Nationality United States Genre CrimeSuperhero | Name Victor Gischler Role Author | |
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Notable works Gun MonkeysShotgun Opera Notable awards Edgar Award, Anthony Awards Nominations Edgar Award for Best First Novel by an American Author, Anthony Award for Best Paperback Original Books Ink Mage, Go‑Go Girls of the Apocalyp, Gestapo Mars, Gun Monkeys, Clown Fatale: #3 | ||
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Victor Gischler is an American author of humorous crime fiction.
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Career
Gischler's debut novel Gun Monkeys was nominated for the Edgar Award, and his novel Shotgun Opera was an Anthony Award finalist. His work has been translated into Italian, French, Spanish and Japanese. He earned a Ph.D. in English at the University of Southern Mississippi. His fifth novel Go-Go Girls of the Apocalypse was published in 2008 by the Touchstone/Fireside imprint of Simon & Schuster.
He has also writes American comic books like The Punisher: Frank Castle, Wolverine and Deadpool (including Deadpool: Merc With a Mouth and Deadpool Corps) for Marvel Comics. Gischler worked on X-Men "Curse of the Mutants" starting in the Death of Dracula one-shot and continued in X-Men #1.
Gun Monkeys has been optioned for a film adaptation, with Lee Goldberg writing the script and Ryuhei Kitamura penciled in to direct.