David Pepose

Pepose worked as a reviewer and editor at Newsarama before deciding to write his own comics.{{Cite web |last=Brooke |first=David |date=2017-02-28 |title=Writer David Pepose On New Series Spencer & Locke, Comic Criticism And More! |url=https://aiptcomics.com/2017/02/28/interview-david-pepose-talks-new-series-spencer-and-locke-comic-criticism-and-more/ |access-date=2025-01-21 |website=AiPT |language=en-us}} His first comic, Spencer & Locke, was published through Action Lab Comics in 2017 with artist Jorge Santiago. It was described as "What would you get if you crossed Calvin and Hobbes and Sin City?"{{Cite web |last=Kassen |first=Harry |date=2019-02-14 |title='Calvin and Hobbes was Just the Tip of the Iceberg': David Pepose, Jorge Santiago talk Spencer & Locke 2 |url=https://www.comicsbookcase.com/updates/2019/2/13/55zffldx5kn6f2shni7r21obqll9qo |access-date=2025-01-21 |website=Comics Bookcase |language=en-US}} It was optioned for a movie by Adrian Askarieh, the producer of the Hitman films,{{Cite web |last=Kit |first=Borys |date=2017-07-10 |title='Spencer & Locke' Getting Movie Treatment From 'Hitman' Producer (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/spencer-locke-getting-movie-treatment-hitman-producer-1019688/ |access-date=2025-01-21 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}} and was nominated for Best Series at the 2018 Ringo Awards. In 2019, he and Santiago put out a sequel, Spencer & Locker 2,{{Cite web |last=Schedeen |first=Jesse |date=2019-01-25 |title=Our Favorite Calvin & Hobbes Crime Parody Returns (Spencer & Locke 2 #1 Review) |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/01/25/our-favorite-calvin-hobbes-crime-parody-returns-spencer-locke-2-1-review |access-date=2025-01-21 |website=IGN |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=McMillan |first=Graeme |date=2018-07-12 |title=Cult Noir Comic 'Spencer & Locke' Returns This Winter |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/cult-noir-comic-spencer-locke-returns-winter-1126360/ |access-date=2025-01-21 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}} which satirized Beetle Bailey, which was also nominated in the 2020 Ringo Awards. He also wrote an action-comedy called Going to the Chapel.{{Cite web |last=McMillan |first=Graeme |date=2019-03-14 |title=Indie Comic 'Going to the Chapel' Is 'Die Hard' at a Wedding |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/going-chapel-read-an-action-comedy-comic-1194507/ |access-date=2025-01-21 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}

In 2020, he ran a kickstarter to fund self-publishing The O.Z., a comic which recasts Oz as a war zone.{{Cite web |last=Estrella |first=Ernie |date=2020-08-16 |title=The Wizard of Oz meets The Hurt Locker in David Pepose's latest comic 'The O.Z.' |url=https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/wizard-oz-o-z-david-pepose-comic-kickstarter |access-date=2025-01-21 |website=SYFY |language=en-US}} Per Pepose: "The O.Z. is like what if The Hurt Locker took place in The Wizard of Oz — we’re reimagining Dorothy Gale killing the Wicked Witch of the West as something akin to a botched regime change, and when Dorothy returned home to Kansas, she inadvertently left Oz in a horrific power vacuum that would spiral into brutal civil war."{{Cite web |last=Quaintance |first=Zack |date=2020-08-18 |title=INTERVIEW: Writer David Pepose talks smash-hit Kickstarter comic, THE O.Z. |url=https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-writer-david-pepose-talks-smash-hit-kickstarter-comic-the-o-z/ |access-date=2025-01-21 |website=The Beat |language=en-US}} The book won the 2021 Ringo Award for Best Single Issue or Story.{{Cite web |last=Chiu-Tabet |first=Christopher |date=2021-10-24 |title=2021 Ringo Award Winners Announced |url=http://www.multiversitycomics.com/news/2021-ringo-awards/ |access-date=2025-01-21 |website=Multiversity Comics |language=en}} He also published the post-apocalyptic comic Scout's Honor through AfterShock Comics, about a cult in the aftermath of a global disaster that has built itself around a single artifact: a Boy Scouts manual.{{Cite web |last=McMillan |first=Graeme |date=2020-09-29 |title=Post-Apocalyptic Comic 'Scout's Honor' in the Works |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/post-apocalyptic-comic-scouts-honor-in-the-works-4067962/ |access-date=2025-01-21 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}

