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Tyler Crook
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<h2 id="career">Career</h2> <h3>Video games</h3> <p>Crook worked for twelve years on sports video games including <a href="/facts/NFL_GameDay_(video_game_series)/QoT7fqFk">the <i>NFL GameDay</i> video game series (<i>2003</i>, <i>2004</i>, and <i>2005</i>)</a> and <i><a href="/facts/989_Sports_Major_League_Baseball_series/J7tpu18F">MLB 2004</a></i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> When talking about the reason he left video games for comics, Crook said, "… comics are much better at telling stories than video games are, and a good story is a lot more compelling for me than a great game."<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> </p> <h3>Comics</h3> <p>In 2008, showed his portfolio to James Lucas Jones at <a href="/facts/Oni_Press/CBs5Gk9Y">Oni Press</a>, which led to Crook working on <i>Petrograd</i> with Phil Gelatt.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> This also led to his introduction to Cullen Bunn and Brian Hurtt, who liked his work so much they invited him to do guest issues of <i>The Sixth Gun</i>. In 2010, Crook met Mike Mignola at a <a href="/facts/Long_Beach%2c_California/rcmxRIXv">Long Beach</a> <a href="/facts/Comic_book_convention/4QRGeTam">comic book convention</a>. Mignola liked his work immediately and when artist <a href="/facts/Guy_Davis_(comics)/uFJeKATg">Guy Davis</a> stepped down from <i><a href="/facts/Bureau_for_Paranormal_Research_and_Defense/DMfuCYRU">B.P.R.D.</a></i>, he suggested Crook as the new artist to <i>B.P.R.D.</i> co-writer <a href="/facts/John_Arcudi/NMcvls3b">John Arcudi</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> Though <i>B.P.R.D.</i> was his third major comics work, due to the accelerated timeline, it was the first to be published, debuting in July 2011 with <i>Petrograd</i> and <i>The Sixth Gun</i> #14 coming out the following month. </p><p>Crook continued to work on <i>B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth</i> and other <a href="/facts/Hellboy_Universe/eT3N0Rdd">Hellboy Universe</a> titles until 2014 when he left the title to work on his creator-owned series, <i>Harrow County</i>, with Cullen Bunn. In the July 2014 announcement, Bunn spoke about how he'd been wanting to work on a big project with Crook for a long time, but he'd always been too busy.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> <i>Harrow County</i> was exceptionally well-received by critics<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> and has appeared on many lists of best horror comics.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="awards-and-nominations">Awards and nominations</h2> <table><tbody><tr><th>Year</th><th>Award</th><th>Category</th><th>Nominated work</th><th>Result</th><th>Ref.</th></tr><tr><td>2012</td><td><a href="/facts/Russ_Manning_Award/nQ117542">Russ Manning Award</a></td><td>Most Promising Newcomer</td><td><i>Petrograd</i><i>The Sixth Gun</i> #14<i>B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth</i></td><td>Won</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>2014</td><td><a href="/facts/Bram_Stoker_Award/3sjPo3YH">Bram Stoker Awards</a></td><td>Graphic Novel</td><td><i>Bad Blood</i></td><td>Won</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>2015</td><td><a href="/facts/Bram_Stoker_Award/3sjPo3YH">Bram Stoker Awards</a></td><td>Graphic Novel</td><td><i>Harrow County – Volume 1: Countless Haints</i></td><td>Nominated</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3">2016</td><td><a href="/facts/Eisner_Award/Rdx7arW7">Eisner Awards</a></td><td>Best New Series</td><td><i>Harrow County</i></td><td>Nominated</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2">Ghastly Awards</td><td>Best Ongoing Title</td><td><i>Harrow County</i></td><td>Won</td><td rowspan="2"><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>Best Artist</td><td><i>Harrow County</i></td><td>Won</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2">2019</td><td><a href="/facts/British_Fantasy_Award/YxkgzKpX">British Fantasy Awards</a></td><td>Comic / Graphic Novel</td><td><i>B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth – Volume 1</i></td><td>Nominated</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Eisner_Award/Rdx7arW7">Eisner Awards</a></td><td>Best Digital Comic</td><td><i>The Stone King</i></td><td>Nominated</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18"><sup>18</sup></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="bibliography">Bibliography</h2> <h3>Oni