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* Creator/NicolasCage is a ''huge'' ''Comicbook/GhostRider'' fan, who's always wanted to portray the character (he even has him tattooed on his arm). [[Film/GhostRider He got his wish]], even though that meant he had to cover the tattoo to portray the character.
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* Creator/EdBrisson grew up a huge fan of the Franchise/{{Predator}} ever since he saw [[Film/{{Predator}} the first movie]], and was delighted that Marvel assigned him to write [[ComicBook/PredatorMarvelComics2022 their ongoing based on the franchise]].
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** Despite his departure from the directorial role but still given a story, screenplay and executive producer credit for the [[Film/AntMan1 film adaptation]], Creator/EdgarWright is a fan of ComicBook/AntMan, as he read comics about him during childhood, plus he owns a copy of ''Tales of Astonish'' #27 (Hank Pym's first appearance) and ''Marvel Premiere'' #47 (Scott Lang's first appearance). Also his replacement Peyton Reed is a Marvel fan too since he was considered to direct ''Film/FantasticFour2005'' before Tim Story signed on and ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' before James Gunn signed on.
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** Despite his departure from the directorial role but still given a story, screenplay and executive producer credit for the [[Film/AntMan1 film adaptation]], Creator/EdgarWright is a fan of ComicBook/AntMan, as he read comics about him during childhood, plus he owns a copy of ''Tales of Astonish'' #27 (Hank Pym's first appearance) and ''Marvel Premiere'' #47 (Scott Lang's first appearance). Also his replacement Peyton Reed Creator/PeytonReed is a Marvel fan too since he was considered to direct ''Film/FantasticFour2005'' ''Film/{{Fantastic Four|2005}}'' before Tim Story signed on and ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' ''Film/{{Guardians of the Galaxy|2014}}'' before James Gunn signed on.
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* Creator/RoyThomas grew up with the superheroes of the 40s and gave up a scholarship just to write for Marvel. He succeeded Creator/StanLee on several titles, and eventually as editor as well, did {{Call Back}}s to stories others had already forgotten, and brought various Golden Age characters into the modern canon. Unsurprisingly, he was the guy behind ''ComicBook/TheInvadersMarvel''.
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* Creator/RoyThomas grew up with the superheroes of the 40s and gave up a scholarship just to write for Marvel. He succeeded Creator/StanLee on several titles, and eventually as editor as well, did {{Call Back}}s to stories others had already forgotten, and brought various Golden Age characters into the modern canon. Unsurprisingly, he was the guy behind ''ComicBook/TheInvadersMarvel''.''ComicBook/{{The Invaders|MarvelComics}}''.
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* Phil Jimenez became a fan of ComicBook/WonderWoman because of the [[Series/WonderWoman1975 Lynda Carter 70s TV series]] and the [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1987 George Perez Post-Crisis reboot in the 80s]]. In 2000, he took over the Wonder Woman title and made heavy use of ContinuityPorn dating back to Perez's time on the book as well making several MythologyGag in tribute the 70s show.
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* Phil Jimenez Creator/PhilJimenez became a fan of ComicBook/WonderWoman because of the [[Series/WonderWoman1975 Lynda Carter 70s TV series]] and the [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1987 George Perez Post-Crisis reboot in the 80s]]. In 2000, he took over the Wonder Woman title and made heavy use of ContinuityPorn dating back to Perez's time on the book as well making several MythologyGag in tribute the 70s show.
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* Creator/JimShooter started writing ''ComicBook/{{Legion Of Super-Heroes}}'' when he was 13. He's been in the industry ever since, including becoming Marvel's editor-in-chief.
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* Creator/JimShooter started writing ''ComicBook/{{Legion Of Super-Heroes}}'' ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'' when he was 13. He's been in the industry ever since, including becoming Marvel's editor-in-chief.
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* Speaking of ''ComicBook/SpirouAndFantasio'', Jean-Claude Fournier was a fan of Creator/AndreFranquin's rendition of the series since his childhood. Franquin had taken the series over in 1946 and given it a makeover shortly afterwards, and around 1969, he didn't want to continue it anymore. Young Fournier had already met Franquin and landed a job at Dupuis, and when asked if he'd take over ''ComicBook/SpirouAndFantasio'' from his big idol Franquin, he gladly accepted, regardless of how big the footsteps were that he had to step into.
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* Voice actor Creator/RichardEpcar stated he was a fan of ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' growing up and stated he was happy to be cast as the Joker in ''VideoGame/MortalKombatVsDCUniverse'', the ''Franchise/{{njustice}}'' series, ''VideoGame/InfiniteCrisis'', and ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11''. [[WesternAnimation/BatmanUnlimitedAnimalInstincts The]] ''WesternAnimation/{{Batman|UnlimitedMonsterMayhem}} [[WesternAnimation/BatmanUnlimitedMechsVsMutants Unlimited]]'' films also see him as Commissioner Gordon.
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* Voice actor Creator/RichardEpcar stated he was a fan of ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' growing up and stated he was happy to be cast as the Joker in ''VideoGame/MortalKombatVsDCUniverse'', the ''Franchise/{{njustice}}'' ''Franchise/{{Injustice}}'' series, ''VideoGame/InfiniteCrisis'', and ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11''. [[WesternAnimation/BatmanUnlimitedAnimalInstincts The]] ''WesternAnimation/{{Batman|UnlimitedMonsterMayhem}} [[WesternAnimation/BatmanUnlimitedMechsVsMutants Unlimited]]'' films also see him as Commissioner Gordon.
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* Creator/KeithDavid grew up reading ComicBook/BlackPanther in his youth as a kid along with ComicBook/SilverSurfer. He would later go one to voice Black Panther himself.
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* Creator/GeoffJohns first suggested to DC that Comicbook/{{Superboy}} should be a clone of Clark Kent and Lex Luthor [[http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/3055/geoffjohnslu2.png in a fan letter as a kid]]. Now he's basically DC's #1 writer and the man behind some of their most successful books and events as well as the company's Chief Creative Officer. And in his breakthrough first arc for his Teen Titans run, he did indeed reveal that -- contrary to what we all believed all these years -- Superboy is in fact cloned from Superman and Lex Luthor.
