Daniel Kibblesmith Explained

Daniel Kibblesmith
Birth Name:Daniel Jordan Kibblesmith
Birth Date:9 October 1983
Genre:Comedy
Humor
Notable Works:Santa's Husband

Daniel Jordan Kibblesmith (born October 9, 1983)[1] is an American writer and comedian who has written for television, comic books, and websites.[2] As a writer for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert he is a five-time Emmy nominee.

Early life

Kibblesmith is of Jewish ancestry through his mother.[3] He attended Oak Park and River Forest High School.[4]

Internet writing

Kibblesmith was an early employee of Groupon, joining in 2009. When he left the company in 2014, he was then the in-house comedy writer and senior marketing copywriter. He was also in charge of developing the company's morale boosters. He left the company to become a freelancer. Kibblesmith became a founding editor of ClickHole in 2014,[5] and afterward served as humor editor for BuzzFeed in 2015.[6] [7]

Television writing

In 2015, Kibblesmith became a staff writer for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.[8] [9] At the Late Show, he has received several Emmy nominations for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series, four for the original series, and one for the special Stephen Colbert's Live Election Night Democracy's Series Finale: Who's Going To Clean Up This Sh*t?.[10] He has also been nominated for Writers Guild Awards for Comedy/Variety Talk Series.[11] Kibblesmith was also the writer for the Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee television special in 2019.

Books

Kibblesmith is the author of the books Princess Dinosaur (2021),[12] We Wish You a Harley Christmas: DC Holiday Carols, and Santa's Husband (2017). Santa's Husband was inspired by a humorous tweet by Kibblesmith, who had heard of someone employed as Santa Claus at the Mall of America, who happened to be black. He wrote that he would tell future children that Santa Claus was black, and that any white Santa Claus was "Santa’s husband". Following the tweet, illustrator A.P. Quach created an image of a black and white Santa in romantic positioning.[13] He is also the co-author of the book How to Win at Everything (2013).

Comic books

In 2017 Kibblesmith was the writer for the satirical Valiant Comics book Quantum and Woody,[14] Valiant High,[15] and the Harley Quinn 25th Anniversary Special.[16] He is also the writer for several Marvel comics, including variants of Spider-Man,[17] Loki, Black Panther Vs. Deadpool,[18] [19] and Lockjaw. In 2019 he discussed his Loki series, that it described Loki as the Marvel Universe's "bad roommate".[5] In March 2020, he was announced as writer for the relaunch of the New Warriors comic, for which he co-created Marvel's first non-binary character.[20] [21] The direction of the new characters – particularly the use of pejorative internet slang in names as well as the perceived political agenda of the writing – was met with considerable backlash from online audiences[22] [23] and was never published.[24] In October 2021, Kibblesmith wrote the one-shot The Darkhold: Blade, following Blade after an alternate ending to the 1998 Blade film.[25] [26]

Social media

Kibblesmith developed the idea for GOP Teens in 2012 with a dormant website, which he first began using as a parody space in 2014. In addition to the tweets, Kibblesmith also developed a line of parody merchandise sporting the GOP Teens logo.[27] During the 2016 US Presidential Republican Primary, the parody Twitter account "GOP Teens" was described by Bustle as "a Republican youth outreach campaign that hilariously skewers politicians' misguided attempts to appeal to young people" by tweeting "messages written from the perspective of someone who doesn’t really understand how social media works".[28] Kibblesmith's personal Twitter account has also been covered by the news as he releases comic tweets and items such as fan theories.[29] He has also used his social media to issue parody comics focused on comic strips such as Calvin and Hobbes.[30]

