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| | Born | August 18, 1967 (1967-08-18) (age 40)
Cleveland, Ohio | | Nationality | American | | Area(s) | Writer | | Notable works | Ultimate Spider-Man, New Avengers, House of M, Alias, Torso, Jinx, Powers, Daredevil, Secret Invasion | | Awards | five Eisner awards, numerous Wizard awards | Brian Michael Bendis (born August 18, 1967) is an American comic book writer and erstwhile artist. He has won critical acclaim (including five Eisner Awards) and is one of the most successful writers working in mainstream comics. For over eight years Bendis’s books have consistently sat in the top five best sellers on the nationwide comic and graphic novel sales charts. Image File history File links Question_book-3. ...
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Though he started as a writer and artist of independent noir fiction series, he shot to stardom as a writer of Marvel Comics' superhero books, particularly Ultimate Spider-Man. Hardboiled crime fiction is a uniquely American style pioneered by Dashiell Hammett, refined by Raymond Chandler, and endlessly imitated since by writers such as Mickey Spillane. ...
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Bendis first entered the comic world with the "Jinx" line of crime comics in 1995. This line has spawned the graphic novels Goldfish, Fire, Jinx, Torso (with Marc Andreyko), and Total Sell Out. Bendis is writing the film version of Jinx for Universal Pictures with Oscar-winner Charlize Theron attached to star and produce. Crime comics are a genre of American comic books popular in the 1940s and 1950s. ...
A.K.A. Goldfish is the title of a comics series. ...
Fire was originally a two-issue creator-owned comic book miniseries written and drawn by Brian Michael Bendis and published by Caliber Comics. ...
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Torso is a graphic novel published by Image comics, written by Brian Michael Bendis and Marc Andreyko with art by Brian Michael Bendis. ...
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Bendis’s other projects include the Harvey, Eisner, and Eagle Award-nominated Powers (with Michael Avon Oeming) originally from Image Comics, now published by Marvel's new creator-owned imprint Icon Comics, and the Hollywood tell-all Fortune and Glory from Oni Press, both of which received an "A" from Entertainment Weekly. The Harvey Awards are given for achievement in comic books. ...
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Powers is an American comic book series by writer Brian Michael Bendis, artist Michael Avon Oeming. ...
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Bendis is one of the premiere architects of Marvel's "Ultimate" line: comics specifically created for the new generation of comic readers. He has written every issue of Ultimate Spider-Man since its best-selling launch, and has also written for Ultimate Fantastic Four and Ultimate X-Men, as well as every issue of Ultimate Marvel Team-Up, Ultimate Origin and Ultimate Six. The various characters of the Ultimate Marvel Universe, as seen on the cover of Ultimates (v2) #12. ...
For the video game of the same title, see Ultimate Spider-Man (video game). ...
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Ultimate Six is a seven-issue comic book limited series and crossover between Spider-Man and the Ultimates (2003), featuring the Ultimate Marvel version of the Sinister Six. ...
Brian is currently helming a renaissance for Marvel’s AVENGERS franchise by writing both New Avengers and Mighty Avengers along with the successful ‘event’ projects House Of M, Secret War, and this summer’s Secret Invasion. ...
Mighty Avengers is a monthly comic book currently published by Marvel Comics, starring the superhero team The Avengers. ...
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He has also previously done work on Daredevil, Alias, and The Pulse. For other uses, see Daredevil (comics). ...
Alias is a comic book created by Brian Michael Bendis and published by Marvel Comics under their MAX imprint. ...
The Pulse is a comic book published by Marvel Comics, written by Brian Michael Bendis, about the people who work on The Pulse, a weekly section in the fictional Daily Bugle newspaper, focusing on superheroes. ...
Bendis was the co-executive producer and series pilot writer for MainFrame Entertainment’s recent CGI animated Spider-man show, Spider-Man: The New Animated Series that aired on MTV and YTV. Bendis is the recipient of the Cleveland Press "Excellence in Journalism" Award and was named "Best Writer of the Year" by Wizard Magazine and Comic Buyer’s Guide for three consecutive years. He lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife Alisa, his daughter Olivia and his dogs Shroeder, Lucky and Buster; as well as his highly treasured West Wing scripts , which he keeps in a baby's crib next to his hyperbolic chamber. Computer-generated imagery[1] (also known as CGI) is the application of the field of computer graphics or, more specifically, 3D computer graphics to special effects in films, television programs, commercials, simulators and simulation generally, and printed media. ...
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Trivia
- Bendis is known for extremely sarcastic and profanity-filled responses to comments from fans in the letters column of his comic books and on his internet message boards.
- Bendis has won five prestigious Eisner Awards, including "Best Writer of the Year" two years in a row.
- Bendis has recently entered the world of video games with the successful launch of Activision’s Ultimate Spider-Man which won the E3’s people's choice award.
- Bendis is close friends with former show writer Allan Heinberg, helping him land work at Marvel.
- Bendis had been known to offer readers their money back if they disliked any comic he wrote (on the condition that the comics be mailed to him).
- Bendis is mentioned in the Daredevil movie: when the corrupt boxing manager tries to persuade Jack Murdock, he references his bribed boxers "Miller...Mack...[and] Bendis". The former two refer to former Daredevil writers Frank Miller and David Mack.