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* Creator/GeoffJohns first suggested to DC that Comicbook/{{Superboy}} should be a clone of Clark Kent and Lex Luthor [[http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/3055/geoffjohnslu2.png in a fan letter as a kid]]. Now he's basically DC's #1 writer and the man behind some of their most successful books and events as well as the company's Chief Creative Officer. And in his breakthrough first arc for his Teen Titans run, he did indeed reveal that -- contrary to what we all believed all these years -- [[AscendedFanon Superboy is in fact cloned from Superman and Lex Luthor.]]
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* In 2011 Sophie Campbell made some modern redesign ''WesternAnimation/{{Jem}}'' fanart and said she would love to make a comic if Hasbro asked her. Come 2015 and she's one of the main artists for the IDW ''ComicBook/JemAndTheHolograms'' comics, along with being the person who redesigned the characters.
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* In 2011 Sophie Campbell made some modern redesign ''WesternAnimation/{{Jem}}'' fanart and said she would love to make a comic if Hasbro asked her. Come 2015 and she's one of the main artists for the IDW ''ComicBook/JemAndTheHolograms'' ''ComicBook/JemAndTheHologramsIDW'' comics, along with being the person who redesigned the characters.
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* Creator/RoyThomas grew up with the superheroes of the 40s and gave up a scholarship just to write for Marvel. He succeeded Creator/StanLee on several titles, and eventually as editor as well, did {{Call Back}}s to stories others had already forgotten, and brought various Golden Age characters into the modern canon. Unsurprisingly, he was the guy behind ''ComicBook/TheInvadersComicBook''.
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* Creator/RoyThomas grew up with the superheroes of the 40s and gave up a scholarship just to write for Marvel. He succeeded Creator/StanLee on several titles, and eventually as editor as well, did {{Call Back}}s to stories others had already forgotten, and brought various Golden Age characters into the modern canon. Unsurprisingly, he was the guy behind ''ComicBook/TheInvadersComicBook''.''ComicBook/TheInvadersMarvel''.
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* Creator/RoyThomas grew up with the superheroes of the 40s and gave up a scholarship just to write for Marvel. He succeeded Creator/StanLee on several titles, and eventually as editor as well, did {{Call Back}}s to stories others had already forgotten, and brought various Golden Age characters into the modern canon. Unsurprisingly, he was the guy behind ''Comicbook/TheInvaders''.''ComicBook/TheInvadersComicBook''.
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* Creator/DonRosa. Like so many people of his age he was a big fan of "[[Creator/CarlBarks The Good Duck Artist]]". While he didn't get any education in art or narration, he wrote and painted DonaldDuck series for various fanzines, as well as several LTE:s. He even corresponded to Carl Barks himself from time to time. After a new publishing company got the license to make Donald Duck comics, Don Rosa applied for the job as an artist by sending in a mail. He wrote that he was born to make new Donald Duck stories in the spirit of the old Carl Barks comics. He got the job, added some massive ContinuityPorn to the series (against Barks' wishes) and dedicated all his stories to Carl Barks.
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* Creator/DonRosa. Like so many people of his age he was a big fan of "[[Creator/CarlBarks The Good Duck Artist]]". While he didn't get any education in art or narration, he wrote and painted DonaldDuck WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck series for various fanzines, as well as several LTE:s. He even corresponded to Carl Barks himself from time to time. After a new publishing company got the license to make Donald Duck comics, Don Rosa applied for the job as an artist by sending in a mail. He wrote that he was born to make new Donald Duck stories in the spirit of the old Carl Barks comics. He got the job, added some massive ContinuityPorn to the series (against Barks' wishes) and dedicated all his stories to Carl Barks.
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* Phil Jimenez became a fan of ComicBook/WonderWoman because of the [[Series/WonderWoman1975 Lynda Carter 70s TV series]] and the [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1987 George Perez Post-Crisis reboot in the 80s]]. In 2000, he took over the Wonder Woman title and made heavy use of ContinuityPorn dating back to Perez's time on the book as well making several MythologyGag in tribute the 70s show.
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* Phil Jimenez became a fan of ComicBook/WonderWoman because of the [[Series/WonderWoman1975 Lynda Carter 70s TV series]] and the [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1987 George Perez Post-Crisis reboot in the 80s]]. In 2000, he took over the Wonder Woman title and made heavy use of ContinuityPorn dating back to Perez's time on the book as well making several MythologyGag in tribute the 70s show.show.
* The German comic maker Creator/{{Flix}} has been a big fan of ''ComicBook/SpirouAndFantasio'' since his youth. He became this when he was asked to make an official ''Spirou and Fantasio'' issue. And it really goes to show: ''Spirou in Berlin'' not only takes place in Flix's hometown of UsefulNotes/{{Berlin}} shortly before the German Reunification, but it has got all the elements of a very well-made FanFiction from meticulous characterization of all canonical characters to the return of a recurring villain.
** This also went the other way around: Creator/MarvinClifford, another German comic writer and artist, has been sharing a studio with Flix for a while and worshipping him to the point of drawing him as a ten-foot-tall giant in his own comics. When Flix asked Marv to color ''Spirou in Berlin'', he accepted, even though that meant not having time for ''anything'' else. The two make a podcast now, by the way.
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* The German comic maker Creator/{{Flix}} has been a big fan of ''ComicBook/SpirouAndFantasio'' since his youth. He became this when he was asked to make an official ''Spirou and Fantasio'' issue. And it really goes to show: ''Spirou in Berlin'' not only takes place in Flix's hometown of UsefulNotes/{{Berlin}} shortly before the German Reunification, but it has got all the elements of a very well-made FanFiction from meticulous characterization of all canonical characters to the return of a recurring villain.
** This also went the other way around: Creator/MarvinClifford, another German comic writer and artist, has been sharing a studio with Flix for a while and worshipping him to the point of drawing him as a ten-foot-tall giant in his own comics. When Flix asked Marv to color ''Spirou in Berlin'', he accepted, even though that meant not having time for ''anything'' else. The two make a podcast now, by the way.
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* Crator/DonRosa. Like so many people of his age he was a big fan of "[[Creator/CarlBarks The Good Duck Artist]]". While he didn't get any education in art or narration, he wrote and painted DonaldDuck series for various fanzines, as well as several LTE:s. He even corresponded to Carl Barks himself from time to time. After a new publishing company got the license to make Donald Duck comics, Don Rosa applied for the job as an artist by sending in a mail. He wrote that he was born to make new Donald Duck stories in the spirit of the old Carl Barks comics. He got the job, added some massive ContinuityPorn to the series (against Barks' wishes) and dedicated all his stories to Carl Barks.
