| Faust | |||
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Faust_(Tim_Vigil_comic_-_front_cover,_number_1).jpg) Cover of Faust 1 (December 1988), art by Tim Vigil | |||
| Character information | |||
| First appearance | Faust #1 (1988) | ||
| Created by | David Quinn Tim Vigil | ||
| In-story information | |||
| Alter ego | Johnny Faust Jonathan "John" Jaspers Johnny Jaspers | ||
| Species | Human | ||
| Abilities |
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| Publication information | |||
| Publisher | Northstar Publishing Rebel Studios Avatar Press | ||
| Schedule | Varied | ||
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| Formats | Original material for the series has been published as a set of ongoing series. | ||
| Genre | |||
| Publication date | December 1988 – 2012 | ||
| Number of issues | 15 | ||
| Creative team | |||
| Writer(s) | David Quinn | ||
| Artist(s) | Tim Vigil | ||
| Penciller(s) | Tim Vigil | ||
| Inker(s) | Tim Vigil | ||
Faust is the lead superhero character and title of a collective series of comic books by Tim Vigil (art) and playwright David Quinn (stories), released by American publishers Northstar Publishing, Avatar Press, and principally by Vigil and Quinn's own Rebel Studios.[1]
Alongside contemporaries Watchmen, The Crow, and The Dark Knight Returns, Faust was credited with popularizing the "deconstructed superheroes" genre and the notion that "comics aren't just for kids."[2] One of the bestselling independent comics of the era, Faust issue 1 sold over 100,000 copies with later issues averaging 50,000 sales per issue, most of which sold through several printings and editions.[3]
The series features strong graphic violence and sexual situations. The main series is known as Faust: Love of The Damned and debuted in 1988, with new issues published irregularly, roughly once a year, or sometimes every two years. David Quinn completed a script in 1996 (when writing the proposal to sell the film). The gap between issues grew wider with time. Issue 13 was published in 2005. It then took seven years for the authors to deliver the two last issues, 14 and 15, which concluded the story 25 years after the first episode.[4]
In 2000, Lionsgate Films released the Brian Yuzna produced feature film adaptation Faust: Love of the Damned and in July 2021, it was announced Sony Pictures Television would adapt the comic as an animated series.[5]
- ^ McCulloch (2013)
- ^ Johnston (2012)
- ^ Gerick-Gutierrez (2012); Miller (2012a); and Piskor & Rugg (2019)
- ^ Miller (2012b)
- ^ For information on the 2001 film, see Holland (2001). For information on the upcoming television series, see Del Rosario (2021).