Nathan Edmondson

Nathan Edmondson is an American writer, known for the comic series Who Is Jake Ellis? and The Activity for Image Comics, as well as The Punisher and Black Widow for Marvel Comics.

Career

After working in international politics and in the intelligence community, Edmondson began work as a comics author on 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 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.^[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]

Who Is Jake Ellis? has been optioned as a film for 20th Century Fox with director David Yates.

As part of The New 52, Edmondson wrote the first eight issues of the series Grifter. He soon followed with The Activity, an ongoing series from Image. Dancer, another five-issue limited series from Image, was released in 2012 with art by Nic Klein. He also penned the four-issue Ultimate Comics Iron Man limited series for Marvel Comics as well a follow up to Who is Jake Ellis? for Image entitled Where is Jake Ellis?, again featuring art from Tonci Zonjic.

Nathan has written Ultimate Iron Man, Ultimate X-Men and Avengers vs. X-Men: Animal Cruelty Black Widow and The Punisher for Marvel Comics.for Marvel Comics as well as Adventures of Superman: Infant in Arms for DC Comics.

He has written the forthcoming Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Echoes for Ubisoft, the graphic novella Genesis for Image and is currently the writer on Red Wolf for Marvel

As was announced in The Hollywood Reporter, Edmondson and actor Michael B. Jordan are currently writing a comic book "North" for Dark Horse Comics.

In 2015, The Tracking Board reported, following The Latino Review that film superscribe Ken Nolan, writer of "Black Hawk Down," is set to adapt Edmondson and Mitch Gerads' comic "The Activity" for Paramount Pictures and producer Dan Lin. This was later confirmed by Edmondson on Instagram.

As announced in Variety, Edmondson is currently writing the TV pilot "Prodigal" for Gold Standard Media. 

Personal life

Edmondson currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife and children.

Bibliography

Image Comics

• Popgun vol. 3 (anthology) (with Christian Ward, ISBN 1-58240-974-9, March, 2009)
• Olympus (limited series, May 2009-September 2009)
  • Olympus (tpb, 128 pages, 2009, ISBN 1-60706-178-3) collects:
    • "To Catch A Thief" (with Christian Ward, in #1, 2009)
    • "Death For All Seasons" (with Christian Ward, in #2, 2009)
    • "Chilled" (with Christian Ward, in #3, 2009)
    • "The End Has a Start" (with Christian Ward, in #4, 2009)
• The Light (limited series, April 2010-August 2010)
  • The Light (tpb, 140 pages, 2010, ISBN 1-60706-345-X) collects:
    • "Outbreak" (with Brett Weldele, in #1, 2010)
    • "101" (with Brett Weldele, in #2, 2010)
    • "Company" (with Brett Weldele, in #3, 2010)
    • "Reunion" (with Brett Weldele, in #4, 2010)
    • "Burn Out Bright" (with Brett Weldele, in #5, 2010)
• Who Is Jake Ellis? (limited series, January 2011-October 2011)
  • Who Is Jake Ellis? (tpb, 136 pages, 2011, ISBN 1-60706-459-6) collects:
    • "Are You Listening?" (with Tonci Zonjic, in #1-5, 2011)
• The Activity #1-16 (December 2011–December 2014)
  • Volume 1 (tpb, 136 pages, 2012, ISBN 1-60706-561-4) collects:
    • "Fiddler on the Roof" (with Mitch Gerads, in #1, 2011)
    • "Silent Night" (with Mitch Gerads, in #2, 2012)
    • "The Long Ride Home" (with Mitch Gerads, in #3, 2012)
    • "What Goes Up Must Come Down" (with Mitch Gerads, in #4, 2012)
    • "The Weather Inside" (with Mitch Gerads, in #5, 2012)
  • Volume 2 (tpb, 168 pages, 2013, ISBN 1-60706-719-6) collects:
    • "Camouflage" (with Marc Laming, in #6, 2012)
    • "Goat Hunt" (with Mitch Gerads, in #7-8, 2012)
    • "The Horn" (with Mitch Gerads, in #9, 2012)
    • "Out With the Trash" (with Mitch Gerads, in #10, 2012)
    • "Butterfly Effect" (with Mitch Gerads, in #11, 2013)
  • Volume 3 (tpb, 160 pages, 2015, ISBN 1-60706-759-5) collects:
    • "High Ground" (with Marc Laming, in #12, 2013)
    • "Solidao" (with Mitch Gerads, in #13, 2013)
    • "Sea Level" (with Mitch Gerads, in #14, 2013)
    • "Buddy System" (with Mitch Gerads, in #15, 2013)
    • "Warfare Without Warning" (with Mitch Gerads, in #16, 2014)
• Dancer (limited series, May 2012-September 2012)
  • Dancer (tpb, 132 pages, 2012, ISBN 1-60706-627-0) collects:
    • "Overture" (with Nic Klein, in #1, 2012)
    • "Balance" (with Nic Klein, in #2, 2012)
    • "Cavalier" (with Nic Klein, in #3, 2012)
    • "Changement" (with Nic Klein, in #4, 2012)
    • "Coda" (with Nic Klein, in #5, 2012)
• Where is Jake Ellis? (5-issue limited series, with Tonci Zonjic, November 2012–December 2015, collected in Where is Jake Ellis?, tpb, 124 pages, 2015, ISBN 1-60706-744-7)
• The Dream Merchant (6-issue limited series, with Konstantin Novosadov, May 2013-November 2014, collected in The Dream Merchant, tpb, 144 pages, 2015, ISBN 1-63215-436-6)
• Genesis (graphic novel, with Alison Sampson, tpb, 64 pages, April, 2014, ISBN 1-60706-995-4)

