Ales Kot

Czech-American comic book writer

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Ales (Aleš) Kot is a Czech-American comic book writer known for their psychedelic spy series Zero published by Image and their work for Marvel,^[1] as well as brief controversy involving fellow comics writer Nathan Edmondson.^[2]^[3]

Bibliography

Image Comics

Wild Children (with Riley Rossmo, graphic novel, 64 pages, 2012, ISBN 1-6070-6581-9)
Change #1–4 (with Morgan Jeske, 2012–2013) collected as Change (tpb, 128 pages, 2013, ISBN 1-6070-6682-3)
Zero (with Michael Walsh (#1), Tradd Moore (#2), Mateus Santolouco (#3), Morgan Jeske (#4), Will Tempest (#5), Vanesa del Rey (#6), Matt Taylor (#7), Jorge Coelho (#8), Tonči Zonjić (#9), Michael Gaydos (#10), Ricardo López Ortiz (#11), Adam Gorham (#12), Alberto Ponticelli (#13), Marek Oleksicki (#14), Ian Bertram (#15), Stathis Tsemberlidis (#16), Robert Sammelin (#17) and Tula Lotay (#18), 2013–2015) collected as:
- An Emergency (collects #1–5, tpb, 172 pages, 2014, ISBN 1-6070-6863-X)
- At the Heart of It All (collects #6–10, tpb, 160 pages, 2014, ISBN 1-6321-5105-7)
- Tenderness of Wolves (collects #11–14, tpb, 128 pages, 2015, ISBN 1-6321-5252-5)
- Who by Fire (collects #15–18, tpb, 128 pages, 2015, ISBN 1-6321-5345-9)
Quiet (with Morgan Jeske, unproduced graphic novel — announced in 2013)^[4]
The Darkness (one-shots, Top Cow):
- The Darkness: Vicious Traditions (with Dean Ormston, 2014)
- The Darkness: Close Your Eyes (with Marek Oleksicki, 2014)
Thought Bubble Anthology #4: "A Letter to the Sixteen-Year-Old" (with Alison Sampson, 2014) collected in Thought Bubble Anthology Collection (tpb, 136 pages, 2016, ISBN 1-5343-0067-8)
The Surface #1–4 (with Langdon Foss, 2015) collected as The Surface (tpb, 128 pages, 2015, ISBN 1-6321-5322-X)
Material #1–4^[5] (with Will Tempest, 2015) collected as Material (tpb, 128 pages, 2015, ISBN 1-6321-5474-9)
Wolf (with Matt Taylor and Ricardo López Ortiz, 2015–2016) collected as:
- Blood and Magic (collects #1–4, tpb, 144 pages, 2015, ISBN 1-6321-5502-8)
- Apocalypse Soon (collects #5–9, tpb, 128 pages, 2016, ISBN 1-6321-5715-2)
Antistar (with Christian Ward, unreleased graphic novel — announced in 2013,^[4] solicited for 2016;^[6] 64 pages, ISBN 1-6321-5110-3)
Generation Gone #1–5 (with André Lima Araújo, 2017) collected as Generation Gone (tpb, 176 pages, 2018, ISBN 1-5343-0470-3)
The New World #1–5 (with Tradd Moore, 2018) collected as The New World (tpb, 176 pages, 2019, ISBN 1-5343-0872-5)
Days of Hate (with Danijel Žeželj, 2018–2019) collected as:
- Act One (collects #1–6, tpb, 176 pages, 2018, ISBN 1-5343-0697-8)
- Act Two (collects #7–12, tpb, 168 pages, 2019, ISBN 1-5343-1045-2)
Lost Soldiers #1–5 (with Luca Casalanguida, 2020) collected as Lost Soldiers (tpb, 168 pages, 2021, ISBN 1-5343-1820-8)
Gunslinger Spawn #1: "A Small Gift" (with Kevin Keane, co-feature, Todd McFarlane Productions, 2021) collected in Spawn's Universe Collection (tpb, 144 pages, 2022, ISBN 1-5343-2429-1)

Marvel Comics

Secret Avengers (with Butch Guice, Luke Ross (vol. 2 #15–16) and Michael Walsh; issues #12–16 of the second volume are co-written by Kot and Nick Spencer, 2013–2015) collected as:
- How to MA.I.M. a Mockingbird (collects vol. 2 #12–16, tpb, 112 pages, 2014, ISBN 0-7851-8482-1)
- Let's Have a Problem (collects vol. 3 #1–5, tpb, 144 pages, 2014, ISBN 0-7851-9052-X)
  - Includes the digital-only 2-issue limited series Original Sin: Secret Avengers (written by Kot, art by Ryan Kelly, 2014)
- The Labyrinth (collects vol. 3 #6–10, tpb, 112 pages, 2015, ISBN 0-7851-9053-8)
- God Level (collects vol. 3 #11–15, tpb, 112 pages, 2015, ISBN 0-7851-9710-9)
Iron Patriot #1–5 (with Garry Brown, 2014) collected as Iron Patriot: Unbreakable (tpb, 120 pages, 2014, ISBN 0-7851-9028-7)
Bucky Barnes: The Winter Soldier (with Marco Rudy, Michael Walsh (#3 and 11) and Langdon Foss, 2014–2015) collected as:
- Volume 1: The Man on the Wall (collects #1–5, tpb, 112 pages, 2015, ISBN 0-7851-8929-7)
- Volume 2 (collects #6–11, tpb, 136 pages, 2015, ISBN 0-7851-8930-0)

