Marc Andreyko is a comic book

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 and screenplay

Screenplay

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 writer, known for writing the 2000s ongoing series Manhunter

Manhunter (comics)

-Golden Age:The first of DC's Manhunters was a non-costumed independent investigator, Paul Kirk, who helped police solve crimes during the early 1940s. Though the series was titled "Paul Kirk, Manhunter", Kirk didn't use the Manhunter name as an alias...

for DC Comics

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. He is openly gay

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Biography

Andreyko co-wrote the limited series

Limited series

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 Torso with Brian Michael Bendis

Brian Michael Bendis

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, for which he was nominated for the Angoulême International Comics Festival Prize Awarded by the Audience

Angoulême International Comics Festival Prize Awarded by the Audience

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 and the Prize for Scenario (script)

Angoulême International Comics Festival Prize for Scenario

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 in 2003. He and Bendis are working with Paramount Pictures

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 on a film adaptation of the work.

He co-created with P. Craig Russell

P. Craig Russell

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, an Eisner

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- and Harvey

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-winning one-shot for Marvel Comics

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 featuring Dr. Strange

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 entitled What Is It That Disturbs You, Stephen?

In 1996, he directed a production of Joe Orton

Joe Orton

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's Loot

Loot (play)

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for the Weathervane Theater in Akron

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In 1997 he co-created (with Jay Geldhof and Galen Showman) The Lost, a Harvey-nominated comics mini-series which continued the story of Peter Pan

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 in modern times, with the protagonist presented as an amoral vampiric boy prostitute.

He has written comics for other publishers, including Dark Horse Comics

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, IDW Publishing

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, and Todd McFarlane

Todd McFarlane

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 Productions/Image Comics

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.

In 2004 he began writing DC Comics' Manhunter

Manhunter (comics)

-Golden Age:The first of DC's Manhunters was a non-costumed independent investigator, Paul Kirk, who helped police solve crimes during the early 1940s. Though the series was titled "Paul Kirk, Manhunter", Kirk didn't use the Manhunter name as an alias...

series, relaunching it with a third volume, in which he introduced the character of Kate Spencer and her supporting cast. He co-created (with artist Jesus Saiz) Kate Spencer

Manhunter (Kate Spencer)

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, the title character of the series, the first female character to carry the long-running legacy. He also created Spencer's civilian business partner Damon Matthews

Damon Matthews

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, who is in a romantic relationship with superhero Obsidian

Obsidian (comics)

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, one of the few gay-identified couples in mainstream superhero comics. Although #30 was listed as the final issue, the series resumed a year later with Michael Gaydos

Michael Gaydos

-Biography:At Marvel he has worked with Brian Michael Bendis on Alias and the last storyline of its follow up, The Pulse. He has also illustrated the mini-series Powerless and Daredevil Redemption,...

 on art. However, the series was finally canceled with issue #38 in January 2009. Andreyko went to write the Manhunter back-up feature in DC Comics' Batman: Streets of Gotham monthly series that launched in June 2009.

Recent work includes The Ferryman for Wildstorm

Wildstorm

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, created by Joel Silver

Joel Silver

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, with artist Jonathon Wayshak. In 2010, he wrote Bruce Wayne: The Road Home: Oracle , a one-shot that tied into the Return of Bruce Wayne event. In July 2011, Andreyko will be collaborating with artist Billy Tucci on a fill-in story for Birds of Prey, which will also feature his return to the character of Manhunter.