Keith Giffen

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born

November 30, 1952 in Queens, New York, New York, The United States

gender

male

website

http://www.mikejozic.com/giffrespage/

genre

Comics & Graphic Novels

influences

Jose Munoz

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Keith Ian Giffen is an American comic book illustrator and writer. He is possibly best-known for his long runs illustrating, and later writing the Legion of Super-Heroes title in the 1980s and 1990s. He also created the alien mercenary character Lobo (with Roger Slifer), and the irreverent "want-to-be" hero, Ambush Bug. Giffen is known for having an unorthodox writing style, often using characters in ways not seen before. His dialogue is usually characterized by a biting wit that is seen as much less zany than dialogue provided by longtime collaborators DeMatteis and Robert Loren Fleming. That approach has brought him both criticism and admiration, as perhaps best illustrated by the mixed (although commercially successful) response to his w...more Keith Ian Giffen is an American comic book illustrator and writer. He is possibly best-known for his long runs illustrating, and later writing the Legion of Super-Heroes title in the 1980s and 1990s. He also created the alien mercenary character Lobo (with Roger Slifer), and the irreverent "want-to-be" hero, Ambush Bug. Giffen is known for having an unorthodox writing style, often using characters in ways not seen before. His dialogue is usually characterized by a biting wit that is seen as much less zany than dialogue provided by longtime collaborators DeMatteis and Robert Loren Fleming. That approach has brought him both criticism and admiration, as perhaps best illustrated by the mixed (although commercially successful) response to his work in DC Comics' Justice League International (1987-1992). He also plotted and was breakdown artist for an Aquaman limited series and one-shot special in 1989 with writer Robert Loren Fleming and artist Curt Swan for DC Comics.

Giffen's first published work was "The Sword and The Star", a black-and-white series featured in Marvel Preview, with writer Bill Mantlo. He has worked on titles (owned by several different companies) including Woodgod, All Star Comics, Doctor Fate, Drax the Destroyer, Heckler, Nick Fury's Howling Commandos, Reign of the Zodiac, Suicide Squad, Trencher (to be re-released in a collected edition by Boom! Studios)., T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents, and Vext. He was also responsible for the English adaptation of the Battle Royale and Ikki Tousen manga, as well as creating "I Luv Halloween" for Tokyopop. He also worked for Dark Horse from 1994-95 on their Comics Greatest World/Dark Horse Heroes line, as the writer of two short lived series, Division 13 and co-author, with Lovern Kindzierski, of Agents of Law. For Valiant Comics, Giffen wrote XO-Manowar, Magnus, Robot Fighter, Punx and the final issue of Solar, Man of the Atom.

He took a break from the comic industry for several years, working on storyboards for television and film, including shows such as The Real Ghostbusters and Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy.

He is also the lead writer for Marvel Comics's Annihilation event, having written the one-shot prologue, the lead-in stories in Thanos and Drax, the Silver Surfer as well as the main six issues mini-series. He also wrote the Star-Lord mini-series for the follow-up story Annihilation: Conquest. He currently writes Doom Patrol for DC, and is also completing an abandoned Grant Morrison plot in The Authority: the Lost Year for Wildstorm.(less)

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Books by Keith Giffen

Average rating: 3.75 · 11,221 ratings · 606 reviews · 130 distinct works

	Justice League International, Vol. 1 by Keith Giffen, J.M. DeMatteis, Kevin Maguire (Illustrator) 4.00 avg rating — 995 ratings — published 1991 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Annihilation: Book One by Keith Giffen, Dan Abnett (Goodreads Author), Andy Lanning 3.77 avg rating — 372 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Blue Beetle Vol. 1: Shellshocked by Keith Giffen, John Rogers, Cully Hamner (Illustrator) 3.69 avg rating — 296 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Annihilation: Book Three by Keith Giffen, Stuart Moore, Andrea DiVito (Illustrations) 3.93 avg rating — 240 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Blue Beetle Vol. 2: Road Trip by Keith Giffen, John Rogers, Cully Hamner (Illustrator) 3.69 avg rating — 213 ratings — published 2007	My rating:
	Annihilation: Book Two by Keith Giffen, Simon Furman, Javier Grillo-Marxuach 3.68 avg rating — 257 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Green Lantern: Emerald Dawn by Keith Giffen, Jim Owsley, Gerard Jones 3.69 avg rating — 211 ratings — published 1991 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Formerly Known as the Justice League by Keith Giffen, J.M. DeMatteis (Illustrator) 3.87 avg rating — 177 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Annihilation: Conquest - Book 1 by Keith Giffen, Mike Lilly (Illustrator), Mike Perkins (Illustrator) 3.84 avg rating — 172 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	My rating:
	I Luv Halloween, #1 3.60 avg rating — 160 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions	My rating:

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Series by Keith Giffen

Justice League International (6 books)
by Keith Giffen, J.M. DeMatteis, Adam Hughes (Illustrator), Bart Sears (Illustrator)

3.96 avg rating — 1,610 ratings

Blue Beetle (6 books)
by Keith Giffen, John Rogers, Cully Hamner (Illustrator), Rafael Albuquerque (Illustrator), Duncan Rouleau (Illustrator)

3.78 avg rating — 902 ratings

I Luv Halloween (3 books)
by Keith Giffen

3.83 avg rating — 322 ratings

Generation Lost (2 books)
by Keith Giffen, Aaron Lopresti (Illustrator), Fernando Dagnino (Illustrator), Joe Bennett (Illustrator)

3.99 avg rating — 158 ratings

Midnighter (4 books)
by Keith Giffen, Giffen Keith, Lee Garbett (Illustrator), Jon Landry (Illustrator)

3.45 avg rating — 179 ratings

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