Van Lente is the co-founder, along with artist Ryan Dunlavey, of Evil Twin Comics, which produces his and Dunlavey’s non-fiction comic books, the first and most famous of which is Action Philosophers.

Recent work includes becoming the ongoing co-author of Incredible Hercules with Greg Pak, as well as writing Marvel Zombies 3 and Marvel Zombies 4. with Kev Walker and X-Men Noir with Dennis Calero. Upcoming work includes two one-shots as part of Marvel Zombies Return. He also wrote the first issue of Deadpool Team-Up (number #899 as it was counting backwards from the #900 special).

Van Lente has been called "one of the most idiosyncratic and insightful new voices in comics."

Comics work includes:

• "Tranquility in The Big Date" (with Steve Ellis, in Negative Burn #40, Caliber Comics, 1996)
• The Silencers: Black Kiss (with Steve Ellis, 2-issue mini-series, Moonstone Books, 2003, tpb, 2005, ISBN 978-1-933076-01-0)
• Action Philosophers (with Ryan Dunlavey, Evil Twin Comics, April 2005 — July 2007) collected as:
• Volume 1 (2006, ISBN 978-0-9778329-0-3)
• Volume 2 (2006, ISBN 978-0-9778329-1-0)
• Volume 3 (2007, ISBN 978-0-9778329-2-7)
• Scorpion: Poison Tomorrow (with Leonard Kirk, in Amazing Fantasy #7—12, Marvel Comics, June—November 2005, tpb, 2005, ISBN 978-0-7851-1712-4)
• Cowboys & Aliens (with co-author Andrew Foley and art by Luciano Lima, graphic novel, Platinum Studios, 2006, ISBN#978-1582407241)
• Watchdogs (with Brian Churilla, Platinum Studios, 2007, ISBN 978-1-934220-05-4)
• The Weapon (with Scott Koblish, 4-issue mini-series, Platinum Studios, June—September 2007)
• Marvel Adventures Spider-Man #21—24, 33—36 (with Cory Hamscher, Marvel Comics, 2007, 2008) collected as:
• Volume 6: The Black Costume (collects Marvel Adventures Spider-Man #21—24, 2007, ISBN 978-1-934220-05-4)
• Volume 9: Fiercest Foes (collects Marvel Adventures Spider-Man #33-36, May 2008)
• Marvel Adventures Fantastic Four Vol. 6: Monsters & Mysteries (with Clay Mann, Marvel Comics, 2007, ISBN 978-0-7851-2380-4)
• Marvel Adventures Iron Man Volume 1: Heart of Steel (with James Cordeiro, Marvel Comics, 2007, ISBN 978-0-7851-2644-7)
• The Incredible Hercules #112—141 (with co-author Greg Pak and art by Khoi Pham, Rafa Sandoval, and others, Marvel Comics, 2008—2010) collected as:
• Against The World (collects Incredible Hulk #112 and Incredible Hercules #113—115 and "Hulk vs. Hercules: When Titans Collide", 136 pages, hardcover, July 2008, ISBN 0-7851-3312-7, softcover, October 2008, ISBN 0-7851-2533-7)
• Secret Invasion (collects Incredible Hercules #116—120, hardcover, November 2008, ISBN 0-7851-3333-X, softcover, March 2009, ISBN 0-7851-2829-8)
• Love and War (collects Incredible Hercules #121—125, 128 pages, hardcover, March 2009, ISBN 0-7851-3334-8, softcover, June 2009, ISBN 0-7851-3246-5)
• Dark Reign (collects Incredible Hercules #126—131, 160 pages, hardcover, October 2009, ISBN 0-7851-3830-7)
• Hercules: Fall of an Avenger #1—2 (with co-author Greg Pak and art by Ariel Olivetti, Marvel Comics, March—April 2010)
• Marvel Zombies 3 (with Kev Walker, 4-issue limited series, Marvel Comics, December 2008 - March 2009, tpb, 104 pages, hardcover, May 2009, ISBN 0-7851-3635-5, softcover, December 2009, ISBN 0-7851-3526-X)
• X-Men Noir (with Dennis Calero, 4-issue limited series, Marvel Comics, February -May, 2009)
• Marvel Zombies 4 (with Kev Walker, 4-issue limited series, Marvel Comics, June 2009 - ongoing, hardcover, November 2009, ISBN 0-7851-3917-6)
• Marvel Zombies Return (Marvel Comics):
• Marvel Zombies Return: Spider-Man (with artist Nick Dragotta, one-shot, 2009)
• Marvel Zombies Return: Avengers (with artist Wellington Alves, one-shot, 2009)
• "Silent But Deadly" ( with Dalibor Talajic, in Deadpool #900, Marvel Comics, December 2009)
• Deadpool Team-Up #899 (with Dalibor Talajic, ongoing series, Marvel Comics, January 2010)

Van Lente's industry awards include Action Philosophers receiving a Xeric Grant in 2004; it was also nominated for an Ignatz Award in 2005 and 2006. The American Library Association named Action Philosophers a "Great Graphic Novel for Teens" in 2007. His "super crime" series The Silencers was named "Best Independent Super Hero Comic" by Broken Frontier in 2003.

Interviews

• Career-spanning interview at The Comic Book Gazatte
• Interview with Fred and Ryan Dunlavey at comiXology
• The Outhouse Interview: Fred Van Lente, The Outhouse, December 21, 2009
• First Class Comic Review #1 — July 2010 (firstclasscomicreview.moonfruit.com)

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