In 2022, he and artist Carlos Magno were announced as the creative team for the new Savage Avengers book from Marvel.{{Cite web |date=February 3, 2022 |title=The Biggest, Baddest, Most Dangerous Team of Avengers Returns in 'Savage Avengers' #1 |url=https://www.marvel.com/articles/comics/new-savage-avengers-series-starring-conan-this-may |access-date=2025-01-21 |website=Marvel Entertainment}}{{Cite web |last=Dar |first=Taimur |date=2022-02-03 |title=SAVAGE AVENGERS returns with David Pepose & Carlos Magno at the helm in May |url=https://www.comicsbeat.com/savage-avengers-david-pepose-carlos-magno-announced/ |access-date=2025-01-21 |website=The Beat |language=en-US}} He also wrote two issues of Fantastic Four set during the A.X.E.: Judgment Day crossover.{{Cite web |last=Chiu-Tabet |first=Christopher |date=2022-08-18 |title=Exclusive First Look: "Fantastic Four" #47 |url=http://www.multiversitycomics.com/previews/f4-47-first-look/ |access-date=2025-01-21 |website=Multiversity Comics |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Couch |first=Theron |date=2022-09-22 |title=Fantastic Four #47: Die Hard in the Baxter Building |url=https://comic-watch.com/comic-book-reviews/fantastic-four-47-die-hard-in-the-baxter-building |access-date=2025-01-21 |website=Comic Watch |language=en-US}} In 2023, he wrote stories for Carnage Reigns and Extreme Venomverse,{{Cite web |last=McMillan |first=Graeme |date=2023-04-01 |title=Marvel promises more Carnage, more Misery, and... the Death of the Venomverse? |url=https://www.thepopverse.com/marvel-comics-summer-of-symbiotes-carnage-venomverse |access-date=2025-01-21 |website=Popverse |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Riddell |first=Roger |date=2023-04-03 |title=Spider-Man Gets Set To Enter The VENOMVERSE At C2E2 |url=https://monkeysfightingrobots.co/spider-man-gets-set-to-enter-the-venomverse-at-c2e2/ |access-date=2025-01-21 |website=Monkeys Fighting Robots |language=en-US}} as well as a five-issue mini-series Moon Knight: City of the Dead,{{Cite web |last=Brooke |first=David |date=2023-04-19 |title='Moon Knight' gets anniversary special and new miniseries 'City of the Dead' |url=https://aiptcomics.com/2023/04/19/moon-knight-gets-anniversary-special-and-new-miniseries-city-of-the-dead/ |access-date=2025-01-21 |website=AiPT |language=en-us}} which introduced a new Scarlet Scarab similar to the one on the Disney+ show.{{Cite web |last=Remley |first=Hilary |date=2023-04-22 |title=Scarlet Scarab Makes the Leap From 'Moon Knight' to Comics |url=https://collider.com/moon-knight-scarlet-scarab-comic-book-debut/ |access-date=2025-01-21 |website=Collider |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Grunenwald |first=Joe |date=2023-04-19 |title=MOON KNIGHT's Scarlet Scarab makes her comics debut in July |url=https://www.comicsbeat.com/moon-knight-scarlet-scarab-comics-debut/ |access-date=2025-01-21 |website=The Beat |language=en-US}} In July 2023, at San Diego Comic-Con, it was revealed that he would be writing a new Punisher mini-series about a brand new Punisher, Joe Garrison.{{Cite web |date=July 21, 2023 |title=SDCC 2023: A New Punisher Makes His Marvel Comics Debut |url=https://www.marvel.com/articles/comics/sdcc-2023-a-new-punisher-makes-his-marvel-comics-debut |access-date=2025-01-21 |website=Marvel Entertainment}}{{Cite web |last=Lapin-Bertone |first=Joshua |date=2023-11-16 |title=How did Marvel's Punisher get replaced? New sold-out series explores the transition from Frank Castle to Joe Garrison |url=https://www.thepopverse.com/punisher-marvel-joe-garrison-1-frank-castle |access-date=2025-01-21 |website=Popverse |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Salmon |first=Will |date=2023-11-02 |title=The new Punisher battles some Inner Demons in a tense preview of the new series |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/the-new-punisher-battles-some-inner-demons-in-a-tense-preview-of-the-new-series/ |access-date=2025-01-21 |website=GamesRadar |language=en}}

