Greg Pak

Greg Pak is an American film director and comic book writer, known for his work on books published by Marvel Comics, including X-Treme X-Men and several titles featuring the Hulk and Hercules.[1] In 2019, Pak began writing Star Wars comics for Marvel.

Greg Pak
Pak at the 2017 New York Comic Con
Born
Dallas, Texas U.S.
NationalityAmerican
EducationNew York University
University of Oxford
Yale University
OccupationWriter, comics creator, director
EmployerDC Comics
Marvel Comics
Known forAction Comics
Batman/Superman
Planet Hulk
World War Hulk
Incredible Hercules
Storm
AwardsRhodes Scholar
WebsiteOfficial website

Early life

Pak was born in Dallas, Texas to a Korean-American father and a Caucasian mother. He graduated from Hillcrest High School. He studied political science at Yale University, where he wrote for the campus humor magazine, The Yale Record,[2][3] and was a member of the Purple Crayon improvisational group. In 1991 he went to study history at Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar with the intent of becoming a politician. He then entered New York University's graduate film program.[2][4][5][6]

Career

His New York University (NYU) student film, Fighting Grandpa, about his Korean grandparents, won the Gold Medal at the 25th Student Academy Awards. His short film "Asian Pride Porn", starring playwright David Henry Hwang and director Michael Kang, was licensed to Atom Films. Pak wrote and directed the feature film Robot Stories. He collected his screenplays in the book Robot Stories & More Screenplays, whose foreword was written by David Henry Hwang.

Pak began writing for Marvel Comics in September 2004 and signed an exclusive deal with them in July 2005.[7] He has worked on such titles as Warlock,[8] Phoenix: Endsong,[9] Phoenix: Warsong,[10] Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, and Dynamite Entertainment's spin-off series based on the Sci-Fi Channel's Battlestar Galactica.

His 2000s projects include Incredible Hercules,[11][12][13] World War Hulk: Warbound and Skaar: Son of Hulk,[14] all spinning-off from World War Hulk, as well as Magneto: Testament[15] and War Machine.[16][17][18] Pak is one of the featured contributors to Secret Identities: The Asian American Superhero Anthology.[19]

In June 2013, Pak began writing Batman/Superman for DC Comics.[1] In November 2013, he began writing Action Comics with issue number 25.[20]

In 2020, Pak will release two original graphic novels based on the web series Stranger Things. The first book, titled Zombie Boys, was released on February 19, 2020. The novel, drawn by Valeria Favoccia, lettered by Nate Piekos of Blambot, colored by Dan Jackson, and cover art provided by Ron Chan, was a total of 72 pages long and saw Will, Mike, Lucas, and Dustin serve as the cast of a home movie being filmed by a new student.[21] A second novel, featuring the same group and format and titled The Bully, currently has a release date of September 1, 2020. The novel involves Troy and James, two bullies from the show's first season, as they try to find the secret behind Eleven's mysterious powers but run into demogorgons in the process.[22]

Filmography

Bibliography

Marvel Comics
  • Warlock vol. 5 #1-4 (with Charlie Adlard, 2004)
  • X-Men:
  • Marvel Nemesis: The Imperfects #1-6 (with Renato Arlem, 2005)[23]
  • Iron Man: House of M #1-3 (with Pat Lee, 2005)
  • Marvel 1602: New World #1-5 (with Greg Tocchini, 2005)
  • What If: Submariner (with David Lopez, 2006)
  • Amazing Fantasy vol. 2 #15 (with Patrick Scherberger, 2006)
  • Hulk:
    • Incredible Hulk vol. 2 #92-111 (with various, 2006–2007)
    • Incredible Hulk #601-611, 709-717 (with various, 2009-2010, 2017-2018)
    • Incredible Hulks #612-635 (with various, 2010-2011)
    • The Totally Awesome Hulk #1–23 (with Frank Cho, December 2015 – 2017)
    • Giant Size Hulk #1 (with various, 2006)
    • Planet Hulk Gladiator Guidebook (with various, 2006)
    • What If: Planet Hulk
    • World War Hulk #1-5 (with John Romita, Jr., 2007–2008)
    • World War Hulk: After Smash (with Rafa Sandoval, 2008)
    • World War Hulk: Warbound #1-5 (with Leonard Kirk and Rafa Sandoval, 2008)
    • Skaar: Son of Hulk #1-12 (with Ron Garney, 2008-2009)
    • Skaar: Son of Hulk Presents - Savage World of Sakaar (with various, 2008)
    • Planet Skaar Prologue (with Dan Panosian, 2009)
    • Dark Reign: The List - Hulk (with Ben Oliver, 2009)
    • Generations: Banner Hulk & The Totally Awesome Hulk (with Matteo Buffagni, 2017)
    • Weapon H #1–12 (with various, 2018-2019)
    • Hulkverines #1-3 (with Ario Anindito, 2019)
  • Hercules:
    • Incredible Hercules #112-141 (with co-author Fred Van Lente and various, 2008–2010)
    • Hulk vs Hercules: When Titans Collide (with co-author Fred Van Lente and various, 2008)
    • Assault on New Olympus #1 (with co-author Fred Van Lente and Rodney Buchemi, 2009)
    • Thor & Hercules: Encyclopædia Mythologica (with co-author Fred Van Lente and various, 2009)
    • Hercules: Fall of an Avenger #1-2 (with co-author Fred Van Lente and art by Ariel Olivetti, 2010)
    • Heroic Age: Prince of Power #1-4 (with co-author Fred Van Lente and art by Reilly Brown, 2010)
    • Chaos War #1-5 (with co-author Fred Van Lente and art by Khoi Pham, 2010–2011)
    • Herc #1-10, #6.1 (with co-author Fred Van Lente and art by Cliff Richards, 2011)
  • War Machine #0-12 (with Leonardo Manco, 2008-2009)
  • Alpha Flight vol. 4 #0.1, 1-8 (with co-author Fred Van Lente and art by Dale Eaglesham, 2012)
  • Silver Surfer vol. 6 #1-5 (with various, 2011)
  • Red Skull #1-5 (with Mirko Colak, 2011)
  • Agents of Atlas
    • War of the Realms: The New Agents of Atlas #1-4 (art by Gang Hyuk Lim, May - June 2019)[24]
    • Agents of Atlas vol. 3 #1-5 (with Jeff Parker, art by Gang Hyuk Lim and Carlo Pagulayan, August 2019 - )[25]
    • Atlantis Attacks #1-5 (2020)
    • Aero #1-ongoing (with co-writer Zhou Liefen, art by Keng, 2019-)
    • Sword Master #1-ongoing (with co-author Shuizhu, art by Gunji 2019-)

