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'''Ales (Aleš) Kot''' is a Czech-American writer of [[comic book]]s for American Western consumer markets.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ales Kot talks action, art in ‘Zero,’ ‘Secret Avengers,’ ‘Iron Patriot’ |url=https://herocomplex.latimes.com/comics/ales-kot-talks-action-art-in-zero-secret-avengers-iron-patriot/#/0 |publisher=[[LA Times]]}}</ref>
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'''Ales (Aleš) Kot''' is a Czech-American [[comic book writer]] known for their psychedelic spy series ''Zero'' published by [[Image Comics|Image]] and their work for [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]],<ref>{{cite web |first=Oliver |last=Sava |url=https://herocomplex.latimes.com/comics/ales-kot-talks-action-art-in-zero-secret-avengers-iron-patriot/#/0 |title=Ales Kot talks action, art in 'Zero,' 'Secret Avengers,' 'Iron Patriot' |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=March 17, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140318003529/https://herocomplex.latimes.com/comics/ales-kot-talks-action-art-in-zero-secret-avengers-iron-patriot/#/0 |archive-date=March 18, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref> as well as brief controversy involving fellow comics writer [[Nathan Edmondson]].<ref>{{cite web |first=Rich |last=Johnston |url=https://www.bleedingcool.com/2015/04/23/fanboy-rampage-ales-kot-vs-mitch-gerads-and-nathan-edmondson-over-chris-kyle-american-sniper |title=Fanboy Rampage: Ales Kot Vs. Mitch Gerads And Nathan Edmondson Over Chris Kyle, American Sniper |publisher=[[Bleeding Cool]] |date=April 23, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150425165000/https://www.bleedingcool.com/2015/04/23/fanboy-rampage-ales-kot-vs-mitch-gerads-and-nathan-edmondson-over-chris-kyle-american-sniper |archive-date=April 25, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theouthousers.com/index.php/news/131780-ales-kot-will-not-publicly-name-massive-abuser-on-the-prowl-in-comics.html |title=Ales Kot Will Not Publicly Name Massive Abuser on the Prowl in Comics |publisher=The Outhouse |date=May 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150526235804/https://www.theouthousers.com/index.php/news/131780-ales-kot-will-not-publicly-name-massive-abuser-on-the-prowl-in-comics.html |archive-date=May 26, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 
==Bibliography==
== Works <ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.comixology.com/Ales-Kot/comics-creator/6145?ref=c2VhcmNoL2luZGV4L2Rlc2t0b3Avc2xpZGVyTGlzdC90b3BSZXN1bHRzU2xpZGVy|title=Ales Kot Digital Comics - Comics by comiXology|language=en}}</ref> ==
===Image Comics===
*''[[Wild Children]]'' (with [[Riley Rossmo]], [[graphic novel]], 64 pages, 2012, {{ISBN|1-6070-6581-9}})
*''[[Change (comics)|Change]]'' #1–4 (with [[Morgan Jeske]], 2012–2013) collected as ''Change'' (tpb, 128 pages, 2013, {{ISBN|1-6070-6682-3}})
*''[[Zero (Image Comics)|Zero]]'' (with [[Michael Walsh (comics)|Michael Walsh]] (#1), [[Tradd Moore]] (#2), [[Mateus Santolouco]] (#3), Morgan Jeske (#4), [[Will Tempest]] (#5), [[Vanesa del Rey]] (#6), [[Matt Taylor (comics)|Matt Taylor]] (#7), [[Jorge Coelho (comics)|Jorge Coelho]] (#8), [[Tonči Zonjić]] (#9), [[Michael Gaydos]] (#10), [[Ricardo López Ortiz]] (#11), [[Adam Gorham]] (#12), [[Alberto Ponticelli]] (#13), [[Marek Oleksicki]] (#14), [[Ian Bertram]] (#15), [[Stathis Tsemberlidis]] (#16), [[Robert Sammelin]] (#17) and [[Tula Lotay]] (#18), 2013–2015) collected as:
