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Alex Paknadel

{{Short description|English comic book writer}}

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| notable works = Arcadia, GIGA, All Against All, Redfork, Red Goblin, Carnage, Sentinels

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Alex Paknadel (born in 1981{{Cite web |title=Alex Paknadel |url=https://jpellegrino.com/teaching/paknadel.html |access-date=2024-11-25 |website=jpellegrino.com |language=en}}) is a British comics writer and academic who has written for Marvel Comics, DC Comics, and small press.

Career

Paknadel's first professionally published a comic book in 2015 with Arcadia through Archaia Entertainment, which was inspired by the documentary All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace.{{Cite web |last=Rodriguez |first=Evelyn |date=2019-04-25 |title=An Interview With Arcadia Writer Alex Paknadel |url=https://nothingbutcomics.net/2015/06/05/an-interview-with-arcadia-writer-alex-paknadel/ |access-date=2024-11-25 |website=Nothing But Comics |language=en-US}} In 2017, he co-wrote Assassin's Creed: Uprising alongside Dan Watters{{Cite web |last=Veggi |first=Sara |date=May 12, 2018 |title=Access the Animus - Interview with Alex Paknadel & Dan Watters |url=https://www.accesstheanimus.com/Interview_with_Paknadel_Watters.html |access-date=2024-11-25 |website=Access the Animus |language=En}} and then, in 2018, he published Friendo through Vault Comics, which Paste Magazine listed as one of the 15 Best Sci-Fi & Fantasy Comics of 2018.{{Cite web |last=Foxe |first=Steve |date=December 18, 2018 |title=The 15 Best Sci-Fi & Fantasy Comics of 2018 |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/comics/comics/the-15-best-sci-fi-fantasy-comics-of-2018 |access-date=2024-11-24 |website=Paste Magazine}} Paknadel, who is part of White Noise, a "studio/comics collective" that also includes Ram V, Dan Watters, and Ryan O'Sullivan,{{Cite web |last=Harper |first=David |date=January 9, 2024 |title="Stories Want to Create Patterns": Ram V and Dan Watters on the Making and Mysteries of The One Hand and The Six Fingers |url=https://sktchd.com/interview/ram-v-dan-watters-interview/ |access-date=2024-11-25 |website=SKTCHD |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Zee |date=2024-07-30 |title=In Conversation with Ram V on Comics, Influences and Home |url=https://gatecrashers.fan/2024/07/30/in-conversation-with-ram-v-on-comics-influences-and-home/ |access-date=2024-11-25 |website=GateCrashers |language=en-US}} was then announced to have new comics, including Earthcrosser{{Cite web |last=Harrison |first=Bob |date=2019-06-27 |title=Spotlight Interview with Comics Writer Alex Paknadel |url=https://popculturesquad.com/2019/06/27/spotlight-interview-with-comics-writer-alex-paknadel/ |access-date=2024-11-25 |website=Pop Culture Squad |language=en-US}} and, in 2020, Giga, a science-fiction murder mystery with mechas.{{Cite web |last=McMillan |first=Graeme |date=2020-04-13 |title='Giga' Explores Aftermath of a War With Giant Monsters |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/giga-explores-aftermath-a-war-giant-monsters-1290006/ |access-date=2024-11-25 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Horne |first=Karame |date=2020-10-30 |title=Giant mech comic GIGA reinvents the relationship between man and machine |url=https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/indie-comics-giga-interview-mech-vault |access-date=2024-11-25 |website=SYFY Official Site |language=en-US}} Also in 2020, Paknadel published Redfork, a horror comic about "the opioid crisis, economic despair, and cosmic as well as capitalistic horror, all seeping into an Appalachian town" through TKO Studios.{{Cite web |last=Secundus |first=Rob |date=2020-12-04 |title=Alex Paknadel on Redfork, the Systemic Problems of Appalachia, Misery Tourism and Writing for the TKO Format |url=https://comicsxf.com/2020/12/04/alex-paknadel-on-redfork-the-systemic-problems-of-appalachia-misery-tourism-and-writing-for-the-tko-format/ |access-date=2024-11-25 |website=COMICSXF |language=en-US}} In 2022, his first Image Comics book was announced, All Against All, which was billed as "Aliens meets Tarzan."{{Cite web |last=CBCCPodcast |date=2022-11-14 |title=Interview: Alex Paknadel on 'All Against All' |url=https://www.comicbookcouplescounseling.com/post/alex-paknadel-all-against-all |access-date=2024-11-25 |website=Comic Book Couple Counseling |language=en}}

