Brian Michael Bendis life and biography

Brian Michael Bendis is an American comic book writer and erstwhile artist. He has won critical acclaim (including five Eisner Awards) for his self-published, Image Comics and Marvel Comics work, and is one of the most successful writers working in mainstream comics, with his books selling consistently highly for over a decade.

Starting out with crime and noir comics, Bendis eventually moved to mainstream superhero work. With Bill Jemas and Mark Millar, Bendis was the primary architect of the Ultimate Marvel Universe, launching Ultimate Spider-Man in 2001, on which he continues as writer to the present day. He relaunched the Avengers franchise with New Avengers in 2004, and has also written the Marvel "event" storylines "House Of M", "Secret War", 2008's "Secret Invasion" and 2009's "Siege".

Though Bendis has cited comic book writers such as Frank Miller and Alan Moore, his own writing influences are less rooted in comics, drawing considerably on the work of David Mamet, Richard Price, and Aaron Sorkin, whose dialogue Bendis feels are "the best in any medium."

In addition to writing comics, he has also worked in television, video games and film, and teaches writing at Portland State University.

Marvel Comics

Alias #1-28
Avengers vol. 3 #500-503, Finale
Avengers vol. 4 #1-11
Daredevil vol. 2 #16-19, 26-50, 56-81
Daredevil: Ninja #1-3
Dark Avengers #1-6, 9-16
Elektra vol. 2 #1-6
Halo: Uprising #1-4
House of M #1-8
Mighty Avengers #1-20
New Avengers vol. 1 #1-64, Finale
New Avengers vol. 2 #1-current
New Avengers: Illuminati #1-5 (with Brian Reed)
The Pulse #1-14
Secret Invasion #1-8
Secret War #1-5
Secret Warriors #1-6 (with Jonathan Hickman)
Siege #1-4
Spider-Woman: Origin #1-6 (with Brian Reed)
Spider-Woman Vol. 4 #1-7

Ultimate Marvel

Ultimate Comics: Enemy #1-present
Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man #1-present
Ultimate Fantastic Four #1-6 (with Mark Millar)
Ultimate Marvel Team-Up #1-16
Ultimate Power #1-3
Ultimate Six #1-7
Ultimate Spider-Man #1-133
Ultimate Spider-Man Annual #1-3
Ultimate Spider-Man Requiem #1-2
Ultimate Spider-Man Super Special one-shot
Ultimate X-Men #34-45
Ultimate Origins #1-5

Awards

1999 Eisner Award for Talent Deserving of Wider Recognition
2001 Eisner Award for Best New Series (for Powers with Michael Avon Oeming)
2002 Eisner Award for Best Writer (for Powers, Alias, Daredevil and Ultimate Spider-Man)
2003 Eisner Award for Best Writer (for Powers, Alias, Daredevil and Ultimate Spider-Man)
2003 Eisner Award for Best Continuing Series (for Daredevil with Alex Maleev)
2000 Cleveland Press "Excellence in Journalism" Award
2000 Wizard Magazine Best Writer of the Year
2001 Wizard Magazine Best Writer of the Year
2002 Wizard Magazine Best Writer of the Year
2003 Wizard Magazine Best Writer of the Year
2002 Comics Buyer's Guide Best Writer of the Year
2003 Comics Buyer's Guide Best Writer of the Year
2004 Comics Buyer's Guide Best Writer of the Year
2005 E3's People's Choice Award for Activision's Ultimate Spider-Man
2010 Inkpot Award

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