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* Crator/DonRosa.Creator/DonRosa. Like so many people of his age he was a big fan of "[[Creator/CarlBarks The Good Duck Artist]]". While he didn't get any education in art or narration, he wrote and painted DonaldDuck series for various fanzines, as well as several LTE:s. He even corresponded to Carl Barks himself from time to time. After a new publishing company got the license to make Donald Duck comics, Don Rosa applied for the job as an artist by sending in a mail. He wrote that he was born to make new Donald Duck stories in the spirit of the old Carl Barks comics. He got the job, added some massive ContinuityPorn to the series (against Barks' wishes) and dedicated all his stories to Carl Barks.
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** Evan Stanley, who created the fan webcomic ''Webcomic/GhostsOfTheFuture'', was eventually hired as part of the art team for Archie and IDW due to her [[SugarWiki/AwesomeArt highly-detailed art style]] in her fan comic. She was presented this opportunity by simply being a FandomVIP and entering a fan contest in 2010 (surprisingly, she was only 17-18 and didn't even win). To reflect this, she has called herself a "professional Sonic Fan" and her Tumblr blog was named Professional Sonic Fan from 2012 to 2016. In 2020, she was [[UpToEleven further promoted to head writer for the Sonic comics]], beginning with the IDW series' 33rd issue, and will be alternating with Ian Flynn from hereon.
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** Evan Stanley, who created the fan webcomic ''Webcomic/GhostsOfTheFuture'', was eventually hired as part of the art team for Archie and IDW due to her [[SugarWiki/AwesomeArt highly-detailed art style]] in her fan comic. She was presented this opportunity by simply being a FandomVIP and entering a fan contest in 2010 (surprisingly, she was only 17-18 and didn't even win). To reflect this, she has called herself a "professional Sonic Fan" and her Tumblr blog was named Professional Sonic Fan from 2012 to 2016. In 2020, she was [[UpToEleven [[ExaggeratedTrope further promoted to head writer for the Sonic comics]], beginning with the IDW series' 33rd issue, and will be alternating with Ian Flynn from hereon.
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* And of course, the fathers of the superhero genre, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, were reportedly huge, stereotypical nerds in love with science fiction, and with [[Franchise/{{Superman}} their creation]], they ushered in that subgenre of sci-fi/fantasy.
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** Evan Stanley, who created the fan webcomic ''Webcomic/GhostsOfTheFuture'', was eventually hired as part of the art team for Archie and IDW due to her [[SugarWiki/AwesomeArt highly-detailed art style]] in her fan comic. She was presented this opportunity by simply being a FandomVIP and entering a fan contest in 2010 (surprisingly, she didn't even win). To reflect this, she has called herself a "professional Sonic Fan" and her Tumblr blog was named Professional Sonic Fan from 2012 to 2016. In 2020, she was [[UpToEleven further promoted to head writer for the Sonic comics]], beginning with the IDW series' 33rd issue, and will be alternating with Ian Flynn from hereon.
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** Evan Stanley, who created the fan webcomic ''Webcomic/GhostsOfTheFuture'', was eventually hired as part of the art team for Archie and IDW due to her [[SugarWiki/AwesomeArt highly-detailed art style]] in her fan comic. She was presented this opportunity by simply being a FandomVIP and entering a fan contest in 2010 (surprisingly, she was only 17-18 and didn't even win). To reflect this, she has called herself a "professional Sonic Fan" and her Tumblr blog was named Professional Sonic Fan from 2012 to 2016. In 2020, she was [[UpToEleven further promoted to head writer for the Sonic comics]], beginning with the IDW series' 33rd issue, and will be alternating with Ian Flynn from hereon.
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** Evan Stanley, who created the fan webcomic ''Webcomic/GhostsOfTheFuture'', was eventually hired as part of the art team for Archie and IDW due to her [[SugarWiki/AwesomeArt highly-detailed art style]] in her fan comic. She was presented this opportunity by simply being a FandomVIP and entering a fan contest in 2010. To reflect this, she has called herself a "professional Sonic Fan" and her Tumblr blog was named Professional Sonic Fan from 2012 to 2016. In 2020, she was [[UpToEleven further promoted to head writer for the Sonic comics]], beginning with the IDW series' 33rd issue, and will be alternating with Ian Flynn from hereon.
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** Evan Stanley, who created the fan webcomic ''Webcomic/GhostsOfTheFuture'', was eventually hired as part of the art team for Archie and IDW due to her [[SugarWiki/AwesomeArt highly-detailed art style]] in her fan comic. She was presented this opportunity by simply being a FandomVIP and entering a fan contest in 2010.2010 (surprisingly, she didn't even win). To reflect this, she has called herself a "professional Sonic Fan" and her Tumblr blog was named Professional Sonic Fan from 2012 to 2016. In 2020, she was [[UpToEleven further promoted to head writer for the Sonic comics]], beginning with the IDW series' 33rd issue, and will be alternating with Ian Flynn from hereon.
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** Evan Stanley, who created the fan webcomic ''Webcomic/GhostsOfTheFuture'', was eventually hired as part of the art team for Archie and IDW due to her [[SugarWiki/AwesomeArt highly-detailed art style]] in her fan comic. She was presented this opportunity by simply being a FandomVIP and entering a fan contest in 2010. To reflect this, she called herself a "Professional Sonic Fan" and [[https://spiritsonic.tumblr.com her Tumblr blog]] was named Professional Sonic Fan from 2012 to 2016. In 2020, she was [[UpToEleven further promoted to head writer for the Sonic comics]], beginning with the IDW series' 33rd issue, and will be alternating with Ian Flynn from hereon.
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** Evan Stanley, who created the fan webcomic ''Webcomic/GhostsOfTheFuture'', was eventually hired as part of the art team for Archie and IDW due to her [[SugarWiki/AwesomeArt highly-detailed art style]] in her fan comic. She was presented this opportunity by simply being a FandomVIP and entering a fan contest in 2010. To reflect this, she has called herself a "Professional "professional Sonic Fan" and [[https://spiritsonic.tumblr.com her Tumblr blog]] blog was named Professional Sonic Fan from 2012 to 2016. In 2020, she was [[UpToEleven further promoted to head writer for the Sonic comics]], beginning with the IDW series' 33rd issue, and will be alternating with Ian Flynn from hereon.