DC Comics

• Grifter vol. 3 #1-8 (September 2011-April 2012)
  • Volume 1: Most Wanted (tpb, 192 pages, 2012, ISBN 1-4012-3497-6) collects:
    • "17 Minutes" (with CAFU, in #1, 2011)
    • "The Advantage Angle" (with CAFU, in #2, 2011)
    • "On-Ramp" (with CAFU, in #3, 2012)
    • "Blindside" (with Scott Clark, in #4, 2012)
    • "The Sleep in Seattle" (with Scott Clark, in #5, 2012)
    • "What Goes Up" (with Scott Clark, in #6, 2012)
  • "Frostbite" (with Scott Clark, in #7, 2012)
  • "...Must Come Down" (with Daniel Sampere, in #8, 2012)
• Adventures of Superman vol. 2 #5, "Infant in Arms" (with Kyle Killen, Pia Guerra and Yildiray Cinar, September 2013) collected in Volume 1 (tpb, 168 pages, 2014, ISBN 1-4012-4688-5)
• Batman Black and White vol. 4 #4, (with Kenneth Rocafort, December 2013) collected in Volume 4 (tpb, 288 pages, 2014, ISBN 1-4012-4643-5)

12 Gauge Comics

• The Ride (Free Comic Book) (with Paul Azaceta, May 2012)
• Country Ass-Whuppin': A Tornado Relief Anthology #1, (among with other artist, December 2012)

