Derek McCulloch (comics)
Encyclopedia
Derek McCulloch is an author of graphic novels, comics, and books for children who was born in Ottawa
in 1964, raised in Grande Prairie, Alberta
, and lives in Oakland, California
.
, and wrote To Be Announced and night life. He was also co-founder of The Comic Legends Legal Defense Fund
in Canada and co-edited the organization's two True North anthologies. His stories have appeared in comics series including Open Season
, Shred!, and Cerebus High Society. He works as a technical editor at an engineering company.
He wrote Stagger Lee, a graphic novel
based on the story of Stagger Lee and drawn by Shepherd Hendrix, which was published by Image Comics
in May 2006
. It has been nominated for several awards, including the Eisner Award
s 2007 and the Eagle Awards
2006, and won several Glyph Comics Awards
in 2007, including Story of the Year and Best Writer.
At the New York Comic Con in February 2009, DC Comics announced that McCulloch would be writing Gone to Amerikay, an original graphic novel to be drawn by Colleen Doran
.
In 2009, he released his first book for children, T. Runt!, illustrated by Jimmie Robinson
.
In 2010, he self-published a print-on-demand anthology of short stories, Stories of a Callow Youth.
Pug, his 2010 graphic novel with artist Greg Espinoza, was nominated for the 2011 Spinetingler Award, in the category of Best Crime Comic/Graphic Novel.
Ottawa
Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...
in 1964, raised in Grande Prairie, Alberta
Grande Prairie, Alberta
Grande Prairie is a city in the northwestern part of the province of Alberta in Western Canada. It is located on the southern edge of the Peace River Country . The city is surrounded by the County of Grande Prairie No...
, and lives in Oakland, California
Oakland, California
Oakland is a major West Coast port city on San Francisco Bay in the U.S. state of California. It is the eighth-largest city in the state with a 2010 population of 390,724...
.
Biography
Throughout the mid 1980s and early 1990s, he was the publisher of Strawberry Jam ComicsStrawberry Jam Comics
Strawberry Jam Comics was a Canadian publisher of comic books during the black-and-white comics boom of the mid and late 1980s. Inspired by the creative success of Dave Sim's Cerebus the Aardvark, founders paul Stockton and Derek McCulloch launched Strawberry Jam with the publication of To Be...
, and wrote To Be Announced and night life. He was also co-founder of The Comic Legends Legal Defense Fund
Comic Legends Legal Defense Fund
The Comic Legends Legal Defense Fund is a Canadian nonprofit organization, created in 1987 to protect the free speech rights of comics creators, publishers, retailers, and readers, by helping to cover legal expenses in the defense of cases where its directors feel those issues are at...
in Canada and co-edited the organization's two True North anthologies. His stories have appeared in comics series including Open Season
Open Season (comic)
Open Season is a comic book series created by cartoonist Jim Bricker. Six issues were published by Renegade Press and one issue by Strawberry Jam Comics from 1986 to 1989....
, Shred!, and Cerebus High Society. He works as a technical editor at an engineering company.
He wrote Stagger Lee, a graphic novel
Graphic novel
A graphic novel is a narrative work in which the story is conveyed to the reader using sequential art in either an experimental design or in a traditional comics format...
based on the story of Stagger Lee and drawn by Shepherd Hendrix, which was published by Image Comics
Image Comics
Image Comics is a United States comic book publisher. It was founded in 1992 by high-profile illustrators as a venue where creators could publish their material without giving up the copyrights to the characters they created, as creator-owned properties. It was immediately successful, and remains...
in May 2006
2006 in comics
-January:*January 1, 2006: Newsweek offer a look back at 2005 through editorial cartoons. *January 2, 2006: The Cincinnati Enquirer cartoonist Jim Borgman starts a blog to detail his creative process...
. It has been nominated for several awards, including the Eisner Award
Eisner Award
The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, commonly shortened to the Eisner Awards, and sometimes referred to as the Oscar Awards of the Comics Industry, are prizes given for creative achievement in American comic books. The Eisner Awards were first conferred in 1988, created in response to the...
s 2007 and the Eagle Awards
Eagle Awards
The Eagle Award is a series of awards for comic book titles and creators. They are awarded by UK fan voting for work produced during the previous year. Named after the UK's Eagle comic, the awards were set up by Mike Conroy, Nick Landau, Colin Campbell, Phil Clarke and Richard Burton, and launched...
2006, and won several Glyph Comics Awards
Glyph Comics Awards
The Glyph Comics Awards recognize the best in comics made by, for, and about people of color from the preceding calendar year. While it is not exclusive to black creators, it does strive to honor those who have made the greatest contributions to the comics medium in terms of both critical and...
in 2007, including Story of the Year and Best Writer.
At the New York Comic Con in February 2009, DC Comics announced that McCulloch would be writing Gone to Amerikay, an original graphic novel to be drawn by Colleen Doran
Colleen Doran
Colleen Doran is an American writer/artist, film conceptual artist, and cartoonist. She has illustrated hundreds of comics, graphic novels, books and magazines, and dozens of stories and articles, including works written by Neil Gaiman, Clive Barker, Anne Rice, J...
.
