Zeb Wells

Zeb Wells' career as a writer for Marvel Comics led to a second and equally prolific stint as writer, producer and director for the popular animated comedy series "Robot Chicken" (Adult Swim, 2005-) and its related programming. Wells came to comic books via his interest in filmmaking: he directed a pair of videos spoofing both Marvel Comics' roster of heroes and reality television for a short film contest sponsored byWizard Magazine. The films caught the attention of Marvel editor Axel Alonso, who asked Wells to pitch ideas for a Spider-Man title in 2002. His work on Marvel Adventures: Spider-Man and other related titles led to a contract with Marvel in 2006; Wells was soon writing multiple issues of the relaunched Amazing Spider-Man, Venom: Dark Origin, X-Men, Elektra and other iconic superhero adventures. In 2008, Wells was approached by former Wizard staffer Matthew Seinrich to writer for his satirical animation series "Robot Chicken," penning and directing numerous episodes and specials while also voicing several of its comic book and action figure characters. Wells also wrote for and lent his voice to "Titan Maximum" (Adult Swim, 2009-2010), a spoof of Japanese giant robot series from the "Robot Chicken" team, and helped to create "SuperMansion" (Crackle, 2015-), an animated parody of superhero teams featuring the voice of Bryan Cranston, who also served as executive producer. In addition to producing the series, Wells also voiced one of its regular characters, a sentient - and Orthodox - android named JewBot. In 2015, Wells was one of three writers listed on the R-rated stop-motion animated feature "Hell and Back," which enjoyed a brief theatrical run.