Marvel Comics

• Untold Tales of the Punisher Max #4, "Manhunt", (with Fernando Blanco, September 2012)
• Ultimate Comics Iron Man (limited series, October 2012-January 2013)
  • Ultimate Comics Iron Man (tpb, 96 pages, 2013, ISBN 0-7851-6617-3) collects:
    • "Demon in the Armor" (with Matteo Buffagni, in #1-4, 2012-2013)
• Ultimate Comics X-Men #21-22, (with Brian Wood and Carlo Barberi, January–February 2013)
• A+X #9, "Captain America + Wolverine (Animal Cruelty)" (with Humberto Ramos, June 2013)
• Black Widow vol. 5 #1-20 (January 2014-July 2015)
  • Volume 1: The Finely Woven Thread (tpb, 144 pages, 2014, ISBN 0-7851-8819-3) collects:
    • "Predator" (with Phil Noto, in All-New Marvel Now! Point One #1.NOW, 2014)
    • "Raison d'Etre" (with Phil Noto, in #1, 2014)
    • "Shanghaied" (with Phil Noto, in #2, 2014)
    • "Foliage" (with Phil Noto, in #3, 2014)
    • "Public Enemy" (with Phil Noto, in #4, 2014)
    • "For the Birds" (with Phil Noto, in #5, 2014)
    • "Paranoia" (with Phil Noto, in #6, 2014)
  • Volume 2: The Tightly Tangled Web (tpb, 160 pages, 2015, ISBN 0-7851-8820-7) collects:
    • "Fog of War" (with Phil Noto, in #7, 2014)
    • "Bitter Cold" (with Phil Noto, in #8, 2014)
    • "Friend From Foe" (with Phil Noto and Mitch Gerads, in #9 and The Punisher vol.9 #9, 2014)
    • "Total Recall" (with Phil Noto, in #10, 2014)
    • "Femmes Fatales" (with Phil Noto, in #11, 2014)
    • "Somalia" (with Phil Noto, in #12, 2014)
  • Volume 3: Last Days (tpb, 176 pages, 2015, ISBN 0-7851-9253-0) collects:
    • "Autumn" (with Phil Noto, in #13, 2014)
    • "Kill List" (with Phil Noto, in #14, 2015)
    • "An Enemy Revealed" (with Phil Noto, in #15, 2015)
    • "How To Be Good" (with Phil Noto, in #16, 2015)
    • "Fight the Future" (with Phil Noto, in #17, 2015)
    • "The Path" (with Phil Noto, in #18, 2015)
    • "January" (with Phil Noto, in #19-20, 2015)
• The Punisher vol. 9 #1-20 (February 2014-July 2015)
  • Volume 1: Black and White (tpb, 136 pages, 2014, ISBN 0-7851-5443-4) collects:
    • "Memento Mori" (with Mitch Gerads, in #1, 2014)
    • "Coyote" (with Mitch Gerads, in #2, 2014)
    • "Untitled" (with Mitch Gerads, in #3, 2014)
    • "Static Charge" (with Mitch Gerads, in #4, 2014)
    • "Blackout" (with Mitch Gerads, in #5, 2014)
    • "Red Dawn" (with Mitch Gerads, in #6, 2014)
  • Volume 2: Border Crossing (tpb, 160 pages, 2015, ISBN 0-7851-5444-2) collects:
    • "El Diablito" (with Kevin Maurer and Carmen Carnero, in #7-8, 2014)
    • "Friend From Foe" (with Phil Noto and Mitch Gerads, in #9 and Black Widow vol. 5 #9, 2014)
    • "Mercury Rising" (with Mitch Gerads, in #10, 2014)
    • "Boiling Point" (with Mitch Gerads, in #11, 2014)
    • "Back in Town" (with Mitch Gerads, in #12, 2014)
  • Volume 3: Last Days (tpb, 176 pages, 2015, ISBN 0-7851-9254-9) collects:
    • "What I Learned in Cebu" (with Moritat, in #13, 2014)
    • "Dawn's Early Light" (with Mitch Gerads and Brent Schoonover, in #14, 2015)
    • "A Hole in the Ground" (with Mitch Gerads, in #15, 2015)
    • "Mr. Castle Goes to Washington" (with Mitch Gerads, in #16, 2015)
    • "Capital Punishment" (with Mitch Geards and Brent Schoonover, in #17, 2015)
    • "A Good Day's Work" (with Mitch Geards and Brent Schoonover, in #18, 2015)
    • "Final Punishment" (with Mitch Gerads, in #19-20, 2015)
• Deathlok vol. 5 #1-10 (October 2014–July 2015)
  • Volume 1: Control. Alt. Delete. (tpb, 120 pages, 2015, ISBN 0-7851-9278-6) collects:
    • "Terminus" (with Mike Perkins, in Original Sins #1, 2014)
    • "The Enemy of My Enemy" (with Mike Perkins, in #1, 2014)
    • "Untitled" (with Mike Perkins, in #2-4, 2014-2015)
    • "Reboot" (with Mike Perkins, in #5, 2015)
  • Volume 2: Man Versus Machine (tpb, 112 pages, 2015, ISBN 0-7851-9279-4) collects:
    • "Untitled" (with Mike Perkins, in #6-10, 2015)
• Red Wolf vol. 2 #1-6 (December 2015-May 2016)
  • Man Out of Time (tpb, 136 pages, 2016, ISBN 1-3029-0037-4)
    • "Man Out of Time" (with Dalibor Talajic, in #1-6, 2015-2016)

Dynamite Entertainment

• Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Echoes (limited series, July 2014-October 2014):
  • Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Echoes (tpb, 98 pages, 2014, ISBN 1-60690-527-9) collects:
    • "Echoes" (with Marc Laming, in #1-4, 2014)

Dark Horse Comics

• North #1-?? (with Michael B. Jordan, Denys Cowan and Bill Sienkiewicz, 2016-??)^[6]

Notes

References

• Nathan Edmondson at the Grand Comics Database

• Nathan Edmondson at Comic Vine

External links

• Official website
• Who Is Jake Ellis? Official Site
• Nathan Edmondson at the Comic Book DB

Interviews

• At Newsarama, 2010
• Broken Frontier, 2010
• Broken Frontier, 2010
• Live Interview, Comic Geek Speak 2010
• Speakeasy Interview – Atlanta, GA paper
• ABC News: "Comic Sheds Light on Secret Army Spy Unit"
• New York Post: "Nathan Edmondson, writer of ‘The Activity,’ reveals the top 5 crazy secrets he’s learned researching American intelligenceRead more: Nathan Edmondson, writer of ‘The Activity,’ reveals the top 5 crazy secrets he’s learned researching Ameri can intelligence"
• USA Today: "Fancy Footwork Inspires Nathan Edmondson's Dancer series"
• USA Today: "'The Activity' aims for realism with its government intrigue"