Gerry Duggan (writer) explained

Gerry Duggan
Birth Date:1973
Birth Place:New York City, U.S.
Alma Mater:Emerson College
Occupation:Director and writer of television and comics
Years Active:1999–present
Spouse:Virginia Duggan
Children:1

Gerry Duggan (;[1] born 1973) is an American comics writer, director and photographer living in Los Angeles.[2]

Early life

Duggan was born in New York City and raised in Ridgewood, New Jersey, where he graduated from Ridgewood High School in 1992.[3] He attended Emerson College, graduating in 1996.

Career

Duggan was working at Golden Apple Comics in 1999 where he met many of his future collaborators, and eventually began production jobs working at Dakota Films. For the next 10 years worked in live TV, awards shows, pilots, comics, and films before finding traction in American comic books. Gerry Duggan has written Hulk, Nova, Hawkeye Vs. Deadpool, Batman: Arkham Manor, and co-writing Deadpool with Brian Posehn.[4] [5] [6]

Duggan was a writer and producer on Attack of the Show! and was on the staff for its final shows. His comics career began at Image Comics by writing and co-creating series The Last Christmas with Posehn and Rick Remender, and later The Infinite Horizon with Phil Noto, with was nominated for an Eisner Award in 2008 for Best New Series.[7] Duggan was a regular cast member on Posehn's role-playing podcast Nerd Poker, but was forced to exit due to increased writing deadlines.

In 2013, Marvel re-launched the Deadpool series, with Duggan and Brian Posehn as writers. In 2014 Duggan contributed to the script for the Xbox game Sunset Overdrive, and was part of a team that wrote the 2014 Film Independent Spirit Awards hosted by Patton Oswalt, for which he was nominated for a WGA Award.[8] [9] [10] Duggan also directed the promotional ads for that year's awards shows. In the same year he commenced a contract with Marvel Entertainment,[11] and began work on a reboot of the Avengers series.[12]

In 2016 Duggan co-wrote Marvel's Doctor Strange: The Last Days of Magic,[13] and continued to write for the Deadpool series until the run's conclusion with issue 36.[14] [15] Duggan currently writes the critically acclaimed Marauders, as part of Marvel's 2019 reboot of the X-Men titles and also began writing Cable in 2020.[16] In 2021, Duggan began writing the X-Men flagship series, replacing Jonathan Hickman.[17]

Personal life

Duggan has lived and worked in Los Angeles since 1998. He is married to Virginia Duggan and together they have one son.

Bibliography

DC Comics

Marvel Comics

Infinity Watch #1-5, (2019)

Vol. 6 (2021)

Other

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vh50RXXo2ZI Rapid-Fire Questions with INFINITY WARS Writer Gerry Duggan
  2. Web site: Duggan, Gerry . worldcat.org . September 20, 2016.
  3. O'Donnell, Chuck. "Ridgewood native's love of comics takes him to The Infinite Horizon", The Ridgewood News, December 2, 2011, backed up by the Internet Archive as of May 21, 2014. Accessed October 30, 2017. "Staring at a dog-eared copy of Homer's The Odyssey he had pulled off a shelf, Duggan's mind flashed back to the first time he was introduced to the book as a student at Ridgewood High School.... The senior class president of the class of 1992 was an exuberant, outgoing, intelligent kid - "a big teddy bear" as one former classmate put it - with a healthy imagination"
  4. http://herocomplex.latimes.com/comics/infinity-gauntlet-no-1-preview-gerry-duggan-dustin-weaver-get-cosmic/#/0 "'Infinity Gauntlet' No. 1 preview"
  5. http://insidepulse.com/2012/11/12/marvel-now-review-deadpool-1-by-brian-posehn-gerry-duggan-and-tony-moore/ "Marvel NOW! Review: Deadpool #1 by Brian Posehn, Gerry Duggan, and Tony Moore"
  6. http://whatculture.com/comics/deadpool-10-review-brian-posehn-and-gerry-duggan.php "Deadpool #10 Review – Brian Posehn And Gerry Duggan "
  7. News: Eisner Awards Announced . April 14, 2008 . variety.com . September 20, 2016.
  8. Web site: 2015 . wga.org . September 20, 2016 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305005910/http://www.wga.org/content/default.aspx?id=5678 . March 5, 2016 .
  9. https://deadline.com/2016/11/patton-oswalt-returns-for-second-year-as-wga-awards-host-1201855603/ "Patton Oswalt Returns For Second Year As WGA Awards Host"
  10. https://variety.com/2016/film/news/patton-oswalt-host-writers-guild-west-ceremonies-1201697373/ "Patton Oswalt to Host Writers Guild Awards"
  11. http://ca.ign.com/articles/2015/07/24/between-the-panels-the-marvel-comics-relaunch-already-has-a-big-problem "Between the Panels: The Marvel Comics Relaunch Already Has a Big Problem"
  12. http://www.idigitaltimes.com/all-new-all-different-avengers-sdcc-panel-reveals-future-earths-mightiest-heroes-457035 "All-New All-Different Avengers SDCC Panel Reveals Future Of Earth's Mightiest Heroes"
  13. http://www.comicsbeat.com/the-marvel-rundown-pleasant-hill-ends-the-last-days-of-magic-begin/ "The Marvel Rundown: PLEASANT HILL Ends, THE LAST DAYS OF MAGIC Begin"
  14. http://www.hitfix.com/harpy/deadpool-is-totally-a-feminist-according-to-deadpool-writer-gerry-duggan "Deadpool is totally a feminist, according to DEADPOOL writer Gerry Duggan"
  15. https://comicbookroundup.com/comic-books/writer-artist/gerry-duggan
  16. https://comicbookroundup.com/comic-books/writer-artist/gerry-duggan
  17. Web site: Sava . Oliver . After years on a weird island, the X-Men are finally superheroes again . Polygon . 7 July 2021 . 10 January 2022.