In 2024, Dynamite Entertainment announced that Pepose would write a new Space Ghost comic series with artist Jonathan Lau.{{Cite web |last=Anderson |first=Jenna |date=2024-05-01 |title=Space Ghost's David Pepose Talks the Hanna-Barbera Hero's Epic New Era |url=https://comicbook.com/comics/news/space-ghost-david-pepose-hanna-barbera-hero-comic-2024-interview/ |access-date=2025-01-21 |website=ComicBook.com |language=en-US}} In September 2024, it was announced that he and artist Mike Henderson would be the creative team for a new Cable mini-series, Cable: Love and Chrome.{{Cite web |last=Adams |first=Tim |date=2024-09-18 |title=X-Men: Cable Embarks on a New Time-Traveling Adventure in Love and Chrome (Exclusive) |url=https://comicbook.com/comics/news/x-men-cable-love-and-chrome-announcement-david-pepose-mike-henderson/ |access-date=2025-01-21 |website=ComicBook.com |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Brooke |first=David |date=2024-09-18 |title=New X-Men series 'Cable: Love and Chrome' to explore Techno-Organic Virus |url=https://aiptcomics.com/2024/09/18/x-men-series-cable-love-and-chrome/ |access-date=2025-01-21 |website=AiPT |language=en-us}}{{Cite web |last=Marston |first=George |date=2024-09-18 |title=Cable is back in his own X-Men solo comic that sends him to a dystopian future |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/comics/marvel-comics/cable-love-and-chrome-announcement/ |access-date=2025-01-21 |website=GamesRadar |language=en}} In November 2024, it was announced that he would be writing a new Speed Racer series from Mad Cave Studios starting with a Free Comic Book Day issue.{{Cite web |last=Salmon |first=Will |date=2024-11-20 |title=Mad Cave brings classic manga Speed Racer to comics next Free Comic Book Day with a special #0 from Savage Avengers and Space Ghost writer David Pepose |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/comics/speed-racer-mad-cave-studios-announcement/ |access-date=2025-01-21 |website=GamesRadar |language=en}} In January 2025, it was announced that he would write a new Captain Planet comic for Dynamite Entertainment. This would be the first Captain Planet series in three decades.{{Cite web |last=Brooke |first=David |date=2025-01-21 |title='Captain Planet' #1 rockets into comic shops in April 2025 |url=https://aiptcomics.com/2025/01/21/captain-planet-1-april-2025/ |access-date=2025-01-22 |website=AiPT |language=en-us}}

Pepose graduated magna cum laude from Brandeis University. He studied American Studies, creative writing and theater arts.{{Cite web |title=David Pepose '04 |url=https://www.whitfieldschool.org/alumni/p/~board/alumni-profiles/post/david-pepose-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240509141252/https://www.whitfieldschool.org/alumni/p/~board/alumni-profiles/post/david-pepose-04 |archive-date=May 9, 2024 |access-date=2025-01-20 |website=Whitfield School}}

• Avengers Unlimited Infinity Comic #1-6 (2022), #43-48 (2023)
• Cable: Love and Chrome #1-5 (2025)
• Carnage Reigns Alpha #1, short story "Flesh and Blood" (2023)
• Elektra: Black, White & Blood #3, short story "Weapons of Choice" (2022)
• Extreme Venomverse #2, short story "The Prisoner" (2023)
• Fantastic Four vol. 6 #47-48 (2022)
• Hulk Annual vol. 3 #1 (2023)
• Moon Knight:
• Moon Knight: Black, White & Blood #2, short story "A Hard Day's Knight" (2022)
• Moon Knight: City of the Dead #1-5 (2023)
• Punisher vol. 14 #1-4 (2023-2024)
• Savage Avengers vol. 2 #1-10 (2022-2023)
• Spider-Verse Unlimited Infinity Comic #37 (2023)
• Star Wars: Darth Vader - Black, White & Red #2, short story "The Endless Mercy" (2023)

• Going to the Chapel #1-4 (2019-2020)
• Spencer & Locke #1-4 (2017)
• Spencer & Locke 2 #1-4 (2019)

• Scout's Honor #1-5 (2021)

• Space Ghost #1-present (2024–present)
• Captain Planet and the Planeteers #1- (2025)

• The Devil That Wears My Face #1-6 (2023-2024)
• Speed Racer #0- (2025)

• Ten-Ton Titan Terrier Vol. 1 (2025)

• Cthulhu Is Hard To Spell, short story "The Master of Kung Fthulhu" (2022) (Wannabe Press)
• HELP: The Hero Initiative Anthology, short story "S.O.S." (2022) (Hero Initiative)
• Nightmare Theater: A Cinematic Horror Anthology, short story "Die, Die, Danger Ronin!" (2021) (Bloodline Comics)
• The O.Z. #1-2 (2020-2021) (self-published)
• Project Big Hype, short story "Roxy Rewind" (2021) (Jumpstart Comics)

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