Paknadel began his Marvel career with the 2020 one-shots Lords of Empyre: Celestial Messiah and Lords of Empyre: Swordsman.{{Cite web |last=Marston |first=George |date=2020-08-03 |title=Inside "the dark turn" of the secret villain of Empyre |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/inside-the-dark-turn-of-the-secret-villain-of-empyre/ |access-date=2024-11-25 |website=GamesRadar |language=en}} He followed that up in 2021 by co-writing Immortal Hulk: Time of Monsters with Al Ewing{{Cite web |last=McGuire |first=Liam |date=2021-02-18 |title=The Ancient Hulk Revealed By Marvel Comics |url=https://screenrant.com/hulk-immortal-ancient-green-door-marvel-comics/ |access-date=2024-11-25 |website=ScreenRant |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Arrant |first=Chris |date=2021-04-23 |title=Meet the "menacing and beautiful" Original Hulk in Immortal Hulk: Time of Monsters |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/meet-the-menacing-and-beautiful-original-hulk-in-immortal-hulk-time-of-monsters/ |access-date=2024-11-25 |website=GamesRadar |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Keith |first=Jed W. |date=2021-09-08 |title=Alex Paknadel on Bringing the Green Goliath to Life in THE IMMORTAL HULK: TIME OF MONSTERS |url=https://www.freaksugar.com/alex-paknadel-on-bringing-the-green-goliath-to-life-in-the-immortal-hulk-time-of-monsters/ |access-date=2024-11-25 |website=Freaksugar |language=en-US}} and then writing the tie-ins Death of Doctor Strange: Avengers{{Cite web |last=Arrant |first=Chris |date=2021-10-21 |title=Iron Man gets attacked where it hurts in Death of Doctor Strange: Avengers |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/iron-man-gets-attacked-where-it-hurts-in-death-of-doctor-strange-avengers/ |access-date=2024-11-25 |website=GamesRadar |language=en}} and Darkhold: Spider-Man.{{Cite web |last=Dodge |first=John |date=2022-01-01 |title=Marvel's Most Gruesome Spider-Man Story Unravels Venom's Most Iconic Host |url=https://www.cbr.com/darkhold-spider-man-venom/ |access-date=2024-11-25 |website=CBR |language=en}} In 2023, he was announced as the writer, alongside artist Jan Bazaldua, for Red Goblin,{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Alexander |date=2023-04-20 |title=Don't Miss This: "Red Goblin" by Alex Paknadel and Jan Bazaldua |url=http://www.multiversitycomics.com/news-columns/dmt-red-goblin-paknadel-bazaldua/ |access-date=2024-11-25 |website=Multiversity Comics |language=en}} about Normie Osborn, the Green Goblin's grandson, and his symbiote "Rascal". "He has in his possession a weapon that could well unleash the sadism and depravity his family name makes him heir to, but he's choosing to go the other way. In brief, I want people to root for this poor kid and his weird murderous pal because although the path they're walking is crooked and perilous, the end goal is truly noble."{{Cite web |last=Marston |first=George |date=2023-01-03 |title=Red Goblin is like "Lassie as a messed-up horror movie" in new ongoing Marvel title |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/red-goblin-is-like-lassie-as-a-messed-up-horror-movie-in-new-ongoing-marvel-title/ |access-date=2024-11-25 |website=GamesRadar |language=en}} At the same time, he took over writing Carnage and co-wrote, alongside writer Cody Ziglar, the crossover Carnage Reigns.{{Cite web |last=Squires |first=John |date=2023-02-09 |title='Carnage Reigns' – Miles Morales and Cletus Kasady Battle in Marvel Comics Crossover Event! [Exclusive] |url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/exclusives/3750759/carnage-reigns-carnage-and-miles-morales-battle-in-marvel-comics-crossover-event-exclusive/ |access-date=2024-11-25 |website=Bloody Disgusting! |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Adams |first=Tim |date=2023-03-21 |title=Carnage Reigns Crossover With Miles Morales Reveals Final Covers and Details |url=https://comicbook.com/comics/news/carnage-reigns-miles-morales-crossover-final-covers-details/ |access-date=2024-11-25 |website=ComicBook.com |language=en-US}}

