Thomas E. Sniegoski
Encyclopedia
Career
A number of Sniegoski's works have been related to the BuffyverseBuffyverse
The Buffyverse, also known as the Whedonverse or Slayerverse , is the shared fictional universe in which the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel are set. This term, originally coined by fans of the TV series, has since been used in the titles of published works, and adopted by Joss...
, the fictional universe established by TV series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel.
Thomas has written and collaborated on comics since 1989. Some highlights include working on Vampirella
Vampirella
Vampirella is a fictional character, a comic book vampire heroine created by Forrest J Ackerman and costume designer Trina Robbins in Warren Publishing's black-and-white horror comics magazine Vampirella #1 . Writer-editor Archie Goodwin later developed the character from horror-story hostess, in...
, Punisher
Punisher
The Punisher is a fictional character, an anti-hero appearing in comic books based in the . Created by writer Gerry Conway and artists John Romita, Sr., and Ross Andru, the character made its first appearance in The Amazing Spider-Man #129 .The Punisher is a vigilante who employs murder,...
, and Batman
Batman
Batman is a fictional character created by the artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger. A comic book superhero, Batman first appeared in Detective Comics #27 , and since then has appeared primarily in publications by DC Comics...
. Stupid, Stupid Rat Tails
Stupid, Stupid Rat Tails
Stupid, Stupid Rat-Tails: The Adventures of Big Johnson Bone, Frontier Hero is a prequel to the Eisner Award-winning comic book Bone by Jeff Smith...
was a prequel miniseries to fan favorite indie hit, Bone
Bone (comics)
Bone is an independently published graphic novel series originally serialized in 55 irregularly released issues from 1991 to 2004. Bone was drawn and written by Jeff Smith....
. Sniegoski collaborated with Bone
Bone (comics)
Bone is an independently published graphic novel series originally serialized in 55 irregularly released issues from 1991 to 2004. Bone was drawn and written by Jeff Smith....
creator Jeff Smith
Jeff Smith (cartoonist)
Jeff Smith is an American cartoonist, best known as the creator of the self-published comic book series Bone. His current series, RASL, focuses on an art thief who hops through dimensional barriers, hiding out on various parallel worlds.-Early life and education:Jeff Smith was born in McKees...
on the prequel, making him the only writer Smith has ever asked to work on those characters.
Sniegoski was the co-writer of the monthly Angel comic book series, based on the hit show, the Chaos! Comics
Chaos! Comics
Chaos! Comics was a comic book publisher that operated from 1994 until 2002.-Overview:Their titles included Lady Death, Purgatori, Evil Ernie, Chastity, Jade, Omen, Bad Kitty, Cremator, Lady Demon, and Smiley The Psychotic Button.They also published licensed comics for the World Wrestling...
mini-series Jade
Jade (Chaos Comics)
Jade is fictional comic book character published by Chaos! Comics.-Fictional character biography:Jade is a 4000-year-old vampire-sorceress who has been the leader of a powerful, Shanghai crime family for over a millennia, a position she inherited from her father. For ages, it was a position she...
: Turn Loose the Dragon and its sequel Jade: Redemption, and fan favorite artist Randy Green's creator-owned series, The Dollz. He has written dozens of comics, including Batman Chronicles #22 and Wolverine/Punisher: Revelation and the Hellboy
Hellboy
Hellboy is a comic book superhero created by writer-artist Mike Mignola. The character first appeared in San Diego Comic-Con Comics #2 , and has since appeared in various eponymous miniseries, one-shots and intercompany crossovers...
-inspired three issue mini-series, B.P.R.D
Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense
The Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense is a fictional organization in the comic book work of Mike Mignola, charged with protecting America and the world from the occult, paranormal and supernatural. It maintains the services of several supernatural persons, including Hellboy. The B.P.R.D...
