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Author Description Andy Mangels is the USA Today best-selling author and co-author of over twenty-five fiction and nonfiction books — including Star Trek, Roswell, Iron Man, X-Files, and Star Wars tomes — and is an award-winning comic book anthology editor. As a pop culture historian, he has also contributed to international magazines and newspapers, and has scripted, directed, and produced over forty DVD documentaries and Special Features projects. In 2012, he was awarded the prestigious Inkpot Award for Achievement in the Comic Arts at Comic-Con International.<br />Andy has written licensed material based on properties by Lucasfilm, Paramount, New Line Cinema, Universal Studios, Warner Bros., Microsoft, Abrams-Gentile, and Platinum Studios. He is a member of the International Association of Media Tie-In Writers.<br />Over the last twenty-five years, Andy's comic-book work has been seen from DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Dark Horse, Wildstorm, Image, Innovation, WaRP Graphics, Topps, MVCreations, Arcana, and others. He was the editor of the award-winning Gay Comics anthology for eight years. He recently wrote the best-selling, critically-acclaimed Wonder Woman '77 Meets The Bionic Woman mini-series for Dynamite Entertainment and DC Comics, and a series of young-adult Fractured Fairy Tales graphic novels for ABDO.<br />He has written hundreds of articles for entertainment and lifestyle magazines and newspapers in the United States, England, and Italy. He regularly writes a popular column in each issue of RetroFan magazine. As an actor and singer, he has appeared in stage productions in Montana and Oregon, and had roles in films and television series such as Grimm, Leverage and The Librarians, and in a national commercial for Brooks running shoes. In 2012, he co-founded the singing group Broadway Bears, and has since sung with them at thirteen concert series and numerous public and charity events.<br />Andy's work in the DVD field has won several awards, and garnered him praise as a "legendary DVD producer." He has worked for Time Life, BCI Eclipse, and Genius Products, producing, scripting and directing documentaries, hosting commentary tracks, and creating other Special Features content. DVD sets he's produced include: The Real Ghostbusters, Dungeons & Dragons, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, She-Ra: Princess of Power, The Archies, Flash Gordon, Zorro, The Lone Ranger, Groovie Goolies, Ark II, Journey Back to Oz, The Secrets of Isis, Jason of Star Command, and Defenders of the Earth, among a large number of other DVD titles! He has also appeared as an expert on several documentaries for Warner Bros., and aided with Special Features for Paramount, Anchor Bay, and others.<br />Andy is a national award-winning social activist in the Gay community, and has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for charities over the years. He produced the yearly Women of Wonder Day event for six years, at which over $135,000 for Domestic Violence programs in three states was raised! He is also a Board Member of the non-profit organization PRISM Comics. Additionally, as of 2013, Andy has been working with disabled and elderly clients as a State-approved Home Care Worker, under the umbrella of "Home Care With Pride"!

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