Todd Dezago


Todd Dezago is an American comic book writer best known for his collaborations with artist Mike Wieringo on The Sensational Spider-Man and their creator-owned fantasy series Tellos.

Early life

Todd Dezago was raised in Rhinebeck, New York and studied to be an actor.

Career

Dezago began his comics writing career on X-Factor for Marvel Comics in 1994. He first worked with penciller Mike Wieringo on The Sensational Spider-Man #8. They then collaborated on the creator-owned fantasy series Tellos in 1999. The series, a coming-of-age adventure set in a magical, piratical world, ran 10 issues. The last three issues were released by Gorilla Comics, a short-lived Image Comics imprint co-founded by Dezago and several other creators in 2000. Following the demise of Gorilla Comics, Dezago and Tellos returned to Image Comics with the oversized one-shots Tellos: Maiden Voyage #1, The Last Heist, and Sons and Moons. They were followed by the three-issue miniseries Tales of Tellos in 2004.
At DC Comics, Dezago co-created Young Justice with artist Todd Nauck in the 1998 one-shot Young Justice: The Secret. His other Young Justice work includes the 1998 miniseries JLA: World Without Grown-ups. From 1999 to 2002, he wrote Impulse #50–89. In 2005 he co-created The Perhapanauts with artist Craig Rousseau.

Ardden Entertainment

Casper and the Spectrals #1–3

CD Comics

  • ''Occupational Hazards''

Dark Horse Comics

The Perhapanauts #1–4 The Perhapanauts: Second Chances #1–4

DC Comics

Batman: Gotham Knights #24 The Flash 80-Page Giant #1 Impulse #50–54, 56–59, 62–89 JLA 80-Page Giant #1 JLA: World Without Grown-Ups #1–2 Legends of the DC Universe #40–41 Sins of Youth: The Secret/Deadboy #1 Tangent Comics/The Flash #1 Tangent Comics/The Trials of the Flash #1 Teen Titans vol. 2 #50 Young Justice #22 Young Justice: The Secret #1

Dynamite Entertainment

DF Premiere: Tellos Prologue #1 Dynamic Forces: Tellos Preview Book #1

Image Comics

Monster Pile-Up #1 The Perhapanauts vol. 2 #1–6

Marvel Comics

The Amazing Spider-Man #404–405, 663 Bug #1 Cable vol. 2 #40–43 Daydreamers #1–3 Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme #83 Excalibur #82 Free Comic Book Day 2010: Iron Man/Nova Generation X #11–12, 15–16 Ka-Zar: Sibling Rivalry #-1 Marvel Adventures Spider-Man #45–48 Marvel Adventures Super Heroes #10 Marvel Age: Spider-Man #7–11, 15, 17–18 Marvel Age Spider-Man Team-Up #1–5 Marvel Super Hero Squad #1–12 Marvel Super Hero Squad Spectacular #1 Marvel [Super Hero Squad Online|Marvel Super Hero Squad Online Game]: Hero Up #1 Marvel Universe: The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes #10 Marvel Universe: Ultimate Spider-Man #8 Scarlet Spider #1–2 The Sensational Spider-Man #7–33, -1 The Spectacular Scarlet Spider #1–2 The Spectacular Spider-Man #216, 218–219 ; #230–240 Spider-Man Family #7 Spider-Man Team-Up Special #1 Spider-Man: Maximum Clonage Alpha #1 Spider-Man: The Clone Journal #1 Spider-Man: The Jackal Files #1 Strong Guy Reborn #1 The Thing/She-Hulk: The Long Night #1 Web of Scarlet Spider #1–2 Web of Spider-Man #121–122, 126–129 What If...? #90 Wolverine #129–131

Self-published

  • The Bedlam Field Guide to Cryptozoology vol. 1–2
  • The Mike Wieringo Tellos Tribute vol.1–2
  • The Perhapanauts: Into Hollow Earth OGN

Sitcomics

Startup Binge Book #3