Personal life

Originally from Oak Park, Illinois, he lives in New York City with his wife, Jennifer Wright, whom he married in 2017.[31] [32] Prior to meeting his wife, he was listed as one of Elle.com's Most Eligible Bachelors.[33]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kibblesmith, Daniel, 1983- . Library of Congress Name Authority File . 2019-11-29.
  2. Web site: The Clown Prince of Groupon Moves On . Nymag.com . January 31, 2014 . en-US . 2019-11-29.
  3. Web site: Holmes. Jack. November 1, 2017. 'Santa's Husband' Is War-on-Christmas Trolling at Its Finest. July 24, 2020. Esquire.
  4. Web site: 2017-08-01. Four chosen for OPRF's Tradition of Excellence award. 2020-05-14. OakPark.com.
  5. Web site: Gregory Paul Silber . INTERVIEW: Daniel Kibblesmith says Loki is the Marvel Universe's terrible roommate - The Beat . Comicsbeat.com . 2019-10-21 . 2020-05-14.
  6. Web site: Megh Wright . No Joke, 'BuzzFeed' Just Hired 'Clickhole' Editor Daniel Kibblesmith . Vulture.com . 2014-12-01 . 2020-05-14.
  7. Web site: Dan Kois . ClickHole writers explain their craft: How the Onion's Internet parody spinoff became the best thing online . Slate.com . June 8, 2015. 2020-05-14.
  8. Santa Is a Gay Man in an Interracial Relationship in This New Picture Book . Time . 2017-03-28 . 2020-05-14.
  9. Web site: Kevin Roose . The Clown Prince of Groupon Moves On . Nymag.com . 2014-01-31 . 2020-05-14.
  10. Web site: Daniel Kibblesmith - Emmy Awards, Nominations and Wins | Television Academy . Emmys.com . 2020-05-14.
  11. Web site: 2020 Writers Guild Awards Nominees & Winners . Writers Guild Awards . 2020-02-01 . 2020-05-14.
  12. Web site: Rights Report: Week of March 4, 2019 . Publishers Weekly. 2019-03-05 . 2020-05-14.
  13. Web site: This Author Is Under Attack for Making Santa Black and Gay . VICE . 2017-10-10 . 2020-05-14.
  14. News: From political jokes to superhero laughs: A Colbert writer takes on 'Quantum and Woody' . The Washington Post . 2017-09-28 . 2020-05-14.
  15. Web site: Chris Sims . Preview: Kibblesmith And Charm's 'Valiant High' #1 . Comicsalliance.com . February 16, 2017. 2020-05-14.
  16. Web site: Johnston . Rich . The Late Show's Daniel Kibblesmith Joins David LaFuente For Harley Quinn 25th Anniversary Special . Bleedingcool.com . 2017-08-10 . 2020-05-14.
  17. Web site: Pitts . Lan . From TV Late Night to Superhero Tights: DANIEL KIBBLESMITH . Newsarama . 2019-04-25 . 2020-05-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190425220711/https://www.newsarama.com/44918-from-tv-late-night-to-superhero-tights-daniel-kibblesmith.html . April 25, 2019 . dead.
  18. Web site: From TV Late Night to Superhero Tights: DANIEL KIBBLESMITH . Pitts . Lan . 2019-04-25 . Newsarama . en . 2019-11-29.
  19. Web site: This Week's LOKI #5 Reveals Series Has been Canceled . Arrant . Chris . 2019-11-21 . Newsarama . en . 2019-11-29.
  20. Web site: Hitch . Mike . Backlash as Marvel unveils first non-binary superhero . Star Observer . March 24, 2020. 2020-05-14.
  21. Web site: Forsythe . Dana . Marvel is rebooting New Warriors with writer Daniel Kibblesmith, who loves skateboarding heroes. SyFy Wire . en-US . January 9, 2020 .
  22. Web site: Gramuglia. Anthony. Why Marvel's 'New' New Warriors Have Already Sparked Backlash. CBR. March 19, 2020.
  23. News: West. Amy. Marvel unveils first non-binary superhero - though their name has already sparked a big backlash. Digital Spy. March 21, 2020.
  24. Web site: Donohoo . Timothy . What Happened to the New Warriors' 30th Anniversary Celebration? . July 4, 2022 . CBR.
  25. Web site: Sardo. Matthew. July 15, 2021. Exclusive: Daniel Kibblesmith To Write The Darkhold: Blade #1. July 15, 2021. Monkeys Fighting Robots.
  26. Web site: Mollo. Drew. November 15, 2021. A Blade Comic Reveals the Dark Truth of the Original Movie's Villain. November 15, 2021. Screen Rant.
  27. Web site: Emma Roller, National Journal . Two Parody Twitter Accounts That Perfectly Explain U.S. Politics . . 2014-08-07 . 2020-05-14.
  28. Web site: Rutherford . Lara . The GOP Teens Parody Twitter Just Made Debate Season A Lot More Bearable, If You Can Handle The Sass . Bustle. August 11, 2015. 2020-05-14.
  29. Web site: Little . Riley . Theory: Doctor Mario is Actually A Third Mario Brother . Screen Rant. 2019-12-14 . 2020-05-14.
  30. Web site: Cronin . Brian . Daniel Kibblesmith Takes the Terrible 'Adult Calvin' Strips to the Extreme . CBR . 2019-11-28 . 2020-05-14.
  31. Web site: Daniel Kibblesmith . Daniel Kibblesmith . en-US . 2019-11-29.
  32. News: Jennifer Wright, Daniel Kibblesmith . 2017-08-27 . The New York Times . 2019-11-29 . en-US . 0362-4331.
  33. Web site: Meet Elle.com's 41 Most Eligible Bachelors . Elle . en-US . 2019-11-29.

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