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Jim McCann (writer)
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James Andrew "Jim" McCann, II (born January 7, 1974) is an American
writer of comic book
s, theater and television programs. Jim has worked on several films and music videos before entering the ABC Daytime
Writer Development Program, during which time he wrote for the popular ABC daytime drama One Life to Live
. Upon moving to New York City
in 2004 from Nashville
, Jim found a position at Marvel Comics
handling publicity and PR for publishing while managing press and panels at conventions. Recently, he has returned to his writing roots, writing for Marvel comics, creator-owned graphic novels, and other projects.
, Tennessee
. He graduated from Father Ryan High School
in 1992. McCann graduated from Xavier University in 1996 with a bachelor of arts
degree in Communication Arts, Electronic Media with a double minor in English and Theatre. He left his creative mark at Xavier by winning a Best Writer award in 1994 for his play Maire’s Question.
Writer Development Program, during which time he wrote for the popular ABC daytime drama One Life to Live
. During this time, he also co-founded the Nashville Theatre Company, for which he directed many plays and served as Artistic Director from 2000-2004.
McCann decided to move to New York City
in 2004 to explore further opportunities. He found a position at Marvel Comics
that same year dealing with publicity and public relations
for publishing while handling press and panels at conventions.
McCann returned to his writing roots, writing creator-owned graphic novels and other projects for Marvel Comics including: What If?
House of M
, X-Men
: Blue Christmas, Dark Reign
: New Nation and New Avengers: The Reunion. He built on this work, in particular bringing back Mockingbird
, in the ongoing series
Hawkeye & Mockingbird
, Widowmaker
, and Hawkeye: Blindspot
.
He co-created with acclaimed artist Janet Lee an original graphic novel
, Return of the Dapper Men, published by Archaia Studios Press
. Return of the Dapper Men garnered 5 Eisner nominations and won an Eisner for Best Graphic Album: New. Jim recently finished Marvel Zombies Christmas Carol, an adaptation of Charles Dickens
seminal holiday classic A Christmas Carol
.
For TV, theater and film work, McCann is represented by Creative Artists Agency (CAA).
People of the United States
The people of the United States, also known as simply Americans or American people, are the inhabitants or citizens of the United States. The United States is a multi-ethnic nation, home to people of different ethnic and national backgrounds...
writer of comic book
Comic book
A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...
s, theater and television programs. Jim has worked on several films and music videos before entering the ABC Daytime
ABC Daytime
ABC Daytime is a programming block on the ABC Network which has historically encompassed soap operas, game shows and talk shows.-Schedule:...
Writer Development Program, during which time he wrote for the popular ABC daytime drama One Life to Live
One Life to Live
One Life to Live is an American soap opera which debuted on July 15, 1968 and has been broadcast on the ABC television network. Created by Agnes Nixon, the series was the first daytime drama to primarily feature racially and socioeconomically diverse characters and consistently emphasize social...
. Upon moving to New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
in 2004 from Nashville
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...
, Jim found a position at Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics
Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...
handling publicity and PR for publishing while managing press and panels at conventions. Recently, he has returned to his writing roots, writing for Marvel comics, creator-owned graphic novels, and other projects.
Early life
McCann was born on January 7, 1974 in NashvilleNashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...
, Tennessee
Tennessee
Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...
. He graduated from Father Ryan High School
Father Ryan High School
Father Ryan High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Nashville, Tennessee. It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Nashville and named for Father Abram J. Ryan.-Campus:...
in 1992. McCann graduated from Xavier University in 1996 with a bachelor of arts
Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
degree in Communication Arts, Electronic Media with a double minor in English and Theatre. He left his creative mark at Xavier by winning a Best Writer award in 1994 for his play Maire’s Question.
Career
McCann worked on several films and music videos before he was presented with an opportunity to enter the ABC DaytimeABC Daytime
ABC Daytime is a programming block on the ABC Network which has historically encompassed soap operas, game shows and talk shows.-Schedule:...
Writer Development Program, during which time he wrote for the popular ABC daytime drama One Life to Live
One Life to Live
One Life to Live is an American soap opera which debuted on July 15, 1968 and has been broadcast on the ABC television network. Created by Agnes Nixon, the series was the first daytime drama to primarily feature racially and socioeconomically diverse characters and consistently emphasize social...
