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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.
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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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