DC Comics

Other publishers

James Bond 2018-

References
  1. Truitt, Brian (February 21, 2013). "'Batman/Superman' showcases meeting of DC Comics icons". USA Today.
  2. "Greg Pak: You Wouldn't Like Him When He's Angry" (Radio Program). NPR.org. July 10, 2012.
  3. The Yale Record. New Haven: Yale Record. Spring, 1990. p. 2.
  4. "25 NEW FACESOF INDIE FILM 2003". Filmmaker. Summer 2003
  5. Evans, William (August 13, 2014). "The Carcosa Interview: Greg Pak". The Nerds of Color.
  6. "RHODES SCHOLARS SELECTED FOR 1991". The New York Times. December 10, 1990
  7. Tramountanas, George A. (July 11, 2005). "Greg Pak Makes His Marvel - Signs Exclusively With Publisher". Comic Book Resources.
  8. Weiland, Jonah (July 18, 2004). Warlock Stories: Greg Pak talks "Warlock". Comic Book Resources.
  9. Weiland, Jonah (August 20, 2004). Greg Pak talks 'X-Men: Phoenix - Endsong'"., Comic Book Resources.
  10. Singh, Arune (June 2, 2006). "It's Not Over Till She Sings: Greg Pak Talks 'X-Men: Phoenix- Warsong'". Comic Book Resources.
  11. Richards, Dave (March 17, 2008). "GREEK WEEK Part I -Pak & Van Lente talk Hercules' Past". Comic Book Resources
  12. Richards, Dave (March 20, 2008). "GREEK WEEK Part IV- Pak & Van Lente on Herc's Past & Future". Comic Book Resources.
  13. Richards, Dave (September 4, 2008). "Love, Olympian Style: Pak & Van Lente talk 'Incredible Hercules'". Comic Book Resources.
  14. Richards, Dave (June 10, 2008). "Hulk Slash! Pak talks 'Skaar: Son of Hulk'". Comic Book Resources.
  15. Richards, Dave (May 31, 2008). "WW Philly: Pak talks 'Magneto: Testament'". Comic Book Resources.
  16. Brady, Matt (July 25, 2008). SDCC '08 - Pak & Rosemann Talk War Machine. Newsarama.
  17. Richards, Dave (July 25, 2008). "CCI: Pak, Rosemann on 'War Machine'". Comic Book Resources.
  18. Brady, Matt (November 10, 2008). "Greasing the Gears: Greg Pak Talks 'War Machine'". Newsarama.
  19. Secret Identities. The New Press. Retrieved September 16, 2012.
  20. Phegley, Kiel (June 24, 2014). "Greg Pak & Aaron Kuder Take Over 'Action Comics'". Comic Book Resources.
  21. "Stranger Things: Zombie Boys TPB :: Profile :: Dark Horse Comics". www.darkhorse.com.
  22. "Stranger Things: The Bully TPB :: Profile :: Dark Horse Comics". www.darkhorse.com.
  23. Goldstein, Hilary (March 21, 2005) "Marvel Nemesis Unveiled". IGN.
  24. "War Of The Realms: New Agents Of Atlas (2019) #1 (of 4) - Marvel Comics". comicstore.marvel.com.
  25. Marston, George (23 May 2019). "AGENTS OF ATLAS Returns With New #1 In August". Newsarama.

Sources
Preceded by
Daniel Way		 Incredible Hulk writer
2006–2007		 Succeeded by
Jeph Loeb (New Hulk series)
Preceded by
Jeph Loeb (Hulk)		 Incredible Hulks writer
2009–2011		 Succeeded by
Jason Aaron (New Incredible Hulk series)
Preceded by
James Asmus		 Astonishing X-Men writer
2011–2012		 Succeeded by
Marjorie Liu
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