AUTHOR SIGNING 7/21/22 SAN DIEGO COMIC CON (CREDIT: ABRAMS)
NEIL MCGINNESS’S MOST RECENT BOOK, ON THE ORIGINS OF MODERN SUPERHEROES, PULP POWER (ABRAMS, JULY 2022) WAS THE #1 BESTSELLING NEW RELEASE ON AMAZON IN GRAPHIC NOVEL/COMIC BOOK CRITICISM UPON PUBLICATION IN JULY 2022. IN SPRING 2023, PULP POWER WAS ADOPTED BY A MAJOR UNIVERSITY FOR CURRICULUM IN AMERICAN LITERATURE CLASS.
IN 2021, HE PARTNERED WITH WORLD’S BESTSELLING AUTHOR JAMES PATTERSON TO DEVELOP THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING SERIES, THE SHADOW. VOLUME 1 IN THE SERIES MADE #4 ON THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING MASS MARKET PAPERBACK LIST IN JUNE 2022. VOLUME 2 IN THE SERIES, THE PERFECT ASSASSIN, A DOC SAVAGE THRILLER DEBUTED ON THE NEW YORK TIMES PAPERBACK TRADE FICTION LIST UPON PUBLICATION WEEK OF DECEMBER 4, 2022.
THE SHADOW: CIRCLE OF DEATH, VOLUME 3 IN THE SERIES PUBLISHED JULY 3, 2023 AND VOLUME 4 PUBLISHES THIS YEAR.
ORIGINALLY HIRED BY LORNE MICHAELS WHILE STILL A GRAD STUDENT AT NYU FILM/TV, McGINNESS BEGAN HIS CAREER CREATING THE FIRST SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT TITLES…AND COMPLETING HIS GRADUATE DEGREE AT NIGHT.
McGINNESS HAS GONE ON TO AUTHOR NUMEROUS BOOKS AND ENTERTAINMENT TITLES FOR MAJOR MEDIA COMPANIES, ALWAYS WITH A PASSION AND DEDICATION TO BUILDING I.P. VALUE THROUGH STORYTELLING.
PUBLISHING 2023 - 2022
MCGINNESS PARTNERED WITH AUTHOR JAMES PATTERSON TO DEVELOP A NEW THRILLER BOOK SERIES IN 2020. VOLUME 1, THE SHADOW, PUBLISHED JULY 2021 MAKING THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LIST FOR MULTIPLE WEEKS AND CHARTING ON 10 ADDITIONAL BESTSELLER LISTS. VOLUME 2, THE PERFECT ASSASSIN, PICTURED BELOW PUBLISHED NOVEMBER 15, 2022.
HOLLYWOOD IS CURRENTLY NEGOTIATING FOR FILM/STREAMING RIGHTS FOR BOTH THE SHADOW AND THE PERFECT ASSASSIN… BUY THE SHADOW HERE ON AMAZON. ORDER THE PERFECT ASSASSIN HERE.
MCGINNESS RECENTLY AUTHORED, PULP POWER, THE DEFINITIVE WRITTEN HISTORY OF THE EARLY AMERICAN SERIAL HERO FICTION THAT LED TO THE CREATION OF BATMAN AND SUPERMAN. THE BOOK PUBLISHED IN JULY, 2022 FROM NEW YORK’S ABRAMS BOOKS WAS LAUNCHED AT THE SAN DIEGO COMIC CON. ORDER HERE.
MCGINNESS’ BOOK FEATURES A FOREWORD FROM FRANK MILLER, THE LEGENDARY CREATOR OF BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT, DAREDEVIL, 300, & SIN CITY. MILLER’S FILMS HAVE GROSSED OVER A BILLION DOLLARS AT BOX OFFICES WORLDWIDE.
PULP POWER @ THE SOCIETY OF ILLUSTRATOR’S MUSEUM NYC SEPTEMBER 8, 2022
L-R: DAN DIDIO, FRANK MILLER, SILENN THOMAS, ANELLE MILLER, NEIL McGINNESS (CREDIT: SCALE LA)
PULP POWER FEATURED IN VANITY FAIR, back cover September 2022 issue.
GRAPHIC NOVELS
IN 2017 McGINNESS PARTNERED WITH DC ENTERTAINMENT TO PUBLISH A 12 BOOK BATMAN/THE SHADOW SERIES.
IN 2018, THE AV CLUB NAMED THE SERIES ONE OF THE BEST BOOK SERIES OF THE YEAR, INFINITE COMICS RANKED THE SERIES #3 BEST BOOK SERIES OF THE YEAR AND IGN RANKED IT IN THE TOP TEN COMIC BOOK SERIES FOR THE YEAR. BUY THE BOOKS FROM DC ENTERTAINMENT HERE.
DIGITAL AUDIO / PODCASTS: AUDIBLE ORIGINALS
FROM 2017-2019, McGINNESS PARTNERED WITH AMAZON.COM’S AUDIBLE DIVISION TO CREATE 10 NEW AUDIO TITLES AROUND THE CLASSIC FICTION OF THE SHADOW AND DOC SAVAGE. THE SERIES MARKED THE FIRST AUDIO EDITIONS OF THE ORIGINAL NOVELS FROM THE 1930s AND FEATURED MULTICAST DRAMATIC NARRATIONS. THE SERIES IS EXCLUSIVE ONLY AVAILABLE HERE AT AUDIBLE.COM.
STREAMING: DIGITAL VIDEO /
IN ADDITION TO CREATING NEARLY 30 TITLES FOR CONDÉ NAST SINCE 2016, MCGINNESS HAS EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE CREATING CONTENT FOR LEADING DIGITAL VIDEO STREAMING PROPERTIES.
WORKING WITH SOMMTV, THE #1 WINE/FOOD STREAMING CHANNEL, MCGINNESS CREATED CONTENT PARTNERSHIPS THAT DELIVERED THOUSANDS OF SUBSCRIBERS AND INCREASED VIEWERSHIP 9X. VISIT SOMMTV HERE.
EARLIER IN HIS CAREER, MCGINNESS DEVELOPED THE LARGEST STANDUP COMEDY STREAMING CHANNEL WORKING WITH THE LAUGH FACTORY. TODAY, THE LAUGH FACTORY YOUTUBE CHANNEL HAS OVER 1.27 MILLION SUBSCRIBERS AND OVER HALF-A-BILLION CHANNEL VIEWS. VISIT THE LAUGH FACTORY’S YOUTUBE CHANNEL HERE.