Andy Mangels is the USA Today best-selling author and co-author of over twenty fiction and nonfiction books — including Star Trek, Roswell, and Star Wars novels — and is an award-winning comic book anthology editor. He has also contributed to international magazines and newspapers, and has scripted, directed, and produced over forty DVD documentaries and Special Features projects.

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, commentary tracks, and 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, and aided with Special Features for Paramount, Anchor Bay, and others.

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.

Over the last two decades, 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, and he was the editor of the award-winning Gay Comics anthology for eight years.

He has written hundreds of articles for entertainment and lifestyle magazines and newspapers in the United States, England, and Italy. He is a member of the prestigious film critic organization Far From Hollywood Film Society of Oregon, and a Board Member of the non-profit organization PRISM Comics.

Andy is a national award-winning activist in the Gay community, and has raised thousands of dollars for charities over the years. He produces the yearly Wonder Woman Day event every October, and has raised over $89,000 for Domestic Violence Shelters!

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UPCOMING PROJECTS
• Lou Scheimer: Creating The Filmation Generation
(2010, TwoMorrows, autobiography, written with Lou Scheimer)
• Bizarre New World comic book anthology story
(2010, short story for Skip Martin's excellent Bizarre New World series)
• Back Issue magazine
(2010, TwoMorrows. Andy is writing articles for multiple upcoming issues.)
• Star Trek: The Magazine
(2010, Titan Books. Andy is writing articles for upcoming issues, including one about Tuvok.)
• The Real Ghostbusters: Volume 3 DVD Set
(August 3, 2010, Time Life, directing and scripting documentaries and providing other Special Features content. Retail of V3 only.)
• Leverage (TV show - episode 3.8)
(August 1, 2010, TNT. Andy appears as a chop shop supervisor in multiple scenes in "The Boost Job," the eighth episode of the third season.)
• Back Issue #43
(August 2010, TwoMorrows. Andy wrote an article about DC's Beowulf comic of the 1970s.)
• Leverage (TV show - episode 3.2)
(June 20, 2010, TNT. Andy appeared (in a kilt) in multiple scenes in "The Reunion Job," the second episode of the third season.)
• Star Trek: The Magazine #26
(May 2010, Titan Books. Andy contributed an article about Star Trek IV.)
• Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy DVD features interview with Mangels
(May 4, 2010, CAV Distributing. Andy is heavily featured in the 2nd disc documentary "Expanding the Elm Street Universe: Freddy in Comic Books & Novels" and may appear in the lead documentary as well!)
• The Real Ghostbusters: Volume 2 DVD Set
(January 26, 2010, Time Life, directing and scripting documentaries and providing other Special Features content. Retail of V2 only.)