- Bendis' work has been referenced in the song "Powers" by singer Brodie Foster Hubbard.
- Bendis enjoys Geraci's pizza in Cleveland so much that he actually freezes several boxes to take home to Oregon
- Before writing comics professionally, Bendis used to work in a comic book store in Cleveland. He could often be found behind the counter, drawing sketches, while ignoring some customers and offering snarky commentary to others.
- Bendis was arts-and-crafts supervisor in a Pennsylvania overnight summer camp. He painted the door to the crafts cabin with the image of Sting from the "Dream of the Blue Turtles" album cover. Later, he would do several murals for restaurants and other businesses.
- His childhood pet was a dog named Bandit.
- He often uses Cleveland architecture and people in his novels, including the columnist specializing in comics for Cleveland's major newspaper, "The Plain Dealer."
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Cameo appearances
Brian Michael Bendis' cameo from Ultimate Spider-Man. - Powerless #5 (December 2004), written by Matt Cherniss and Peter Johnson and drawn by Michael Gaydos, features a cameo appearance by Bendis in which he is seeing a psychiatrist for mental therapy.
- Screenwriter (and later comic book writer) Allan Heinberg named a supporting character on the television show The O.C. after Bendis, and Seth Cohen, a fictional protagonist of the show, is a comic book fan whose favorite writer is Bendis.
- In the pilot episode of the television show Firefly, screenwriter (and later comic book writer) Joss Whedon tuckerized a short-lived soldier character after Bendis.
- In Ultimate Spider-Man #66 Bendis appeared in a cameo before the issue where he talked to the reader about his feelings for the current story arc (the one where Spider-Man and Wolverine switch bodies). In issue #67 he appears before the issue again, and is seen strangling (a la Homer Simpson) the assistant editor for suggesting the preposterous story arc in the first place, and then sending him off to check Bendis' spelling.
- In the MMORPG Video Game "City of Heroes" there is an in game zone "Perez Park" (itself a reference to veteran comic book artist George Pérez) in which the user can find a Exploration Badge reward named "Around the Bendis" as well as many other comic book writer/artist related references.
- When Marvel's What If was revived in 2004, Bendis cameoed as the narrator of two issues that he also wrote: What if...Karen Page Had Lived? and What If Jessica Jones Had Joined the Avengers?
- Bendis appeared many times in Marvel's delayed 2005 book Wha...Huh?!, written by various luminaries of the comics industry, with art by Jim Mahfood.
- Bendis is a secondary character in The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl by Barry Lyga, appearing as the main character's idol.
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Bibliography
Created and owned by Bendis - Fire (published originally by Caliber and later by Image)
- Fortune and Glory
- A.K.A. Goldfish (published originally by Caliber and later by Image)
- Jinx (published originally by Caliber and later by Image)
- Powers (published originally by Image and later by Marvel)
- Torso (published by Image)
Fire is a graphic novel published by Image comics, written and drawn by Brian Michael Bendis. ...
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A.K.A. Goldfish is the title of a comics series. ...
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Powers is an American comic book series by writer Brian Michael Bendis, artist Michael Avon Oeming. ...
Torso is a graphic novel published by Image comics, written by Brian Michael Bendis and Marc Andreyko with art by Brian Michael Bendis. ...
Image Comics A Hellspawn is a fictional creature from the popular comic book Spawn. ...
Sam and Twitch Max Twitch Williams and Sam Burke are two fictional NYPD homicide Detectives, created by Todd McFarlane. ...
Marvel Comics Alias is a comic book created by Brian Michael Bendis and published by Marvel Comics under their MAX imprint. ...
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The Illuminati are a fictional group of superheroes who joined forces and secretly work behind the scenes in the Marvel Universe. ...
The Pulse is a comic book published by Marvel Comics, written by Brian Michael Bendis, about the people who work on The Pulse, a weekly section in the fictional Daily Bugle newspaper, focusing on superheroes. ...
Secret Invasion is a comic book storyline that began in April 2008, published by Marvel Comics. ...
Secret War is a five-issue comic book limited series published by Marvel Comics. ...
Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew) is a superheroine, a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe. ...
Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew) is a superheroine, a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe. ...
Ultimate Fantastic Four is a comic book series published by Marvel Comics as part of the Ultimate Marvel line featuring classic Marvel characters re-imagined for a modern audience. ...
Ultimate Marvel Team-Up was a Marvel Comics title which ran for 16 issues (plus a concluding Ultimate Spider-Man Super Special), set in the Ultimate Marvel Universe. ...
Ultimate Power is a nine-issue comic book limited series published by Marvel Comics. ...
Ultimate Six is a seven-issue comic book limited series and crossover between Spider-Man and the Ultimates (2003), featuring the Ultimate Marvel version of the Sinister Six. ...
For the video game of the same title, see Ultimate Spider-Man (video game). ...
Ultimate X-Men is a superhero comic book series published by Marvel Comics. ...
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References - Jinxworld — official homepage of Brian Michael Bendis
- Official Brian Michael Bendis message board
- Brian Michael Bendis' Resources at Howtomakecomics.net
- Bendis PopImage Interview pt.1, June 2000
- Bendis PopImage Interview pt.2, June 2000
- Interview at Silver Bullet Comic Books
- The Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators
- Brian Michael Bendis Interview
External links - Brian Michael Bendis' MySpace page
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