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Chip Zdarsky

Steve Murray (born December 21, 1975

writer, journalist, illustrator, and designer. Murray worked for National Post for over a decade, until 2014, as an illustrator and humorist, writing and illustrating the "Extremely Bad Advice" column as well as The Ampersand, the online edition of the newspaper's pop culture
section.

He uses the Zdarsky pseudonym for comics-related work, including Prison Funnies, Monster Cops, and as artist and co-creator of

Spider-Man: Life Story, and Spider-Man: Spider's Shadow for Marvel Comics, Batman for DC Comics, and Jughead for Archie Comics
.

He has also used the pseudonym Todd Diamond.[3]

Early life

Steve Murray was born in Edmonton, Alberta and raised in Barrie, Ontario.[citation needed]

Career

Murray has illustrated for such clients as The Globe and Mail, New York magazine, CBC and Canadian Business.[citation needed]

In 2000, Murray created Chip Zdarsky as a pseudonym and alter ego for his persona as a comic book writer and illustrator, developing his own independent projects, such as Prison Funnies[4] and Monster Cops (which can be read online or in print) as well as collaborating on a variety of projects, including Dark Horse Comics titles Fierce and Rumble Royale. About his alter ego, Murray said "I wanted to have a sad-sack cartoonist persona that lives in his mom's basement, paints figurines for money, has restraining orders against him. And that became a character." He describes the character as "an idiot who doesn't know what I'm doing. I've had no success in my life. No matter what, I'm going to mess things up." Murray initially attempted to keep the identities separate and secret.[1]

From 2008 to 2014, Murray penned and illustrated a weekly advice column for the National Post called "Extremely Bad Advice".[5] He also wrote another column in that paper, Tear Jerk, in which he reviewed films to see if they could actually make him "weep like a baby".

Along with Kagan McLeod, Ben Shannon, and Cameron Stewart, he is a co-founder of the studio The Royal Academy of Illustration and Design, which produced Rumble Royale.

In 2010, he also launched a mock campaign for

social networking platforms after the deadline had passed to register as a candidate in the real campaign.[6]

Chip Zdarsky and Matt Fraction

In June 2013, Image Comics announced that Chip Zdarsky had teamed up with Invincible Iron Man and Hawkeye writer, Matt Fraction, on a new creator-owned series titled Sex Criminals. The first issue was released on September 23, 2013. Sex Criminals was declared number 1 on Time magazine's list of "Top 10 Comics and Graphic Novels" of 2013.[7]

In 2014, Murray won a

Will Eisner Award for Best New Series for Sex Criminals.[8]

Zdarsky wrote the first series arc of the relaunched

New Riverdale
relaunch.

On February 15, 2017, it was announced that beginning that June, Zdarsky would be writing a brand new "back-to-basics" Spider-Man series

Zdarsky later wrote the two Spider-Man miniseries Spider-Man: Life Story and Spider-Man: Spider's Shadow.

In November 2018, it was announced that Zdarsky would serve as the writer on Daredevil, with Marco Checchetto serving as artist. The series began publication in February 2019 and lasted until November 2021 with issue 36.[10] This leads into the event Devil's Reign, also by Zdarsky and Checchetto.[11] A new Daredevil #1 will launch in July 2022, with Zdarsky and Checchetto returning from the previous volume. The series will explore the fallout of Devil's Reign and the effect it had on both Matt and Elektra, as both are operating as Daredevil.[12] Zdarsky then announced that August 2023 would mark the end of his Daredevil.[13]

In 2020, DC Comics announced that Zdarsky would be among the creators of a revived Batman: Black and White anthology series to debut on December 8, 2020.[14]

In 2021, it was announced that Zdarsky had signed a deal with Substack to develop executive comics for the service, such as Public Domain and volume two of Kaptara with Kagan McLeod.[15]

In February 2022, it was announced that Zdarsky will serve as the new writer for the mainline Batman book, starting with issue 125 on July 5, with Jorge Jiménez serving as the artist.[16]

In March 2022, it was announced that Public Domain would be heading to print via Image Comics in June 2022.[17]

Awards and nominations

Awards

  • 2014 Eisner Award – Best New Series (Sex Criminals, with author Matt Fraction)
  • 2014 Harvey Award – Most Promising New Talent
  • 2014 Harvey Award – Best New Series (Sex Criminals)
  • 2015 Harvey Award – Special Award For Humor (Sex Criminals; rejected by winner)
  • 2016 Harvey Award – Special Award For Humor (Howard the Duck)
  • 2017 Eisner Award – Best Humor Publication (Jughead, with Ryan North, Erica Henderson and Derek Charm)
  • 2017 War Rocket Ajax Intercontinental Championship
  • 2019 Eisner Award – Best Single Issue/One-Shot (Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man #310)
  • 2019 Shuster Award – Best Writer (Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man, Marvel Two-in-One)
  • 2020 Eisner Award – Best Digital Comic (Afterlift, with artist Jason Loo)
  • 2021 GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Comic Book — Empyre, Lords of Empyre: Emperor Hulkling / Empyre: Aftermath Avengers (with Al Ewing, Dan Slott and Anthony Oliveira)
  • 2023 Eisner Award – Best New Series (Public Domain)