PREVIOUS PROJECTS
• Star Trek: The Magazine #22
(November 2009, Titan Books. For the Villains Special, Andy contributed an article about the Borg Queen.)
• Wonder Woman Day IV - Charity Event
(October 25, 2009, Andy Mangels producing this charity event for Domestic Violence Shelters and a women's crisis line!)
• Andy Mangels is Guest of Honor at Gaylaxicon 2009
(October 9-11, 2009 - Andy will be a Guest of Honor at this media convention in Minneapolis, MN!)
• The Real Ghostbusters Complete Series DVD Set
(September 29, 2009, Time Life, WIDE RELEASE - directing and scripting documentaries and providing other Special Features content)
• The Wonder Woman Companion
(BOOK CANCELLED - No Further News)
• Andy Mangels is Guest at OutlantaCon 1
(May 1-3, 2009 - Andywas a Guest at this media convention in Atlanta, GA!)
• The Real Ghostbusters: Volume 1 DVD Set
(March 31, 2009, Time Life, directing and scripting documentaries and providing other Special Features content. Retail of V1 only.)
• Wonder Woman animated DVD features interview with Mangels
(March 3, 2009, Warner Bros. Andy is heavily featured in two of the documentaries: "Wonder Woman The Daughters of Myth" and "Wonder Woman: A Subversive Dream"!)
• All-New Super Friends Hour S1 V2 DVD set features interview with Mangels
(January 27, 2009, Warner Bros. Andy is featured in the special documentary "The Wonder Twins Phenomenon"!)
• The Real Ghostbusters Complete Series DVD Set
(November 25, 2008, Time Life, directing and scripting documentaries and providing other Special Features content)
2009 TV DVD AWARDS nominee — Best Complete Series
• Andy Mangels is Guest at Portland Comic Book Show
(November 9, 2008 - Andy was a Guest at this local convention in Portland, OR!)
• Batman: The Complete Animated Series DVD Set features interview with Mangels
(November 4, 2008, Warner Bros. Andy is heavily featured in the special new documentary "Shades of the Bat: Batman's Animated Evolution"!)
• The Q Guide To Wonder Woman features interview with Mangels
(November 1, 2008, Alyson Publications. Andy is heavily interviewed in this sassy new guide to the Wonder Woman TV series!)
• Filmation Sci-Fi DVD Box Set: Ark II, Space Academy, Jason OSC
(October 28, 2008, BCI Eclipse, providing all Special Features content
• Wonder Woman Day III - Charity Event
(October 26, 2008, Andy Mangels produced this charity event that raised over $26,600 for Domestic Violence Shelters and a crisis line! It also garnered a Mayoral Proclamation!)
• Frightfully Funny Volume 2 DVD Box Set: Groovie Goolies, Filmation's Ghostbusters, Fraidy Cat
(October 21, 2008, BCI Eclipse, providing all Special Features content
• Star Trek: Enterprise - Kobayashi Maru
(September 2008, Pocket Books, novel co-written with Michael A. Martin, edited by Margaret Clark)
• Tales of Zorro
(September 2008, Moonstone Books, anthology story, co-written with Michael A. Martin, edited by Richard Dean Starr)
• DC Super Heroes: The Filmation Adventures DVD features interview with Mangels
(August 12, 2008, Warner Bros. Andy is heavily featured in the special documentary "Animation Maverick: The Lou Scheimer Story"!)
• Frightfully Funny Volume 1 DVD Box Set: Groovie Goolies, Filmation's Ghostbusters
(August 12, 2008, BCI Eclipse, providing all Special Features content
• Heroes & Heroines DVD Box Set: Space Sentinels, Freedom Force, Blackstar, Secrets of Isis
(August 5, 2008, BCI Eclipse, providing all Special Features content
• Andy Mangels at San Diego Comic-Con International
(July 24-27, 2008 - Andy will appear on panels, plus do autograph signings with Pocket Books and PRISM)
• The New Adventures of The Lone Ranger & Zorro - V2 DVD Set
(July 15, 2008, BCI Eclipse, directing and scripting two documentaries and providing other Special Features content
• Batman: Gotham Knight DVD features interview with Mangels
(July 8, 2008, Warner Bros. Andy is heavily featured in the special documentary "A Mirror for the Bat: The Evil Denizens of Gotham City"!)
• Bravestarr: The Series - Volume Two DVD Set
(July 1, 2008, BCI Eclipse, providing all Special Features content
• Super Larry, World's Toughest Man - Graphic Novel
(May 28, 2008, Platinum Studios/Image Comics, illustrated by Dan Thompson)
• Superheroes Volume 1 DVD Box Set: New Animated Adventures of Flash Gordon, Defenders of the Earth
(May 27, 2008, BCI Eclipse, providing all Special Features content
• Andy Mangels at Emerald City Comicon in Seattle, WA
(May 10-11, 2008 - Andy's first-ever appearance at a Seattle convention!)
• Andy Mangels at Iron Man - Free Comic Book Day Signing
(May 3, 2008 from noon-3pm - at Cosmic Money Comics, 5335 NE Sandy Blvd!)
• IRON MAN: Beneath The Armor
(April 15, 2008, Del Rey, non-fiction comic book and movie companion, written solo)
• Dragon's Lair HC GN
(March 29, 2008, Arcana Studios, collected version of comic mini-series)
• Andy Mangels at Fear Fest 2 in Dallas, TX
