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Andy Schmidt

Born Peter Andrew Schmidt
Nationality American
Area(s) Writer, Editor
Notable works Annihilation
Challenger Deep

Peter Andrew Schmidt (Andy Schmidt) is a comic book editor and writer. He is best known for his work at Marvel and is now editing and writing at other companies.

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Biography

At 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.[1][2][3][4]

In June 2008 it was announced that Schmidt had left Marvel and is now at IDW Publishing editing Star Trek[5] and the revival of G.I. Joe.[6] He has also taken up comic writing, with his first series being Challenger Deep at Boom! Studios,[7] with an announced three-issue comic book adaptation of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.[8][9]

He owns and teaches at Comics Experience, a school dedicated to teaching comics writers and artists.[10][11]

Bibliography

Editor

Comics he has edited include:

Writer

Comics

Comics he has written include:

  • "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)[12]
  • 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, forthcoming)

Books

He has also written about creating comics:

  • The Insider's Guide To Creating Comics And Graphic Novels (176 pages, Impact, February 2009, ISBN 1600610226)

Notes

  1. ^ The Power Cosmic: Andy Schmidt talks "Annihilation", Comic Book Resources, December 15, 2005
  2. ^ Annihilation Editor Andy Schmidt: “War Report”, Comics Bulletin, June 23, 2006
  3. ^ Keith Giffen & Andy Schmidt Answer Your "Annihilation" Questions, Part 1, Comic Book Resources, February 20, 2006
  4. ^ Keith Giffen & Andy Schmidt Answer Your "Annihilation" Questions, Part 2, Comic Book Resources, February 21, 2006
  5. ^ Andy Schmidt: IDW's Star Trek Captain, Comics Bulletin, December 15, 2008
  6. ^ Schmidt to Oversee G.I. Joe at IDW Publishing, Comic Book Resources, June 4, 2008
  7. ^ Andy Schmidt on Boom's Challenger Deep, Newsarama, August 20, 2008
  8. ^ NYCC '09 - IDW - Dr Who Monthly and More, Newsarama, February 7, 2009
  9. ^ Adapting Wrath of Khan - 27 Years Later, Newsarama, May 5, 2009
  10. ^ Andy Schmidt Teaches with Comics Experience, Comic Book Resources, November 16, 2007
  11. ^ A Professional Comics Experience With Andy Schmidt, Comics Bulletin, November 16, 2007
  12. ^ Th3rd World's "Creature Feature": Spawn of Cheesy Horror!, Newsarama, August 7, 2008

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This article is about the Marvel Comics editor. For the musician, see Stir.

Andy Schmidt

Peter Andrew Schmidt is an Associate Editor for Marvel Comics. He prefers to go by his middle name "Andy." He works mainly on the "Marvel Heroes" group of titles under Tom Brevoort.

Comics Edited

  • Secret War #1-5
  • Annihilation event (2006)
  • Drax the Destroyer (2005) #1-4
  • Nova (2006) #1-4
  • Ronan the Acusser (2006) #1-4
  • Silver Surfer (2006) #1-4
  • Super-Skrull (2006) #1-4
  • Ms. Marvel (2006) #1


    • External links


  • An interview with Andy Schmidt focusing on the Annihilation Event.













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