Brian Michael BendisAugust 18, 1967
Cleveland, Ohio
"Prolific" doesn't quite sum it up. This guy writes a lot. And (damn him) he's very, very good - especially in his dialogue writings which far surpasses pretty much everyone else out there (the only people I can think of who has such an attuned ear to modern speech cadences is Joss Whedon and Andrew Sorkin). Although he dabbled in being an artist at the start of his career (check out Goldfish) he soon graduated to being a full time writer steadily working his way up the graphic novel food-chain until reaching the highest heights working as Marvel's head writer and over-seeing all of the big tent-pole summer events including: House of M, Secret Invasion, Dark Reign and Siege. But if the thought of bright-coloured spandex comics leaves you cold - then I'd recommend you try his earlier stuff - like the dark and moody Goldfish. Or (even better) - there's the amazingly excellent Powers (which straddles the line between the two extremes)with it's melding of police procedural and superheros constantly shifting into fresh and exciting new shapes.
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Links: Comics Journal Article, Comics Journal Interview, AV Club Interview.
Selected works: Goldfish, Powers, Daredevil (2001 - 2006), Ultimate Fantastic Four, Ultimate X-Men, Ultimate Spider-Man, Road to Civil War, The Avengers: The New Avengers (2005 - 2010), House of M, Spider-Woman: Origin, The Avengers: The New Avengers: Illuminati, Secret Invasion, Spider-Woman: Agent of S.W.O.R.D., Dark Reign, Siege, Takio, Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man (2010 - 2011), Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man: Death of Spider-Man, The Avengers: The Avengers (2011 - 2012), Ultimate Comics: Doomsday, Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man (2012).
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