: The Hollow Earth was co-written with Christopher Golden
Christopher Golden
Christopher Golden is an American author of horror, fantasy, and suspense novels for adults, teens, and young readers.Golden was born and raised in Massachusetts, where he still lives with his family. He is a graduate of Tufts University...
and Hellboy creator Mike Mignola
Mike Mignola
Michael Joseph "Mike" Mignola is an American comic book artist and writer who created the comic book series Hellboy for Dark Horse Comics. He has worked for animation projects such as Atlantis: The Lost Empire and the adaptation of his one shot comic book, The Amazing Screw-On Head.-Career:Mignola...
. Other work with Golden includes Talent
Talent (comics)
Talent is a comic book series written by Christopher Golden and Tom Sniegoski, drawn by Paul Azaceta, published by Boom! Studios.-Plot:A college professor, Nicholas Dane is the only survivor of flight 654, a plane that crashes into the sea and kills the crew and 148 other passengers...
for Boom! Studios
Boom! Studios
BOOM! Studios is an American comic book company headquartered in Los Angeles, California, United States. The "BOOM!" in BOOM! Studios is always capitalized by the company.-History:BOOM! was founded June 22, 2005 with Zombie Tales #1....
.
Tom has been working in the comic book field for ten years, for companies as diverse as Marvel
Marvel Comics
Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...
, Image
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...
, Dark Horse
Dark Horse Comics
Dark Horse Comics is the largest independent American comic book and manga publisher.Dark Horse Comics was founded in 1986 by Mike Richardson in Milwaukie, Oregon, with the concept of establishing an ideal atmosphere for creative professionals. Richardson started out by opening his first comic book...
, Acclaim, Harris, Crusade, Caliber, Spiderbaby, London Night, and most recently, Cartoon Books.
Other work includes Star Trek: Embrace the Wolf for Wildstorm
Wildstorm
WildStorm Productions, or simply WildStorm, published American comic books. Originally an independent company established by Jim Lee and further expanded upon in subsequent years by other creators, WildStorm became a publishing imprint of DC Comics in 1999...
, Batman: Real World for DC, Ghost, Razor, Shi and a Waterworld
Waterworld
Waterworld is a 1995 post-apocalyptic science fiction film. The film was directed by Kevin Reynolds and co-written by Peter Rader and David Twohy. It is based on Rader's original 1986 screenplay and stars Kevin Costner, who also produced it. It was distributed by Universal Pictures...
mini-series which was a sequel to the Universal film, also with Christopher Golden, and several Buffy the Vampire Slayer related projects for Dark Horse.
Buffyverse
- Soul Trade (Angel novel)Soul Trade (Angel novel)Soul Trade is an original novel based on the U.S. television series Angel. Tagline: "The black market is trading on humanity."-Plot summary:...
- Earthly Possessions (Angel comic) (with Christopher GoldenChristopher GoldenChristopher Golden is an American author of horror, fantasy, and suspense novels for adults, teens, and young readers.Golden was born and raised in Massachusetts, where he still lives with his family. He is a graduate of Tufts University...
) - Hunting Ground (Angel comic)Hunting Ground (Angel comic)Hunting Ground is a trade paperback collecting comic stories based on the Angel television series.-General synopsis:A murderer is leaving corpses across L.A. sewers, and the evidence found by Detective Kate Lockley suggests Angel is responsible. Angel does not know which demon or monster is trying...
(with Christopher GoldenChristopher GoldenChristopher Golden is an American author of horror, fantasy, and suspense novels for adults, teens, and young readers.Golden was born and raised in Massachusetts, where he still lives with his family. He is a graduate of Tufts University...
) - Past Lives (Buffy/Angel comic)Past Lives (Buffy/Angel comic)"Past Lives" is a comic book storyline based on the Buffy the Vampire Slayer television series and published in Buffy the Vampire Slayer #29–30 and Angel #15–16. It was later reprinted as a trade paperback collected edition.-Angel #15:...
