Sterling Gates
Sterling Gates | |
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Born | Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S. | March 1, 1981
Nationality | American |
Area(s) | Writer |
Notable works | Supergirl The Flash |
Sterling Gates (born March 1, 1981) is an American
Early life
Gates, whose father owned a
Career
In 2006, while attending WonderCon in San Francisco, Gates became acquainted with the comic book writer Geoff Johns.[5] Upon learning that Gates just recently moved to Los Angeles and had aspirations to work in television and film, Johns recommended him for an interview with the writing staff of Blade: The Series, where he was eventually hired as a production assistant.[1] After the series was cancelled, Johns offered Gates the position of his personal assistant, which Gates would later compare to a "writing apprenticeship".[6] Despite planning to be a television writer, he created a few short scripts inspired by then-upcoming Green Lantern storyline "Sinestro Corps War" and gave them to Johns, who in turn passed them on to the editor Eddie Berganza.[1] Soon after, Gates made his debut as a comic book writer with a back-up story in Tales of the Sinestro Corps: Superman-Prime, illustrated by veteran artist Jerry Ordway.[5]
After writing a few more short stories centered around the Green Lantern mythos, Gates followed Johns to the
In 2010, after DC Comics offered the artist Rob Liefeld to draw a new volume of the Hawk and Dove series with a writer of his choice, Liefeld hand-picked Gates due to his work on Supergirl and War of the Supermen.[16] The title, which was supposed to follow up on the plot threads from the "Brightest Day" crossover storyline, became a part of "The New 52" company-wide relaunch instead.[17] Gates left the series after five issues while Liefeld took over both writing and drawing duties for the remainder of the run.[18] Other projects of the period include a Kid Flash-centered tie-in to the "Flashpoint" crossover storyline[19][4] and a Captain Victory series for Dynamite created as part of the "Kirby: Genesis" initiative.[20][21]
In 2012, Gates was asked to help in developing a film script by
In 2016, returned to the character of
Bibliography
DC Comics
- Green Lantern:
- ISBN 1-4012-2326-5) includes:
- Tales of the Sinestro Corps: Superman-Prime: "Fear is a Baby's Cry!" (with Jerry Ordway, co-feature in one-shot, 2007)
- Green Lantern/Sinestro Corps Secret Files & Origins: "Lessons in the Sand" (with Joe Prado, co-feature in one-shot, 2008)
- ISBN 1-4012-3140-3)
- ISBN 1-4012-2807-0)
- Superman:
- ISBN 1-4012-2330-3)
- Fernando Dagnino (#41, 48, Annual #1), Matt Camp (#47, 49, Annual #2), Ivan Rodriguez (#52) and Bernard Chang(#57), 2008–2011) collected as:
- Daughter of New Krypton (collects #34–43, tpb, 248 pages, 2018, ISBN 1-4012-7482-X)
- The Hunt for Reactron (collects #44–50, Annual #1 and ISBN 1-4012-8574-0)
- Includes the "Blood-Sisters" short story (co-written by Gates and Superman Secret Files 2009
- Includes the "Blood-Sisters" short story (co-written by Gates and
- All issues of "The Hunt for Reactron" crossover — Supergirl vol. 4 #45–46 and Action Comics #881–882 — are co-written by Gates and Greg Rucka.