Press</h3> <ul><li><i>Petrograd</i> (<a href="/facts/Graphic_novel/sWyy9KAg">OGN</a>, written by <a href="/facts/Philip_Gelatt/tJQ6Q6pP">Philip Gelatt</a>, August 2011, <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 9781934964446)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/The_Sixth_Gun/h1uPU1nM">The Sixth Gun</a></i> (created by <a href="/facts/Cullen_Bunn/bps1vssE">Cullen Bunn</a> and Brian Hurtt) <ul><li><i>The Sixth Gun</i> #14 (written by Cullen Bunn, August 2011)</li> <li><i>The Sixth Gun</i> #23 (written by Cullen Bunn, June 2012)</li> <li><i>The Sixth Gun</i> #41 (written by Cullen Bunn, June 2014)</li> <li><i>The Sixth Gun: Dust to Dust</i> (3-issue <a href="/facts/Limited_series_(comics)/BbrU7WP3">miniseries</a>, written by Cullen Bunn, March–May 2015)</li></ul></li> <li>"Grey Green Memories" (short story in <i>EC: Epitaphs from the Abyss</i> #2, August 2024)</li></ul> <h3>Dark Horse Comics</h3> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Bureau_for_Paranormal_Research_and_Defense/DMfuCYRU">B.P.R.D.</a></i> (created by <a href="/facts/Mike_Mignola/6XdBcoGd">Mike Mignola</a>): <ul><li><i>B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth—Monsters</i> (2-issue arc, written by <a href="/facts/John_Arcudi/NMcvls3b">John Arcudi</a> and Mike Mignola, July–August 2011)</li> <li><i>B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth—Russia</i> (5-issue arc, written by John Arcudi and Mike Mignola, September 2011 – January 2012)</li> <li><i>B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth—The Devil's Engine</i> (3-issue arc, written by John Arcudi and Mike Mignola, May–July 2012)</li> <li><i>B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth—The Return of the Master</i> (5-issue arc, written by John Arcudi and Mike Mignola, August–December 2012)</li> <li><i>B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth—Lake of Fire</i> (5-issue arc, written by John Arcudi and Mike Mignola, August–December 2013)</li> <li><i>B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth—Grind</i> (single-issue arc, written by John Arcudi and Mike Mignola, October 2014)</li></ul></li> <li>"Deer X-ing" (short story in <i><a href="/facts/Creepy_(magazine)/BQWNnpkH">Creepy</a></i> #13, written by <a href="/facts/Cullen_Bunn/bps1vssE">Cullen Bunn</a>, August 2014)</li> <li><i>Bad Blood</i> (5-issue miniseries, written by <a href="/facts/Jonathan_Maberry/m77H6Feh">Jonathan Maberry</a>, December 2013 – May 2014)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Hellboy_Universe/eT3N0Rdd">Witchfinder</a></i> (created by Mike Mignola): <ul><li><i>Witchfinder: The Mysteries of Unland</i> (5-issue miniseries, written by <a href="/facts/Kim_Newman/UT1LUShI">Kim Newman</a> and <a href="/facts/Maura_McHugh/NAHK2fdM">Maura McHugh</a>, June–October 2014)</li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Harrow_County/Ej5vgdJ5">Harrow County</a></i> (created by Cullen Bunn and Tyler Crook): <ul><li><i>Harrow County</i> #1–8, #10–11, #13–16, #19–32 (written by Cullen Bunn, May 2015 – June 2018)</li> <li><i>Tales of Harrow County</i>: <ul><li>"The Bat House" (short story, September 2015)</li> <li>"The Hunter" (short story, October 2015)</li> <li>"Daughters" (short story, art by Cat Farris, November 2015)</li> <li>"Mold" (short story, art by Simon Roy, December 2015)</li> <li>"Friends" (short story, art by Jessica Mahon, February 2016)</li> <li>"The Butcher" (short story, art by David Rubín, March 2016)</li> <li>"Haint Train" (short story, art by <a href="/facts/Kate_Leth/VYd1U6rM">Kate Leth</a>, April 2016)</li> <li>"The Holler" (short story, art by Kel McDonald, May 2016)</li> <li>"The Butler" (short story, art by Brian Hurtt and <a href="/facts/Matt_Kindt/N1KJ5DeY">Matt Kindt</a>, June–September 2016)</li> <li>"Priscilla" (short story, art by Aud Koch, November 2016 – March 2017)</li> <li>"Henry" (short story, March 2018)</li> <li>"Lovelorn" (short story, written by Cullen Bunn, May 2018)</li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Harrow_County/Ej5vgdJ5">Tales from Harrow County</a></i>: <ul><li><i>Death's Choir</i> (4-issue miniseries, written by Cullen Bunn, art by Naomi Franquiz, December 2019 – March 2020)</li> <li><i>Fair Folk</i> (4-issue miniseries, written by Cullen Bunn, art by Emily Schnall, July 2021 – October 2021)</li> <li><i>Lost Ones</i> (4-issue miniseries, written by Cullen Bunn, art by Emily Schnall, May 2021 – August 2022)</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Abe_Sapien/gqxgAJPu">Abe Sapien</a></i> (created by Mike