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Keith Giffen

Born

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

November 30, 1952

Died

October 10, 2023

Website

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

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Comics & Graphic Novels

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Keith Ian Giffen was 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 Keith Ian Giffen was 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. ...more

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	Justice League International, Vol. 1 4.12 avg rating — 5,669 ratings — published 1987 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 (Writer), Dan Abnett (Goodreads Author) (Writer), Andy Lanning (Writer) 3.96 avg rating — 3,294 ratings — published 2007 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Scooby Apocalypse, Vol. 1 3.75 avg rating — 2,715 ratings — published 2017 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 (Writer), Christos Gage, Stuart Moore 4.04 avg rating — 2,008 ratings — published 2007 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 (Writer), Javier Grillo-Marxuach, Simon Furman 3.77 avg rating — 1,755 ratings — published 2007 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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, Cully Hammer, John Rogers 3.85 avg rating — 1,608 ratings — published 2006 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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, Gerard Jones 3.81 avg rating — 1,386 ratings — published 1990 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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) 4.01 avg rating — 1,238 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Scooby Apocalypse, Vol. 2 (Scooby Apocalypse, #2) by Keith Giffen, J.M. DeMatteis 3.82 avg rating — 1,209 ratings — published 2017 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Lovecraft 3.83 avg rating — 1,142 ratings — published 2003 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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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Aniquilación Saga (14 books)
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Keith Giffen,

Kyle Hotz,

Timothy Green,

Javier Grillo-Marxuach

4.01 avg rating — 2,894 ratings

Annihilation: Conquest - Starlord (4 books)
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Keith Giffen,

Nic Klein (Cover Art),

Victor Olazaba (Inker),

Timothy Green (Penciller)

3.94 avg rating — 1,980 ratings

I Luv Halloween (3 books)
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Keith Giffen,

Benjamin Roman (Art)

3.76 avg rating — 1,184 ratings

Lobo by Keith Giffen & Alan Grant (2 books)
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Keith Giffen,

Alan Grant,

Simon Bisley (Illustrator)

3.82 avg rating — 346 ratings

Justice League International: New Edition (2 books)
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Keith Giffen,

J.M. DeMatteis

4.12 avg rating — 220 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

tags: comic-book, funny, lobo, superhero

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