BENDIS! BIO
Award winning comics creator Brian Michael Bendis is one of the most prolific and successful writers working in mainstream comics. For over 10 years,
Brian’s titles have consistently charted in the top best sellers on the nationwide comic sales rankings.
Brian is one of the premiere architects of Marvel Comics Ultimate Universe, a line of comics created specifically for the new generation of comics reader.
Since it’s best selling launch, he has written every issue of Ultimate Spider-man to date, and has also written Ultimate Fantastic Four, Ultimate X-men, Ultimate Marvel Team Up, and Ultimate Six. In addition to
scripting the action in the Ultimate Universe, Brian is also responsible for the writing duties on titles such as Avengers,
Daredevil, House Of M, and
The Pulse. His long running stint on Alias
and his creator-owned title POWERS, Scarlet, and Takio have brought acclaim and accolades as well.
Brian has won five prestigious EISNER awards, including ‘Best Writer of the year’ two years in a row.
He is creator of the JINX line of crime comics formerly published by
Image Comics and currently offered through Icon. This line has spawned the graphic novels GOLDFISH, FIRE, JINX, TORSO (w/ Marc Andreyko) and TOTAL SELL OUT.
Brian’s Harvey, Eisner, and Eagle award nominated “POWERS” (w/ series co-creator and artist Mike Oeming) is now offered through Marvel’s publishing imprint ICON, and the Hollywood tell all “FORTUNE AND GLORY" from ONI Press, which Entertainment Weekly gave an “A.”
Powers is currently in production at FX as a television series with Brian attached as a Producer. As well, Brian serves on the creative committee for Marvel Entertainment and has worked on films such
as Thor, Captain America and The Avengers. Brian is a Producer on the animated series Ultimate Spiderman on Disney XD and has written several episodes.
Previously Brian was the co-executive producer and series pilot writer for MTV’s CGI animated Spider-man show.
Brian is the recipient of the Cleveland Press ‘Excellence in Journalism’ Award was named “Best Writer of the Year.” by Wizard Magazine and, Comic Buyer’s Guide for the last three consecutive years.
He lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife Alisa, his gorgeous daughters Olivia, Tabatha, Sabrina and his dogs Lucky and Max.
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