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Since 2004, Greg Pak has written over 600 individual comic books. He’s best known for his Hulk, Superman, and Darth Vader runs as well as his creator-owned books Mech Cadet Yu and Ronin Island.

Creator-Owned: Code Monkey Save World, The Citizen, Kingsway West, Lawful, Los Robos, Mech Cadet Yu, Phantom Limb Ghostpuncher, Rio Chino, Ronin Island, Vision Machine

Aspen: Dead Man’s Run

BOOM: Big Trouble in Little China/Escape from New York, Firefly, Lawful, Mech Cadet Yu, Ronin Island

Dark Horse: Dungeons & Dragons, Kingsway West, Stranger Things

DC Comics: Action Comics, Batman/Superman, City Boy, Duo, Teen Titans

Dynamite: Battlestar Galactica, Gaston, James Bond 007, John Wick, Lilo & Stitch, Supernatural, Turok

Marvel Comics: 1602: New World, Agents of Atlas, Alpha Flight, Amadeus Cho, Astonishing X-Men, Atlantis Attacks, Captain America, Darth Vader, Doctor Strange Season One, Hercules, Hulk, Iron Man, Magneto Testament, Marvel Nemesis, Red Skull Incarnate, Silver Surfer, Skaar, Star Wars, Storm, War Machine, Warbound, Warlock, Weapon H, Weapon X, X-Men: Phoenix Endsong & Warsong, X-Treme X-Men

NYC DOE Civics for All Comics: A Story in Every Object!, Who Belongs?

Oni: Cruel Kingdom

Valiant: Eternal Warrior

The PULSE interviews Pak about Planet Hulk

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The PULSE at Comicon.com has interviewed Greg Pak about plans for the next arc of “Planet Hulk.” An excerpt:

THE PULSE: What do you find the most fascinating about this character? What can you just wrap your mind around and be inspired for hours and hours to write by?
PAK: The Hulk has tremendous attitude and enormous confidence, which makes him hugely fun to read and write. I find myself thinking about that line from “The Hustler” when Paul Newman says, “I’m the best there is. And even if you beat me, I’m still the best.” That’s the Hulk all over — incredible arrogance and confidence, yet underneath it all is this semi-conscious awareness that the world is going to do him wrong.

Click here for the full interview.

Dynamic Forces interviews Greg Pak

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Toney Tapia of Dynamic Forces has interviewed Greg Pak about his comics work. Here’s a taste:

TT: So you’re an award winning director and a writer for comics! Which do you find to be a little more tough to work on?
GP: Writing for comics is actually more demanding than writing for film. In a screenplay, I’d never go into minute detail about set design or framing or camera movement. Those are details that may be implied in a screenplay, but they’re hammered out in preproduction or on set in hands-on work between the director, the creative crew, and the cast. But in comics, much of the direction needs to happen at the script stage. So my comic scripts tend to be much more dense than my screenplays, with detailed, panel-by-panel descriptions of everything on the page.
But “directing” a comic book is admittedly less stressful than directing a film. Both undertakings require the marshalling of physical and creative resources. But making films has required me to do everything from help build a robot, dodge thunderstorms, ride cross country on a snow machine, and herd mice. Compared to that, making comics is positively civilized.

Click here to read the full interview.

David Libby talks score — an interview with the composer for the “Planet Hulk Trailer”

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Pakbuzz Q&A is proud to present an exclusive, in-depth interview with David Libby, the composer of the scores for the Greg Pak films “Happy Hamptons Holiday Camp for Troubled Couples,” “Super Power Blues,” and “Planet Hulk Trailer.”
[UPDATE: Libby has launched BroadwayDemo.com, a demo and website production service for musical theater actors — click here to visit the site.]
Greg Pak: We’ve worked together on three different short film projects now, but I’m realizing I have no idea how you work your magic — I email you video and tell you some of my ideas for the score and you email me back links to gorgeous music. Walk us through the process a bit. First, the technicalities — what kind of equipment and computer system do you use? Is all the music generated through synthesizers and computers or do you do any live performances? And how do you keep the neighbors from calling the cops with noise complaints?
David Libby: I have very cool neighbors, no doubt! I’m always playing piano and my wife is a singer, and we’ve never had a complaint. Actually, we’ve even gotten requests to play louder because they like it! The only down side to this is that I can never move.
Once I get the video file you email me, I import it into music production software called Sonar. I have a Kurzweil PC88 keyboard which is connected to my computer, but I don’t use the keyboard for sounds. I only use it to trigger sounds that are generated on my computer by a software sampler called Gigastudio, which produces the most realistic sounds currently on the market. So, when I play my keyboard it triggers sounds that are generated on my computer by Gigastudio, and those sounds are recorded on my computer by Sonar. I also use Reason and Acid type loops for sound generation, and Sibelius for music notation when I want to write something out.

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Comic Book Commentary likes “Battlestar Galactica” #0

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An excerpt (WARNING: SMALL SPOLIERS!):

Pak captures the relationship between Commander William Adama and President Laura Roslin. He shows the conflict between Starbuck and William Adama as the former seeks forgiveness from the latter. What’s brilliant is how he is able to capture the silence that Wm. Adama uses to communicate. He further develops Wm. Adama’s question, “Why does humanity deserve to survive?” Plus, he creates a story hook that made me want issue one even more.

