Midtown Comics Grand Central
in New York City, June 24, 2004

Winick designed illustrations for

The Complete Idiot's Guide to... series of books,[12] and did over 300 of them, including that series’ computer-oriented line. A collection of the computer-related titles' cartoons was published in 1997 as Terminal Madness, The Complete Idiot's Guide Computer Cartoon Collection.[1]

While working on Pedro and Me, Winick began working on comic books, beginning with a one-page Frumpy the Clown cartoon in

Eisner Award
nominee for Best Sequential Story.

Winick followed up with a three-issue miniseries, The Adventures of Barry Ween, Boy Genius, about a cynical, profane grade school whiz kid, who invents a myriad of futuristic devices that no one other than his best friend knows about. Barry Ween was published by Image Comics from March through May 1999, with two subsequent miniseries, The Adventures of Barry Ween, Boy Genius 2.0 and The Adventures of Barry Ween, Boy Genius: Monkey Tales (Retitled The Adventures of Barry Ween, Boy Genius 3 or The Adventures of Barry Ween, Boy Genius: Gorilla Warfare in the collected editions), published by Oni Press, which published trade paperback collections of all three miniseries.

Winick’s graphic novel, Pedro and Me: Friendship, Loss, and What I Learned, was published in September 2000. It was awarded six

Frank Miller, Neil Gaiman, and Armistead Maupin, and has been incorporated into school curricula
across the country.

DC Comics, television work and Hilo

Winick's work in mainstream

Terry Berg, an assistant of the title character, emerged as a gay character in Green Lantern #137 (June 2001) and in Green Lantern #154 (November 2002) the story entitled "Hate Crime" gained media recognition when Terry was brutally beaten in a homophobic attack. Winick was interviewed on Phil Donahue's show on MSNBC for that storyline on August 15, 2002,[13][14]
and received two more GLAAD awards for his Green Lantern work.

In 2003, Judd Winick left Green Lantern for another DC series, Green Arrow, beginning with issue #26 of that title (July 2003). He gained more media recognition for Green Arrow #43 (December 2004) in which he revealed that Green Arrow's 17-year-old ward, a former runaway-turned

Speedy, the second such Green Arrow sidekick to bear that name, making her the most prominent HIV-positive superhero to star in an ongoing comic book, a decision for which Winick was interviewed on CNN.[15]

In 2003 Winick wrote a five-issue miniseries for DC's Vertigo imprint called Blood & Water, about a young man with terminal illness whose two friends reveal to him that they are vampires, and that they wish to save his life by turning him into a vampire himself.

Winick at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con

Winick's other comic book work includes

Robin, back from the dead, and making him the new Red Hood, the second such Batman villain by that name. That same year, Winick created an animated TV show named The Life and Times of Juniper Lee in 2005, which ran for three seasons on the Cartoon Network. Along with creating the show and the characters, he has also directed the voice actors alongside Susan Blu
.

Between September 2005 and March 2006, Winick wrote the four-issue

Battle for the Cowl" storyline, Winick took over the writing on Batman for four issues.[20][21][22] He co-wrote the 26-issue biweekly Justice League: Generation Lost with Keith Giffen, a title which alternated with Brightest Day.[23] In addition, he was a regular writer on the monthly Power Girl series.[24]

Winick wrote the screenplay for the 2010 direct to DVD animated feature

Batman: A Death in the Family" and the 2005 "Batman: Under the Hood
" story arc that he wrote in the Batman comic book.

Beginning in September 2011, Winick began writing new Catwoman and Batwing ongoing series that were launched as part of DC Comics' reboot of its continuity, The New 52.[25] The Catwoman series was criticized by some readers for its focus on Selina Kyle's sexuality, particularly scenes showing her sexual relationship with Batman.[26][27][28][29] Winick responded that it was DC that desired this tone.[26]

Winick was the head writer on The Awesomes, an animated superhero comedy series created by Seth Meyers and Mike Shoemaker for Hulu.[30] It debuted on August 1, 2013, and ended on November 3, 2015.