In 2022, he was announced as the co-writer, alongside Matthew Rosenberg, of DC vs. Vampires: All-Out War, a six-issue mini-series.{{Cite web |last=Doran |first=Michael |date=2022-04-14 |title=Booster Gold, Deathstroke, and Mary Marvel team to hunt vamps in DC vs. Vampires: All-Out War |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/booster-gold-deathstroke-and-mary-marvel-team-to-hunt-vamps-in-dc-vs-vampires-all-out-war/ |access-date=2024-11-25 |website=GamesRadar |language=en}} He then went on to write Knight Terrors: The Flash{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Robert |date=2023-08-07 |title="My Body Folds, Becoming Chrono-Dynamic": Flash Takes a Twisted New Form to Unlock His Maximum Speed |url=https://screenrant.com/flash-powers-maximum-speed-time-travel-knight-terrors/ |access-date=2024-11-25 |website=ScreenRant |language=en}} and stories in Lazarus Planet: Legends Reborn{{Cite web |last=Sawan |first=Amer |date=2023-02-05 |title=Lazarus Planet Gave the Titan Raven a Deadly New Enemy - Who is Also Her Brother |url=https://www.cbr.com/raven-new-brother-lazarus-planet-dc/ |access-date=2024-11-25 |website=CBR |language=en}} and in Batman: Urban Legends.{{Cite web |last=Erdmann |first=Kevin |date=2022-07-20 |title=Black Adam's Immortality Gives Him One Power No Hero Knows About |url=https://screenrant.com/black-adam-immortality-non-magic-powers-batman-urban-legends-dc-comics/ |access-date=2024-11-25 |website=ScreenRant |language=en}} In 2024, he wrote backup stories in Detective Comics during Ram V's run focusing on the Batgirl Cassandra Cain.{{Cite web |last=Reaves |first=Dashiel |date=2024-05-23 |title=DC Names Bruce Wayne's One True Successor (& It's the Hero Fans Wanted) |url=https://screenrant.com/dc-names-bruce-wayne-successor-cassandra-cain-batgirl/ |access-date=2024-11-25 |website=ScreenRant |language=en}}

In 2024, he was announced as the main writer for the X-Men: From the Ashes Infinity Comic.{{Cite web |last=Hassan |first=Chris |date=2024-06-24 |title=X-Men Monday #257 - Alex Paknadel Talks 'X-Men: From the Ashes Infinity Comic' |url=https://aiptcomics.com/2024/06/24/x-men-monday-257-alex-paknadel-ashes/ |access-date=2024-11-25 |website=Adventures in Poor Taste |language=en-us}} "In some respects, my job here in these first arcs is to bridge the gap between Krakoa and the new status quo." He was then announced as the writer for the upcoming X-Men mini-series Sentinels.{{Cite web |last=Bird |first=Jared |date=2024-09-26 |title=Interview: Alex Paknadel on bringing SENTINELS to life |url=https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-alex-paknadel-on-bringing-sentinels-to-life/ |access-date=2024-11-25 |website=The Beat |language=en-US}} Unlike previous Sentinels, these new Sentinels are human cyborgs who have been augmented with Sentinel nanotechnology and set to hunt evil mutants. "Being a Reaver is a hideous calling; being one of our new Sentinels is a job. Many would argue — not without merit — that the latter is worse, and that ethical quagmire is kind of where this series lives. At what point does blindly following orders make you complicit?"{{Cite web |last=Hassan |first=Chris |date=2024-09-30 |title=X-Men Monday #269 - Alex Paknadel Talks 'Sentinels' |url=https://aiptcomics.com/2024/09/30/x-men-monday-269-alex-paknadel-sentinels/ |access-date=2024-11-25 |website=Adventures in Poor Taste |language=en-us}}

