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About Me

Husband and Father.I'm a storyteller who began working in comics, then moved into television and film.I've written and or drawn somewhere around 200 comic books, most notably during my run at Valiant Comics where I co-created BLOODSHOT. I was able to write the Flash Gordon Sunday Comic Strip for King Features (a childhood dream) and have created visual effects for major motion pictures like, I, ROBOT, DAREDEVIL, MISS CONGENIALITY and HART'S WAR.In recent years, I've wrtten, directed and edited a number of films that have premiered on SCI FI CHANNEL-- THE FALLEN ONES, VOODOO MOON, SLAYER and DEATH ROW (TV TITLE: Haunted Prison) All are available on DVD from Anchor Bay Entertainment.I'm writing comics again-- this time for DC (Superman and Batman vs. Vampires and Werewolves! and ORACLE: The Cure) and IDW (GI JOE: Snake Eyes with the real-life actor who plays Snake-Eyes in this Summer's movie-- Ray Park)My official site is: www.kevinvanhook.comHere is my son Cameron's Film School Thesis film:

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Frank Frazetta, George Lucas, Steven Speilberg, Peter Jackson, Robert Zemeckis,A few of my heroes/idols I have gotten to meet or talk to (and in some cases, work with): Al Williamson, Jack Kirby, Stan Lee, Joe Sinnott, Barry Windsor-Smith, Dennis Muren, Richard Edlund, John Dykstra, Doug Trumbull, Ken Ralston, Stan Winston, Steranko, George Perez, Marv Wolfman, Len Wein, Bernie Wrightson, Will Eisner, Frank Miller, Sam Raimi, Guillermo Del Toro, Bruce Campbell, Ray Park, Casper Van Dien, Lee Majors, Ray Harryhausen, Ray Bradbury, Jeffrey Combs, John Amos, Linda Carter, Stacey Keach, Robert Wagner, Geoffrey Lewis, George Kennedy, John Byrne, Paul Gulacy, Doug Moench, Jim Shooter, Bob Layton, David Prowse, Kenny Baker, Lawrence Fishburne, George Romero, Mick Garris, Greg Nicotero and Howard Berger, Tom Savini, John Landis, Dick Smith, Frank Darabont, Joe Dante, Dee Wallace, Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez and many others...

My Blog

Oracle: THE CURE #3 ships today-- May 13, 2009

Hope you like it!
Posted by on Wed, 13 May 2009 04:09:00 GMT

COOL piece of tech shown at TED.

http://www.ted.com/talks/pattie_maes_demos_the_sixth_sense.h tmlReally worth checking out...
Posted by on Sat, 25 Apr 2009 13:36:00 GMT

Nice review of Oracle 2 on IGN

I thought this was a well-thought out review...http://comics.ign.com/articles/973/973409p1.html
Posted by on Thu, 16 Apr 2009 02:28:00 GMT

New interview on Comicnews.info!

Just posted today-- I talk with Richard Caldwell about Valiant, movies and writing comics again...http://comicnews.info/?p=5777
Posted by on Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:07:00 GMT

RE: Twitter

Ok, I've joined the ranks of the twitter nation. Let's see what all the hub-bub's about...You can follow me at www.twitter.com/kevinvanhook
Posted by on Mon, 13 Apr 2009 10:45:00 GMT

Oracle: The Cure #2 This Wednesday!

Oracle:The Cure #2 comes out this Wednesday! Barbara Gordon in Hong Kong!I'm looking forward to it. The advance art I saw was really strong.Thanks to everyone who picked up the first issue. It wa...
Posted by on Mon, 13 Apr 2009 10:38:00 GMT

ORACLE #1 This Wednesday, the 25th!

IGN put up the preview for Oracle #1, which will be in comic shops this Wednesday-http://comics.ign.com/articles/964/964664p1.htmlVe ry happy with the art that Julian and Fernando have done along ...
Posted by on Sun, 22 Mar 2009 12:54:00 GMT

re a great time in NYC

Had a great time in the city, getting to see a lot of old friends and some new ones, too. Walked my feet off and it was COLD, but fun. Got to take the Canon 5D Mark ii up to the top of the Empire ...
Posted by on Sat, 14 Feb 2009 11:30:00 GMT

Some of our SCI FI MOVIES TODAY!

Short Notice, but I just realized that I've got a few things airing (today) on SCI FI--The Fallen Ones and Sands of Oblivion. 01:00 PMSCI FI ORIGINAL MOVIEFALLEN ONES, THE 03:00 PMSCI FI ORIGINAL MOVI...
Posted by on Sat, 20 Dec 2008 05:01:00 GMT

Fantastic Flesh on DVD

It's official! Fantastic Flesh comes out on DVD on January 27th--Here's the Link to the news:http://www.shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=875 0#ArticleCommentsThis is the documentary I dire...
Posted by on Sat, 20 Dec 2008 04:56:00 GMT