History Creator / BrianKVaughan

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He had a temporary break from comic work while he worked on TV. In 2012, he returned to comic writing with the highly acclaimed ImageComics series ''ComicBook/{{Saga}}'', followed in 2015 by ''ComicBook/PaperGirls''.

* BittersweetEnding / DownerEnding: {{Happy Ending}}s are fare and far between.

* CreatorThumbprint: ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}} and ''ComicBook/{{Saga}} feature characters based on his RealLife younger sister.

* NoAntagonist: His stories lack character that could be definitely consider the BigBad.

* AcceptableTargets: Characters that wear glasses have an abnormally high rate of becoming evil and/or dying in comics written by BKV.

* NoAntaginst: His stories lack character that could be definitely consider the BigBad.

* BittersweetEnding / DownerEnding
* BuffySpeak

* GreyAndGreyMorality

* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism
* TrueArtIsAngsty: Vaughan has a tendency of ending his stories with one or more of the protagonists getting killed unexpectedly.

* ''ComicBook/PaperGirls'': four preteen newspaper delivery girls band together for mutual protection during an apparent alien invasiono of their late [[TheEighties 80's]] Midwestern suburb.

He had a temporary break from comic work while he worked on TV. In 2012, he returned to comic writing with the highly acclaimed ImageComics series ''ComicBook/{{Saga}}''.

* ''Spider-man/Doctor Octopus: Negative Exposure'' - A miniseries that follows a frusterated rival Daily Bugel photographer who helps Dr. Octopus break out of prison.

Brian K. Vaughan is a well-regarded comic writer, most famous for his creator-owned series ''ComicBook/YTheLastMan'' and ''ComicBook/{{Saga}}'', as well as for creating the MarvelComics series ''Comicbook/{{Runaways}}''. He went on to write a run on ''ComicBook/SwampThing'', before creating ''ComicBook/YTheLastMan'', which brought him much critical acclaim. He then launched ''ComicBook/ExMachina'', which met similar acclaim; when the title ended, he concluded that he was better suited writing creator-owned books and has refrained from working on company-owned characters since then.

A well-regarded comic writer in both fan and literary circles.

BKV was also a writer on ''Series/{{Lost}}''. His current television project is ''Series/UnderTheDome'', based on the Creator/StephenKing novel.

* "ComicBook/TomStrong'': A Fire In His Belly - A single issue story that focuses on Tom's robot butler Pnuman.

* [[Literature/TheAmazingAdventuresOfKavalierAndClay ''The Escapists'']] - The story of three friends who attempt to revive a Golden Age comic book hero. A spinoff/sequel to [[MichaelChabon Michael Chabon's]] novel ''The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay''.

BKV was also a writer on ''{{Lost}}''. His current television project is ''Series/UnderTheDome'', based on the Creator/StephenKing novel.

* ''TheHood'' - A six-issue mini which introduced the character who would go on to become a recurring menace to [[ComicBook/NewAvengers the]] [[ComicBook/TheAvengers Avengers]].

* TrueArtIsAngsty: Vaughan has a tendency of ending his stories with one or more of protagonists getting killed unexpectedly.

* AcceptableTargets - Characters that wear glasses have an abnormally high rate of becoming evil and/or dying in comics written by BKV.

* ''YTheLastMan'' - Follows the story of Yorick Brown and his monkey Ampersand, the last males left alive after every mammal with a Y chromosome suddenly drops dead.
* ''ExMachina'' - The story of Mitchell Hundred: superhero-turned-Mayor of New York City.
* ''PrideOfBaghdad'' - BasedOnATrueStory of a pride of four lions that escaped from Baghdad zoo and wandered the ruined city for some time.

* ''SwampThing'' - Volume 3, which focused largely on the Swampthing's daughter Tefe Holland.

* "TomStrong'': A Fire In His Belly - A single issue story that focuses on Tom's robot butler Pnuman.

BKV was also a writer on ''{{Lost}}''. His current television project is ''Series/UnderTheDome'', based on the StephenKing novel.

* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism

* [[Literature/TheAmazingAdventuresOfKavalierAndClay ''TheEscapists'']] - The story of three friends who attempt to revive a Golden Age comic book hero. A spinoff/sequel to [[MichaelChabon Michael Chabon's]] novel ''The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay''.

* ''Comicbook/TheEscapists'' - The story of three friends who attempt to revive a Golden Age comic book hero. A spinoff/sequel to [[MichaelChabon Michael Chabon's]] novel ''The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay''.

* ''TheHood'': A six-issue mini which introduced the character who would go on to become a recurring menace to [[ComicBook/NewAvengers the]] [[ComicBook/TheAvengers Avengers]].
* ''ComicBook/{{Saga}}''- A science fiction/fantasy hybrid which takes place in a [[ALongTimeAgoInAGalaxyFarFarAway far away galaxy]]. Involves robots with TV-shaped heads having sex.
* ''ComicBook/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Season 8'': A ComicBookAdaptation of the television series. Vaughan wrote the [[ADayInTheLimelight "No Future For You"]] story arc (issues # 6-9).