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Deniz Camp

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Deniz Camp
BornDeniz Camp
Area(s)Writer
Notable works
20th Century Men, Children of the Vault, Bloodshot Unleashed, The Ultimates, Absolute Martian Manhunter

Deniz Camp is a Turkish-Filipino comics writer who has written for indepedent comics, Marvel Comics, and DC Comics. His most notable works are 20th Century Men, Children of the Vault, and The Ultimates.

Career

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The first professionally published comics writing Camp did was for Millarworld Annual 2016.[1] After that, he published his first long form comic book, Maxwell's Demons, through Vault Comics in 2018.[2] It was about a child super genius, Maxwell Maas, and the alternate worlds he visited through his childhood bedroom door.[3]

In 2022, he published 20th Century Men with artist Stipan Morian and letterer Aditya Bidikar through Image Comics.[4] It earned critical praise and went on to be on the on several lists of the best comics of 2023.[5][6][7] It is "an alternate-history tale full of Avengers-style super-soldiers, genetic experiments, and patriotic figureheads in a battle for the soul of Afghanistan."[7] In addition, in 2022, he published Agent of W.O.R.L.D.E., a four-part pulp science fiction book, through Scout Comics with artist Filya Bratukhin, colorist Jason Wordie, and letterer Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou,[8] and then Bloodshot Unleashed through Valiant Comics with artist Jon Davis-Hunt.[9]

In 2023, he got his first job writing for Marvel Comics, the four-issue Fall of X mini-series Children of the Vault.[10] According to Camp, "Marvel operates on a much bigger scale. It’s a universe where cosmic gods and Lovecraftian monsters are commonplace, which means I get to exercise my imagination in a different way; inventing advanced cultures and super technology, resurrecting past continuity in new ways, and imagining big action scenes that put superpowers to new and interesting use."[11]

In 2024, he was announced as the writer for The Ultimates, part of Marvel's new Ultimate Universe, with artist Juan Frigeri.[12] Per Camp, "Our Ultimates is absolutely in conversation with the original Ultimates. In some ways it’s a response to it, in others an inversion of it. [...] Where that Ultimates was channeling post-9/11 paranoia, this one is addressed to that nagging sense that everything’s gone wrong somehow, that things were supposed to be better than this. In that way the two Ultimates will feel very different, but I think (hope) ours is true to the spirit and the ambition of the original."[13] As part of the book, Camp introduced a new version of Hawkeye, Charli Ramsey, who was Indigenous American and non-binary.[14][15] Camp went on to write the one-shot Ultimate Universe: One Year In.[16]

In October 2024, it was confirmed that he would be the writer for Absolute Martian Manhunter, a part of DC's Absolute Universe, with artist Javier Rodriguez.[17][18] In December 2024, it was announced he would be writing a new series for Image Comics, Assorted Crisis Events, with artist Eric Zawadzki.[19]

Personal life

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Camp's father is Turkish and his mother is Filipina. He was born in the Phillipines, but raised in the American Midwest. He studied cell molecular biology and went to medical school.[1] He currently lives in Brooklyn with his wife and between seven and eleven chickens.[20][21]

Bibliography

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Marvel Comics

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DC Comics

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Other Companies

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  • Image Comics
    • Millerworld Annual 2016 #1, short story "Duke McQueen's Greatest Adventure" (2016)
    • 20th Century Men #1-6 (2022-2023)
    • Assorted Crisis Events #1-present (2025)
  • Scout Comics
    • Agent of W.O.R.L.D.E. #1-4 (2022)
  • Valiant Entertainment
    • The Year of Valiant FCBD 2022 Special (2022)
    • Bloodshot Unleashed #1-4 (2022)
    • Bloodshot Unleashed: Reloaded #1 (2024)
  • Vault Comics
    • Maxwell's Demons #1-3 (2017-2018)

References

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  1. ^ a b Rabiroff, Zach (2023-05-22). "Building the 20th Century: Collaboration, Colonialism and Human Tragedies with the Creators of 20th Century Men". The Comics Journal. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
  2. ^ Camp, Deniz (2017-10-03). "Guest blog: Deniz Camp on Maxwell's Demons and the meaning of sci-fi". SciFiNow. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
  3. ^ Lune, Matt (2017-10-02). "Talking "Maxwell's Demons" With Deniz Camp & Vittorio Astone". Multiversity Comics. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
  4. ^ Arrant, Chris (2022-05-19). "History, politics and comic book mythology collide in alt-'90s story 20th Century Men". Popverse. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
  5. ^ Wescott, Adam (2023-12-18). "The Beat's 34 Best Comics of 2023". The Beat. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
  6. ^ Anderson, Jenna (2023-07-10). "The Best Comics of 2023 (So Far)". ComicBook.com. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
  7. ^ a b Polo, Susana (2023-07-30). "Wonder Woman, Egyptian fantasy, and pro wrestling in 2023's best comics". Polygon. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
  8. ^ Chiu-Tabet, Christopher (2022-03-01). "Exclusive: Scout Comics to Publish "Agent of W.O.R.L.D.E."". Multiversity Comics. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
  9. ^ Holland, Dustin (2022-08-11). "EXCLUSIVE: Valiant's Bloodshot Gets Brutal with Writer Deniz Camp". CBR. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
  10. ^ "'Fall of X' Pits Cable and Bishop Against the Greatest Threat to Mutantkind in 'Children of the Vault'". Marvel Entertainment. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
  11. ^ Lovett, Jamie (2023-07-10). "X-Men First Look: Deniz Camp on the Clashing Futures of Children of the Vault (Exclusive)". ComicBook.com. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
  12. ^ Adams, Tim (2024-02-22). "Marvel Announces New Ultimates Series". ComicBook.com. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
  13. ^ Lovett, Jamie (2024-04-03). "The Ultimates First Look: Deniz Camp on Turning Marvel's Iconic Team in a Global Resistance Network (Exclusive)". ComicBook.com. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
  14. ^ Lava, Max (2024-10-14). "Who Is Marvel's New Hawkeye? Powers & Origin of Charli Ramsey Explained". ScreenRant. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
  15. ^ Zalben, Alex (2024-10-15). "Deniz Camp Reveals New Ultimate Hawkeye Is Non-Binary". Comic Book Club. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
  16. ^ Webber, Tim. "The State of the Ultimate Universe, One Year In". Marvel Entertainment. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
  17. ^ Ezekwe, Nnamdi (2024-10-21). "Martian Manhunter Getting DC Absolute Series". CBR. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
  18. ^ McMillan, Graeme (2024-10-18). "Marvel's Ultimates reboot writer comes to DC with 2025's Absolute Martian Manhunter". Popverse. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
  19. ^ Brooke, David (2024-12-19). "Deniz Camp's 'Assorted Crisis Events' coming March 2025". AiPT. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
  20. ^ "Deniz Camp". Image Comics. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
  21. ^ "Deniz Camp | Vault Comics". vaultcomics.com. Retrieved 2024-12-24.