Donny Cates
Born: Sept 14th 1984 Garland, Texas
Occupation: Writer
Notable Works:
Cosmic Ghost Rider
Babyteeth
God Country
Awards:
2018 Best Limited Comic Series Golden Issue Cosmic Ghost Rider
3 Diamond Gem awards
Cates studied sequential art at the Savannah College of Art and Design.
He then got an internship for Marvel Comics, working in the New York editorial office for their Ultimates line
His first title, Hunter Quaid, was published in Dark Horse's anthology, Dark Horse Presents
Link to the interview mentioned in the Podcast
https://www.comiccrusaders.com/family-man-an-interview-with-donny-cates/
Career
2010’s
Dark Horse Presents 2011 and 2014
Archer and Armstrong #25 2014
Unity 2013
He also wrote Buzzkill which was published by Dark Horse Comics in 2013.
Ruben is an unconventional superhero who gets his powers through the consumption of alcohol and illicit drugs. On one fateful day, facing a world-ending threat, Reuben drank so much that he blacked out. He saved the world...but he has no idea how or why. Now, he's in recovery, trying to get sober and piece together not only the events of the night in question, but the broken parts of his life as an alcoholic and an addict.
Ghost Fleet 2014 – 2015 7 issues
Captain America: Sam Wilson 2015
Captain America: Steve Rogers 2016
Interceptor 2016 5 issues
Poli has a mech suit and a mission. Weep has machine guns and a temper. Together they lead a band of freedom fighters on a planet populated exclusively by blood-sucking vampires. A planet called Earth. Donny Cates (Venom, God Country) and Dylan Burnett (Cosmic Ghost Rider, X-Force) bring you neon-drenched, blood-soaked, all-out vampire warfare. #DeathBeforeUndead
Star Trek 2016 and 2017
Waypoint
Deviations
God Country 2017
In GOD COUNTRY, readers meet Emmett Quinlan, an old widower rattled by dementia. Emmett isn't just a problem for his children—his violent outbursts are more than the local cops can handle. When a tornado levels his home—as well as the surrounding West Texas town—a restored Quinlan rises from the wreckage.
An enchanted sword at the eye of the storm gives him more than a sound mind and body, however. He's now the only man who can face these otherworldly creatures the sword has drawn down to the Lone Star State...
Atomahawk 2017
Babyteeth 2017
Redneck 2017
The Bowmans are VAMPIRES who have quietly run the local barbecue joint in their small town for years, living off cow's blood. Their peaceful coexistence ends as generations of hate, fear and bad blood bubble to the surface--making it impossible to separate man from monster!
Thanos Legacy 2018
Death of Inhumans 2018
Venom 2018
Web of Venom: Ve’Nam 2018
Doctor Strange 2018
Damnation
Guardians of the Galaxy 2019
Web of Venom: Carnage Born
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