Jen Van Meter

Jennifer Van Meter is an American comic book writer best known for her Oni Press series Hopeless Savages.

Jen Van Meter
BornJennifer Van Meter
Fresno, California
NationalityAmerican
Area(s)Writer
Notable works
Hopeless Savages
The Death-Defying Doctor Mirage
Spouse(s)Greg Rucka

Early life and education

Van Meter was born and raised in Fresno, California. She graduated from Vassar College with a Bachelor of Arts in English, and followed that with a Master of Arts in Folklore Studies and Literature from the University of Oregon.[1][2]

Career

Van Meter diverged from the Ph.D. track and began pursuing a career in comics, her first published work was a story in the 1998 Dark Horse Presents annual that saw the first appearance of Buffy the Vampire Slayer in comic book form.

Van Meter's first major writing gig in comics was the Oni one-shot set in the world and sharing the name of The Blair Witch Project, along with the follow-up series The Blair Witch Chronicles. Her work with Oni led to the creation of Hopeless Savages, featuring members of the Hopeless-Savage family, parents hailing from the 70s era of punk and their offspring, who have carved out their own cultural identities. The first four-issue series was nominated for an Eisner Award for best limited series[3] in 2002, a Friends of Lulu Award in 2003, and was chosen as a 2004 Popular Paperback for Young Adults by the American Library Association.[4] The original mini-series was followed by two more four-issue miniseries, Hopeless Savages: Ground Zero and Too Much Hopeless Savages.

Van Meter's work at Oni led to other series at DC, including the mini-series Cinnamon: El Ciclo and Black Lightning: Year One, and at Marvel, where she recently wrote a mini-series featuring Black Cat.[5] In addition to her Marvel work, Van Meter wrote the ten-part "Liberty Belle & Hourman" back-up series that ran in JSA All-Stars until October 2010.

In 2014 and 2015, Van Meter wrote two mini-series starring The Death-Defying Dr. Mirage for Valiant.

Personal life

Van Meter lives in Portland, Oregon, with her husband, comics creator Greg Rucka, and their two children.[6]

On September 4, 2020, Van Meter's older son Elliot was arrested for rioting as a member of the New Afrikan Black Panther Party and the Revolutionary Abolitionist Movement.[7]

Bibliography

Dark Horse Comics
  • Dark Horse Presents Annual '98: "Buffy the Vampire Slayer: MacGuffins" (with Luke Ross, anthology, 1998)
    • Collected by Dark Horse in Buffy the Vampire Slayer Omnibus Volume 2 (tpb, 296 pages, 2007, ISBN 1-5930-7826-9)
    • Collected by Boom! Studios in Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Legacy Edition Book One (tpb, 320 pages, 2020, ISBN 1-6841-5499-5)
  • Eerie vol. 2 #8: "Human Resources" (with Tony Parker, anthology, 2015) collected in Eerie: Experiments in Terror (tpb, 168 pages, 2016, ISBN 1-6165-5880-6)

Oni Press
  • The Blair Witch Chronicles (tpb, 120 pages, 2000, ISBN 1-9299-9804-X) collects:
  • Hopeless Savages:
    • Hopeless Savages: Greatest Hits 2000–2010 (tpb, 392 pages, 2010, ISBN 1-9349-6448-4) collects:
      • Oni Press Color Special (anthology):
      • Hopeless Savages #1–4 (with Christine Norrie and Chynna Clugston-Major, 2001)
      • Hopeless Savages: Ground Zero #1–4 (with Bryan Lee O'Malley, Andi Watson, Christine Norrie and Chynna Clugston-Major, 2002)
      • Too Much Hopeless Savages! #1–4 (with Christine Norrie and Ross Campbell, 2003)
      • Hopeless Savages B-Sides: The Origin of the Dusted Bunnies (with Becky Cloonan, Vera Brosgol, and Mike Norton, one-shot, 2005)
    • Hopeless Savages: Break (with Meredith McClaren and Christine Norrie, graphic novel, 152 pages, 2015, ISBN 1-6201-0252-8)
  • Resurrection vol. 2 #11: "The Return of St. John" (with T. J. Kirsch, co-feature, 2010)

DC Comics

Marvel Comics

Other publishers
  • Adventures @ eBay (co-written by Van Meter and Greg Rucka, art by Judd Winick, one-shot, eBay Publishing, 2000)
  • Mobile Suit Gundam Wing: Blind Target #1–4 (adapted by Van Meter; translated by Lillian Olsen; written by Akemi Omode, drawn by Sakura Asagi, Viz, 2000)
  • Red Sonja: Break the Skin (with Edgar Salazar, one-shot, Dynamite, 2011) collected in Red Sonja: Travels Volume 2 (tpb, 280 pages, 2015, ISBN 1-6069-0584-8)
  • The Death-Defying Doctor Mirage (with Roberto de la Torre, Valiant):
    • The Death-Defying Doctor Mirage: Deluxe Edition (hc, 272 pages, 2016, ISBN 1-6821-5153-0) collects:
      • The Death-Defying Doctor Mirage #1–5 (2014–2015) also collected as The Death-Defying Doctor Mirage (tpb, 128 pages, 2015, ISBN 1-9393-4649-5)
      • The Death-Defying Doctor Mirage: Second Lives #1–4 (2015–2016) also collected as Doctor Mirage: Second Lives (tpb, 112 pages, 2016, ISBN 1-6821-5129-8)
  • Spitball: A CCAD Comics Anthology #1: "Victory Garden" (with Hannah Ross, Columbus College of Art and Design, 2015)
  • Fresh Romance #7–8: "Don't Break Up the Party" (with Kyle Latino, digital anthology, Rosy Press, 2016)
  • Prima (with Rick Burchett, unreleased series intended for publication by Image, announced for 2016)[8]

References
  1. "About Jen". jenvanmeter.com. Retrieved February 13, 2012.
  2. "Jen Van Meter" Archived 2010-09-14 at the Wayback Machine. Oni Press. Retrieved February 13, 2012.
  3. "2002 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards". Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac. Retrieved February 13, 2012.
  4. "2004 Popular Paperbacks". American Library Association. 2004. Retrieved February 13, 2012.
  5. O'Shea, Tim (July 28, 2010). "Talking Comics with Tim: Jen Van Meter". Comic Book Resources.
  6. "About Greg Rucka". Greg Rucka. 2012. Retrieved January 13, 2012.
  7. Salo, Jackie. New York Post. Sept. 7, 2020 edition. Pg. 4.
  8. Sims, Chris (April 6, 2016). "The A-Team In Toe Shoes: Jen Van Meter And Rick Burchett On The Post-War Ballet Of 'Prima'". ComicsAlliance. Archived from the original on April 8, 2016.
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