Ales Kot

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

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. "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.
4. Meylikhov, Matthew (September 20, 2013). "Ales Kot Sneakily Announces Two New Image Books". Multiversity Comics. Archived from the original on September 24, 2013.
5. Johnston, Rich (October 17, 2015). "Ales Kot Cancels Material From Image Comics – For Now". Bleeding Cool. Archived from the original on October 19, 2015.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. Whalen, Andrew (July 8, 2019). "Upcoming Comic 'Savior' Stars Corporate Fascist Megachurch Messiah". Newsweek. Archived from the original on July 9, 2019.
9. 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.