Anthony Del Col

Anthony Del Col is a Canadian-born American creator, producer and entrepreneur. Del Col is the co-creator and co-writer of the Joe Shuster Award nominated comic, Kill Shakespeare,[1] Dynamite Entertainment's Sherlock Holmes vs. Harry Houdini,[2] Assassin's Creed: Trial by Fire,[3] and Nancy Drew & The Hardy Boys: The Big Lie,[4] as well as Marvel's Luke Cage: Everyman[5] and the original Image graphic novel Son of Hitler.

Anthony Del Col
Del Col at NYCC 2019
Born
Porcupine, Ontario, Canada
Alma materWilfrid Laurier University
OccupationPartner/Writer/Producer at Kill Shakespeare Entertainment
Known forSon of Hitler, Luke Cage: Everyman, Kill Shakespeare, Shakespeare, and Assassin's Creed: Trial by Fire

Early life

Del Col attended the Sundance Institute New Frontier Story Lab,[6] and is a graduate of the Canadian Film Centre.[7]

Career

Anthony has produced feature films in Canada, including exec producer on the Nelly Furtado Loose Live Album CD.

Anthony is also an accomplished film pitch consultant; He won the Telefilm Canada Pitch This contest in 2006[8] and 2010.[9] Anthony also served as a coach for the contest in 2011 and 2012.

Kill Shakespeare

Del Col is currently serving as a Co-President of Kill Shakespeare Entertainment, a transmedia entertainment company. Along with Conor McCreery, Del Col is the co-creator and co-writer of Kill Shakespeare, which debuted in comic book format in April 2010.[1] Kill Shakespeare is described by the New York Times as, "gripping, violent and dark fun, even if you're not fully versed in Shakespearean lore".[10] As of 2011, more than 50,000 copies in more than a dozen countries.[11]

Under Del Col's co-presidency, Kill Shakespeare Entertainment. has developed the Kill Shakespeare franchise into a variety of media. In addition to its publication as a comic book, Del Col and McCreery, along with Soulpepper's artistic director, Albert Schultz, have staged a theatrical production of Kill Shakespeare, called "Kill Shakespeare Live!".[11] The theatrical production of Kill Shakespeare has been performed in Toronto by Soulpepper,[12] in Montreal at the 2012 Montreal Comiccon,[13] in Chicago by Strawdog Theatre Company,[14] as well as at MEFCC 2013 in Dubai.[15] Del Col and McCreery are also working with Katie Musgrave, an academic, and Brian Kelly, a teacher, to create a teacher's guide for Kill Shakespeare in an effort to encourage teachers to use Kill Shakespeare as an educational tool.[16] The Kill Shakespeare board game was successfully crowdfunded via Kickstarter and was released on February 19, 2014.[17] Del Col and McCreery have also discussed plans to release a Kill Shakespeare mobile app game.[18]

Del Col has also given lectures on comic writing, adapting Shakespeare, and Shakespeare in education. In May 2015, Del Col spoke at Shakespeare's Globe in London as part of the theatre's Shakespeare Inspired special event series.[19]

Nancy Drew & The Hardy Boys Reboot

In March, 2017 Dynamite Entertainment released Anthony Del Col's reboot of classic characters Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys with NANCY DREW & THE HARDY BOYS: THE BIG LIE. Del Col has been a lifelong fan of the characters and was successful in working with Simon & Schuster to secure the comic book rights and then pitch to publishers.

Inspired by Archie Comics' Afterlife with Archie, Del Col is quoted as saying, "So, then I started to think, 'Huh, I wonder what other characters are out there that are well-known that could be rebooted like that,'" Del Col said. "That's when I started to look around and I looked in some properties, and then I thought, 'Wait a minute. Nancy Drew. Hardy Boys. Oh, that would be really cool to do a hard-boiled noir take on them.' "[20]

The series finds characters Frank and Joe Hardy accused of murdering their father, Fenton Hardy, and turning to a femme fatale-esque Nancy Drew to clear their names. The series features artwork by Italian artist Werther Dell'Ederra with covers by UK artist Fay Dalton. Del Col credits editors Matt Idelson and Matt Humphreys with helping him shape the direction of the series.[21]

The series debuted to positive reviews. Comics blog Readingwithaflightring.com declared it, "the best 'modern' approach to updating a franchise like this that I've seen. It works on every level and still fully embraces the heart of who they are."[22] Aintitcool.com reviewer Lyz Reblin stated, "The strength of the series thus far is Ms. Drew, who was absent for most of the first issue. She is a pitch-perfect modernized femme fatale, who could hold her own up against any present-day Sam Spade, Philip Marlowe, or the like."[23]

Created First Female Lead in Assassin's Creed

Del Col, along with his Kill Shakespeare co-writer Conor McCreery, was hired by Titan Comics to launch a new comic series based on the successful Assassin's Creed video game franchise. The series was the first to star a female modern-day lead character, Charlotte de la Cruz and garnered a great amount of positive reviews. Leading comics site TheMarySue.com said, "It's a fantastic video game based title; it really captures a lot of spirit of Assassin's Creed…captures your imagination from the get-go."[24]

Del Col and McCreery's run on the series ran from 2015 – 2017.

Son of Hitler

In 2018, Del Col co-created the Image original graphic novel Son of Hitler with writer Geoff Moore and artist Jeff Mccomsey.[25] Matt O'Keefe of ComicsBeat called it a "page-turning graphic novel", offering "an alternate history story with obvious respect for the actual events of World War 2".[26] Son of Hitler is a noir spy-thriller centering around a conspiracy to take down Hitler in the last days of World War Two. Del Col expressed his personal love for historical fiction, noting his love for the "shadows and blindspots" that populate the area between historical fact and fiction.[27] Son of Hitler brings together many aspects of Del Col's comics work in one volume; it shares the historical elements of Del Col's Kill Shakespeare and Assassin's Creed comics and the classic mysterious noir elements of his Nancy Drew & The Hardy Boys.