**''An Emergency'' (collects #1–5, tpb, 172 pages, 2014, {{ISBN|1-6070-6863-X}})
**''At the Heart of It All'' (collects #6–10, tpb, 160 pages, 2014, {{ISBN|1-6321-5105-7}})
**''Tenderness of Wolves'' (collects #11–14, tpb, 128 pages, 2015, {{ISBN|1-6321-5252-5}})
**''Who by Fire'' (collects #15–18, tpb, 128 pages, 2015, {{ISBN|1-6321-5345-9}})
*''[[Quiet (comics)|Quiet]]'' (with Morgan Jeske, unproduced graphic novel — announced in 2013)<ref name=mu>{{cite web |first=Matthew |last=Meylikhov |url=https://multiversitycomics.com/news/ales-kot-quietly-announces-two-new-image-books/ |title=Ales Kot Sneakily Announces Two New Image Books |publisher=Multiversity Comics |date=September 20, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130924122532/https://multiversitycomics.com/news/ales-kot-quietly-announces-two-new-image-books/ |archive-date=September 24, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*''[[The Darkness (comics)|The Darkness]]'' ([[one-shot (comics)|one-shot]]s, [[Top Cow]]):
**''The Darkness: Vicious Traditions'' (with [[Dean Ormston]], 2014)
**''The Darkness: Close Your Eyes'' (with Marek Oleksicki, 2014)
*''[[Thought Bubble Anthology]]'' #4: "A Letter to the Sixteen-Year-Old" (with [[Alison Sampson]], 2014) collected in ''Thought Bubble Anthology Collection'' (tpb, 136 pages, 2016, {{ISBN|1-5343-0067-8}})
*''[[The Surface (comics)|The Surface]]'' #1–4 (with [[Langdon Foss]], 2015) collected as ''The Surface'' (tpb, 128 pages, 2015, {{ISBN|1-6321-5322-X}})
*''[[Material (comics)|Material]]'' #1–4<ref>{{cite web |first=Rich |last=Johnston |url=https://www.bleedingcool.com/2015/10/17/ales-kot-cancels-material-from-image-comics-for-now/ |title=Ales Kot Cancels Material From Image Comics – For Now |publisher=Bleeding Cool |date=October 17, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151019130751/https://www.bleedingcool.com/2015/10/17/ales-kot-cancels-material-from-image-comics-for-now/ |archive-date=October 19, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> (with Will Tempest, 2015) collected as ''Material'' (tpb, 128 pages, 2015, {{ISBN|1-6321-5474-9}})
*''[[Wolf (Image Comics)|Wolf]]'' (with Matt Taylor and Ricardo López Ortiz, 2015–2016) collected as:
**''Blood and Magic'' (collects #1–4, tpb, 144 pages, 2015, {{ISBN|1-6321-5502-8}})
**''Apocalypse Soon'' (collects #5–9, tpb, 128 pages, 2016, {{ISBN|1-6321-5715-2}})
*''[[Antistar (comics)|Antistar]]'' (with [[Christian Ward (comics)|Christian Ward]], unreleased graphic novel — announced in 2013,<ref name=mu/> solicited for 2016;<ref>{{cite web |first=Rich |last=Johnston |url=https://www.bleedingcool.com/2015/09/07/islamic-transgender-pop-star-comic-antistar-by-ales-kot-and-christian-ward-from-image-in-january-2016/ |title=Islamic Transgender Pop Star Comic, Antistar, By Ales Kot From Image In January 2016 |publisher=Bleeding Cool |date=September 7, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908200730/https://www.bleedingcool.com/2015/09/07/islamic-transgender-pop-star-comic-antistar-by-ales-kot-and-christian-ward-from-image-in-january-2016/ |archive-date=September 8, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> 64 pages, {{ISBN|1-6321-5110-3}})
*''[[Generation Gone]]'' #1–5 (with [[André Lima Araújo]], 2017) collected as ''Generation Gone'' (tpb, 176 pages, 2018, {{ISBN|1-5343-0470-3}})
*''[[The New World (comics)|The New World]]'' #1–5 (with Tradd Moore, 2018) collected as ''The New World'' (tpb, 176 pages, 2019, {{ISBN|1-5343-0872-5}})
*''[[Days of Hate]]'' (with [[Danijel Žeželj]], 2018–2019) collected as:
**''Act One'' (collects #1–6, tpb, 176 pages, 2018, {{ISBN|1-5343-0697-8}})
**''Act Two'' (collects #7–12, tpb, 168 pages, 2019, {{ISBN|1-5343-1045-2}})
*''[[Lost Soldiers]]'' #1–5 (with [[Luca Casalanguida]], 2020) collected as ''Lost Soldiers'' (tpb, 168 pages, 2021, {{ISBN|1-5343-1820-8}})