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** Evan Stanley, who created the fan webcomic ''Webcomic/GhostsOfTheFuture'', was eventually hired as part of the art team for Archie and IDW due to her [[SugarWiki/AwesomeArt highly-detailed art style]] in her fan comic. She was presented this opportunity by simply being a FandomVIP and entering a fan contest in 2010. In 2020, she was [[UpToEleven further promoted to head writer for the Sonic comics]], beginning with the IDW series' 33rd issue, and will be alternating with Ian Flynn from hereon.
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** Evan Stanley, who created the fan webcomic ''Webcomic/GhostsOfTheFuture'', was eventually hired as part of the art team for Archie and IDW due to her [[SugarWiki/AwesomeArt highly-detailed art style]] in her fan comic. She was presented this opportunity by simply being a FandomVIP and entering a fan contest in 2010. To reflect this, she called herself a "Professional Sonic Fan" and [[https://spiritsonic.tumblr.com her Tumblr blog]] was named Professional Sonic Fan from 2012 to 2016. In 2020, she was [[UpToEleven further promoted to head writer for the Sonic comics]], beginning with the IDW series' 33rd issue, and will be alternating with Ian Flynn from hereon.
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** Evan Stanley, who created the fan webcomic ''Webcomic/GhostsOfTheFuture'', was eventually hired as part of the art team for Archie and IDW due to her [[SugarWiki/AwesomeArt highly-detailed art style]] in her fan comic. In 2020, she was [[UpToEleven further promoted to head writer for the Sonic comics]], beginning with the IDW series' 33rd issue, and will be alternating with Ian Flynn from hereon.
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** Evan Stanley, who created the fan webcomic ''Webcomic/GhostsOfTheFuture'', was eventually hired as part of the art team for Archie and IDW due to her [[SugarWiki/AwesomeArt highly-detailed art style]] in her fan comic. She was presented this opportunity by simply being a FandomVIP and entering a fan contest in 2010. In 2020, she was [[UpToEleven further promoted to head writer for the Sonic comics]], beginning with the IDW series' 33rd issue, and will be alternating with Ian Flynn from hereon.
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* [[Creator/IanFlynn Ian "Potto" Flynn]], writer for the [[Comicbook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog Archie Sonic comic series]] from issue 160 until its very end, and current writer of ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogIDW'', was once a fanboy with his own fan comic. Other notables from the ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' fandom who went into doing stuff for the line are J. Axer and Dawn Best. The future Freedom Fighters from ''Sonic Universe'' #25-28 might look awfully familiar to anyone who read that fancomic.
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* [[Creator/IanFlynn Ian "Potto" Flynn]], writer for the [[Comicbook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog [[Comicbook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics Archie Sonic comic series]] from issue 160 until its very end, and current writer of ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogIDW'', was once a fanboy with his own fan comic. Other notables from the ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' fandom who went into doing stuff for the line are J. Axer and Dawn Best. The future Freedom Fighters from ''Sonic Universe'' #25-28 might look awfully familiar to anyone who read that fancomic.
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** Evan Stanley, who created the fan webcomic ''Webcomic/GhostsOfTheFuture'', was eventually hired as part of the art team for Archie and IDW due to her [[SugarWiki/AwesomeArt highly-detailed art style]] in her fan comic. In 2020, she was [[UpToEleven further promoted to head writer for the Sonic comics]], beginning with the IDW series' 33rd issue, and will be alternating with Ian Flynn from hereon.
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* Anybody who'd been reading Creator/KieronGillen's Tumblr for a while would have anticipated how overjoyed he was to be hired to write ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40K'' comics.
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* Phil Jimenez became a fan of ComicBook/WonderWoman because of the [[Series/WonderWoman1975 Lynda Carter 70s TV series]] and the [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1987 George Perez Post-Crisis reboot in the 80s]]. In 2000, he took over the Wonder Woman title and made heavy use of ContinuityPorn dating back to Perez's time on the book as well making several MythologyGag in tribute the 70s show.
* Phil Jimenez became a fan of ComicBook/WonderWoman because of the [[Series/WonderWoman1975 Lynda Carter 70s TV series]] and the [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1987 George Perez Post-Crisis reboot in the 80s]]. In 2000, he took over the Wonder Woman title and made heavy use of ContinuityPorn dating back to Perez's time on the book as well making several MythologyGag in tribute the 70s show.
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* Creator/KeithDavid grew up reading ComicBook/BlackPanther in his youth as a kid along with ComicBook/SilverSurfer. He would later go one to voice Black Panther himself.
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* Anybody who'd been reading Creator/KieronGillen's Tumblr for a while would have anticipated how overjoyed he was to be hired to write ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40K'' comics.
* Anybody who'd been reading Creator/KieronGillen's Tumblr for a while would have anticipated how overjoyed he was to be hired to write ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40K'' comics.
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** Despite his departure from the directorial role but still given a story, screenplay and executive producer credit for the [[Film/AntMan [[Film/AntMan1 film adaptation]], Creator/EdgarWright is a fan of ComicBook/AntMan, as he read comics about him during childhood, plus he owns a copy of ''Tales of Astonish'' #27 (Hank Pym's first appearance) and ''Marvel Premiere'' #47 (Scott Lang's first appearance). Also his replacement Peyton Reed is a Marvel fan too since he was considered to direct ''Film/FantasticFour2005'' before Tim Story signed on and ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' before James Gunn signed on.
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* Creator/NicolasCage is a ''huge'' ''Comicbook/GhostRider'' fan, who's always wanted to portray the character (he even has him tattooed on his arm). [[Film/GhostRider He got his wish]], even though that meant he had to cover the tattoo to portray the character.
** {{Squick}}tacularly, he's also a huge Music/ElvisPresley fan who ended up marrying the daughter of the King. He also got to impersonate Elvis himself in ''Film/WildAtHeart'', and jumped off a plane dressed up as Elvis in ''Film/HoneymoonInVegas''.
* Creator/KevinSmith is probably the best known promoted fanboy on the planet. The sheer amount of knowledge he has about comics (and in turn how many he's written) is evidence enough.