Luke Cage: Everyman

In 2018, Del Col wrote the series Luke Cage: Everyman for Marvel Comics. Jahnoy Lindsay provided the interior art with covers by Declan Shalvey. Everyman was a Marvel Digital Original released as 3 single issues and collected as a trade paperback in November 2019. Reviewers praised it for being "bold" and "political", pitting Luke Cage against a CTE diagnosis as well as villains in his own community.[5] Everyman was called an interesting unconventional look at the Marvel universe, with critics highlighting Del Col's humanizing portrayal of Luke Cage and Lindsay's realistic depiction of Harlem.[28]

Personal life

Del Col currently lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his wife, Lisa.[29]

Awards
  • Del Col won the 2006 and 2010 Telefilm Canada Pitch This! events at the Toronto film festivals.[8][30]
  • In 2011, Del Col and McCreery were nominated for a Joe Shuster Award in the category of Outstanding Comic Book Writer(s),[31] and a Harvey Award for Best New Series.[32]

References
  1. John Barber. "THWACK! Two Canadians want to kill Shakespeare". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2013-09-20.
  2. "Anthony Del Col and Conor McCreery on Sherlock Holmes vs. Harry Houdini «  Midtown Comics". midtowncomics.com. Archived from the original on 2015-09-05. Retrieved 2015-09-25.
  3. Dan Wickline. "SDCC '15: Kill Shakespeare Team On Assassin's Creed Comics (UPDATE) - Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movie, TV News". Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movie, TV News.
  4. "Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys Get 21st Century Comic Series - Nerdist". 11 January 2017.
  5. Brooke, David. "3 Reasons Why: 'Luke Cage: Everyman' breaks new ground in comic book storytelling". Retrieved 2019-01-17.
  6. Kay, Jeremy (2011-10-06). "Sundance Institute selects six projects for inaugural New Frontier Story Lab | News | Screen". Screendaily.com. Retrieved 2013-09-20.
  7. "Indian-flavoured slacker comedy wins TIFF pitch contest". cbc.ca. 12 September 2006.
  8. "Indian-flavoured slacker comedy wins TIFF pitch contest - Arts & Entertainment - CBC News". Cbc.ca. Retrieved 2013-09-20.
  9. Jennie Punter (2010-09-14). "'Shakespeare' wins Telefilm Canada pitching event". Variety. Retrieved 2013-09-20.
  10. "Graphic Books". The New York Times. 26 November 2010.
  11. "Kill Shakespeare - The National - CBC Player". Cbc.ca. 2011-06-17. Retrieved 2013-09-20.
  12. J. Kelly Nestruck. "Stage to page ... to stage". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2013-09-20.
  13. Wyatt, Nelson (2012-09-14). "'Kill Shakespeare': A comic book where the superpower is literary wizardry". Globalnews.ca. Retrieved 2013-09-20.
  14. Sava, Oliver (2013-02-21). "Kill Shakespeare at Strawdog Theatre Company's Hugen Hall - Theater". Time Out Chicago. Retrieved 2013-09-20.
  15. Mai El Shoush. "Dubai theatre group plan to 'Kill Shakespeare'". thenational.ae.
  16. Reid, Calvin (2011-10-21). "'Kill Shakespeare' Invited To Sundance". Publishersweekly.com. Retrieved 2013-09-20.
  17. Joshua Yehl (19 February 2014). "IDW Games Launches Kickstarter for Kill Shakespeare: The Board Game". IGN.
  18. Sharp, Dalton (2010-12-15). "Kill Shakespeare's Move to Movies Begins | news". Torontoist. Retrieved 2013-09-20.
  19. http://www.shakespearesglobe.com/uploads/files/2015/05/kill_shax_final_format.pdf
  20. "Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys and writer Anthony Del Col's big play in 'The Big Lie'".
  21. "Writer's Commentary - Anthony Del Col On Nancy Drew And The Hardy Boys: The Big Lie #1 - Bleeding Cool News And Rumors". 9 March 2017.
  22. "Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys: The Big Lie #1". Reading with a flight Ring.
  23. bug, ambush. "AICN COMICS Reviews: ETERNAL WARRIOR! NANCY DREW & THE HARDY BOYS! X-FILES! STAR WARS! JOHN CARTER!".
  24. "All-New All-Different Pull Wisely: Assassin's Creed #1". www.themarysue.com.
  25. https://imagecomics.com/comics/releases/son-of-hitler
  26. O'Keefe, Matt (2018-06-26). "Matt Chats: Anthony Del Col on His Graphic Novel 'Son of Hitler'". The Beat. Retrieved 2019-01-18.
  27. "SON OF HITLER: An Interview with Anthony Del Col and Jeff McComsey". ComicsVerse. 2018-06-21. Retrieved 2019-01-18.
  28. "Luke Cage – Marvel Digital Original #1 review: Everyman". Bam Smack Pow. 2018-08-23. Retrieved 2019-01-18.
  29. "Anthony Del Col". Amazon.com. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
  30. "Telefilm Canada Awards its Pitch This! Prize - Telefilm Canada". Telefilm.ca. 2010-09-16. Archived from the original on 2013-10-17. Retrieved 2013-09-20.
  31. "2011 Nominees and Winners". The Joe Shuster Awards. Retrieved 2013-09-20.
  32. "2011 Harvey Awards". Harvey Awards. Archived from the original on 2015-09-06.
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