David Pepose Explained

Birth Name:David Pepose
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Notable Works:Spencer & Locke, The O.Z., Savage Avengers, Punisher, Space Ghost, Cable: Love and Chrome

David Pepose is an American comics writer and former crime reporter who has written for Marvel Comics and independent comics. His book Spencer & Locke was nominated multiple times for the Ringo Awards[1] [2] and he won in 2021 for Best Single Issue for his self-published comic The O.Z.[3]

Career

Pepose worked as a reviewer and editor at Newsarama before deciding to write his own comics.[4] His first comic, Spencer & Locke, was published through Action Lab Comics in 2017 with artist Jorge Santiago. It was described as "What would you get if you crossed Calvin and Hobbes and Sin City?"[5] It was optioned for a movie by Adrian Askarieh, the producer of the Hitman films,[6] and was nominated for Best Series at the 2018 Ringo Awards. In 2019, he and Santiago put out a sequel, Spencer & Locker 2,[7] [8] which satirized Beetle Bailey, which was also nominated in the 2020 Ringo Awards. He also wrote an action-comedy called Going to the Chapel.[9]

In 2020, he ran a kickstarter to fund self-publishing The O.Z., a comic which recasts Oz as a war zone.[10] Per Pepose: "The O.Z. is like what if The Hurt Locker took place in The Wizard of Oz — we’re reimagining Dorothy Gale killing the Wicked Witch of the West as something akin to a botched regime change, and when Dorothy returned home to Kansas, she inadvertently left Oz in a horrific power vacuum that would spiral into brutal civil war."[11] The book won the 2021 Ringo Award for Best Single Issue or Story.[12] He also published the post-apocalyptic comic Scout's Honor through AfterShock Comics, about a cult in the aftermath of a global disaster that has built itself around a single artifact: a Boy Scouts manual.[13]

In 2022, he and artist Carlos Magno were announced as the creative team for the new Savage Avengers book from Marvel.[14] [15] He also wrote two issues of Fantastic Four set during the crossover.[16] [17] In 2023, he wrote stories for Carnage Reigns and Extreme Venomverse,[18] [19] as well as a five-issue mini-series Moon Knight: City of the Dead,[20] which introduced a new Scarlet Scarab similar to the one on the Disney+ show.[21] [22] In July 2023, at San Diego Comic-Con, it was revealed that he would be writing a new Punisher mini-series about a brand new Punisher, Joe Garrison.[23] [24] [25]

In 2024, Dynamite Entertainment announced that Pepose would write a new Space Ghost comic series with artist Jonathan Lau.[26] In September 2024, it was announced that he and artist Mike Henderson would be the creative team for a new Cable mini-series, Cable: Love and Chrome.[27] [28] [29] In November 2024, it was announced that he would be writing a new Speed Racer series from Mad Cave Studios starting with a Free Comic Book Day issue.[30] In January 2025, it was announced that he would write a new Captain Planet comic for Dynamite Entertainment. This would be the first Captain Planet series in three decades.[31]

Personal life

Pepose graduated magna cum laude from Brandeis University. He studied American Studies, creative writing and theater arts.[32]

