James Asmus
James Asmus is a writer, actor, and comedian known for his work with such theaters as The Annoyance and the sketch group Hey You Millionaires, as well as for his work writing comic books such as Quantum and Woody, Thief of Thieves, Gambit, and Rick and Morty.
Career
Asmus has written several plays for both the Annoyance Theater and The New Colony theater group in Chicago. The plays he has written include Love Is Dead, Hearts Full of Blood and Amelia Earhart Jungle Princes. Both Love is Dead and Hearts Full of Blood received remounts in the New York Fringe Fest, winning awards for Outstanding Music & Lyrics and Outstanding Achievement in Playwrighting respectively.Asmus is currently most prolific as a comic book writer, contributing to titles such as Gambit for Marvel Comics, Rick and Morty for Oni Press, Survival Street for Dark Horse Comics, and Quantum & Woody for Valiant Entertainment.
Awards and nominations
- 2008 Fringe NYC Outstanding Music & Lyrics - Love Is Dead: a NecRomantic Musical Comedy
- 2008 After Dark Awards' Outstanding Original Score - Love Is Dead: a NecRomantic Musical Comedy
- 2009 Chicago Readers' Choice Best Emerging Playwright
- 2010 Fringe NYC Overall Excellence in Playwrighting - Hearts Full of Blood
- 2014 Stan Lee Excelsior Award - Silver Award, Readers' Favorite Graphic Novel - Quantum & Woody vol. 1 - World's Worst
- 2014 Harvey Awards, 3 Nominations - Best Writer, Most Promising New Talent, and Special Award for Humor in Comics - Quantum & Woody
- 2015 Harvey Awards, 2 Nominations - Special Award for Humor in Comics - Quantum & Woody and ''The Delinquents''
Marvel Comics
- X-Men
- * X-Men: Manifest Destiny #1, 4
- * X-Men: Manifest Destiny - Nightcrawler #1
- * Dark X-Men: The Beginning #1
- * Nation X #1
- * X-Men vs. Vampires #1
- * Wolverine #900
- * Deadpool Team-Up #890
- * X-Men: Serve and Protect #1, 4
- * Uncanny X-Men Annual #3
- * Deadpool Family #1
- * Astonishing X-Men #43
- * Generation Hope #13-17
- * [Gambit (2012 series)|Gambit vol. 5] #1-17
- Other Marvel
- * Runaways Vol. 3 #10
- * Steve Rogers: Super Soldier Annual #1
- * Namor: The First Mutant Annual #1
- * Captain America & Bucky #625-628
- * A+X #3
- * Superior Foes of Spider-Man #10, 2014
- * All-New Inhumans #1-12
- * Amazing Spider-Man Annual and #25
- * Vault of Spiders #1
Image Comics
- Thief of Thieves #8-13
- CBLDF Liberty Annual #5, story "Last Rights" with art by Takeshi Miyazawa, Image Comics, 2012)
- The End Times Of Bram & Ben #1-4,
- Evolution #1-18,
- Creepshow Holiday Special #1, art by Letizia Cadonici, Image Comics/Skybound, 2023)
Valiant Comics
- Quantum and Woody #1-12,
- Quantum and Woody: Goat #0
- The Delinquents #1-4,
- Valiant-Sized Quantum and Woody #1,
- Quantum and Woody Must Die! #1-4,
- Unity #23-25, 2015
DC Comics
- DC Holiday Special 2016
- The Terrifics Annual
BOOM! Studios
- Kong of Skull Island #1-12,
- Adventure Time Comics #20,
IDW Publishing
- My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic #51-53,, Holiday Special 2017, Holiday Special 2019
- Transformers: Bumblebee - Win If You Dare graphic novel
- Transformers / My Little Pony - Friendship In Disguise #1-4,
- Transformers / My Little Pony - The Magic of Cybertron #1-4,
- Voyage to the Stars #1-4,
ONI Press
- Rick and Morty Presents - Mr. Meeseeks
- Aggretsuko: Meet Her Friends #3
- Rick and Morty: Corporate Assets
- Rick and Morty: Super [Spring Break Special]
- ''Rick and Morty: Contested Convention''
Dark Horse Comics
- Survival Street
- ''Survival Street: The Radical Left''
Opus Comics
- Bill & Ted Roll the Dice #1-4,
Bad Egg
- ALTRVERSE #0,
- The Somewhat Incredible Jackie-Boy Man #1-,
Insight Editions
- The Official Rick and Morty Cookbook
- ''Supernatural: The Official Cocktail Book''