(March 7-9, 2007 - It's a Nightmare On Em Street reunion with stars and comic writer Mangels -- and get your own Freddy glove!)
• Archie's Funhouse — The Complete Series DVD Set
(March 4, 2008, Genius Products, providing all Special Features DVD content)
• Star Trek: Excelsior — Forged In Fire
(January 2008, Pocket Books, novel co-written with Michael A. Martin, edited by Marco Palmieri)
• The New Adventures of The Lone Ranger & Zorro - V1 DVD Set
(December 18, 2007, BCI Eclipse, directing and scripting two documentaries and providing other Special Features content
• Bravestarr: The Series - Volume One DVD Set
(November 20, 2007, BCI Eclipse, directing and scripting one documentary and providing other Special Features content
• Storybook Takes DVD Boxed Set: Happily Ever After, A Snow White Christmas, Journey Back To Oz
(November 6, 2007, BCI Eclipse, providing all Special Features content
• A Snow White Christmas DVD
(November 6, 2007, BCI Eclipse, providing all Special Features content
• Wonder Woman Day II - Charity Event
(October 28, 2007, Andy Mangels produced this charity event that raised $24,000 for two domestic violence shelters and a crisis line and received a Mayoral Proclamation!)
• She-Ra: Princess of Power: Season Two DVD Boxed Set
(September 4, 2007, BCI Eclipse, directing and scripting one documentary, hosting commentary tracks, and providing other Special Features content)
• The Archie Show — The Complete Series DVD Set
(July 31, 2007, Genius Products, providing all Special Features DVD content)
2006 TV DVD AWARDS nominee — Best 1960s Series
• Andy Mangels at Comic-Con International 2007
(July 25-29, 2007 - Click to see all of the Panels & Signings Andy did at the world's largest comic and media convention!)
• The Secrets of Isis — The Complete Series DVD Set
(July 24, 2007, BCI Eclipse, providing all Special Features content)
• The Best of Bravestarr & Bravestarr: The Legend (film)
(July 3, 2007, BCI Eclipse, providing all Special Features content)
• Ghostbusters: The Animated Series Volume Two DVD Set
(July 3, 2007, BCI Eclipse, providing all Special Features content)
• Star Trek.Com articles: Star Trek: The Animated Series
(June 27, 2007, Paramount/CBS, providing all articles and entries for new ST:TAS online encyclopedia with Michael A. Martin)
• Hero High - The Complete Series DVD Set
(May 22, 2007, BCI Eclipse, directing interviews, hosting commentary tracks, and providing other Special Features content)
• Mission: Magic! - The Complete Series DVD Set
(May 8, 2007, BCI Eclipse, directing interviews, and providing other Special Features content)
• Jason of Star Command: The Complete Series DVD Set
(May 8, 2007, BCI Eclipse, directing and scripting one documentary, hosting commentary tracks, and providing other Special Features content)
• The Ghost Busters: Live Action - The Complete Series DVD Set
(April 17, 2007, BCI Eclipse, directing interviews, and providing other Special Features content)
• She-Ra: Princess of Power: Season One, Volume Two DVD Boxed Set
(April 3, 2007, BCI Eclipse, directing and scripting one documentary, hosting commentary tracks, and providing other Special Features content)
• Defenders of the Earth: Volume Two DVD Set
(April 3, 2007, BCI Eclipse, directing and producing interviews, hosting commentary tracks, and providing other Special Features content)
• The New Adventures of He-Man: Volume Two DVD Set
(March 27, 2007, BCI Eclipse, directing and scripting two half-hour documentaries, and providing other Special Features content)
• Star Trek: Enterprise — The Good That Men Do
(March 2007, Pocket Books, novel co-written with Michael A. Martin, edited by Margaret Clark)
• Ghostbusters: The Animated Series Volume One DVD Set
(February 27, 2007, BCI Eclipse, producing Special Features content)
• Space Academy: The Complete Series DVD Boxed Set
(January 16, 2007, BCI Eclipse, directing and scripting one documentary, hosting commentary tracks, and providing other Special Features content)
• The Legend of Prince Valiant: Volume Two DVD Set
(January 16, 2007, BCI Eclipse, hosting commentary tracks and producing Special Features content)
• The New Adventures of He-Man Volume One DVD Set
(December 26, 2006, BCI Eclipse, directing and scripting two half-hour documentaries, and providing other Special Features content)
• George Perez: Storyteller
(December, Dynamic Forces, provided 13-page "Archives" chapter)
• Dungeons & Dragons: The Complete Series DVD Set
(December 7, 2006, BCI Eclipse, directing and scripting one documentary, hosting commentary tracks, and providing other Special Features content)
2006 TV DVD AWARDS nominee — Best Animated Series
• Star Trek: The Animated Series DVD Set
(November 21, 2006, CBS/Paramount, provided Special Features content for documentary)
• Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers Book 8 — Aftermath