* [[Creator/IanFlynn Ian "Potto" Flynn]], writer for the [[Comicbook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog Archie Sonic comic series]] from issue 160 until its very end, and current writer of ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogIDW'', was once a fanboy with his own fan comic. Other notables from the ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' fandom who went into doing stuff for the line are J. Axer and Dawn Best. The future Freedom Fighters from ''Sonic Universe'' #25-28 might look awfully familiar to anyone who read that fancomic.
** Evan Stanley, who created the fan webcomic ''Webcomic/GhostsOfTheFuture'', was eventually hired as part of the art team for Archie and IDW due to her [[SugarWiki/AwesomeArt highly-detailed art style]] in her fan comic.
* Mark Gruenwald. He was a lifetime ''Franchise/{{Justice League|of America}}'' fanboy who spent his whole career at Marvel. Though he didn't create the Justice League [[CaptainErsatz analogue]] ''ComicBook/SquadronSupreme'', he did write their highly-acclaimed limited series.
* Creator/JimShooter started writing ''ComicBook/{{Legion Of Super-Heroes}}'' when he was 13. He's been in the industry ever since, including becoming Marvel's editor-in-chief.
* Crator/DonRosa. Like so many people of his age he was a big fan of "[[Creator/CarlBarks The Good Duck Artist]]". While he didn't get any education in art or narration, he wrote and painted DonaldDuck series for various fanzines, as well as several LTE:s. He even corresponded to Carl Barks himself from time to time. After a new publishing company got the license to make Donald Duck comics, Don Rosa applied for the job as an artist by sending in a mail. He wrote that he was born to make new Donald Duck stories in the spirit of the old Carl Barks comics. He got the job, added some massive ContinuityPorn to the series (against Barks' wishes) and dedicated all his stories to Carl Barks.
* E. Nelson Bridwell of pre-ComicBook/{{Crisis|on Infinite Earths}} Comicbook/{{Superman}} comics got the job of his dreams and loved every minute of it.
* Creator/MarkWaid. [[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=9076 This is his studio.]]
** Gruenwald, Bridwell and Shooter are some of Waid's major influences.
* Creator/GeoffJohns first suggested to DC that Comicbook/{{Superboy}} should be a clone of Clark Kent and Lex Luthor [[http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/3055/geoffjohnslu2.png in a fan letter as a kid]]. Now he's basically DC's #1 writer and the man behind some of their most successful books and events as well as the company's Chief Creative Officer. And in his breakthrough first arc for his Teen Titans run, he did indeed reveal that -- contrary to what we all believed all these years -- Superboy is in fact cloned from Superman and Lex Luthor.
* Tristan Huw Jones was a huge fan of the original ''[[Comicbook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesMirage Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' comics as a kid in the 1980s; when Mirage relaunched the series in the 2000s, he became one of the main writers (and frequently hailed as one of the best of that crop).
* Dave Gibbons was a fan of ''ComicStrip/DanDare'' as a child. When ''Dan Dare'' was [[{{Revival}} revived]] by ''ComicBook/TwoThousandAD'', he was one of the artists who got to draw it, much to his delight.
* And of course, the fathers of the superhero genre, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, were reportedly huge, stereotypical nerds in love with science fiction, and with [[Franchise/{{Superman}} their creation]], they ushered in that subgenre of sci-fi/fantasy.
* Creator/JossWhedon was a fan of ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}'' long before he got to write his own arc, and was rather vocally upset at the idea of it ending at 18 issues: the letter he sent was included in the first TPB.
--> "Last issue? What do you mean, LAST ISSUE? What the hell does that mean? Did you type it wrong? Were you thinking of something else, like maybe the Sub-mariner or the Smurfs? How can there be a last issue when the story is obviously going to continue for years? You're some kind of wrong person. Have it looked into."
** Nick Lowe, who served as an editor for most of the series' run, was a huge fan of Creator/BrianKVaughan. He's also a huge fan of Creator/NeilGaiman and Creator/OrsonScottCard, and played a role in luring both of them to write for Marvel.
* Gerard Way (of Music/MyChemicalRomance and ''ComicBook/TheUmbrellaAcademy'') interned at DC before he was in a band, and used to see Creator/GrantMorrison come into the offices on occasion (and [[WordOfGod marveled at how he dressed like]] [[Comicbook/TheInvisibles King Mob]]). Several years later, Morrison is name-dropping "The Black Parade" in his superhero-history-cum-memoir Supergods, and playing the villain in the band's music videos.
* Matt Frank, an artist who was known for his popular ''Godzilla Neo'' fanart, is now doing writing and artwork for offical ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' comics.
* The ''ComicBook/OfficialHandbookOfTheMarvelUniverse'' didn't cover everything. Enter the Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe, a completely unofficial website that tried to chronicle every single thing that the official books either didn't cover at all, or didn't cover to a full extent. The senior staff has since been hired by Creator/MarvelComics to write the newest versions of the ''OHOTMU.''
* As a child, Creator/SteveBlum read comic books at a store his uncle owned. These days, he does voice work for a great number of Creator/MarvelComics characters, most famous of which being ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}.
* Creator/JoshKeaton grew up reading ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' comics before being cast in ''[[WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan The Spectacular Spider-Man]]''. He's described himself as a big comics fan in general too (with Spider-Man in particular).
** Creator/AndrewGarfield is a lifelong Spider-Man fan and credits the character with being his inspiration. His co-star in ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan'', Creator/RhysIfans, also describes himself as an "Obsessive fan".
** Creator/PaulGiamatti was a comic book fan as a child, and claims getting to play the Rhino in ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2'' is [[AwesomeDearBoy a dream come true for him]]. In fact, he'd actually talked about how much he wanted to play the Rhino during an interview with Creator/ConanOBrien way back in ''2011''.
* Unlike the previous actors who played the role, [[Film/SupermanReturns Brandon Routh]] is a huge fan of Superman. He even dressed as Superman for Halloween a year before and had Superman bed sheets as a child.
* Several people involved in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse qualify, but Creator/SamuelLJackson stands out for the way he got the part of ComicBook/NickFury. Marvel approached him to ask for his likeness rights for the ComicBook/UltimateMarvel reimagining of Fury, and Jackson said yes - on the condition that he got first chance to play Fury in a movie.
** Creator/AnthonyMackie is such a huge fan of the Falcon that he was actually disappointed when he found out his costume wasn't going to be the character's classic red spandex.
