Pornsak Pichetshote

Pornsak Pichetshote
Pichetshote in 2025
BornPornsak Pichetshote
AreaWriter, Editor
Notable works
Infidel, The Good Asian, Sandman Universe: Dead Boy Detectives, Man's Best
Awards2022 Eisner Award for Best Limited Series
2022 Harvey Award for Book of the Year

Pornsak Pichetshote is a Thai-American television and comics writer, editor, director, and producer who has worked for Vertigo, DC Comics, Marvel Comics, and independent comics. He has been nominated for Eisner and Harvey Awards.

Early life

Pichetshote was born in the United States. He moved to Thailand when he was twelve, and then moved back to attend college in the U.S.[1]

Career

Pichetshote started working in comics as an editor at Vertigo Comics, an imprint of DC,[1] where he worked on books like Daytripper, The Unwritten, Sweet Tooth, The Unknown Soldier, and Swamp Thing.[2] During his time working at DC, he slowly became the head of DC's TV division and helped Geoff Johns spearhead what became known as the Arrowverse. Per Pichetshote: "All of a sudden, I was recruited because I knew stuff about the comic side. And then I would end up becoming part of that think tank and I would slowly end up being sort of DC Comics’ head of television. I would help develop The Arrowverse on The CW and a bunch of other shows. And that happened for a while."[3]

In 2012, he directed a nine-minute short film called A Conversation About Cheating With My Time Travelling Future Self which was an official selection at the 9th annual International Horror & Sci-Fi Film Festival in Phoenix in 2013.[4][5]

In 2018, he published his first comic, Infidel, with artist Aaron Campbell at Image Comics. The book is a haunted house story, but set in a modern run-down apartment building and the main character is a Muslim woman dealing with racism and Islamaphobia.[6] The book was optioned by TriStar Pictures after two issues.[7] After that, he was a writer on the second seasons of Marvel's Cloak & Dagger, Two Sentence Horror Stories, and Light as a Feather.[2]

In 2021, he wrote The Good Asian, about Chinese-American detective Edison Hark on the streets of 1936 Chinatown.[8] With art by Alexandre Tefenkgi, the book is a noir set during a period of extreme xenophobia and racism.[9] It would go on to win the 2022 Eisner Award for Best Limited Series and the 2022 Harvey Award for Book of the Year.[10][11]

In 2023, he wrote The Sandman Universe: Dead Boy Detectives, a six-issue limited series with artist Jeff Stokely.[12] The next year, he teamed up with artist Jesse Lonergan to put out Man's Best, a five-issue series through Boom! Studios about a group of emotional support pets in space who have to save their owners.[13][14] The book was listed by Parade as one of the best books of December 2024.[15]

In 2024, he launched The Horizon Experiment with Image Comics, a series of five one-shots written by writers of color and starring protagonists from marginalized backgrounds. The first one-shot, The Manchurian, was written by Pichetshote with art by Terry Dodson and was about a "Chinese James Bond." Other writers for the project include Sabir Pirzada, Tananarive Due, J. Holtham, and Vita Ayala.[16][17]

In July 2025, it was announced that Pichetshote would write Absolute Green Arrow, a six-issue miniseries illustrated by Rafael Albuquerque and set in the Absolute Universe. The series follows Dinah Lance as she investigates the murder of several corrupt billionaires, with each victim carrying the same green arrows protruding from their bodies, and how these deaths are connected to the murder of Oliver Queen. The first issue is set to go on sale May 20, 2026.[18][19]

Bibliography

DC Comics

Marvel Comics

  • Alien: Black, White & Blood #4, short story "Mother" (2024)
  • Doctor Strange Annual vol. 3 #1, short story "Treat" (2019)
  • Marvel's Voices: Identity vol. 2 #1, short story "Secrets" (2022)

Other Companies

Image Comics

  • Geiger 80-Page Giant #1, short story "Goldbeard's" (2022)
  • The Good Asian #1-10 (2021-2022)
  • Infidel #1-5 (2018)
  • The Silver Coin #14 (2022)

Boom! Studios

  • Man's Best #1-5 (2024)

References

  1. ^ a b Damore, Meaga (April 9, 2021). "Pornsak Picheshote & Jeremy Holt Talk Finding Your Voice, Publishing & Being Asian-American in Comics". CBR.com. Archived from the original on January 20, 2025. Retrieved March 17, 2026.
  2. ^ a b Yanes, Nicholas (2019-06-12). "Pornsak Pichetshote discusses his career, the differences between writing for comic books and film, and his latest comic book "Infidel"". SciFi Pulse. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
  3. ^ Chen, Mimi (2023-03-24). "Meet the man who's adapting The Good Asian into a TV series". AsAmNews. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
  4. ^ Garcia, Chris (January 14, 2013). "A Conversation about Cheating with My Time Traveling Future Self by Pornsak Pichetshote". Amazing Stories. Retrieved 2025-01-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ Astell, Hal C. F. "A Conversation About Cheating with My Time Traveling Future Self (2012)". Apocalypse Later Film Reviews. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
  6. ^ Lehoczky, Etelka (October 7, 2018). "'Infidel' Uses The Supernatural To Explore Racism's Real Life Horrors". NPR. Retrieved 2025-01-05.
  7. ^ McMillan, Graeme (2018-05-11). "How Horror Comic 'Infidel' Landed a Movie Deal After 2 Issues". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
  8. ^ Segura, Alex (2021-08-20). "Pornsak Pichetshote on Chinatown Noir, Immigration Bans, and His New Comic Book Series, The Good Asian". CrimeReads. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
  9. ^ Estrella, Ernie (2021-04-08). "'The Good Asian' taps into past (and present) mistreatment of Asian Americans to set a new standard in noir comics". SYFY. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
  10. ^ Babb, Tiffany (2023-05-28). "The winners of the 2022 Eisner Awards are..." Popverse. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
  11. ^ Arrant, Chris (2023-01-10). "And the winners for the 2022 Harvey Awards are..." Popverse. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
  12. ^ Sirikul, Laura (2023-02-01). "Pornsak Pichetshote Brings His Thai American Perspective to DC's 'Dead Boy Detectives'". The Nerds of Color. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
  13. ^ Spry, Jeff (2023-12-12). "Cats and dogs in space! Pets crash onto an alien planet in 'Man's Best' miniseries (exclusive)". Space.com. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
  14. ^ Brooke, David (2023-12-12). "Pornsak Pichetshote brings 'Man's Best' to BOOM! Studios • AIPT". Retrieved 2025-01-06.
  15. ^ Giltz, Michael (2024-12-23). "The 34 Best New Book Releases This Month: December 2024". Parade. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
  16. ^ Frater, Patrick (2024-06-13). "Pornsak Pichetshote Launching 'The Horizon Experiment,' Publishing and Incubation Program at Image Comics (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
  17. ^ Kaplan, Avery (2024-06-13). "Pornsak Pichetshote launches THE HORIZON EXPERIMENT with Image Comics". The Beat. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
  18. ^ Duran, Misael (2025-07-25). "Green Arrow is Officially Coming to DC's Absolute Universe". ComicBook.com. Retrieved 2026-03-06.
  19. ^ "DC Expands the Absolute Universe With ABSOLUTE CATWOMAN and ABSOLUTE GREEN ARROW". DC. Retrieved 2026-03-06.
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