Jeffrey T. Krul (born November 14, 1972, in Michigan)[1] is an American comic book writer, best known for his work on Aspen MLT's Fathom comic series.

J.T. Krul
Krul at a signing for Teen Titans #97 at Midtown Comics in Manhattan, July 13, 2011.
BornJeffrey T. Krul
(1972-11-14) November 14, 1972 (age 52)
Michigan
NationalityAmerican
Area(s)Writer
Notable works
Fathom
http://jtkrul.blogspot.com/

Early life

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J.T. Krul was born and raised in Michigan. He received a Bachelor's degree in Film and Video Production from Michigan State University. His early childhood friends, never understood why. But J.T. Would watch the entire credits sequence of any show or movie he watched. Now, they see it was all research, for him. [2]

Career

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Krul moved to Los Angeles in 1996, where he landed the job of production assistant on the TV show Seinfeld.[1][2] He was promoted to the position of the show's production coordinator in its last season.

J.T. Krul's first comic book work was at Marvel Comics, writing X-Men Unlimited and later, Spider-Man Unlimited.[3] He subsequently went to work for Michael Turner's company, Aspen MLT, writing their flagship titles Fathom and Soulfire. He then launched a creator-owned comic book there called Mindfield, which debuted in 2010.[2]

In 2008 Krul wrote Past Experience, a Heroes comic book story starring characters from the NBC TV series of the same name.[2][4] That same year, he wrote the third book in the Joker's Asylum series of one-shots, which featured Poison Ivy.[5][6]

Other books he has written for DC Comics include several issues of Teen Titans and Titans, including Blackest Night: Titans,[7] the tie in to DC's 2009–2010 "Blackest Night" crossover storyline. In 2009 Krul wrote Justice League: The Rise and Fall, and Justice League: The Rise of Arsenal and later took over the Green Arrow series with issue #31 (May 2010), with a storyline titled "The Fall of Green Arrow".[8] After four issues a new volume of Green Arrow was launched with a new #1 with Krul writing.[9] He returned to Teen Titans as the main writer.[10]

As part of DC Comics' The New 52 relaunch in 2011, Krul wrote Green Arrow[11][12] and Captain Atom.[13] He left Green Arrow after issue #3 due to time pressures but continued to write Captain Atom.[14]

Krul has written for Dynamite Entertainment's books including Red Sonja and Highlander: Way of the Sword.[2]

Personal life

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Krul lives in Southern California with his wife and their two daughters.[2]

Bibliography

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Aspen MLT

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  • Aspen Seasons: Fall 2005 #1 (2005)
  • Aspen Seasons: Spring 2005 #1 (2005)
  • Fathom vol. 2 #0–8 (2005–2006)
  • Fathom vol. 3 #0–10 (2008–2010)
  • Fathom Beginnings #1 (2005)
  • Fathom: Cannon Hawke #0–5 (2004–2006)
  • Fathom: Cannon Hawke: Prelude #1 (2005)
  • Fathom Prelude #1 (2005)
  • Jirni #1 (2013)
  • Michael Turner's Cannon: Dawn of War #0–3 (2004)
  • Soulfire #3–10 (2005–2009)
  • Soulfire: Chaos Reign #0–3 (2006–2007)
  • Soulfire: Dying Of The Light #0–5 (2005–2006)
  • Worlds of Aspen #1–4 (2006–2009)

DC Comics

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Dynamite Entertainment

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Marvel Comics

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ZMX Comics / Aspen Comics

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References

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  1. ^ a b Goodman, David (May 20, 2013). "J. T. Krul: writer for Aspen, Marvel and DC Comics Interview". Front Towards Gamer. Archived from the original on September 24, 2014. Retrieved August 27, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ a b c d e f Krul, J. T. (2012). "J. T. Krul". Wizard World. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved August 27, 2013.
  3. ^ J. T. Krul at the Grand Comics Database
  4. ^ "Past Experience" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-29. (14 MB)
  5. ^ Arrant, Chris (June 18, 2008). "J. T. Krul on Joker's Asylum: Poison Ivy". Newsarama. Archived from the original on August 28, 2013.
  6. ^ Renaud, Jeffrey (June 25, 2008). "The Joker's Asylum, Part III: Poison Ivy". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on June 26, 2013.
  7. ^ a b George, Richard (May 15, 2009). "Blackest Night's Future: August 2009". IGN. Archived from the original on August 28, 2013.
  8. ^ Segura, Alex (December 11, 2009). "DCU In 2010: The Rise of Arsenal and the Fall of Green Arrow". DC Comics. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved July 11, 2011.
  9. ^ Segura, Alex (March 18, 2010). "After the Fall, Green Arrow rises again". DC Comics. Archived from the original on September 22, 2012. Retrieved July 11, 2011.
  10. ^ Rogers, Vaneta (June 1, 2010). "Writer J. T. Krul To Take Over Teen Titans in Late 2010". Newsarama. Archived from the original on August 29, 2013. Retrieved June 2, 2010.
  11. ^ Guerrero, Tony (August 15, 2011). "J.T. Krul Talks About the Future of Green Arrow in the 'New 52'". Comic Vine. Archived from the original on August 28, 2013.
  12. ^ a b Rogers, Vaneta (June 14, 2011). "Billionaire World-Traveling Green Arrow Returns for DCnU". Newsarama. Archived from the original on December 19, 2013.
  13. ^ a b Rogers, Vaneta (June 16, 2011). "Krul to Bring 'Intense, Sci-fi Feel' to DCnU Captain Atom". Newsarama. Archived from the original on December 19, 2013.
  14. ^ Chou, Richard (September 19, 2011). "Comics: J. T. Krul Leaves Green Arrow, Continues Captain Atom". Critiques4geeks.com. Archived from the original on November 27, 2012.
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Preceded by Teen Titans writer
2009
Succeeded by
Felicia D. Henderson
Preceded by
Felicia D. Henderson
Teen Titans writer
2010–2011
Succeeded by
Preceded by Green Arrow writer
2010–2012
Succeeded by
Preceded by Batman Beyond Unlimited writer
2012–2013
Succeeded by
Adam Beechen