. During this time, he also co-founded the Nashville Theatre Company, for which he directed many plays and served as Artistic Director from 2000-2004.
McCann decided to move to New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
in 2004 to explore further opportunities. He found a position at Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics
Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...
that same year dealing with publicity and public relations
Public relations
Public relations is the actions of a corporation, store, government, individual, etc., in promoting goodwill between itself and the public, the community, employees, customers, etc....
for publishing while handling press and panels at conventions.
McCann returned to his writing roots, writing creator-owned graphic novels and other projects for Marvel Comics including: What If?
What If (comics)
What If, sometimes rendered as What If...?, is the title of several comic book series published by Marvel Comics, exploring "the road not traveled" by its various characters...
House of M
House of M
House of M is an eight-issue comic book limited series and crossover storyline published by Marvel Comics in 2005. Written by Brian Michael Bendis and illustrated by Olivier Coipel, its first issue debuted in June 2005 as a follow-up to the events of the Planet X and Avengers Disassembled...
, X-Men
X-Men
The X-Men are a superhero team in the . They were created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby, and first appeared in The X-Men #1...
: Blue Christmas, Dark Reign
Dark Reign (comics)
"Dark Reign" is a 2008–2009 crossover comic book storyline published by Marvel Comics. It deals with the aftermath of the "Secret Invasion" storyline, which led to a shift of power in the Marvel Universe toward Norman Osborn. The title "Dark Reign" refers to Osborn's rise to national power and the...
: New Nation and New Avengers: The Reunion. He built on this work, in particular bringing back Mockingbird
Mockingbird (Marvel Comics)
Mockingbird is a fictional character, a superhero in the who first appears in the Ka-Zar story in Astonishing Tales #6 written by Gerry Conway and pencilled by Barry Smith...
, in the ongoing series
Ongoing series
The term "ongoing series" is used in contrast to limited series , a one shot , a graphic novel, or a trade paperback...
Hawkeye & Mockingbird
Hawkeye & Mockingbird
Hawkeye & Mockingbird is a comic book ongoing series published by Marvel Comics starring superheroes Hawkeye and Mockingbird.-Publication history:...
, Widowmaker
Widowmaker (Marvel Comics)
Widowmaker is a four issue comic book limited series published by Marvel Comics starring superheroes Black Widow, Hawkeye and Mockingbird. Widowmaker continues the storyline staged in Hawkeye & Mockingbird #6 by Hawkeye & Mockingbird creators Jim McCann and David Lopez and the Black Widow creative...
, and Hawkeye: Blindspot
Hawkeye: Blindspot
Hawkeye: Blindspot is a four issue comic book limited series published by Marvel Comics, starring Hawkeye. Hawkeye: Blindspot continues the storyline staged in Hawkeye & Mockingbird and Widowmaker...
.
He co-created with acclaimed artist Janet Lee an original graphic novel
Graphic novel
A graphic novel is a narrative work in which the story is conveyed to the reader using sequential art in either an experimental design or in a traditional comics format...
, Return of the Dapper Men, published by Archaia Studios Press
Archaia Studios Press
Archaia Entertainment, LLC is an American comic book publishing company established by Mark Smylie in 2002.-History:Mark Smylie formed the company as a home for his comic Artesia because the publisher, Sirius Entertainment, wanted to print the third series in black and white...
. Return of the Dapper Men garnered 5 Eisner nominations and won an Eisner for Best Graphic Album: New. Jim recently finished Marvel Zombies Christmas Carol, an adaptation of Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens
Charles John Huffam Dickens was an English novelist, generally considered the greatest of the Victorian period. Dickens enjoyed a wider popularity and fame than had any previous author during his lifetime, and he remains popular, having been responsible for some of English literature's most iconic...
seminal holiday classic A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol is a novella by English author Charles Dickens first published by Chapman & Hall on 17 December 1843. The story tells of sour and stingy Ebenezer Scrooge's ideological, ethical, and emotional transformation after the supernatural visits of Jacob Marley and the Ghosts of...
.
For TV, theater and film work, McCann is represented by Creative Artists Agency (CAA).
