J. Torres

J. Torres is a Filipino-born Canadian comic book writer.

History

The writer was born in Manila and raised in Montreal where he was educated at McGill University. He currently resides in Toronto.

His most recent comic book writing credits include the "Wonder Girl" miniseries, "Batman Strikes", "Ninja Scroll", "Teen Titans Go!", and "Legion of Super-Heroes in the 31st Century" for DC Comics, "Love As A Foreign Language" for Oni Press, and the ' series of graphic novels from Simon & Schuster. He has also contributed to the "Hi Hi Puffy Ami Yumi" show on Cartoon Network, "Edgar & Ellen" on Nickelodeon, and the ' animated and live action webisodes.

His various projects have earned nominations for the prestigious Eisner Award ("Alison Dare", 2003), Harvey Award ("Sidekicks", 2001), and Shuster Award ("Outstanding Canadian Writer" 2005 winner, 2004, 2006, and 2007 nominee).

Other credits include work on "", "Black Panther", "Blue Beetle", "Wonder Woman", and "X-Men"; chapter books and activity books for "Scholastic" and "Simon Says"; and writing for magazines including Kayak, Nickelodeon Magazine, and YTV's "Whoa".

Upcoming publications include the graphic novels "" and "Dead Goombas" for Oni as well as the Family Dynamic miniseries for DC.

Bibliography

Comics work includes:

* "" (with J. Bone, Oni Press):
** "Vol. 1" (ISBN 1-929998-20-1}
** "Vol. 2" (ISBN 1-932664-25-4}
* "The Copybook Tales" (with co-writer Tim Levins, with art by Jeff Wasson, Oni Press, ISBN 1-929998-39-2)
* "Days Like This" (with Scott Chantler, Oni Press, ISBN 1-929998-48-1)
* "Jason and the Argobots" (with Mike Norton, Oni Press):
** "Vol. 1: Birthquake" (ISBN 1-929998-55-4)
** "Vol. 2: Machina Ex Deus" (ISBN 1-929998-56-2)
* "Love As A Foreign Language" (with Eric Kim, Oni Press):
** "Vol. 1" (ISBN 1-932664-06-8)
** "Vol. 2" (ISBN 1-932664-15-7)
** "Vol. 3" (ISBN 1-932664-18-1)
** "Vol. 4" (ISBN 1-932664-19-X)
** "Vol. 5" (ISBN 1-932664-39-4)
** "Vol. 6" (ISBN 1-932664-40-8)
** "Love As A Foreign Language Omnibus 1" (ISBN 1-932664-41-6)
* "Ninja Scroll" (with Michael Chang Ting Yu, Wildstorm, 2006=2007, tpb, July 2007) [http://www.dccomics.com/graphic_novels/?gn=7688]
* "Scandalous" (with Scott Chantler, Oni Press, ISBN 1-929998-98-8)
* "Sidekicks: The Transfer Student" (with Takeshi Miyazawa, Oni Press, ISBN 1-929998-40-6)
* "Teen Titans Go! Digest" (with Todd Nauck, DC Comics):
** "Vol. 1: Truth, Justice, Pizza" (ISBN 1-4012-0333-7)
** "Vol. 2: Heroes On Patrol" (ISBN 1-4012-0334-5)
** "Vol. 3: Bring It On" (ISBN 1-4012-0511-9)
* "X-Men: Ronin (Marvel Mangaverse)" (with Makoto Nakatsuka, Marvel Comics, ISBN 0-7851-1115-8)
* "X-Men Unlimited" (by Various, Marvel Comics, ISBN 0-7851-1350-9)

External links

* [http://jtorresonline.blogspot.com/ Official Website]
* [http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=77344 Interview with Newsarama]
* [http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=8100 Interview with Comic Book Resources]
* [http://www.cindycenter.com/jtorresFinal.mp3 Interview with cIndycenter.com Podcast]
* [http://degrassiextracredit.blogspot.com/ Degrassi Extra Credit Blog]