Mignola): <ul><li><i>Abe Sapien</i> #25 (flashback sequence only, written by Mike Mignola and <a href="/facts/Scott_Allie/xcdGyVEw">Scott Allie</a>, art by Sebastián Fiumara, August 2015)</li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Black_Hammer_(comics)/eXELf2kc">Black Hammer</a></i> (created by <a href="/facts/Jeff_Lemire/335k9ho2">Jeff Lemire</a> and <a href="/facts/Dean_Ormston/29kl6MVx">Dean Ormston</a>) <ul><li><i>The World of Black Hammer Encyclopedia</i> (one of several illustrators, written by Tate Brombal and Jeff Lemire, July 2019)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Black_Hammer_(comics)/eXELf2kc"><i>Colonel Weird: Cosmagog</i></a> (4-issue miniseries, written by Jeff Lemire, October 2020 – January 2021)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Black_Hammer_(comics)/eXELf2kc"><i>The Unbelievable Unteens</i></a> (4-issue miniseries, written by Jeff Lemire, August–November 2021)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Black_Hammer_(comics)/eXELf2kc"><i>Colonel Weird and Little Andromeda</i></a> (original graphic novel, written by Tate Brombal, art by Ray Fawkes, Tyler Bence Shawn Kuruneru, Ariela Kristantina, Dani, Marguerite Sauvage, Andrea Sorrentino, Yuko Shimizu, and Nick Robles, March 2023)</li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Manor_Black/1J4x7FP6">Manor Black</a></i> (created by Cullen Bunn, Brian Hurtt, and Tyler Crook): <ul><li><i>Manor Black</i> (4-issue miniseries, written by Cullen Bunn and Brian Hurtt, July–October 2019)</li> <li><i>Manor Black: Fire in the Blood</i> (4-issue miniseries, written by Cullen Bunn and Brian Hurtt, art by Brian Hurtt, February–July 2022)</li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/The_Lonesome_Hunters/fcwd3vLD">The Lonesome Hunters</a></i> (series of miniseries) <ul><li><i>The Lonesome Hunters</i> (4-issue miniseries, June–September 2022)</li> <li><i>The Lonesome Hunters: The Wolf Child</i> (4-issue miniseries, July–October 2023)</li></ul></li> <li>"Horror House" (short story in <i>Headless Horseman</i> (2023), written by <a href="/facts/David_Dastmalchian/H0S6dE5c">David Dastmalchian</a> and Leah Kilpatrick, October 2023)</li></ul> <h3>Other publishers</h3> <ul><li><i>The Stone King</i> (4-issue miniseries, written by Kel McDonald, published by <a href="/facts/ComiXology/uLpwABQN">ComiXology</a> November 2018 – March 2019)</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.mrcrook.com/">Official website</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/2018010101/http://comicbookdb.com/creator.php?ID=33044">Tyler Crook</a> at the Comic Book DB (archived from <a href="http://comicbookdb.com/creator.php?ID=33044">the original</a>)</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Schmidt, Palle. "Interviewed: TYLER G. CROOK". Palle Schmidt. <a href="https://palleschmidt.dk/interviewed-tyler-g-crook" target="_blank">https://palleschmidt.dk/interviewed-tyler-g-crook</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Manning, Shaun. "ECCC: Introducing New "B.P.R.D." Artist Tyler Crook". Comic Book Resources. <a href="https://www.cbr.com/eccc-introducing-new-b-p-r-d-artist-tyler-crook/" target="_blank">https://www.cbr.com/eccc-introducing-new-b-p-r-d-artist-tyler-crook/</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Schmidt, Palle. "Interviewed: TYLER G. CROOK". Palle Schmidt. <a href="https://palleschmidt.dk/interviewed-tyler-g-crook" target="_blank">https://palleschmidt.dk/interviewed-tyler-g-crook</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Manning, Shaun. "ECCC: Introducing New "B.P.R.D." Artist Tyler Crook". Comic Book Resources. <a href="https://www.cbr.com/eccc-introducing-new-b-p-r-d-artist-tyler-crook/" target="_blank">https://www.cbr.com/eccc-introducing-new-b-p-r-d-artist-tyler-crook/</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Sunu, Steve. "SDCC EXCLUSIVE: Bunn Takes a Backwoods Horror Journey to "Harrow County"". Comic Book Resources. <a href="https://www.cbr.com/sdcc-exclusive-bunn-takes-a-backwoods-horror-journey-to-harrow-county/" target="_blank">https://www.cbr.com/sdcc-exclusive-bunn-takes-a-backwoods-horror-journey-to-harrow-county/</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"Harrow County". Comicbook Round Up. <a href="https://comicbookroundup.com/comic-books/reviews/dark-horse-comics/harrow-county" target="_blank">https://comicbookroundup.com/comic-books/reviews/dark-horse-comics/harrow-county</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Fox, Steve; Edgar, Sean. 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