Peter Andrewes "Andy" Schmidt is an American comic book editor and writer. He is best known for his work at Marvel and is now editing and writing at other companies.
| Andy Schmidt | |
|---|---|
| Born | Peter Andrewes Schmidt[1] |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Writer, Editor |
Notable works | Annihilation Challenger Deep |
Career
editAt Marvel, Schmidt was an Associate Editor and mainly worked on the "Marvel Heroes" group of titles under Tom Brevoort. In 2006 he oversaw the "Annihilation" storyline, a major event involving a range of Marvel's cosmic characters.[2][3][4][5]
In June 2008 it was announced that Schmidt had left Marvel and went to work for IDW Publishing, editing Star Trek[6] and the revival of G.I. Joe.[7] He has also taken up comic writing, with his first series being Challenger Deep at Boom! Studios,[8] with an announced three-issue comic book adaptation of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.[9][10]
He owns and teaches at Comics Experience, a school dedicated to teaching comics writers and artists.[11][12]
Bibliography
editEditor
edit- Secret War #1-5 (Marvel, 2004–2005)
- Annihilation event (Marvel, 2005–2006):
- Drax the Destroyer (2005) #1-4
- Nova (2006) #1-4
- Ronan the Accuser (2006) #1-4
- Silver Surfer (2006) #1-4
- Super-Skrull (2006) #1-4
- Annihilation #1-6 (2006)
- Ms. Marvel (Marvel, 2006) #1
- Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Last Generation (IDW Publishing, 2008)
- Star Trek: Countdown (IDW Publishing, 2009)
Writer
editComics
edit- "Cyclops and Wolverine" (with art by Marco Turini, in Marvel Comics Presents #8, Marvel, 2008)
- "The Hole" (with Frazer Irving, in X-Men: Divided We Stand #2, Marvel, July 2008)
- "Why Did It Have To Be Spiders?" (with pencils by Joe Lalich and inks by John Czop, in Creature Features #1, by Th3rd World Studios, 2008)[13]
- Challenger Deep (concept by Andrew Cosby, with art by Chee, 4-issue mini-series, Boom! Studios, 2008)
- Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (with art by Chee, IDW Publishing, 2009)
- Five Days to Die (art by Chee, 5 issue mini-series, IDW Publishing, 2010)
- G.I. Joe: Future noir (art by Giacomo Bevilacqua, 2 issue mini-series, IDW Publishing, 2011)
Books
edit- The Insider's Guide To Creating Comics And Graphic Novels (176 pages, Impact, February 2009, ISBN 1-60061-022-6)
References
edit- ^ Q+A with Andy Schmidt: Do something you love, Impact Books, February 9, 2009
- ^ The Power Cosmic: Andy Schmidt talks "Annihilation", Comic Book Resources, December 15, 2005
- ^ "Annihilation Editor Andy Schmidt: 'War Report'" Archived 2011-05-23 at the Wayback Machine. Comics Bulletin, June 23, 2006
- ^ "Keith Giffen & Andy Schmidt Answer Your "Annihilation" Questions, Part 1". Comic Book Resources. February 20, 2006
- ^ "Keith Giffen & Andy Schmidt Answer Your "Annihilation" Questions, Part 2". Comic Book Resources. February 21, 2006 Archived October 7, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Andy Schmidt: IDW's Star Trek Captain Archived December 17, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, Comics Bulletin, December 15, 2008
- ^ Schmidt to Oversee G.I. Joe at IDW Publishing, Comic Book Resources, June 4, 2008
- ^ Rogers Vaneta (August 20, 2008). "Andy Schmidt on Boom's Challenger Deep". Newsarama.
- ^ Lorah, Micahel C. (February 7, 2009). "NYCC '09 - IDW - Dr Who Monthly and More". Newsarama.
- ^ Arrant, Chris (May 4, 2009). "Adapting Wrath of Khan - 27 Years Later". Newsarama.
- ^ "Andy Schmidt Teaches with Comics Experience". Comic Book Resources. November 16, 2007
- ^ Dallas, Keith (November 16, 2007). "A Professional Comics Experience With Andy Schmidt" Archived 2019-06-22 at the Wayback Machine. Comics Bulletin.
- ^ Th3rd World's "Creature Feature": Spawn of Cheesy Horror!, Newsarama, August 7, 2008
External links
edit- Andy Schmidt at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
- Andy Schmidt at ComicSpace