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Kurt Busiek (born September 16, 1960) is a comic book writer. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts. September 16 is the 259th day of the year (260th in leap years). ...
1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ...
A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ...
The term writer can apply to anyone who creates a written work, but the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ...
Flag Seal Nickname: City on a Hill, Beantown, The Hub (of the Solar System), Athens of America Location Location in Massachusetts Government Counties Suffolk County Mayor Thomas Menino (Dem) Geographical characteristics Area City 232. ...
Official language(s) English Capital Boston Largest city Boston Area Ranked 44th - Total 10,555 sq. ...
He has worked on a number of different titles in his career, starting in 1982 with a Green Lantern #162 backup story. These include Arrowsmith, The Avengers, Icon, Ninjak, Iron Man, Shockrockets, Superman: Secret Identity, Thunderbolts, The Power Company, Untold Tales of Spider-Man, JLA, and (perhaps most notably) the Marvels miniseries and (in the wake of the acclaim he received for Marvels) Kurt Busiek's Astro City. In 2003, he began a new Conan series for Dark Horse Comics but has since moved on. In late December 2005 Busiek signed a two-year exclusive contract with DC Comics. Under the contract he has become the regular writer of Aquaman: Sword of Atlantis and Superman Arrowsmith is a fantasy comic book by writer Kurt Busiek and penciller Carlos Pacheco that was published by Wildstorms Cliffhanger imprint. ...
The Avengers are a superhero team, consisting of many of Marvel Comics most popular heroes. ...
Icon (also known as Augustus Freeman, Augustus Freeman Jr, Augustus Freeman III, and Augustus Freeman IV) is a Milestone Comics superhero. ...
Ninjak is the title of a 1990s comic book produced by Valiant Comics. ...
Iron Man (Anthony Tony Stark) is a fictional superhero in the Marvel Comics universe. ...
The Thunderbolts are a team of superheroes in the fictional Marvel Comics universe, and the title of the comic book featuring the primary adventures of the team. ...
The Power Company was a short-lived DC Comics series focusing on the exploits of a team of professional superheroes of the same name, created by writer Kurt Busiek and artist Tom Grummet. ...
Untold Tales of Spider-Man is the name of a comic book series starring Spider-Man published by Marvel Comics for 26 issues (#1-25, and a #Minus 1 between #s 22 and 23) from September, 1995 to October, 1997. ...
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Marvels is an acclaimed, four-issue comic book miniseries, written by Kurt Busiek, painted by Alex Ross and edited by Marcus McLaurin, published by Marvel Comics in 1994. ...
Astro City, vol. ...
Hither came Conan, the Cimmerian, black-haired, sullen-eyed, sword in hand, a thief, a reaver, a slayer, with gigantic melancholies and gigantic mirth, to tread the jeweled thrones of the Earth under his sandalled feet. ...
Dark Horse Comics is an American comic book publisher, one of the largest independent publishers behind dominant publishers Marvel Comics and DC Comics. ...
DC Comics (originally called Detective Comics, Inc. ...
Aquaman is a DC Comics superhero. ...
Superman is a fictional character and the staple superhero of DC Comics. ...
Work on some of his more challenging, less mainstream projects, most notably Astro City, has been repeatedly delayed by a series of health problems. It turns out that his severe sinus problems, which resisted all treatment, had been brought about by mercury poisoning. [1] Mercury poisoning, also known as mercuralism, is the phenomenon of toxication by contact with mercury. ...
His work has won him several awards in the comics industry, including the 1998 and 1999 Comics' Buyer's Guide Awards for Favorite Writer, with additional nominations in 1997 and every year from 2000 to 2004. He has also received numerous Squiddy Awards, having been selected as favorite writer four years in a row from 1995 to 1998, and as a member of the favorite creative team for 1996, 1999, and 2003. In the Squiddy Awards, he was also named the favorite poster (among professional comics creators) to the rec.arts.comics.* newsgroups five years in a row from 2000 through 2004. The Squiddy Awards, also known as The Squiddies are the annual awards given by the participants in the Usenet newsgroup rec. ...
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