In 2009, he released his first book for children, T. Runt!, illustrated by Jimmie Robinson
Jimmie Robinson
Jimmie Robinson is an American comic book artist and writer who is currently writing and drawing the comic book Bomb Queen, published by Image Comics...
.
In 2010, he self-published a print-on-demand anthology of short stories, Stories of a Callow Youth.
Pug, his 2010 graphic novel with artist Greg Espinoza, was nominated for the 2011 Spinetingler Award, in the category of Best Crime Comic/Graphic Novel.
Original graphic novels
- Stagger Lee (with artist Shepherd Hendrix, Image Comics, May 2006, ISBN 1582406073)
- Pug (with artist Greg Espinoza, Image Comics, July 2010, ISBN 1607060663)
Books for Children
- T. Runt! (with artist Jimmie Robinson, Silverline Books, June 2009, ISBN 1607060744)
Prose
- "The Gambler" (self-published chapbook, illustrated by Ben Catmull, September 2001)
- Stories of a Callow Youth (CreateSpace, January 2010, ISBN 1450514073)
Strawberry Jam Comics
- To Be Announced #1-7 (with artist Mike Bannon, June 1985-June 1987)
- night life #1-7 (with artist Simon Tristam, September 1986-March 1988)
- Open Season #7 (text page, July 1989)
- Oombah Jungle Moon Man #1 (text page, August 1992)
Other
- Displaced Persons preview book (with artist Rantz A. Hoseley, Image Comics, July 2007)
- Open Season #6: "The Ballad of the Filipino Head Boxer" (written with Jim Bricker, drawn by Bricker and Shepherd Hendrix, Renegade PressRenegade PressRenegade Press was an American comic book company, founded by Canadian Deni Loubert, that operated from 1984 to 1988. Notable titles published by Renegade include Flaming Carrot, Ms...
, April 1988) - The True North: "Rosebud" (with artist Simon Tristam, Comic Legends Legal Defense Fund, August 1988)
- Shred #5: "Leroy Smalls and His Amazing Atomic Skateboard," (with artist Ronny Turner, CFW Enterprises, August 1989)
- Cerebus High Society #1: "The Single Paige" (with artist Simon Tristan, Aardvark-VanaheimAardvark-VanaheimAardvark-Vanaheim is a Canadian independent comic book publisher founded in 1977 by Dave Sim and Deni Loubert. It is best known for publishing Sim's Cerebus....
, February 1990) - The True North II: "Three Card Monty" (with artist Simon Tristan, Comic Legends Legal Defense Fund, July 1991)
- night life #8 (with artist Simon Tristan, Caliber PressCaliber ComicsCaliber Comics or Caliber Press was an American comic book publisher founded in 1989 by Gary Reed. Featuring primarily creator-owned comics, in the next decade Caliber published over 1300 comics and ranked as one of the America's leading independent publishers...
, November 1991) - night life #9 (with artist Simon Tristan, completed but unpublished)
- EXPO 2001: "Stagger Lee on American Bandstand" (with artist Rik Livingston, EXPO/CBLDFComic Book Legal Defense FundThe Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is a United States non-profit organization created in 1986 to protect the First Amendment rights of comics creators, publishers, and retailers covering legal expenses....
, September 2001) - PopgunPopgun (comics)Popgun is an award-winning comics anthology series created by Mark Andrew Smith and Joe Keatinge. Popgun was published by Image Comics starting in 2007. The driving concept behind Popgun is a mixtape of graphic short stories that cross the borders of all genres...
#1: "Jenny Greenteeth" (with artist Shepherd Hendrix, Image Comics, November 2007, ISBN 1582408246) - Comic Book TattooComic Book TattooComic Book Tattoo is an Eisner Award and Harvey Award-winning anthology graphic novel made up of fifty-one stories, each based on or inspired by a song by American singer-songwriter Tori Amos, published by Image Comics in 2008. Rantz Hoseley, longtime friend of Amos, served as the book's editor....
: "Pretty Good Year" (with artist Colleen Doran, Image Comics, July 2008, ISBN 1582409641) - PopGun #2: "Nixon's the One" (with artist Ron Turner, Image Comics, July 2008, ISBN 158240920X)
- PopGun #3: "Cuffs" (with artist Peter KrausePeter Krause (artist)Peter Krause is an American illustrator and comic book artist. He is best known for his work on various DC Comics titles, most notably the Superman-related titles and a three-year run on The Power of Shazam! with Captain Marvel and the Marvel Family....
, Image Comics, April 2009, ISBN 1582409749) - This is a Souvenir: The Songs of Spearmint and Shirley Lee: "The Last Bus Home" (with artist Jimmie Robinson, Image Comics, May 2009, ISBN 1607060485)
- PopGun #4: "Harshing the Mellow" (with artist Anthony Peruzzo, Image Comics, February 2010, ISBN 1607061880)
- Fractured Fables (Free Comic Book Day Edition): "Raponsel" (with artist Anthony Peruzzo, Image Comics, May 2010)
- Fractured Fables: "Raponsel" (with artist Anthony Peruzzo, Image Comics, July 2010, ISBN 1607062690)
Mini-Comics
- Krang! #5 (stories and art by Derek McCulloch, Severely, Ltd., 1988)
- Krang! #6 (stories and art by Derek McCulloch, Severely, Ltd., 1991)