*''[[Spawn (comics)|Gunslinger Spawn]]'' #1: "A Small Gift" (with [[Kevin Keane (comics)|Kevin Keane]], co-feature, [[Todd McFarlane Productions]], 2021) collected in ''Spawn's Universe Collection'' (tpb, 144 pages, 2022, {{ISBN|1-5343-2429-1}})
 
===Marvel Comics===
* <em>Bloodborne</em> #1-ongoing (2018 - Titan)
*''[[Secret Avengers]]'' (with [[Butch Guice]], [[Luke Ross]] (vol. 2 #15–16) and Michael Walsh; issues #12–16 of the second volume are co-written by Kot and [[Nick Spencer]], 2013–2015) collected as:
* <em>[[Bucky Barnes]]: The Winter Soldier</em> #1-11 (2014- Marvel)
**''How to MA.I.M. a Mockingbird'' (collects vol. 2 #12–16, tpb, 112 pages, 2014, {{ISBN|0-7851-8482-1}})
* <em>Change</em> #1-4 (2012 - Image)
**''Let's Have a Problem'' (collects vol. 3 #1–5, tpb, 144 pages, 2014, {{ISBN|0-7851-9052-X}})
* <em>[[The Darkness (comics)|The Darkness]]: Close Your Eyes</em> #1 (2014 - Image)
*** Includes the [[Infinite Comics|digital-only]] 2-issue limited series ''[[Original Sin (comics)|Original Sin: Secret Avengers]]'' (written by Kot, art by [[Ryan Kelly (comics)|Ryan Kelly]], 2014)
* <em>The Darkness: Vicious Traditions</em> #1 (2014 - Image)
**''The Labyrinth'' (collects vol. 3 #6–10, tpb, 112 pages, 2015, {{ISBN|0-7851-9053-8}})
* <em>Days of Hate</em> #1-ongoing (2018 - Image)
**''God Level'' (collects vol. 3 #11–15, tpb, 112 pages, 2015, {{ISBN|0-7851-9710-9}})
* <em>Dead Drop</em> #1-4 (2015 - Valiant)
*''[[Iron Patriot]]'' #1–5 (with [[Garry Brown (artist)|Garry Brown]], 2014) collected as ''Iron Patriot: Unbreakable'' (tpb, 120 pages, 2014, {{ISBN|0-7851-9028-7}})
* <em>[[Eerie Comics]]</em> #4 (2015 - Dark Horse)
*''[[Bucky Barnes|Bucky Barnes: The Winter Soldier]]'' (with [[Marco Rudy]], Michael Walsh (#3 and 11) and Langdon Foss, 2014–2015) collected as:
* <em>Generation Gone</em> #1-5 (2017 - Image)
**''Volume 1: The Man on the Wall'' (collects #1–5, tpb, 112 pages, 2015, {{ISBN|0-7851-8929-7}})
* <em>Iron Patriot</em> #1-5 (2014 - Marvel)
**''Volume 2'' (collects #6–11, tpb, 136 pages, 2015, {{ISBN|0-7851-8930-0}})
* <em>[[James Bond (Dynamite Entertainment)|James Bond]]: The Body</em> #1-6 (2018 - Dynamite)
* <em>Material</em> #1-4 (2015 - Image)
* <em>The New World</em> #1-ongoing (2018 - Image)
* <em>[[Original Sin (comics)|Original Sin]]: Secret Avengers Infinite Comics</em> #1-2 (2014 - Marvel)
* <em>Secret Avengers</em> #12-16 (2013 - Marvel)
* <em>Secret Avengers</em> #1-15 (2014 - Marvel)
* <em>Shadowman</em> #12 (2012 - Valiant)
* <em>[[Suicide Squad]]</em> #20-23 (2011 - DC)
* <em>The Surface</em> #1-4 (2015 - Image)
* <em>Wild Children</em> #1 (2012 - Image)
* <em>The Witching Hour</em> #1 (2013 - Vertigo)
* <em>Wolf</em> #1-9 (2015 - Image)
* <em>Zero</em> #1-18 (2013 - Image)
 
===Other References publishers===
*[[DC Comics]]:
**''[[Suicide Squad]]'' vol. 4 #20–23<ref>{{cite web |first=Kiel |last=Phegley |url=https://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=46523 |title=Ales Kot Officially Off "Suicide Squad" With Issue #24 |publisher=[[Comic Book Resources]] |date=July 9, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130814130302/https://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=46523 |archive-date=August 14, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> (with [[Patrick Zircher]] and [[Rick Leonardi]] (#23), 2013) collected in ''Suicide Squad: Discipline and Punish'' (tpb, 144 pages, 2014, {{ISBN|1-4012-4701-6}})
**''[[The Witching Hour (DC Comics)|The Witching Hour]]'': "Little Witch" (with Morgan Jeske, [[anthology]] one-shot, [[Vertigo (DC Comics)|Vertigo]], 2013)
*[[Black Mask Studios]]:
