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Derek McCulloch is an author of graphic novels, comics, books for children, and plays who was born in Ottawa, Ontario in 1964, raised in Grande Prairie, Alberta,〔(Exclaim! Canada's Music Authority )〕 and lives in Oakland, California. ==Biography== Throughout the mid-1980s and early 1990s, he was the publisher of Strawberry Jam Comics, and wrote ''To Be Announced'' and ''night life''. He was also co-founder of The Comic Legends Legal Defense Fund in Canada and co-edited the organization's two ''True North'' anthologies. His stories have appeared in comics series including ''Open Season'', ''Shred!'', and ''Cerebus High Society''.〔(Meet the Authors of STAGGER LEE! )〕 He works as a technical editor at an engineering company.〔(Edson Leader, Edson, AB )〕 He wrote ''Stagger Lee'', a graphic novel based on the story of Stagger Lee and drawn by Shepherd Hendrix, which was published by Image Comics in May 2006.〔(Santa Cruz Sentinel - Home )〕 It has been nominated for several awards, including the Eisner Awards 2007〔(The 2007 Eisner Awards: 2007 Master Nominations List )〕 and the Eagle Awards 2006,〔(THE BEAT » Blog Archive » Eagle Award Nominations up! )〕 and won several Glyph Comics Awards in 2007,〔(The 2007 Glyph Comics Award winners » PopCultureShock )〕 including Story of the Year and Best Writer. McCulloch wrote ''Gone to Amerikay'', an original graphic novel drawn by Colleen Doran and released in 2012 to numerous positive notices from ''The Wall Street Journal'', ''Boing Boing'', ''Irish Echo'', ''The Miami Herald'', ''Irish Central'', and ''The Sunday Times'', Dublin edition.〔( NYCC Gone to Amerikay Artwork » Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources )〕 An excerpt from the book was included in the anthology The Best American Comics 2013 under the title "The Story of Gráinne Ní Mháille." In 2009, he released his first book for children, ''T. Runt!'', illustrated by Jimmie Robinson. In 2010, he self-published a print-on-demand anthology of short stories, ''Stories of a Callow Youth''.〔( I Love Derek McCulloch » A Distant Soil by Colleen Doran )〕 ''Pug'', his 2010 graphic novel with artist Greg Espinoza, was nominated for the 2011 Spinetingler Award, in the category of Best Crime Comic/Graphic Novel.〔( 2011 Spinetingler Award: Best Crime Comic/Graphic Novel – NOMINEES » Spinetingler )〕 In December 2011, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis announced that its 2012 new theatre series, Ignite! would feature a reading of a stage musical adaptation of Stagger Lee with a book by McCulloch and music and lyrics by Stew and Heidi Rodewald.〔( Ignite! The Rep's New Play Festival» Repertory Theatre of St. Louis )〕 When the reading took place on March 15, 2012, it was with not just book but also lyrics by McCulloch. It was directed by Amanda Dehnert and had a cast including Ken Page, Rebecca Naomi Jones, and Javier Munoz.〔( Ken Page, Rebecca Jones and Javier Muñoz Participate in Stew and Heidi Rodewald's Stagger Lee Reading » Playbill.com )〕〔( Rep’s series for new plays catches on quickly » stltoday )〕 In May 2014, Image Comics announced the upcoming publication of Displaced Persons,〔( DISPLACED PERSONS inspired by City-by-the-Bay » Imagecomics.com )〕 an original graphic novel by McCulloch and Anthony Peruzzo, described as a "tale of murder, love, crime, friendship, betrayal, and just the slightest bit of time travel," taking place in San Francisco in the years 1939, 1969, and 1999. Displaced Persons was previously announced (and solicited) in 2008 as a project for McCulloch and Rantz Hoseley.〔( Flippin’ through Previews – April 2008 » Comic Book Resources )〕 Hoseley is apparently not connected with the new version of the book. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Derek McCulloch (comics)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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