(with Christopher GoldenChristopher GoldenChristopher Golden is an American author of horror, fantasy, and suspense novels for adults, teens, and young readers.Golden was born and raised in Massachusetts, where he still lives with his family. He is a graduate of Tufts University...
) - Giles (Buffy comic)Giles (Buffy comic)Giles is a comic, a story based on the Buffy the Vampire Slayer television series.-Story description:Giles has been Buffy's Watcher now for four years. He becomes involved in a solo adventure when the Watcher, Michaela Tomasi, notifies him of the death of his former mentor, Archie Lassiter. This...
(with Christopher GoldenChristopher GoldenChristopher Golden is an American author of horror, fantasy, and suspense novels for adults, teens, and young readers.Golden was born and raised in Massachusetts, where he still lives with his family. He is a graduate of Tufts University...
) - Monster Island (Buffy/Angel novel)Monster Island (Buffy/Angel novel)Monster Island is an original novel based on the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel. The plot revolves around the Scooby Gang and the Angel Investigations team joining forces to defeat General Axtius, the father of Angel's deceased ally Doyle.-Plot summary:Doyle's pureblood...
(with Christopher GoldenChristopher GoldenChristopher Golden is an American author of horror, fantasy, and suspense novels for adults, teens, and young readers.Golden was born and raised in Massachusetts, where he still lives with his family. He is a graduate of Tufts University...
)
Novels
- Force Majeure (with Christopher GoldenChristopher GoldenChristopher Golden is an American author of horror, fantasy, and suspense novels for adults, teens, and young readers.Golden was born and raised in Massachusetts, where he still lives with his family. He is a graduate of Tufts University...
) (Pocket Books, 2002)
The Fallen (series)
- The Fallen (Pocket Books, 2003)
- Leviathan (Pocket Books, 2003)
- Aerie (Pocket Books, 2003)
- Reckoning (Pocket Books, 2004)
- The End of Days (Pocket Books, 2011)
Outcast [w/Christopher Golden
Christopher Golden
Christopher Golden is an American author of horror, fantasy, and suspense novels for adults, teens, and young readers.Golden was born and raised in Massachusetts, where he still lives with his family. He is a graduate of Tufts University...
]
- The Un-Magician (Aladdin, 2004)
- Dragon Secrets (Aladdin, 2004)
- Ghostfire (Aladdin, 2005)
- Wurm War (Aladdin, 2005)
The Menagerie (series) [w/Christopher Golden
Christopher Golden
Christopher Golden is an American author of horror, fantasy, and suspense novels for adults, teens, and young readers.Golden was born and raised in Massachusetts, where he still lives with his family. He is a graduate of Tufts University...
]
- The Nimble Man (Ace, 2004)
- The Tears of Furies (Ace, 2005)
- Stones Unturned (Ace, 2006)
- Crashing Paradise (Ace, 2007)
The Sleeper Conspiracy
- Sleeper Code (Razorbill, 2006)
- Sleeper Agenda (Razorbill, 2006)
Owlboy
- Billy Hooten, Owlboy (Yearling, 2007)
- The Girl with the Destructo Touch (Yearling, 2007)
- The Terror of Zis-Boom-Bah (Yearling, 2008)
- The Flock of Fury (Yearling, 2008)
Remy Chandler
- A Kiss Before The Apocalypse (Roc, 2008)
- Dancing On The Head of a Pin (Roc, 2009)
- Where Angels Fear To Tread (Roc, 2010)
- A Hundred Words for Hate: A Remy Chandler Novel (Roc, 2011)
Bone
Bone (comics)
Bone is an independently published graphic novel series originally serialized in 55 irregularly released issues from 1991 to 2004. Bone was drawn and written by Jeff Smith....
:
- Stupid, Stupid Rat TailsStupid, Stupid Rat TailsStupid, Stupid Rat-Tails: The Adventures of Big Johnson Bone, Frontier Hero is a prequel to the Eisner Award-winning comic book Bone by Jeff Smith...
- A Quest for the Spark (2011)