Bibliography

Marvel Comics

Other Comics

Action Lab Comics

AfterShock Comics

Dynamite Entertainment

Mad Cave Studios

Papercutz

Other

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2018 Ringo Awards . 2025-01-21 . Ringo Awards . en-US.
  2. Web site: 2020 Ringo Awards . 2025-01-21 . Ringo Awards . en-US.
  3. Web site: 2021 Ringo Awards . 2025-01-21 . Ringo Awards . en-US.
  4. Web site: Brooke . David . 2017-02-28 . Writer David Pepose On New Series Spencer & Locke, Comic Criticism And More! . 2025-01-21 . AiPT . en-us.
  5. Web site: Kassen . Harry . 2019-02-14 . 'Calvin and Hobbes was Just the Tip of the Iceberg': David Pepose, Jorge Santiago talk Spencer & Locke 2 . 2025-01-21 . Comics Bookcase . en-US.
  6. Web site: Kit . Borys . 2017-07-10 . 'Spencer & Locke' Getting Movie Treatment From 'Hitman' Producer (Exclusive) . 2025-01-21 . The Hollywood Reporter . en-US.
  7. Web site: Schedeen . Jesse . 2019-01-25 . Our Favorite Calvin & Hobbes Crime Parody Returns (Spencer & Locke 2 #1 Review) . 2025-01-21 . IGN . en.
  8. Web site: McMillan . Graeme . 2018-07-12 . Cult Noir Comic 'Spencer & Locke' Returns This Winter . 2025-01-21 . The Hollywood Reporter . en-US.
  9. Web site: McMillan . Graeme . 2019-03-14 . Indie Comic 'Going to the Chapel' Is 'Die Hard' at a Wedding . 2025-01-21 . The Hollywood Reporter . en-US.
  10. Web site: Estrella . Ernie . 2020-08-16 . The Wizard of Oz meets The Hurt Locker in David Pepose's latest comic 'The O.Z.' . 2025-01-21 . SYFY . en-US.
  11. Web site: Quaintance . Zack . 2020-08-18 . INTERVIEW: Writer David Pepose talks smash-hit Kickstarter comic, THE O.Z. . 2025-01-21 . The Beat . en-US.
  12. Web site: Chiu-Tabet . Christopher . 2021-10-24 . 2021 Ringo Award Winners Announced . 2025-01-21 . Multiversity Comics . en.
  13. Web site: McMillan . Graeme . 2020-09-29 . Post-Apocalyptic Comic 'Scout's Honor' in the Works . 2025-01-21 . The Hollywood Reporter . en-US.
  14. Web site: February 3, 2022 . The Biggest, Baddest, Most Dangerous Team of Avengers Returns in 'Savage Avengers' #1 . 2025-01-21 . Marvel Entertainment.
  15. Web site: Dar . Taimur . 2022-02-03 . SAVAGE AVENGERS returns with David Pepose & Carlos Magno at the helm in May . 2025-01-21 . The Beat . en-US.
  16. Web site: Chiu-Tabet . Christopher . 2022-08-18 . Exclusive First Look: "Fantastic Four" #47 . 2025-01-21 . Multiversity Comics . en.
  17. Web site: Couch . Theron . 2022-09-22 . Fantastic Four #47: Die Hard in the Baxter Building . 2025-01-21 . Comic Watch . en-US.
  18. Web site: McMillan . Graeme . 2023-04-01 . Marvel promises more Carnage, more Misery, and... the Death of the Venomverse? . 2025-01-21 . Popverse . en.
  19. Web site: Riddell . Roger . 2023-04-03 . Spider-Man Gets Set To Enter The VENOMVERSE At C2E2 . 2025-01-21 . Monkeys Fighting Robots . en-US.
  20. Web site: Brooke . David . 2023-04-19 . 'Moon Knight' gets anniversary special and new miniseries 'City of the Dead' . 2025-01-21 . AiPT . en-us.
  21. Web site: Remley . Hilary . 2023-04-22 . Scarlet Scarab Makes the Leap From 'Moon Knight' to Comics . 2025-01-21 . Collider . en.
  22. Web site: Grunenwald . Joe . 2023-04-19 . MOON KNIGHT's Scarlet Scarab makes her comics debut in July . 2025-01-21 . The Beat . en-US.
  23. Web site: July 21, 2023 . SDCC 2023: A New Punisher Makes His Marvel Comics Debut . 2025-01-21 . Marvel Entertainment.
  24. Web site: Lapin-Bertone . Joshua . 2023-11-16 . How did Marvel's Punisher get replaced? New sold-out series explores the transition from Frank Castle to Joe Garrison . 2025-01-21 . Popverse . en.
  25. Web site: Salmon . Will . 2023-11-02 . The new Punisher battles some Inner Demons in a tense preview of the new series . 2025-01-21 . GamesRadar . en.
  26. Web site: Anderson . Jenna . 2024-05-01 . Space Ghost's David Pepose Talks the Hanna-Barbera Hero's Epic New Era . 2025-01-21 . ComicBook.com . en-US.
  27. Web site: Adams . Tim . 2024-09-18 . X-Men: Cable Embarks on a New Time-Traveling Adventure in Love and Chrome (Exclusive) . 2025-01-21 . ComicBook.com . en-US.
  28. Web site: Brooke . David . 2024-09-18 . New X-Men series 'Cable: Love and Chrome' to explore Techno-Organic Virus . 2025-01-21 . AiPT . en-us.
  29. Web site: Marston . George . 2024-09-18 . Cable is back in his own X-Men solo comic that sends him to a dystopian future . 2025-01-21 . GamesRadar . en.
  30. Web site: Salmon . Will . 2024-11-20 . Mad Cave brings classic manga Speed Racer to comics next Free Comic Book Day with a special #0 from Savage Avengers and Space Ghost writer David Pepose . 2025-01-21 . GamesRadar . en.
  31. Web site: Brooke . David . 2025-01-21 . 'Captain Planet' #1 rockets into comic shops in April 2025 . 2025-01-22 . AiPT . en-us.
  32. Web site: David Pepose '04 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20240509141252/https://www.whitfieldschool.org/alumni/p/~board/alumni-profiles/post/david-pepose-04 . May 9, 2024 . 2025-01-20 . Whitfield School.

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