In July 2012 Winick announced that he was leaving Catwoman after issue #12,

E.T., part Doctor Who, part Peanuts and Calvin and Hobbes", stars a small town boy named D.J. whose life takes an unexpected turn when a mysterious boy named Hilo falls from the sky, and takes D.J. and his friend Gina on adventures that include robots, aliens and a quest to save the world. The series represents Winick's first artwork since 2002's The Adventures of Barry Ween, Boy Genius: Gorilla Warfare, as well as his first children's book. It is published by Random House, with the first book published in September 2015. The deal is for three books, though Winick plans to have a total of six graphic novels by the time the story is finished, and hopes to release a book every six months.[30][31] The first two volumes of the Hilo series, Hilo, the Boy Who Crashed to Earth and Hilo, Saving the Whole Wide World, are New York Times bestsellers.[32]

In popular culture

In

Alex Loynaz
, as Ling and Zamora, are meeting on a staircase.

Winick is mentioned in Dave Eggers' A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius.[35][citation needed]

Personal life

After appearing on The Real World, Winick and his former costar,

Upper Haight.[37] As of 2024, they have two children,[7][38][39] a son and a daughter, whom they work to keep out of the spotlight, preferring to omit photos of them from social media, and mention of their names in interviews.[40]

Bibliography

Early work

DC Comics

Other publishers

Screenwriting credits

Television

Film

Awards and nominations

Wins

Nominations

References

  1. ^ a b c "Judd Winick". The Worlds of Judd Winick. n.d. Archived from the original on July 24, 2011. Retrieved February 8, 2012.
  2. ^ a b Klein, Debra A. (September 9, 2001). "WEDDINGS: VOWS; Pamela Ling and Judd Winick". The New York Times. Archived from the original on January 27, 2021. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
  3. ^ Hoffman, Barbara (October 31, 2015). "In My Library: Judd Winick". New York Post. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017.
  4. ^ a b Winick (2000). Pedro and Me; pp. 16 – 18.
  5. ^ Winick mentions the date in the beginning of "You Gotta Have Art", the fifth episode of The Real World: San Francisco.
  6. ^ Pedro and Me; pp. 19 – 30.
  7. ^ a b Mazzero, Esme (February 12, 2024). "The Real World: San Francisco Loves Judd Winick and Pam Ling Celebrate 30th Anniversary of the Day They Met". People. Archived from the original on February 15, 2024. Retrieved February 15, 2024.
  8. ^ a b Winick, Judd (2000) pp. 61–67.
  9. ^ "Planes, Trains and Paddywagons". The Real World: San Francisco. Season 3. Episode 1. July 6, 1994. MTV. Archived from the original on March 31, 2009. Retrieved September 6, 2013.
  10. ^ The Real World Diaries (1996). p. 137
  11. ^ Pedro and Me; pp. 119 -137.
  12. Daily News. p. 8 of 44. Archived
    from the original on June 8, 2013.
  13. ^ Melby, Nathan (December 16, 2005). "Gay comics characters get media attention: Green Lantern writer Winick focuses on hate crimes, while Marvel's Rawhide Kid is called out". CBGExtra. Archived from the original on June 27, 2012.
  14. The Advocate
    . pp 61-62.
  15. ^ "Transcripts: CNN Live Saturday". CNN. October 23, 2004. Archived from the original on October 23, 2012. Retrieved April 12, 2007.
  16. ISBN 978-0756641238
    . Writer Judd Winick and artist Mike McKone told the story of a familiar band of dimension-hopping mutant heroes.
  17. ISBN 978-0-7566-6742-9
    . The prequel to Infinite Crisis was a collection of short stories...which were written by Geoff Johns, Greg Rucka, and Judd Winick.
