Keith Giffen

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born

in Queens, New York, New York, The United States

November 30, 1952

gender

male

website

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

genre

Comics & Graphic Novels

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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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Average rating: 3.89 · 26,686 ratings · 1,197 reviews · 152 distinct works · Similar authors

	Justice League International, Vol. 1 by Keith Giffen, J.M. DeMatteis, Kevin Maguire (Illustrator) 4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 2,049 ratings — published 1987 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Annihilation: Book One by Keith Giffen, Dan Abnett (Goodreads Author), Andy Lanning 3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 753 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blue Beetle, Vol. 1: Shellshocked by Keith Giffen, John Rogers, Cully Hamner (Illustrator) 3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 504 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Annihilation: Book Three by Keith Giffen, Stuart Moore, Andrea DiVito (Illustrations) 4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 416 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Green Lantern: Emerald Dawn by Keith Giffen, Christopher J. Priest, Gerard Jones 3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 367 ratings — published 1990 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blue Beetle, Vol. 2: Road Trip by Keith Giffen, John Rogers, Cully Hamner (Illustrator) 3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 335 ratings — published 2007	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Annihilation: Book Two by Keith Giffen, Simon Furman, Javier Grillo-Marxuach 3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 383 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Formerly Known as the Justice League by Keith Giffen, J.M. DeMatteis (Illustrator) 3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 233 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Annihilation: Conquest - Book 1 by Keith Giffen (Text), Mike Lilly (Illustrator), Mike Perkins (Illustrator) 3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 243 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Luv Halloween, #1 3.63 of 5 stars 3.63 avg rating — 209 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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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)
3.997111681643132 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 3,116 ratings

Annihilation (5 books)
by Keith Giffen (Text), Mike Lilly (Illustrator), Mike Perkins (Illustrator), Christos Gage, Dan Abnett (Goodreads Author), Andy Lanning, Timothy Green (Illustrator)
3.9152952565343657 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 2,066 ratings

Blue Beetle (6 books)
by Keith Giffen, John Rogers, Cully Hamner (Illustrator), Rafael Albuquerque (Illustrator), Duncan Rouleau (Illustrator)
3.8426294820717133 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 1,506 ratings

I Luv Halloween (3 books)
by Keith Giffen
3.8271028037383177 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 428 ratings

Midnighter (3 books)
by Keith Giffen, Lee Garbett (Illustrator), Rick Burchett (Illustrator)
3.4698275862068964 of 5 stars 3.47 avg rating — 232 ratings

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Quotes by Keith Giffen

“Lobo: ”Hmph! Never figured I'd wind up in heaven...A bad-ass dude like me!

Spirit Guide: “It happens sometimes. The “Infinite Mercy” clause is only used in extreme cases.”
― Keith Giffen, Lobo: Portrait of a Bastich

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