- Daughter of New Krypton (collects #34–43, tpb, 248 pages, 2018,
- Bizarrogirl (collects #53–59 and Annual #2, tpb, 224 pages, 2011, ISBN 1-4012-3169-1)
- ISBN 1-4012-2797-X)
- Superman: Last Stand of New Krypton:
- Volume 1 (hc, 168 pages, 2010, ISBN 1-4012-2933-6) includes:
- "Prologue, Part One: The Future is Prologue" (with Travis Moore, in Adventure Comics vol. 2 #8, anthology, 2010)
- "Part One: Invaded" (co-written by Gates and James Robinson, art by Pete Woods, in #1, 2010)
- "Part Two: Leaders" (with Jamal Igle, in Supergirl vol. 4 #51, 2010)
- "Superboy, Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes in: Unify" (with Eduardo Pansica, in Adventure Comics vol. 2 #9, anthology, 2010)
- "Part Five: Bottles and Battles" (co-written by Gates and James Robinson, art by Travis Moore and Pete Woods, in #2, 2010)
- Volume 2 (hc, 128 pages, 2011, ISBN 1-4012-3037-7) includes:
- "Part Six: Divided, Conquerable" (co-written by Gates and James Robinson, art by Travis Moore and Eduardo Pansica, in Adventure Comics vol. 2 #10, anthology, 2010)
- "Part Seven: Distractions" (with Ivan Rodriguez, in Supergirl vol. 4 #52, 2010)
- "Part Nine: This is the Way the World Ends" (co-written by Gates and James Robinson, art by Pete Woods, in #3, 2010)
- "The Epilogue is the Future" (with Travis Moore, in Adventure Comics vol. 2 #11, anthology, 2010)
- Volume 1 (hc, 168 pages, 2010,
- ISBN 1-4012-3187-X)
- DCU Holiday Special: "Introduction" (with Karl Kerschl, 2009)
- DCU Holiday Special 2009: "The Christmas of Doom" (with Jonboy Meyers, 2010)
- Justice League vol. 2 #23.4: "The Wild Card" (with Szymon Kudranski, 2013)
- Justice League of America vol. 3:
- "Freezing to Death" (with Derlis Santacruz, in #7.2, 2013)
- "Freedom Fighter" (with Edgar Salazar, in #7.4, 2013)
- The series was first published in print as a 6-issue limited series titled Adventures of Supergirl (2016)
- Collected as Adventures of Supergirl (tpb, 144 pages, 2016, ISBN 1-4012-6265-1)
Other publishers
- GrayHaven:
- The Gathering #6: "The Mistress" (with Cassandra James, anthology, 2010)
- Tales from the Abyss #1–3: "The Day I Lost Wallace" (with Amanda Rachels, anthology, 2012–2013)
- ISBN 0-9839-8280-5)
- ISBN 1-6069-0330-6)
- Foster Anthology: "Partners" (with Hector Collazo, one-shot, Dog Year, 2012)
- The Posthuman Project #0 (co-written by Gates and Matthew Price, art by Mario Wytch, Speeding Bullet Comics, 2013)
- ISBN 1-6314-0939-5)
- Geiger 80-Page Giant: "The Karloff" (with Kelley Jones, anthology one-shot, Image, 2022)
- ISBN 1-4197-5446-7)
References
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- ^ Davidson, Joey (July 29, 2009). "An Interview with DC's Sterling Gates". CinCity2000. Archived from the original on August 1, 2009.
- ^ Gleason, Matt (September 18, 2009). "Animating forces". Tulsa World. Archived from the original on October 11, 2012.
- ^ a b Phegley, Kiel (June 22, 2011). "Gates Gets "Lost" With Kid Flash". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on July 3, 2011.
- ^ a b Renaud, Jeffrey (October 24, 2007). ""FEAR IS A BABY'S CRY!" GATES TALKS "SINESTRO CORPS WAR"". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on October 25, 2007.
- ^ Campbell, Josie (May 28, 2013). "Jeph Loeb And Sterling Gates On First Meetings, "Green Lantern" & Geoff Johns". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015.
- ^ Rogers, Vaneta (June 27, 2008). "WWC: Gates and Igle Join DC's Supergirl". Newsarama. Archived from the original on August 21, 2008.
- ^ Mahadeo, Kevin (June 24, 2010). "Gates Plots New Course for "Supergirl"". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on November 2, 2011.
- ^ Renaud, Jeffrey (October 1, 2008). "Open the Gates for "Supergirl"". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on October 2, 2008.
