Cody Ziglar
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| Cody Ziglar | |
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 Ziglar in 2022 | |
| Born | Cody Ziglar Pine Hall, North Carolina |
| Area | Writer |
Notable works | Miles Morales: Spider-Man, Spider-Punk, Futurama, Rick and Morty, She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, Robot Chicken, and Craig of the Creek |
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Cody Ziglar is an American television and comics writer and comedian. His writing credits include Futurama, Rick and Morty, and She-Hulk: Attorney at Law and he is the current writer on the Miles Morales: Spider-Man comic book from Marvel Comics. He has been nominated for an Emmy Award for his work on Robot Chicken.[1]
Ziglar graduated from the Savannah College of Art & Design Film & Television MFA program. After graduating, he moved to LA and eventually got a job working the equipment checkout cage at the Upright Citizen's Brigade. He became a producer for podcasts at Earwolf and then was hired for his first writing job at Craig of the Creek.[2]
Writing for the show She-Hulk: Attorney at Law got him into writing for Marvel and, in 2021, he did a backup story in Miles Morales: Spider-Man #25,[3] before he was announced as one of the writers for the "Spider-Man: Beyond" arc (from Amazing Spider-Man vol. 5 #75 to #93), alongside Zeb Wells, Kelly Thompson, Saladin Ahmed, and Patrick Gleason.[4][5]
In January 2022, he and artist Justin Mason were announced to be the creative team for the new Spider-Punk mini-series[6] and in June, he wrote two issues of What If...? Miles Morales.[7] In September, it was announced that Ziglar and artist Federico Vicentini would relaunch Miles Morales: Spider-Man after the previous run by Saladin Ahmed ended.[8][9][10] In 2023, he co-wrote the Carnage Reigns crossover with Alex Paknadel[11] and, at San Diego Comic-Comic, it was announced he would write a part of the "Gang War" crossover that involved Amazing Spider-Man, Spider-Woman, and Daredevil.[12][13] In June 2024, he participated in the "Blood Hunt" crossover, where Miles was turned into a vampire.[14][15]
In 2024, he and Justin Mason reunited to do a sequel to their Spider-Punk comic, Spider-Punk: Arms Race.[16][17][18] It was also announced that Ziglar and artist Rogê Antônio would be the next creative team for the Deadpool relaunch in April 2024.[19][20][21] The book involved Ellie, Deadpool's daughter, and the introduction of a new villain, Death Grip.[22] In June, the "Death of Deadpool" arc was announced[23][24] with Deadpool dying in issue #6 and Ellie taking over as the new Deadpool in issue #7.[25][26] In November, it was announced that Ziglar's Miles Morales and Deadpool comics would cross over with each other in a story called "Pools of Blood."[27][28] It was also announced that he would be one of the writers for the Free Comic Book Day: Amazing Spider-Man/Ultimate Universe issue.[29][30][31]
In 2024, he also wrote and released Goobers, a horror-comedy comic, through Vault Comics.[32][33]
Personal life
Ziglar was born and raised in a "super small rural community" named Pine Hall, North Carolina. He got his MFA in Film & Television Production from Savannah College of Art & Design and interned at Adult Swim.[34][35]
Bibliography
Marvel Comics
- Alien: Black, White & Blood #3, short story "Gear in the Machine" (2024)
- Captain America #750, short story "The Mantle" (2023)
- Deadpool:
- Deadpool: Seven Slaughters #1, short story "Walking Papers" (2023)
- Deadpool vol. 10 #1-present (2024–present)
- Heroes Reborn: Siege Society #1 (2021)
- Marvel's Voices: Legacy vol. 2 #1, short story "Legend" (2022)
- Spider-Man:
- Miles Morales: Spider-Man #25, short story "Big-Time Buzzkill," and #30, short story "Don't Run Jux" (2021)
- Amazing Spider-Man vol. 5 #79, 80, 80.Bey, 84, 85, 92.BEY (2021-2022)
- What If...? Miles Morales #1, 5 (2022)
- Spider-Punk #1-5 (2022)
- Miles Morales: Spider-Man vol. 2 #1-present (2022–present)
- Marvel's Voices: Spider-Verse #1, short story "Training Day" (2023)
- Carnage Reigns Alpha #1 and Carnage Reigns Omega #1, co-written with Alex Paknadel (2023)
- Extreme Venomverse #5, short story "Full Symbiote Panic" (2023)
- Amazing Spider-Man Gang War: First Strike #1, co-written with Zeb Wells (2023)
- Giant-Size Spider-Man vol. 3 #1 (2024)
- Spider-Punk: Arms Race #1-4 (2024)
- Web of Spider-Man vol. 3 #1, short story "Miles Morales: Spider-Man" (2024)
Other Comics
- Goobers #1-present (2024–present) (Vault Comics)