** Despite his departure from the directorial role but still given a story, screenplay and executive producer credit for the [[Film/AntMan film adaptation]], Creator/EdgarWright is a fan of ComicBook/AntMan, as he read comics about him during childhood, plus he owns a copy of ''Tales of Astonish'' #27 (Hank Pym's first appearance) and ''Marvel Premiere'' #47 (Scott Lang's first appearance). Also his replacement Peyton Reed is a Marvel fan too since he was considered to direct ''Film/FantasticFour2005'' before Tim Story signed on and ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' before James Gunn signed on.
* ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW'': Both Andy Price and Katie Cook had plenty of G4 fanart on their Website/DeviantArt pages before the series was announced, and Katie has said she was a fan of the original G1 series. This leads to such things as Derpy being featured prominently and being fond of muffins, “flank” being used as a synonym for “butt,” etc.
** Amy Mebberson, Heather Nuhfer, and Heather Breckel were also all big fans before working on the comic. Pretty much everyone involved is a brony/pegasister!
* Creator/MarkHamill was a comics and sci-fi fan before becoming a voice actor for characters like ComicBook/TheJoker.
* Japanese voice actress Music/MegumiHayashibara is a big fan of ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' and she got the chance of voicing Marcie in the dub of some animated specials.
* Annette O'Toole loved reading ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' comics. Eventually, she landed a role in ''Film/SupermanIII'', as one of her favorite characters - ComicBook/LanaLang. Some time after that, she played Martha Kent in ''Series/{{Smallville}}''. Reportedly, she knew even more about Superman than the writers did. (They didn't even know that Annette O'Toole had a major part in an older ''Superman'' adaptation until she told them.)
* Similarly, Creator/AmyAdams was a big Superman fan as well, and fought '''hard''' to play Lois Lane. After several near misses and a part as a MonsterOfTheWeek on ''Series/{{Smallville}},'' her hard work paid off and she was given the part in ''Film/ManOfSteel.'' She even at one point said that her dogged determination was a very Lois Lane way of going about it.
* Creator/SergioAragones was an avid reader of ''Magazine/{{MAD}}'' Magazine while he was still a student in Mexico. Not only did Sergio later became published in MAD after moving to USA, he is one of the most prolific contributors to the magazine, having been published non-stop for over 50 years and counting!
* Stephen De Stefano was originally just a mega-fan from Queens who would send lots of long letters and drawings to Creator/DCComics. All the mail attracted the eye of Bob "The Answer Man" Rozakis and the two struck up a friendship. Before long, Stephen was a summer intern at DC and some of his characters started showing up in comics. A few years later, he and Bob co-created 'Mazing Man. Since then, he's done comics and TV storyboards for several companies.
* Comic book writer Creator/EdBrubaker loved reading ''ComicBook/CaptainAmerica'' as a kid. His favorite character was Cap's KidSidekick [[{{ComicBook/BuckyBarnes}} Bucky]]. In 2005, he was brought over to Marvel in order to take over writing for ''Captain America''. The first thing he did? Bring back Bucky as the Winter Soldier.
* Voice actress Creator/KariWahlgren has stated that she's a fan of ''Franchise/WonderWoman'', ''ComicBook/BirdsOfPrey'' and writer Creator/GailSimone. She'd voice ComicBook/BlackCanary, one of the heroines of ''Birds of Prey'', in the ''WesternAnimation/DCNation Green Arrow'' shorts and voiced Wonder Woman in ''Franchise/{{LEGO}} DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League vs. Bizarro League''.
* [[http://www.docshaner.com Evan "Doc" Shaner]] has been a ComicBook/{{Shazam}} fanboy for years, and frequently puts Captain Marvel fan art up on his website. He was selected to do the Shazam artwork for ''ComicBook/{{Convergence}}'', drawing what's intended to be the final appearance of the original Fawcett Comics version of Captain Marvel and the rest of the Marvel Family.
* In 2011 Sophie Campbell made some modern redesign ''WesternAnimation/{{Jem}}'' fanart and said she would love to make a comic if Hasbro asked her. Come 2015 and she's one of the main artists for the IDW ''ComicBook/JemAndTheHolograms'' comics, along with being the person who redesigned the characters.
* Actor Creator/PhilMorris is a comic book fan and was already familiar with ComicBook/VandalSavage's origin before voicing him in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague''.
* Some Marvel comics from the 1970s and early 1980s have fan letters written by the likes of Creator/KurtBusiek and Fabian Nicienza, who would later become acclaimed comic writers themselves.
* Sterling Gates was a comic fan from a very young age, and a huge Comicbook/{{Supergirl}} fan since he read ''Comicbook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths''. In 2008 he got to write [[ComicBook/Supergirl2005 her solo book]], penning a critically acclaimed and comercially successful run. Since then he has written a good number of comics, often featuring Supergirl, and even one episode of ''[[Series/{{Supergirl 2015}} her show]]''.
* Andy Mientus [[note]]who also shows up again on this page in the theatre section[[/note]], actor, singer, writer, theatre nerd, and professed witch, got to write a series of ComicBook/TheBackstagers. The first installment is entitled ''The Backstagers and the Ghost Light''. [[note]]A ghost light is the light left on in a theatre after everyone has left. Mientus has a tattoo of one such light.[[/note]]
* Marko Čermák, the artist working on the Czech comics ''[[ComicBook/RychleSipy Rychlé šípy]]'' since its revival in late 1960s, used to read it as a child in the 40s, and counts himself among those whose life and values the comics profoundly influenced.
* Creator/RoyThomas grew up with the superheroes of the 40s and gave up a scholarship just to write for Marvel. He succeeded Creator/StanLee on several titles, and eventually as editor as well, did {{Call Back}}s to stories others had already forgotten, and brought various Golden Age characters into the modern canon. Unsurprisingly, he was the guy behind ''Comicbook/TheInvaders''.
* Creator/KeithDavid grew up reading ComicBook/BlackPanther in his youth as a kid along with ComicBook/SilverSurfer. He would later go one to voice Black Panther himself.
** {{Squick}}tacularly, he's also a huge Music/ElvisPresley fan who ended up marrying the daughter of the King. He also got to impersonate Elvis himself in ''Film/WildAtHeart'', and jumped off a plane dressed up as Elvis in ''Film/HoneymoonInVegas''.