  18. ^ Cowsill "2000s" in Dolan, p. 327: "Captain Marvel got a new look in The Trials of Shazam!, written by Judd Winick and drawn by Howard Porter."
  19. ^ Cowsill "2000s" in Dolan, p. 333: "Writer Judd Winick and penciller Ian Churchill produced a Titans series to please both modern-day fans and those of the classic Marv Wolfman/George Pérez era."
  20. ^ Renaud, Jeffrey (March 26, 2009). "Under the Hood with Judd Winick, Part I". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on June 19, 2013.
  21. ^ Renaud, Jeffrey (March 27, 2009). "Under the Hood with Judd Winick, Part II". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on October 10, 2012.
  22. ^ Segura, Alex (July 6, 2009). "Some Batman news to kick off the week". The Source. DC Comics. Archived from the original on June 13, 2013.
  23. ^ Rogers, Vaneta (January 12, 2010). "Justice League International Returns in Generation Lost". Newsarama. Archived from the original on July 8, 2013. Retrieved January 12, 2010.
  24. ^ Rogers, Vaneta (March 30, 2010). "Judd Winick on Power Girl: Funny, But Not All Fun & Games". Newsarama.
  25. Complex
    .
  26. ^ a b c Rogers, Vaneta (July 6, 2012). "Winick Leaves Catwoman to Write/Draw All-Ages Graphic Novel". Newsarama.
  27. ^ Shooter, Jim. (October 6, 2011). "DC Comics the New 52 – Part 3". Jim Shooter.
  28. ^ Hudson, Laura (September 22, 2011). "The Big Sexy Problem with Superheroines and Their 'Liberated Sexuality'". ComicsAlliance. Archived from the original on August 23, 2013.
  29. ^ Wheeler, Andrew. "No More Mutants: 52 Problems by Andrew Wheeler". Bleeding Cool. September 22, 2011
  30. ^ a b Rogers, Vaneta (May 8, 2013). "Superheroes Aside: Judd Winick Makes Dream Career Switch with Hilo". Newsarama.
  31. ^ "Rights Report: Week of April 15, 2013". Publishers Weekly, April 18, 2013
  32. ^ "Hardcover Graphic Books". The New York Times. December 25, 2016.
  33. ^ Pedro official site
  34. ^ "Cast and crew page of Pedro". Archived from the original on 2008-12-29. Retrieved 2008-12-07.
  35. ^ Eggers, Dave. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius 2001, Vintage, page 239.
  36. ^ Ryan Pienciaki, Elaine Aradillas and Paul Chi (August 18, 2008). "The Real World: Where Are They Now?". People. Vol. 70. No. 7.
  37. ^ Whiting, Sam (September 6, 2000). "Pedro's Lessons / 'Real World' roommate's death inspires cartoonist's book". San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on February 15, 2024. Retrieved February 15, 2024 – via SFGate.
  38. Bunim-Murray Productions. 2008. MTV
  39. The Huffington Post/AOL TV. March 4, 2008. Archived
    from the original on October 26, 2012.
  40. ^ Gustines, George Gene (October 21, 2016). "Out of 'The Real World,' a Relationship That Has Endured". The New York Times. Archived from the original on January 27, 2021. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
  41. ^
    UCLA Happenings
    . October 2013. Retrieved July 5, 2015.
  42. ^
    Library Thing
    . Retrieved July 5, 2015.
  43. ^ "Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers". Young Adult Library Services Association. 2001.
  44. ^ a b Weiland, Jonah (June 13, 2003). "Green Lantern honored by GLAAD". Comic Book Resources.
  45. ^ "GLAAD announces media awards nominations". The Advocate. December 18, 2001.
  46. ^ Shelton, Nate (May 2003). "Green Lantern Honored with GLAAD Award for Second Year Running ". Diamond Comics. Retrieved July 5, 2015.
  47. ^ "14th Annual GLAAD Media Awards: Complete List of Honorees & Winners" Archived 2011-07-26 at the Wayback Machine. GLAAD. May 31, 2003. Retrieved July 5, 2015.
  48. ^ "GLAAD Announces Nominees for Annual Media Awards". The Advocate. January 23, 2008

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