Paknadel was also announced as the writer for the Cult of the Lamb comic adaptation in 2024{{Cite web |last=Greif |first=Zackari |date=2024-03-22 |title=Cult of the Lamb Mini-Series Writer and Artist Talk Expanding The Game's World |url=https://gamerant.com/cult-lamb-comics-interview/ |access-date=2024-11-25 |website=Game Rant |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Salmon |first=Will |date=2024-03-19 |title=Cult of the Lamb: The First Verse is a delightfully cute and nightmarishly violent comic expansion of the roguelike's world |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/cult-of-the-lamb-the-first-verse-is-a-delightfully-cute-and-nightmarishly-violent-comic-expansion-of-the-roguelikes-world/ |access-date=2024-11-25 |website=GamesRadar |language=en}} and contributed to the Scream! 40th Anniversary Special put out by Rebellion Publishing.{{Cite web |last=Lovett |first=Jamie |date=2024-11-08 |title=Our Humanity Is Never a Given: Alex Paknadel on Dracula File and Rogue Trooper |url=https://comicbook.com/comics/news/our-humanity-is-never-a-given-alex-paknadel-on-dracula-files-and-rogue-trooper/ |access-date=2024-11-25 |website=ComicBook.com |language=en-US}}

In 2025, it was announced that Paknadel would be writing the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles spin-off miniseries, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Casey Jones for IDW Publishing. The series, illustrated Amancay Nahuelpan, is expected to run for six issues and will begin publication in September 2025.{{Cite web |last=emailing |first=j brizuela@newsweek com You can find him at X. @james_brizuela Writers Page James Brizuela Contributing Writer Newsweek Is A. Trust Project Member |date=2025-05-15 |title=Exclusive: 'TMNT' Spinoff Series 'Casey Jones' Set for Release This Fall |url=https://www.newsweek.com/entertainment/comics/exclusive-tmnt-spinoff-series-casey-jones-set-release-this-fall-2072503 |access-date=2025-06-04 |website=Newsweek |language=en}}

Personal life

He lives in London, England, and graduated with a PhD in English literature from Lancaster University. Before writing comics, he worked for a digital marketing company.{{Cite web |last=Horne |first=Karama |date=2019-05-24 |title=Indie Comics Spotlight: How to fall into comics 'ass-backwards' with Dr. Alex Paknadel |url=https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/indie-comics-spotlight-how-to-fall-into-comics-ass-backwards-with-dr-alex-paknadel |access-date=2024-11-25 |website=SYFY Official Site |language=en-US}} He is the son of mystery writer Barbara Nadel.{{Cite web |last=Sümer |first=Gencoy |date=2023-05-25 |title=INTERVIEW WITH BARBARA NADEL {{!}} Dedektif {{!}} Polisiye Dergi |url=https://dedektifdergi.com/interview-with-barbara-nadel/ |access-date=2024-11-25 |website=Dedektif Dergi |language=tr}}

Bibliography

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=Other Comics=

==[[Image Comics]]==

  • All Against All #1-5 (2022–2023

==[[Boom! Studios]]==

  • Arcadia #1-8 (2015–2016)
  • Turncoat #1-4 (2016)

==[[Titan Publishing Group|Titan Comics]]==

==[[TKO Studios]]==

  • Redfork #1-6 (2020)
  • TKO Shorts

==[[Vault Comics]]==

  • GIGA #1-5 (2020–2023)

==[[Valiant Comics|Valiant Entertainment]]==

  • Incursion #1-4 (2019)

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