Andy Mangels is the USA Today best-selling author and co-author of over a dozen novels — including Star Trek, Roswell, and Star Wars books — and is an award-winning comic book anthology editor. He has also written numerous nonfiction books, has 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

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 $42,000 for Domestic Violence Shelters!

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UPCOMING PROJECTS
• 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 Wonder Woman Companion
(Spring 2009, TwoMorrows, non-fiction comic book companion, written solo)
• Lou Scheimer: Creating The Filmation Generation
(Winter 2008, TwoMorrows, autobiography, written with Lou Scheimer)
• The Real Ghostbusters Complete DVD Set
(Late 2008, Time Life, directing and scripting documentaries and providing other Special Features content **ORDER SET HERE**)
• Wonder Woman Day III - Charity Event
(October 26, 2008, Andy Mangels produces this charity event that has so far raised over $42,000 for Domestic Violence Shelters and a crisis line! This year's guests include Adam Hughes & Allison Sohn!)
• Star Trek: Enterprise - Kobayashi Maru
(September 2008, Pocket Books, novel co-written with Michael A. Martin, edited by Margaret Clark)
• DC Super Heroes: The Filmation Adventures DVD features interview with Mangels
(August 12, 2008, Warner Bros. Andy is heavily featured in the special documentary about Filmation co-founder Lou Scheimer!)
• Filmation DVD Special Features: The Secret Lives of Waldo Kitty, Fraidy Cat, Fabulous Funnies
(2008, BCI Eclipse/Ink & Paint, directing and scripting documentaries and commentary tracks and providing Special Features content for more upcoming releases!)
• 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, PRISM, and Del Rey)
• 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
• Tales of Zorro
(July 2008, Moonstone Books, anthology story, co-written with Michael A. Martin, edited by Richard Dean Starr)

PREVIOUS PROJECTS
• 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)
• 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-August 2006, 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)
The Superhero Book: The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Comic Book Icons and Hollywood Heroes
(November 2004, Visible Ink Press, encyclopedia with 50 entries by Andy Mangels)
• Roswell: Turnabout
(November 2003, Pocket Books, novel co-written with Michael A. Martin)
• Animation on DVD: The Ultimate Guide
(March 2003, Stone Bridge Press, 600-page guidebook)