Nathan Edmondson

Nathan Edmondson
Nationality	American
Area(s)	Writer
Notable works	Olympus The Light Who Is Jake Ellis? Grifter
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Nathan Edmondson is an American writer, best known for the comic series Olympus.

Career

Nathan Edmondson is an American fiction author whose work includes the titles Olympus, The Light and Who Is Jake Ellis?, all three of which are published by Image Comics. He also contributed to the Image Comics anthology publication Popgun. A native of Augusta, GA, he worked previously in Washington, DC^{[citation needed]} before moving back to Georgia to write.^[1]

Olympus was released in 2009 with art by Christian Ward. The book is a four-issue comic book limited series collected into a trade paperback in December 2009. It is the story of the Gemini twins Castor and Pollux from Greek mythology who, alive in modern day, serve Zeus on earth.^[2] The author has mentioned on his site and his twitter page that the book has been picked up and is in film development.^{[citation needed] [3]}

The Light, a five-issue horrorlimited series from Image Comics premiered in April 2010 with art by Brett Weldele (artist of The Surrogates, Southland Tales and other books). The story focuses on a father and daughter trying to survive a virus that spreads by way of electric light. The story is based in Oregon.^[4]

Who is Jake Ellis? is a five-issue limited series with artist Tonci Zonjic and is described in the official Image Comics press release like this: "Jon Moore is the most sought after spy-for-hire in Europe's criminal world. This is because of Jake Ellis, a man who is invisible to everyone except Moore. When a deal goes bad, the only one who can protect Moore from Europe's most dangerous criminals is Jake Ellis. No one but Moore can see Jake Ellis. But Jake Ellis can see everything. "^[5]

As part of the 2011 DC Universe reboot, he is writing the series Grifter.

Edmondson currently lives in Macon, Georgia.

Bibliography

Comics work includes:

• Popgun, Volume 3 (with Christian Ward, Image Comics, 2009)
• Olympus (with Christian Ward, 4-issue limited series, Image Comics, 2009)
• The Light (with Brett Weldele, 5-issue limited series, Image Comics, 2010)
• Who Is Jake Ellis? (with Tonci Zonjic, 5-issue limited series, Image Comics, 2011)
• Grifter (with CAFU, ongoing series, DC Comics, 2011)

Notes

1. ^ http://workincomicsblog.septagonstudios.com/comic-jobs-interview-series-with-comics-writer-nathan-edmondson/
2. ^ http://www.comicon.com/ubb/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=540522
3. ^ Olympus comic blog, http://olympuscomic.blogspot.com/
4. ^ http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=25002
5. ^ Press Release from Image Comics, October 2010 http://kittyspryde.forumotion.com/image-comics-f4/who-is-jake-ellis-january-2011-t2851.htm

References

• Nathan Edmondson at the Grand Comics Database
• Nathan Edmondson at the Comic Book DB
• Nathan Edmondson at Comic Vine

External links

• Official website
• Who Is Jake Ellis? Official Site

Interviews

• At Newsarama, 2010
• Broken Frontier, 2010
• Broken Frontier, 2010
• Live Interview, Comic Geek Speak 2010
• Speakeasy Interview - Atlanta, GA paper

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