- ^ Goguen, Rachelle (April 2, 2009). "Wednesday Interview: Sterling Gates". Living Between Wednesdays. Archived from the original on June 11, 2010.
- ^ Renaud, Jeffrey (March 10, 2010). "Hold the Fortress Part 1: Robinson & Gates on "Last Stand of New Krypton"". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on March 14, 2010.
- ^ Renaud, Jeffrey (March 11, 2010). "Hold the Fortress Part II: Robinson and Gates on "War of the Supermen"". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on March 13, 2010.
- ^ Rogers, Vaneta (March 23, 2010). "Writers Gates & Robinson Wage the WAR OF THE SUPERMEN". Newsarama. Archived from the original on March 26, 2010.
- ^ "Interview With Sterling Gates And Jamal Igle, Part One". Supergirl Comic Box Commentary. January 26, 2011. Archived from the original on September 14, 2019.
- ^ "Interview With Sterling Gates And Jamal Igle, Part Two". Supergirl Comic Box Commentary. January 27, 2011. Archived from the original on November 1, 2017.
- ^ Rogers, Vaneta (July 7, 2011). "STERLING GATES Expands HAWK & DOVE Mythology for the DCnU". Newsarama. Archived from the original on July 10, 2011.
- ^ Esposito, Joey (September 9, 2011). "The New 52 Interviews: Hawk and Dove". IGN. Archived from the original on December 5, 2011.
- ^ Rogers, Vaneta (December 16, 2011). "Exit Interview: STERLING GATES Explains NEW 52 Departure". Newsarama. Archived from the original on January 7, 2012.
- ^ Rogers, Vaneta (May 6, 2011). "FLASPOINT Presentation: Sterling Gates & the KID FLASH Fix?". Newsarama. Archived from the original on May 9, 2011.
- ^ Siegel, Lucas (August 26, 2011). "Sterling Gates Gets Macho With KIRBY'S CAPTAIN VICTORY". Newsarama. Archived from the original on April 24, 2013.
- ^ Patey, Robert (December 6, 2011). "AICN COMICS Q&@: Optimous Douche talks with Dynamite's CAPTAIN VICTORY Writer Sterling Gates!". Ain't It Cool News. Archived from the original on February 6, 2012.
- ^ Lealos, Shawn (July 11, 2013). "Renegade Interview: Comic Book Creator Sterling Gates". Renegade Cinema. Archived from the original on July 18, 2013.
- ^ Rogers, Vaneta (July 21, 2014). "JOHN HUGHES Meets SUPERHEROES In Sterling Gates' THE POSTHUMAN PROJECT". Newsarama. Archived from the original on July 24, 2014.
- ^ Means-Shannon, Hannah (May 1, 2015). "Sterling Gates Talks Indie Superhero Film The Posthuman Project, Plus Exclusive Clip". Bleeding Cool. Archived from the original on May 2, 2015.
- ^ Rogers, Vaneta (April 10, 2013). "STERLING GATES Gets the DC VIBE". Newsarama. Archived from the original on November 15, 2014.
- ^ Phegley, Kiel (May 17, 2013). "Sterling Gates On "Vibe's" Suicide Squad Run". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on November 9, 2013.
- ^ Truitt, Brian (September 23, 2013). "Gates tackles Black Adam, Steve Trevor in 'Evil' era". USA Today. Archived from the original on September 25, 2013.
- ^ Ching, Albert (September 24, 2013). "Sterling Gates Takes Over "Forever Evil: A.R.G.U.S" From Matt Kindt". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on September 25, 2013.
- TV Insider. Archivedfrom the original on January 24, 2016.
- ^ Abrams, Natalie (May 9, 2016). "First Look: Supergirl TV series comes to life in comics". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on May 12, 2016.
- NewsOK. Archived from the originalon February 19, 2017.
- ComicBook.com. Archivedfrom the original on June 20, 2021.
External links
- Official website
- Sterling Gates at IMDb
- Sterling Gates at the Grand Comics Database
- Sterling Gates at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)