Christina Weir is an American writer of comic books and television.[1][2] She writes with her husband,Nunzio DeFilippis, whom she met while they were both students atVassar College.
Weir and DeFilippis have written for two seasons on HBO'sArli$$, and have sold story ideas to the Disney Channel'sKim Possible.[3]
In comics, Weir and DeFilippis have written several graphic novels and miniseries for independent publisherOni Press, includingSkinwalker, Three Strikes,Maria's Wedding,The Tomb,Once In A Blue Moon, the Amy Devlin Mysteries, Frenemy Of The State (written withRashida Jones), andBad Medicine.[4] Their work at Oni led to work atMarvel Comics, relaunching the teen mutant bookNew Mutants. This book was renamedNew X-Men: Academy X. Their run on these books spanned three years and created almost two dozen new super-powered mutant characters for Marvel'sX-Men franchise, includingSurge,Hellion,Wind Dancer,Prodigy,Wallflower,Elixir,Tag,Rockslide,Mercury,Anole, andWither. They have also written forDC Comics, with stories appearing inWonder Woman,Adventures of Superman andBatman Confidential.[5]
Weir and DeFilippis also work in the expanding field of Japanese manga, providing English adaptations for the Del Rey titlesGuru-Guru Pon-Chan, Sugar Sugar Rune, andKagetora. They also write original English language manga forSeven Seas Entertainment, writing one of the company's launch titles,Amazing Agent Luna and the pirate manga,Destiny's Hand as well asDracula Everlasting.