* Creator/KevinSmith is probably the best known promoted fanboy on the planet. The sheer amount of knowledge he has about comics (and in turn how many he's written) is evidence enough.
* [[Creator/IanFlynn Ian "Potto" Flynn]], writer for the [[Comicbook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog Archie Sonic comic series]] from issue 160 until its very end, and current writer of ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogIDW'', was once a fanboy with his own fan comic. Other notables from the ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' fandom who went into doing stuff for the line are J. Axer and Dawn Best. The future Freedom Fighters from ''Sonic Universe'' #25-28 might look awfully familiar to anyone who read that fancomic.
** Evan Stanley, who created the fan webcomic ''Webcomic/GhostsOfTheFuture'', was eventually hired as part of the art team for Archie and IDW due to her [[SugarWiki/AwesomeArt highly-detailed art style]] in her fan comic.
* Mark Gruenwald. He was a lifetime ''Franchise/{{Justice League|of America}}'' fanboy who spent his whole career at Marvel. Though he didn't create the Justice League [[CaptainErsatz analogue]] ''ComicBook/SquadronSupreme'', he did write their highly-acclaimed limited series.
* Creator/JimShooter started writing ''ComicBook/{{Legion Of Super-Heroes}}'' when he was 13. He's been in the industry ever since, including becoming Marvel's editor-in-chief.
* Crator/DonRosa. Like so many people of his age he was a big fan of "[[Creator/CarlBarks The Good Duck Artist]]". While he didn't get any education in art or narration, he wrote and painted DonaldDuck series for various fanzines, as well as several LTE:s. He even corresponded to Carl Barks himself from time to time. After a new publishing company got the license to make Donald Duck comics, Don Rosa applied for the job as an artist by sending in a mail. He wrote that he was born to make new Donald Duck stories in the spirit of the old Carl Barks comics. He got the job, added some massive ContinuityPorn to the series (against Barks' wishes) and dedicated all his stories to Carl Barks.
* E. Nelson Bridwell of pre-ComicBook/{{Crisis|on Infinite Earths}} Comicbook/{{Superman}} comics got the job of his dreams and loved every minute of it.
* Creator/MarkWaid. [[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=9076 This is his studio.]]
** Gruenwald, Bridwell and Shooter are some of Waid's major influences.
* Creator/GeoffJohns first suggested to DC that Comicbook/{{Superboy}} should be a clone of Clark Kent and Lex Luthor [[http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/3055/geoffjohnslu2.png in a fan letter as a kid]]. Now he's basically DC's #1 writer and the man behind some of their most successful books and events as well as the company's Chief Creative Officer. And in his breakthrough first arc for his Teen Titans run, he did indeed reveal that -- contrary to what we all believed all these years -- Superboy is in fact cloned from Superman and Lex Luthor.
* Tristan Huw Jones was a huge fan of the original ''[[Comicbook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesMirage Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' comics as a kid in the 1980s; when Mirage relaunched the series in the 2000s, he became one of the main writers (and frequently hailed as one of the best of that crop).
* Dave Gibbons was a fan of ''ComicStrip/DanDare'' as a child. When ''Dan Dare'' was [[{{Revival}} revived]] by ''ComicBook/TwoThousandAD'', he was one of the artists who got to draw it, much to his delight.
* And of course, the fathers of the superhero genre, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, were reportedly huge, stereotypical nerds in love with science fiction, and with [[Franchise/{{Superman}} their creation]], they ushered in that subgenre of sci-fi/fantasy.
* Creator/JossWhedon was a fan of ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}'' long before he got to write his own arc, and was rather vocally upset at the idea of it ending at 18 issues: the letter he sent was included in the first TPB.
--> "Last issue? What do you mean, LAST ISSUE? What the hell does that mean? Did you type it wrong? Were you thinking of something else, like maybe the Sub-mariner or the Smurfs? How can there be a last issue when the story is obviously going to continue for years? You're some kind of wrong person. Have it looked into."
** Nick Lowe, who served as an editor for most of the series' run, was a huge fan of Creator/BrianKVaughan. He's also a huge fan of Creator/NeilGaiman and Creator/OrsonScottCard, and played a role in luring both of them to write for Marvel.
* Gerard Way (of Music/MyChemicalRomance and ''ComicBook/TheUmbrellaAcademy'') interned at DC before he was in a band, and used to see Creator/GrantMorrison come into the offices on occasion (and [[WordOfGod marveled at how he dressed like]] [[Comicbook/TheInvisibles King Mob]]). Several years later, Morrison is name-dropping "The Black Parade" in his superhero-history-cum-memoir Supergods, and playing the villain in the band's music videos.
* Matt Frank, an artist who was known for his popular ''Godzilla Neo'' fanart, is now doing writing and artwork for offical ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' comics.
* The ''ComicBook/OfficialHandbookOfTheMarvelUniverse'' didn't cover everything. Enter the Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe, a completely unofficial website that tried to chronicle every single thing that the official books either didn't cover at all, or didn't cover to a full extent. The senior staff has since been hired by Creator/MarvelComics to write the newest versions of the ''OHOTMU.''
* As a child, Creator/SteveBlum read comic books at a store his uncle owned. These days, he does voice work for a great number of Creator/MarvelComics characters, most famous of which being ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}.
* Creator/JoshKeaton grew up reading ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' comics before being cast in ''[[WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan The Spectacular Spider-Man]]''. He's described himself as a big comics fan in general too (with Spider-Man in particular).
** Creator/AndrewGarfield is a lifelong Spider-Man fan and credits the character with being his inspiration. His co-star in ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan'', Creator/RhysIfans, also describes himself as an "Obsessive fan".
** Creator/PaulGiamatti was a comic book fan as a child, and claims getting to play the Rhino in ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2'' is [[AwesomeDearBoy a dream come true for him]]. In fact, he'd actually talked about how much he wanted to play the Rhino during an interview with Creator/ConanOBrien way back in ''2011''.
* Unlike the previous actors who played the role, [[Film/SupermanReturns Brandon Routh]] is a huge fan of Superman. He even dressed as Superman for Halloween a year before and had Superman bed sheets as a child.
* Several people involved in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse qualify, but Creator/SamuelLJackson stands out for the way he got the part of ComicBook/NickFury. Marvel approached him to ask for his likeness rights for the ComicBook/UltimateMarvel reimagining of Fury, and Jackson said yes - on the condition that he got first chance to play Fury in a movie.