Nominations

  • 2014 Eisner Award nominee – Best Series (Sex Criminals, with author Matt Fraction)
  • 2017 Eisner Award nominee – Best Publication for Teens (ages 13–17) (Jughead, with Ryan North, Erica Henderson and Derek Charm)
  • 2019 Eisner Award nominee – Best Writer (Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man, Marvel Two-in-One)
  • 2020 Eisner Award nominee – Best Writer (White Trees, Daredevil, Spider-Man: Life Story, Afterlift), Best Continuing Series (Daredevil with Marco Checchetto)
  • 2021 Eisner Award nominee – Best Writer (Stillwater, Daredevil, Fantastic Four/X-Men)
  • 2021 Eisner Award nominee – Best Continuing Series (Daredevil)
  • 2021 Eisner Award nominee – Best Continuing Series (Stillwater)
  • 2023 Eisner Award nominee – Best Continuing Series (Daredevil with Marco Checchetto and Rafael de Latorre)
  • 2023 Eisner Award nominee – Best Writer (Stillwater, Daredevil)
  • 2023 Harvey Award nominee – Book of the Year (Public Domain)

Bibliography

Archie Comics

Comixology Originals

DC Comics

Image Comics

Marvel Comics

Other publishers

  • Royal Academy of Illustration & Design
    • Monster Cops (writer/artist, 2003; republished by Legion of Evil Press in 2006)
  • Legion of Evil Press
    • Prison Funnies #1–2 (writer/artist, 2003)
    • Chip Zdarsky's Monster Cops (writer/artist, 2006)
    • Comics Festival!: Monster Cops (writer/artist, 2007–2009)
  • Substack
    • Kaptara #6–11 (writer, with Kagan Mcleod, August 2021–September 2023)
    • Public Domain #1–current (writer/artist, September 2021–)

References

  1. ^ a b c Medley, Mark (28 November 2014). "A dream invite from Marvel to resurrect Howard the Duck". The Globe and Mail.
  2. ^ Chip Zdarsky spills Daredevil Secrets – Ask Marvel
  3. ^ Bayon, Arthur (3 June 2023). "Chip Zdarsky: «Je ne surprends personne avec mes "révélations" sur l'industrie des comics!»". Le Figaro.
  4. ^ "Chip Zdarsky's Prison Funnies! @ PopImage". Pop Image. Archived from the original on 2014-12-04. Retrieved 2017-06-08.
  5. ^ "Extremely Bad Advice". National Post. Retrieved November 28, 2014.
  6. ^ "Steve Murray Hates Toronto, and Wants to Be Your Mayor". Torontoist, October 1, 2010.
  7. ^ Wolk, Douglas (December 4, 2013). "Top 10 Comics and Graphic Novels". Time.
  8. ^ "Steve Murray insufferable and 'very proud' after picking up prestigious Will Eisner award". July 28, 2014. Archived from the original on November 30, 2014. Retrieved November 28, 2014.
  9. ^ "Spider-Man Goes Spectacular". News - Marvel.com.
  10. ^ Marston, George (2021-08-16). "Marvel is ending Zdarsky and Checchetto's Daredevil ... for now". gamesradar. Retrieved 2022-03-18.
  11. ^ "EXCLUSIVE Announcement – New 'Daredevil' Creative Team: Chip Zdarsky and Marco Checchetto". Marvel Entertainment. Retrieved 2022-03-16.
  12. ^ a b "Chip Zdarsky And Marco Checchetto Reunite For An All New Era Of Daredevil". Marvel Entertainment. Retrieved 2022-03-16.
  13. ^ Zdarsky, Chip. "Just A Nice Friday Update". zdarsky.substack.com. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
  14. CBR.com. Archived from the original
    on September 18, 2020. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
  15. ^ Johnston, Rich (2021-08-12). "Chip Zdarsky, Latest Substack Publisher With Public Domain & Kaptara". Bleeding Cool News And Rumors. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
  16. ^ Rivera, Joshua (2022-02-24). "Daredevil writer Chip Zdarsky is the new writer of Batman". Polygon. Retrieved 2022-03-16.
  17. ^ Schreur, Brandon (2022-03-17). "EXCLUSIVE: Batman Writer Chip Zdarsky's Public Domain Headed to Print". CBR. Retrieved 2022-06-24.
  18. ^ Jughead (2015–17)
  19. ^ Schreur, Brandon (2022-05-12). "EXCLUSIVE: Chip Zdarsky's All-Nighter Returns With Vampires, Superheroes and More". CBR. Retrieved 2022-10-14.
  20. ^ Sex Criminals
  21. ^ "Just the Tips Hardcover". Image Comics. Retrieved 2020-09-16.
  22. ^ Kaptara
  23. ^ Zdarsky, Chip. "Kaptara Katch-Up!". zdarsky.substack.com. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
  24. ^ Howard the Duck (2015)
  25. ^ Doctor Strange (2015) #1.1
  26. ^ Star-Lord (2016–2017)
  27. ^ Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man (2017–2018)
  28. ^ Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man Annual (2018) #1
  29. ^ Spider-Man: Life Story (2019)
  30. ^ Marvel 2-in-One (2017–2018)
  31. ^ Marvel 2-in-One Annual (2018) #1
  32. ^ Namor: The Best Defense (2018) #1
  33. ^ Invaders (2019–present)
  34. ^ Daredevil (2019–present)
  35. ^ X-Men/Fantastic Four (2020)

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