(November 2006, Pocket Books, Trade Paperback includes two-part "Ishtar Rising" novelette co-written with Michael A. Martin, edited by Keith R.A. DeCandido)
• Ark II: The Complete Series DVD Boxed Set
(November 7, 2006, BCI Eclipse, directing and scripting one documentary, hosting commentary tracks, and providing other Special Features content)
• She-Ra: Princess of Power: Season One, Volume One DVD Boxed Set
(November 7, 2006, BCI Eclipse, directing and scripting one documentary, hosting commentary tracks, and providing other Special Features content)
• Wonder Woman Day - Charity Event
(October 29, 2006, Andy Mangels produced this charity event that raised $15,405.33 for two women and children's domestic violence shelters!)
• Weekly World News -- "Miss Adventure" weekly column
(beginning October 23, 2006, American Media,
Andy writes a weekly humor-adventure column for "The Gayest American Hero" under the name "Dru Sullivan")
• Journey Back To Oz: Special Edition DVD
(October 24, 2006, BCI Eclipse, hosting commentary track, and providing other Special Features content)
• Groovie Goolies: The Saturday "Mourning" Collection DVD Boxed Set
(October 24, 2006, BCI Eclipse, producing Special Features content)
• Defenders of the Earth Volume One DVD Set
(October 10, 2006, BCI Eclipse, directing and producing interviews, and providing other Special Features content)
• He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: Season Two, Volume Two DVD Boxed Set
(September 19, 2006, BCI Eclipse, directing and scripting two half-hour documentaries, hosting commentary tracks, and providing Special Features content)
• Blackstar — The Complete Series DVD Set
(August 22, 2006, BCI Eclipse, directing and scripting one documentary, hosting commentary tracks, and providing other Special Features content)
• Space Sentinels & The Freedom Force — The Complete Series DVD Set
(August 22, 2006, BCI Eclipse, directing and producing interviews, and providing other Special Features content)
• The SuperVillain Book: The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Comic Book and Hollywood Masterminds, Megalomaniacs, and Menaces
(August 2006, Visible Ink Press, encyclopedia with entries by Andy Mangels)
• Dragon's Lair
(July 2006 - 2007, Arcana Studios, comic mini-series originally unfinished by MVCreations/CrossGen)
• Flash Gordon — The Complete Series DVD Set
(July 18, 2006, BCI Eclipse, directing and scripting one documentary, hosting commentary tracks, and providing other Special Features content)
• The Best of She-Ra: Princess of Power: Top 5 Episodes & "Secret of the Sword" Collector's Edition DVD Set
(July 18, 2006, BCI Eclipse, directing and scripting one documentary and one featurette, hosting feature-length commentary track, and providing other Special Features content)
• The Legend of Prince Valiant: Volume One DVD Set
(July 4, 2006, BCI Eclipse, directing and producing interviews, hosting commentary tracks, and providing Special Features content)
• He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: Season Two, Volume One DVD Boxed Set
(June 6, 2006, BCI Eclipse, directing and scripting two half-hour documentaries, hosting three commentary tracks, and providing Special Features content)
• Star Trek: Enterprise — Last Full Measure
(May 2006, Pocket Books, novel co-written with Michael A. Martin, edited by Margaret Clark)
• He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: Season One, Volume Two DVD Boxed Set
(February 14, 2006, BCI Eclipse, directing and scripting two half-hour documentaries and providing Special Features content)
• He-Man and She-Ra A Christmas Special DVD
(December 6, 2005, BCI Eclipse, directing and scripting two half-hour documentaries and providing Special Features content)
• He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: Season One, Volume One DVD Boxed Set
(October 18, 2005, BCI Eclipse, directing and scripting two half-hour documentaries and providing Special Features content)
• Star Trek: Titan Book 2 — The Red King
(October 2005, Pocket Books, novel co-written with Michael A. Martin, edited by Marco Palmieri)
• The Best of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: 10 Episode Collectors Edition DVD Set
(July 12 2005, BCI Eclipse, directing and scripting two half-hour documentaries and providing Special Features content)
2005 TV DVD AWARD WINNER — Best 1980s Release
• Star Trek: Tales from the Captain's Table
(July 2005, Pocket Books, anthology story co-written with Michael A. Martin, edited by Keith R.A. DeCandido)
• Star Trek: Titan Book 1 — Taking Wing
A USA Today best-seller!
(April 2005, Pocket Books, novel co-written with Michael A. Martin, edited by Marco Palmieri)
• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine "Worlds of Deep Space Nine, Book II — Trill"
(February 2005, Pocket Books, novel co-written with Michael A. Martin)

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