** Creator/AnthonyMackie is such a huge fan of the Falcon that he was actually disappointed when he found out his costume wasn't going to be the character's classic red spandex.
** Despite his departure from the directorial role but still given a story, screenplay and executive producer credit for the [[Film/AntMan film adaptation]], Creator/EdgarWright is a fan of ComicBook/AntMan, as he read comics about him during childhood, plus he owns a copy of ''Tales of Astonish'' #27 (Hank Pym's first appearance) and ''Marvel Premiere'' #47 (Scott Lang's first appearance). Also his replacement Peyton Reed is a Marvel fan too since he was considered to direct ''Film/FantasticFour2005'' before Tim Story signed on and ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' before James Gunn signed on.
* ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW'': Both Andy Price and Katie Cook had plenty of G4 fanart on their Website/DeviantArt pages before the series was announced, and Katie has said she was a fan of the original G1 series. This leads to such things as Derpy being featured prominently and being fond of muffins, “flank” being used as a synonym for “butt,” etc.
** Amy Mebberson, Heather Nuhfer, and Heather Breckel were also all big fans before working on the comic. Pretty much everyone involved is a brony/pegasister!
* Creator/MarkHamill was a comics and sci-fi fan before becoming a voice actor for characters like ComicBook/TheJoker.
* Japanese voice actress Music/MegumiHayashibara is a big fan of ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' and she got the chance of voicing Marcie in the dub of some animated specials.
* Annette O'Toole loved reading ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' comics. Eventually, she landed a role in ''Film/SupermanIII'', as one of her favorite characters - ComicBook/LanaLang. Some time after that, she played Martha Kent in ''Series/{{Smallville}}''. Reportedly, she knew even more about Superman than the writers did. (They didn't even know that Annette O'Toole had a major part in an older ''Superman'' adaptation until she told them.)
* Similarly, Creator/AmyAdams was a big Superman fan as well, and fought '''hard''' to play Lois Lane. After several near misses and a part as a MonsterOfTheWeek on ''Series/{{Smallville}},'' her hard work paid off and she was given the part in ''Film/ManOfSteel.'' She even at one point said that her dogged determination was a very Lois Lane way of going about it.
* Creator/SergioAragones was an avid reader of ''Magazine/{{MAD}}'' Magazine while he was still a student in Mexico. Not only did Sergio later became published in MAD after moving to USA, he is one of the most prolific contributors to the magazine, having been published non-stop for over 50 years and counting!
* Stephen De Stefano was originally just a mega-fan from Queens who would send lots of long letters and drawings to Creator/DCComics. All the mail attracted the eye of Bob "The Answer Man" Rozakis and the two struck up a friendship. Before long, Stephen was a summer intern at DC and some of his characters started showing up in comics. A few years later, he and Bob co-created 'Mazing Man. Since then, he's done comics and TV storyboards for several companies.
* Comic book writer Creator/EdBrubaker loved reading ''ComicBook/CaptainAmerica'' as a kid. His favorite character was Cap's KidSidekick [[{{ComicBook/BuckyBarnes}} Bucky]]. In 2005, he was brought over to Marvel in order to take over writing for ''Captain America''. The first thing he did? Bring back Bucky as the Winter Soldier.
* Voice actress Creator/KariWahlgren has stated that she's a fan of ''Franchise/WonderWoman'', ''ComicBook/BirdsOfPrey'' and writer Creator/GailSimone. She'd voice ComicBook/BlackCanary, one of the heroines of ''Birds of Prey'', in the ''WesternAnimation/DCNation Green Arrow'' shorts and voiced Wonder Woman in ''Franchise/{{LEGO}} DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League vs. Bizarro League''.
* [[http://www.docshaner.com Evan "Doc" Shaner]] has been a ComicBook/{{Shazam}} fanboy for years, and frequently puts Captain Marvel fan art up on his website. He was selected to do the Shazam artwork for ''ComicBook/{{Convergence}}'', drawing what's intended to be the final appearance of the original Fawcett Comics version of Captain Marvel and the rest of the Marvel Family.
* In 2011 Sophie Campbell made some modern redesign ''WesternAnimation/{{Jem}}'' fanart and said she would love to make a comic if Hasbro asked her. Come 2015 and she's one of the main artists for the IDW ''ComicBook/JemAndTheHolograms'' comics, along with being the person who redesigned the characters.
* Actor Creator/PhilMorris is a comic book fan and was already familiar with ComicBook/VandalSavage's origin before voicing him in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague''.
* Some Marvel comics from the 1970s and early 1980s have fan letters written by the likes of Creator/KurtBusiek and Fabian Nicienza, who would later become acclaimed comic writers themselves.
* Sterling Gates was a comic fan from a very young age, and a huge Comicbook/{{Supergirl}} fan since he read ''Comicbook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths''. In 2008 he got to write [[ComicBook/Supergirl2005 her solo book]], penning a critically acclaimed and comercially successful run. Since then he has written a good number of comics, often featuring Supergirl, and even one episode of ''[[Series/{{Supergirl 2015}} her show]]''.
* Andy Mientus [[note]]who also shows up again on this page in the theatre section[[/note]], actor, singer, writer, theatre nerd, and professed witch, got to write a series of ComicBook/TheBackstagers. The first installment is entitled ''The Backstagers and the Ghost Light''. [[note]]A ghost light is the light left on in a theatre after everyone has left. Mientus has a tattoo of one such light.[[/note]]
* Marko Čermák, the artist working on the Czech comics ''[[ComicBook/RychleSipy Rychlé šípy]]'' since its revival in late 1960s, used to read it as a child in the 40s, and counts himself among those whose life and values the comics profoundly influenced.
* Creator/RoyThomas grew up with the superheroes of the 40s and gave up a scholarship just to write for Marvel. He succeeded Creator/StanLee on several titles, and eventually as editor as well, did {{Call Back}}s to stories others had already forgotten, and brought various Golden Age characters into the modern canon. Unsurprisingly, he was the guy behind ''Comicbook/TheInvaders''.
* Creator/KeithDavid grew up reading ComicBook/BlackPanther in his youth as a kid along with ComicBook/SilverSurfer. He would later go one to voice Black Panther himself.
