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Celebrities Who Write Comic Books

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1. Blair Butler
The G4 TV personality also writes for the Image comic book Heart.


Average listal rating (6 ratings) 7  
2. Glenn Danzig
The solo musician and former Misfits singer started his own comic book company, Verotik, writing for some of the titles, including Jaguar God.

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Average listal rating (558 ratings) 6.8  
3. Rosario Dawson
The actress created and co-wrote the Image comic book Occult Crimes Taskforce.


Average listal rating (268 ratings) 6.7  
4. Richard Donner
The director of Superman later became a co-writer on the Man of Steel's comic, Action Comics.

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Average listal rating (4 ratings) 9.3  
5. Mike Doughty
The musician contributed a story about Aquaman to DC's Bizarro World compilation.

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Average listal rating (89 ratings) 6.4  
6. Tyrese Gibson
The musician and actor co-created and co-wrote his own miniseries for Image, Mayhem!.


Average listal rating (82 ratings) 6.6  
7. Brea Grant
The Heroes actress co-created and co-wrote the zombie comic We Will Bury You.


Average listal rating (107 ratings) 7  
8. Bill Hader
The SNL personality and movie star co-wrote a hilarious Spider-Man one-shot called The Short Halloween.

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Average listal rating (336 ratings) 6.4  
9. Mark Hamill
The actor has written pieces for The Simpsons comics and co-created and co-wrote the Dark Horse series The Black Pearl.

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Average listal rating (674 ratings) 6.7  
10. Jennifer Love Hewitt
The actress created and co-wrote a miniseries for IDW called The Music Box.


Average listal rating (1773 ratings) 7.7  
11. Samuel L. Jackson
The actor created and co-wrote the series Cold Space.

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Average listal rating (171 ratings) 6.9  
12. Thomas Jane
Homeless Dad himself co-created and co-wrote Bad Planet for Image.

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Average listal rating (169 ratings) 7  
13. Rashida Jones
The Parks & Recreations star also co-writes Frenemy of the State for Oni.

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Average listal rating (13 ratings) 6.1  
14. Eriq La Salle
The actor created and co-wrote a miniseries called 25 to Life.


Average listal rating (18 ratings) 6  
15. Michael McMillian
The actor is creator/writer of the comic book Lucid.


Average listal rating (29 ratings) 6.5  
16. Seth Meyers
The actor co-wrote a hilarious Spider-Man one-shot called The Short Halloween with fellow SNL performer Bill Hader.

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Average listal rating (43 ratings) 7.5  
17. Tom Morello
The guitarist of Rage Against the Machine/Audioslave/Nightwatchman also wrote his own series for Dark Horse, Orchid.

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Average listal rating (66 ratings) 6.5  
18. Patton Oswalt
The comedian/actor has written several stories for various books, including the JLA: Welcome to the Working Week piece below.

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Average listal rating (276 ratings) 5.7  
19. Jada Pinkett Smith
The actress wrote a story for the comic book Menace.


Average listal rating (13 ratings) 6.5  
20. Brian Posehn
The actor and comedian also co-wrote The Last Christmas for Image.

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Average listal rating (25 ratings) 6.6  
21. Jonathan Ross
The British TV personality co-created and wrote the Image series Turf.


Average listal rating (2 ratings) 7.5  
22. Claudio Sanchez
The lead singer of Coheed & Cambria co-writes The Armory Wars, which is also the subject of his band's music.


Average listal rating (260 ratings) 6.9  
23. William Shatner
The actor has begun to write his own stories based on his sci-fi novel TekWar in the comic book The TekWar Chronicles.


Average listal rating (436 ratings) 7  
24. Kevin Smith
The director started out writing comic books based on the characters from his movies, but he soon graduated to award-winning runs with Daredevil, Green Arrow, and many others.

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The brothers wrote for Marvel's mature imprint, Razorline, before their first directing gig. Now, they are the scribes for Doc Frankenstein.

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Average listal rating (45 ratings) 7.2  
26. Gerard Way
The lead singer for My Chemical Romance also writes for his book, The Umbrella Academy.

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27. Wayans Brothers
Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, and Keenen Ivory Wayans co-write the book Super Bad James Dynomite.


Average listal rating (173 ratings) 8.2  
28. Joss Whedon
The director had a celebrated run on Astonishing X-Men, his "Gifted" storyline being fodder for part of the third X-Men movie.

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Average listal rating (5 ratings) 7.2  
29. Jane Wiedlin
The Go-Go's musician created and writes Lady Robotika.


Average listal rating (266 ratings) 7  
30. Rob Zombie
The musician has created and written the What Ever Happened to Baron Von Shock? series.

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A list of celebrities who have written comic book stories.*

*includes actors, directors, and musicians

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Comments

Posted: 5 months, 3 weeks ago at Nov 27 12:52
I don't know if he's too obscure, but writer and producer for the Daily Show Elliott Kalan has done a little work with marvel. So has stand-up comedian and Daily Show correspondent Wyatt Cenac.
Posted: 5 months, 3 weeks ago at Nov 27 16:25
Brian Posehn is currently writing Deadpool for DC comics, and Monty Python alumnus John Cleese wrote a Superman graphic novel called "True Brit."
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Superman-True-Brit-John-Cleese/dp/1845760123
Posted: 5 months, 3 weeks ago at Nov 27 18:16
Awesome stuff, I love Umbrella Academy and Armory Wars.

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