Cullen Bunn | |
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Area(s) | Writer |
Notable works
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Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe The Damned The Sixth Gun |
Spouse(s) | Cindy Bunn |
Children | Jackson Bunn |
Cullen Bunn is an American comic books writer, novelist, and short story writer. He is best known for his work on comic books such as his Uncanny X-Men and various Deadpool miniseries for Marvel Comics, and his creator-owned series The Damned and The Sixth Gun for Oni Press, as well as his middle reader horror novel Crooked Hills, and his short story work collection Creeping Stones & Other Stories. As of early 2016, Bunn writes Uncanny X-Men, and Deadpool & The Mercs for Money for Marvel, The Sixth Gun and Hellbreak for Oni Press, and Harrow County for Dark Horse.
Cullen Bunn grew up in rural North Carolina.
Bunn's noir/horror comic, and first collaboration with Brian Hurtt, The Damned, was published in 2007 by Oni Press. The sequel, The Damned: Prodigal Sons, was released in 2008.
In 2010 Oni Press premiered Bunn's series, The Sixth Gun, which continues to the present day.
In 2011, Oni Press published Bunn's original hardcover graphic novel, The Tooth. That same year, Earwig Press/Evileye Books published Bunn's middle reader horror prose series Crooked Hills. He also was one of the writers in Marvel Comics' crossover storyline that year, "Fear Itself". He wrote the tie-in book Fear Itself: The Black Widow, which received mostly positive reviews, and later wrote two issues of The Fearless, a spinoff published after the conclusion of "Fear Itself" that also received positive reviews. In November of that year, Lion Forge Comics published Bunn's digital comic, Night Trap.
In 2013 Bunn wrote Deadpool Kills Deadpool for Marvel, which received positive reviews.
On December 2013, Marvel announced new ongoing Magneto, a series following the solo adventures of Magneto and penned by Bunn, with art by Gabriel Hernández Walta. The series debuted on March 2014 and ran for 21 issues, ending on August 2015.
Bunn's Harrow County, an ongoing creator-owned horror series with art by Tyler Crook, published by Dark Horse Comics, was announced in San Diego Comic-Con 2014. The first issue debuted on May 2015 and sold out a distributor level, with a second printing commissioned by Dark Horse.
On September 2014, Bunn's six-issue limited series Wolf Moon, with art by Jeremy Haun and covers by Jae Lee, was announced as the newest miniseries from Vertigo. The series, which seeks to re-imagine the werewolf mythos, was released on December 2014.