**''[[Occupy Comics]]'' #1: "Citizen Journalist" (with [[Tyler Crook]], anthology, 2013) collected in ''Occupy Comics'' (tpb, 160 pages, 2014, {{ISBN|1-6287-5007-3}})
**''[[Liberator (comics)|Liberator: Rage Ignition]]'': "Misericordia" (with Morgan Jeske — story created for the collected edition; tpb, 144 pages, 2014, {{ISBN|1-6287-5008-1}})
* ''[[44FLOOD|TOME]] Volume 1'' (interview with Riley Rossmo conducted by Kot, anthology graphic novel, 200 pages, [[IDW Publishing]], 2013, {{ISBN|1-6314-0459-8}})
*[[Valiant Entertainment|Valiant]]:
**''[[Shadowman (comics)|Shadowman]]'' vol. 4 #12: "Deadside Blues" (with [[CAFU]], co-feature, 2013) collected in ''Shadowman: Deadside Blues'' (tpb, 112 pages, 2014, {{ISBN|1-9393-4616-9}})
**''[[Dead Drop]]'' #1–4 (with [[Adam Gorham]], 2015) collected as ''Dead Drop'' (tpb, 112 pages, 2015, {{ISBN|1-9393-4685-1}})
*''[[Eerie (magazine)|Eerie]]'' vol. 2 #4: "Ickstarter" (with [[Sloane Leong]], anthology, [[Dark Horse Comics|Dark Horse]], 2013) collected in ''Eerie: Experiments in Terror'' (tpb, 168 pages, 2016, {{ISBN|1-6165-5880-6}})
*''[https://web.archive.org/web/20160201003333/https://thinkofacity.tumblr.com/post/134580753153/049-langdon-foss-ales-kot-also-here-and-here Think of a City]'' page 49 (with Langdon Foss, Internet art project, 2015)
*''[[James Bond (Dynamite Entertainment)|James Bond: The Body]]'' #1–6 (with Luca Casalanguida, [[Dynamite Entertainment|Dynamite]], 2018) collected as ''James Bond: The Body'' (hc, 152 pages, 2018, {{ISBN|1-5241-0756-5}})
*''[[Bloodborne]]'' (with [[Piotr Kowalski (comics)|Piotr Kowalski]], [[Titan Publishing Group|Titan]], 2018–2019) collected as:
**''The Death of Sleep'' (collects #1–4, tpb, 112 pages, 2018, {{ISBN|1-7858-6344-4}})
**''The Healing Thirst'' (collects #5–8, tpb, 112 pages, 2019, {{ISBN|1-7858-6953-1}})
**''A Song of Crows'' (collects #9–12, tpb, 112 pages, 2019, {{ISBN|1-7877-3014-X}})
**''The Veil, Torn Asunder'' (collects #13–16, tpb, 112 pages, 2020, {{ISBN|1-7877-3015-8}})
*''[[Judge Dredd Megazine]]'' (anthology, [[Rebellion Developments|Rebellion]]):
**''[[Devlin Waugh]]'':
*** ''Devlin Waugh: Blood Debt'' (tpb, 176 pages, 2021, {{ISBN|1-7810-8767-9}}) includes:
**** "Call Me by Thy Name" (with [[Mike Dowling (comics)|Mike Dowling]], in #400, 2018)
**** "A Very Large Splash" (with Mike Dowling, in #415–420, 2020)
*** ''Devlin Waugh: The Reckoning'' (tpb, 160 pages, 2023, {{ISBN|1-7861-8776-0}}) collects:
**** "The Wolves of Saint Vitus" (with [[Patrick Goddard]], in #422, 2020)
**** "When I Was a Young Demon (I Did a Bad, Bad Thing)" (with Patrick Goddard, in #423, 2020)
**** "A Question of Trust" (with Mike Dowling, in #430, 2021)
**** "The Lord of Lies" (with Mike Dowling, in #431, 2021)
**** "The Reckoning" (with Mike Dowling, in #432–438, 2021)
*''[[YT Savior]]'' (with Robert Sammelin, unreleased series intended for publication by [[AWA Studios]], announced in 2019)<ref>{{cite web |first=Andrew |last=Whalen|url=https://www.newsweek.com/savior-comic-first-look-ales-kot-1448147 |title=Upcoming Comic 'Savior' Stars Corporate Fascist Megachurch Messiah |publisher=[[Newsweek]] |date=July 8, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190709010634/https://www.newsweek.com/savior-comic-first-look-ales-kot-1448147 |archive-date=July 9, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Rich |last=Johnston |url=https://www.bleedingcool.com/2019/09/24/ales-kots-savior-gets-a-name-change-to-yt-svior-for-awa/ |title=Ales Kot’s "Savior" Gets a Name Change to "YT S@vior" for AWA |publisher=Bleeding Cool |date=September 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191220010052/https://www.bleedingcool.com/2019/09/24/ales-kots-savior-gets-a-name-change-to-yt-svior-for-awa/ |archive-date=December 20, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>
 
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