Click here for the full review.

Rave review from BrokenFrontier for “Battlestar Galactica” #0

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BrokenFrontier.com loves “Battlestar Galactica” #0, written by Greg Pak with art by Nigel Raynor. An excerpt from Jason Berek-Lewis’s rave review:

Greg Pak’s script sizzles with raw emotion. … Each character speaks and acts in 100% accordance with what we have seen on the screen, giving Pak’s writing an unmistakable authenticity. Where the script absolutely excels is in giving each character their own unique voice, so much so that I actually “heard” the actors’ voices reading the dialogue.

Click here to read the full review.
“Battlestar Galactica” #0 is on sale now in comic book stores everywhere. “Battlestar Galactica” #1 ships in July. Contact your comic book store today to reserve your copy. Use the Comic Shop Locator Service to find a store near you.

Newsarama loves “Incredible Hulk” #95

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Kevin Huxford from Best Shots crew at Newsarama has tagged “Planet Hulk” as “the most awesome Hulk story I have read since the days of Peter David.” An excerpt from his review of “Incredible Hulk” #95, written by Greg Pak with interior art by Carlo Pagulayan and Marshall Rogers:

The final issue of the first act of Planet Hulk comes to a close, and what a fun ride it has been so far. Through the course of this issue Greg Pak manages to pack (no pun intended) in so much information, action and intrigue that a second reading of the first four issues are a must for anyone who is enjoying this titles.
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A great end to the first part of a Hulk mega-event. Looking for some classic Hulk action, with no punches pulled, then look no further. Planet Hulk is a success.

Visit Newsarama to read the full review.
“Incredible Hulk” #95 is on sale now in comic book stores everywhere. And don’t miss “Giant Size Hulk” #1 (June 21) in which Banner appears for the first time on Planet Hulk, and “Incredible Hulk” #96 (July 5), which continues the saga with “Planet Hulk: Anarchy,” Part One.
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The French dig “Battlestar Galactica” #0

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The French review blog Critique BD has given three and a half stars to “Battlestar Galactica” #0, written by Greg Pak with art by Nigel Raynor. Here’s the key paragraph, translated into an approximation of English using Altavista’s Babelfish:

In short, this episode 0 in due form allows to an introduction protagonists with the beginning of an account which is announced extremely interesting, the whole told through boards carried out well. For an investment of only 30¢, it is an invitation which cannot be refused!

Click here for the full review (in French!)
“Battlestar Galactica” #0 is in comic stores now. Issue #1 hits stores in July — tell your local store to save you a copy! Use the Comic Shop Locator Service to find a store near you.

Greg Pak’s “X-Men: Phoenix – Warsong” coming in September!

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Saturday at Wizard World Philadelphia, Marvel editor-in-chief Joe Quesada revealed that Greg Pak is writing “X-Men: Phoenix – Warsong,” a sequel to his top-selling “X-Men: Phoenix – Endsong.” With art by Tyler Kirkham, the five issue mini-series will begin in September. In an interview for Newsarama, Pak set up the story:

The key stories are Chris Claremont’s legendary Dark Phoenix saga in Uncanny X-Men #100-137, Grant Morrison’s New X-Men #114-150, and X-Men: Phoenix – Endsong. But rather than get into a point-by-point plot breakdown, maybe the best way to introduce the story to new readers is to talk about the big emotional throughlines… So here goes, two and a half decades of Phoenix stories in one paragraph:
The Phoenix saga is about a young woman named Jean Grey who discovers an insanely powerful cosmic force called the Phoenix within herself. The power allows her to save her friends and the world. But the power has a destiny beyond human understanding and the potential for horrifying destruction. So if our heroine loses control, she could destroy everything and everyone she knows. Ultimately, the love she experienced as a mere human, the strength of her bonds with her friends and her husband, gives her the ability to control her powers and save the world. But to do so, our heroine sacrifices herself and dies, passing on to another plane of existence to incubate, finding all her pieces so that she can understand and fulfill her destiny as the Phoenix. Will the enormous power of the Phoenix, beyond human comprehension and morality, threaten the world again? No one knows. But the love of her friends stays with our heroine to help and guide her as she grapples with the responsibilities and temptations of the Phoenix.
The key plot point readers should know as they launch into Warsong is that after Jean Grey last died in X-Men: Phoenix – Endsong, a tiny firefly representing a fragment of the Phoenix approached a group of young telepathic women known as the Stepford Cuckoos. What does the Phoenix want with the Cuckoos? Does it bear the terrible power of Dark Phoenix or the enormous love of Jean Grey? Who the heck are these Cuckoos, anyway, and why haven’t any of the X-Men ever asked where they came from? And what’s up with Scott and Emma? All these questions and more answered only within the pages of X-Men: Phoenix – Warsong!

Pak further teased the contents of “Warsong” in an interview for ComicBookResources.com

… I’m going to go out on a limb and spill the beans right here: ‘Warsong’ is not another Jean Grey resurrection story. It’s an essential Phoenix story, and therefore ultimately an essential tale for understanding Jean Grey. But we’re keeping the story fresh by exploring some untapped corners of the Grant Morrison run that are giving us a fantastic way to develop our characters and themes from surprising new angles.

“X-Men: Phoenix – Endsong is now available from Amazon.com at a 35 percent discount.
ComicBookResources.com interview | Newsarama interview