Awards
- 2010 Prism Award (for New Avengers: The Reunion)
- 2011 Eisner AwardEisner AwardThe Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, commonly shortened to the Eisner Awards, and sometimes referred to as the Oscar Awards of the Comics Industry, are prizes given for creative achievement in American comic books. The Eisner Awards were first conferred in 1988, created in response to the...
for Best Graphic Album: New (for Return of the Dapper Men with Janet Lee)
Creator-owned works
- Return of the Dapper Men (with Janet Lee, 144 page original graphic novel, Archaia Studios PressArchaia Studios PressArchaia Entertainment, LLC is an American comic book publishing company established by Mark Smylie in 2002.-History:Mark Smylie formed the company as a home for his comic Artesia because the publisher, Sirius Entertainment, wanted to print the third series in black and white...
, October 2010, ISBN 1932386904, forthcoming)
Comics
Comics work includes:- "Guiding Light" (back-up feature, Marvel ComicsMarvel ComicsMarvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...
) - "X-MenX-MenThe X-Men are a superhero team in the . They were created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby, and first appeared in The X-Men #1...
: Blue Christmas" (in Marvel Digital Holiday Special, Marvel Digital Comics UnlimitedMarvel Digital Comics UnlimitedMarvel Digital Comics Unlimited is an online service by Marvel Comics which distributes past issues of their comics via the Internet. Launching on November 13, 2007, the service has thousands of issues in its archive.-History:...
, December 2008) - "New Avengers: The Reunion: Suspicion" (with David Lopez, in Dark ReignDark Reign (comics)"Dark Reign" is a 2008–2009 crossover comic book storyline published by Marvel Comics. It deals with the aftermath of the "Secret Invasion" storyline, which led to a shift of power in the Marvel Universe toward Norman Osborn. The title "Dark Reign" refers to Osborn's rise to national power and the...
: New Nation, one-shot, Marvel Comics, February 2009) - What If?What If (comics)What If, sometimes rendered as What If...?, is the title of several comic book series published by Marvel Comics, exploring "the road not traveled" by its various characters...
House of MHouse of MHouse of M is an eight-issue comic book limited series and crossover storyline published by Marvel Comics in 2005. Written by Brian Michael Bendis and illustrated by Olivier Coipel, its first issue debuted in June 2005 as a follow-up to the events of the Planet X and Avengers Disassembled...
(with co-author Brian Reed and art by Paolo Pantalena, one-shot, February 2009) - New Avengers: The Reunion (with David LopezDavid Lopez (artist)David López is a Spanish comic book artist.-Biography:López started his comics career in the Spanish fanzine before moving on to work on Espiral and finally, in 2002, making the jump to the American comic book market.He is best known for co-creating and illustrating the first volume of the...
, 4-issue limited series, Marvel Comics, May–August 2009) - DazzlerDazzlerDazzler is a Marvel Comics superheroine, associated with the X-Men. She first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #130 ....
(with Kalman Andrasofszky/Ramon Perez, one-shot, Marvel Comics, July 2010) - Hawkeye and Mockingbird (with David Lopez, ongoing seriesOngoing seriesThe term "ongoing series" is used in contrast to limited series , a one shot , a graphic novel, or a trade paperback...
, Marvel Comics, August 2010–present) - WidowmakerWidowmaker (Marvel Comics)Widowmaker is a four issue comic book limited series published by Marvel Comics starring superheroes Black Widow, Hawkeye and Mockingbird. Widowmaker continues the storyline staged in Hawkeye & Mockingbird #6 by Hawkeye & Mockingbird creators Jim McCann and David Lopez and the Black Widow creative...
(with Duane SwierczynskiDuane SwierczynskiDuane Louis Swierczynski is an American crime writer who has written a number of non-fiction books, novels and also writes for comic books.-Early life:...
and art by David LopezDavid Lopez (artist)David López is a Spanish comic book artist.-Biography:López started his comics career in the Spanish fanzine before moving on to work on Espiral and finally, in 2002, making the jump to the American comic book market.He is best known for co-creating and illustrating the first volume of the...
, 4-issue limited series, Marvel Comics, December 2010-January 2011) - Hawkeye: BlindspotHawkeye: BlindspotHawkeye: Blindspot is a four issue comic book limited series published by Marvel Comics, starring Hawkeye. Hawkeye: Blindspot continues the storyline staged in Hawkeye & Mockingbird and Widowmaker...
(with Paco Diaz, 4-issue limited series, Marvel Comics, February-May 2011) - Marvel Zombies Christmas Carol (with David Baldeon, 5-issue adapted series, Marvel Comics, forthcoming)