Other publishers

DC Comics:
- Suicide Squad vol. 4 #20–23^[7] (with Patrick Zircher and Rick Leonardi (#23), 2013) collected in Suicide Squad: Discipline and Punish (tpb, 144 pages, 2014, ISBN 1-4012-4701-6)
- The Witching Hour: "Little Witch" (with Morgan Jeske, anthology one-shot, Vertigo, 2013)
Black Mask Studios:
- Occupy Comics #1: "Citizen Journalist" (with Tyler Crook, anthology, 2013) collected in Occupy Comics (tpb, 160 pages, 2014, ISBN 1-6287-5007-3)
- Liberator: Rage Ignition: "Misericordia" (with Morgan Jeske — story created for the collected edition; tpb, 144 pages, 2014, ISBN 1-6287-5008-1)
TOME Volume 1 (interview with Riley Rossmo conducted by Kot, anthology graphic novel, 200 pages, IDW Publishing, 2013, ISBN 1-6314-0459-8)
Valiant:
- Shadowman vol. 4 #12: "Deadside Blues" (with CAFU, co-feature, 2013) collected in Shadowman: Deadside Blues (tpb, 112 pages, 2014, ISBN 1-9393-4616-9)
- Dead Drop #1–4 (with Adam Gorham, 2015) collected as Dead Drop (tpb, 112 pages, 2015, ISBN 1-9393-4685-1)
Eerie vol. 2 #4: "Ickstarter" (with Sloane Leong, anthology, Dark Horse, 2013) collected in Eerie: Experiments in Terror (tpb, 168 pages, 2016, ISBN 1-6165-5880-6)
Think of a City page 49 (with Langdon Foss, Internet art project, 2015)
James Bond: The Body #1–6 (with Luca Casalanguida, Dynamite, 2018) collected as James Bond: The Body (hc, 152 pages, 2018, ISBN 1-5241-0756-5)
Bloodborne (with Piotr Kowalski, Titan, 2018–2019) collected as:
- The Death of Sleep (collects #1–4, tpb, 112 pages, 2018, ISBN 1-7858-6344-4)
- The Healing Thirst (collects #5–8, tpb, 112 pages, 2019, ISBN 1-7858-6953-1)
- A Song of Crows (collects #9–12, tpb, 112 pages, 2019, ISBN 1-7877-3014-X)
- The Veil, Torn Asunder (collects #13–16, tpb, 112 pages, 2020, ISBN 1-7877-3015-8)
Judge Dredd Megazine (anthology, Rebellion):
- Devlin Waugh:
  - Devlin Waugh: Blood Debt (tpb, 176 pages, 2021, ISBN 1-7810-8767-9) includes:
    - "Call Me by Thy Name" (with Mike Dowling, in #400, 2018)
    - "A Very Large Splash" (with Mike Dowling, in #415–420, 2020)
  - Devlin Waugh: The Reckoning (tpb, 160 pages, 2023, ISBN 1-7861-8776-0) collects:
    - "The Wolves of Saint Vitus" (with Patrick Goddard, in #422, 2020)
    - "When I Was a Young Demon (I Did a Bad, Bad Thing)" (with Patrick Goddard, in #423, 2020)
    - "A Question of Trust" (with Mike Dowling, in #430, 2021)
    - "The Lord of Lies" (with Mike Dowling, in #431, 2021)
    - "The Reckoning" (with Mike Dowling, in #432–438, 2021)
YT Savior (with Robert Sammelin, unreleased series intended for publication by AWA Studios, announced in 2019)^[8]^[9]

References

^ Sava, Oliver (March 17, 2014). "Ales Kot talks action, art in 'Zero,' 'Secret Avengers,' 'Iron Patriot'". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on March 18, 2014.
^ Johnston, Rich (April 23, 2015). "Fanboy Rampage: Ales Kot Vs. Mitch Gerads And Nathan Edmondson Over Chris Kyle, American Sniper". Bleeding Cool. Archived from the original on April 25, 2015.
^ "Ales Kot Will Not Publicly Name Massive Abuser on the Prowl in Comics". The Outhouse. May 24, 2015. Archived from the original on May 26, 2015.
^ ^a ^b Meylikhov, Matthew (September 20, 2013). "Ales Kot Sneakily Announces Two New Image Books". Multiversity Comics. Archived from the original on September 24, 2013.
^ Johnston, Rich (October 17, 2015). "Ales Kot Cancels Material From Image Comics – For Now". Bleeding Cool. Archived from the original on October 19, 2015.
^ Johnston, Rich (September 7, 2015). "Islamic Transgender Pop Star Comic, Antistar, By Ales Kot From Image In January 2016". Bleeding Cool. Archived from the original on September 8, 2015.
^ Phegley, Kiel (July 9, 2013). "Ales Kot Officially Off "Suicide Squad" With Issue #24". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on August 14, 2013.
^ Whalen, Andrew (July 8, 2019). "Upcoming Comic 'Savior' Stars Corporate Fascist Megachurch Messiah". Newsweek. Archived from the original on July 9, 2019.
^ Johnston, Rich (September 24, 2019). "Ales Kot's "Savior" Gets a Name Change to "YT S@vior" for AWA". Bleeding Cool. Archived from the original on December 20, 2019.