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2 | [[caption-width-right:350:"Did you know that Elvis had a twin brother???"]] |
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4 | Brian Keller Vaughan (born July 17, 1976) is a well-regarded comic book writer, most famous for his creator-owned series ''ComicBook/YTheLastMan'' and ''ComicBook/{{Saga}}'', as well as for creating the Creator/MarvelComics series ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}''. He went on to write a run on ''ComicBook/SwampThing'', before creating ''ComicBook/YTheLastMan'', which brought him much critical acclaim. He then launched ''ComicBook/ExMachina'', which met similar acclaim; when the title ended, he concluded that he was better suited writing creator-owned books and has refrained from working on company-owned characters since then. |
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6 | He had a temporary break from comic work while he worked on TV. In 2012, he returned to comic writing with the highly acclaimed Creator/ImageComics series ''ComicBook/{{Saga}}'', followed in 2015 by ''ComicBook/PaperGirls''. |
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8 | He's become very well known for writing complex and highly memorable characters, for his SplashPanel [[{{Cliffhanger}} cliffhangers]], and for writing some of the most soul crushing endings in all of comics. |
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10 | '''Selected bibliography:''' |
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12 | [[index]] |
13 | * ''ComicBook/YTheLastMan'' - Follows the story of Yorick Brown and his monkey Ampersand, the last males left alive after every mammal with a Y chromosome suddenly drops dead. |
14 | * ''ComicBook/ExMachina'' - The story of Mitchell Hundred: superhero-turned-Mayor of New York City. |
15 | * ''ComicBook/PrideOfBaghdad'' - BasedOnATrueStory of a pride of four lions that escaped from Baghdad zoo and wandered the ruined city for some time. |
16 | * ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}'' - Six kids discover their parents are a fearsome group of supervillains. Co-created by Vaughan and ongoing without his creative input. |
17 | * ''ComicBook/DoctorStrangeTheOath'' - A five-issue mini about Strange's attempt to save his friend's life while opposed by a corrupt pharmaceuticals company bent on WithholdingTheCure. |
18 | * ''ComicBook/TheHood'' - A six-issue mini which introduced the character who would go on to become a recurring menace to [[ComicBook/NewAvengers the]] [[ComicBook/TheAvengers Avengers]]. |
19 | * ''ComicBook/{{Saga}}'' - A science fiction/fantasy hybrid which takes place in a [[ALongTimeAgoInAGalaxyFarFarAway far away galaxy]]. Involves robots with TV-shaped heads having sex. |
20 | * ''ComicBook/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Season 8'' - A ComicBookAdaptation of the television series. Vaughan wrote the [[ADayInTheLimelight "No Future For You"]] story arc (issues # 6-9). |
21 | * [[Literature/TheAmazingAdventuresOfKavalierAndClay ''The Escapists'']] - The story of three friends who attempt to revive a Golden Age comic book hero. A spinoff/sequel to Creator/MichaelChabon's novel ''The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay''. |
22 | * ''ComicBook/SwampThing'' - Volume 3, which focused largely on the Swamp Thing's daughter Tefe Holland. |
23 | * ''Spider-Man/Doctor Octopus: Negative Exposure'' - A miniseries that follows a frustrated rival Daily Bugle photographer who helps Dr. Octopus break out of prison. |
24 | * ''ComicBook/TomStrong'': A Fire In His Belly - A single issue story that focuses on Tom's robot butler Pnuman. |
25 | * ''ComicBook/WeStandOnGuard'': A miniseries about an American invasion of Canada in the 22nd century. |
26 | * ''ComicBook/PaperGirls'': four preteen newspaper delivery girls band together for mutual protection during an apparent alien invasion of their late TheEighties Midwestern suburb. |
27 | * ''ComicBook/ThePrivateEye'': A near future [[FilmNoir Detective Noir]] series about an unlicensed investigator trying to find out why his client was murdered. |
28 | * The currently untitled ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' movie, the Sunrise/Legendary Pictures co-production. |
29 | [[/index]] |
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31 | BKV was also a writer on ''Series/{{Lost}}''. He was also the show runner for ''Series/UnderTheDome'', based on the Creator/StephenKing novel. |
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34 | !!Brian K. Vaughan's works contain examples of: |
35 | * AntiHero |
36 | * AntiVillain |
37 | * AnyoneCanDie |
38 | * BittersweetEnding / DownerEnding: {{Happy Ending}}s are fair and far between. |
39 | * BuffySpeak: Not surprising, as Vaughan credits Creator/JossWhedon as one of his biggest inspirations. |
40 | * CliffHanger: Nearly every single issue of any comic he's written ends with a SplashPanel cliffhanger. |
41 | * CreatorThumbprint: ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}'' and ''ComicBook/{{Saga}}'' feature characters based on his RealLife younger sister. |
42 | * DeadpanSnarker |
43 | * DiabolusExMachina: Tell him what you love, so that he can take it away. |
44 | * GreyAndGreyMorality: Few outright heroes or villains in his comics. |
45 | * LeftHanging: Vaughan refuses to disclose who the Skeleton really was, why they hated Bruce Wayne, or what their master plan was. Readers are left with a single tantalizing glimpse of a new character that never appears again. |
46 | * LittleKnownFacts: Many of his comics involve characters engaged in a SeinfeldianConversation regarding little known but fascinating information. Lampshaded in an issue of ''ComicBook/ExMachina'' when [[MetaFiction Brian K. Vaughan and comic artist Tony Harris meet up to discuss a comic they are working on.]] |
47 | --->'''Brian K. Vaughan''' Yeah, glad you found the Nathan Hale statue. America's first spy! And the youngest person memorialized in Manhattan. I mean, if you don't count Joan of Arc or- |
48 | --->'''Tony Harris:''' If you mention one more useless factoid....I am going to punch you in the heart. |
49 | * NoAntagonist: His stories lack characters that could be definitely considered the BigBad. |
50 | * NonHumanSidekick / TeamPet - Ampersand in ''Y: The Last Man'', Old Lace in ''Runaways'', The Lying Cat in ''Saga'', Jack Phearson's pet parrot in ''Ex Machina'' |
51 | * SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: ''Very'' cynical; [[spoiler: both ''ComicBook/ExMachina'' and ''ComicBook/YTheLastMan'' end with their main characters becoming {{Empty Shell}}s, having lost everything and everyone that mattered to them.]] |
52 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Once again ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' will be helmed by [[Creator/YoshiyukiTomino an eccentric bald guy with a penchant for morally grey narratives and killing off beloved characters]]. |
53 | * WorldOfSnark |
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