Brian Michael Bendis

Brian Michael Bendis
Bendis at Midtown Comics in 2019
Born (1967-08-18) August 18, 1967 (age 57)
Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Area(s)Writer, Artist
Notable works
Jinx
Torso
Powers
Ultimate Spider-Man
Alias
Daredevil
The New Avengers
House of M
Secret Invasion
Siege
All-New X-Men
Age of Ultron
Civil War II
AwardsFive Eisner Awards
including:
  • Best New Series (2001)
  • Best Writer (2002, 2003)
Inkpot Award[1]
Spouse(s)Alisa
Children4

Brian Michael Bendis (/ˈbɛndɪs/; born August 18, 1967)[2] is an American comic book writer and artist.

Starting with crime and noir comics, Bendis eventually moved to mainstream superhero work. While at Marvel Comics, Bendis worked with Bill Jemas and Mark Millar as the writer on the first book of the Ultimate Marvel imprint, Ultimate Spider-Man, which debuted in 2000. He relaunched the Avengers franchise with New Avengers in 2004, wrote the Marvel storylines "Avengers Disassembled" (2004-2005), "Secret War" (2004–2005), "House of M" (2005), "Secret Invasion" (2008), "Siege" (2010) and "Age of Ultron" (2013), and co-created the characters Riri Williams, Miles Morales, and Jessica Jones.

Bendis has won five Eisner Awards for both his creator-owned work and his work on various Marvel Comics books.[3]

Though he has cited comic book writers such as Frank Miller and Alan Moore, Bendis' writing influences are less rooted in comics; drawing on the work of David Mamet, Richard Price, and Aaron Sorkin, whose dialogue, Bendis said, was "the best in any medium."[4]

In addition to writing comics, Bendis has worked in television, video games and film. He has also taught courses on graphic novels at The University of Oregon and Portland State University. In 2014, Bendis wrote Words for Pictures: The Art and Business of Writing Comics and Graphic Novels, a book about comics published by Random House.[5][6]

  1. ^ Inkpot Award
  2. ^ Miller, John Jackson (June 10, 2005). "Comics Industry Birthdays". Comics Buyer's Guide. Iola, Wisconsin. Archived from the original on February 18, 2011.
  3. ^ Bendis, Brian Michael and Oeming, Michael Avon, Powers TPB Vol. 9 – Psychotic (Icon, 2006), ISBN 0-7851-1743-1
  4. ^ Bendis, Brian Michael and Oeming, Michael Avon, Powers TPB Vol. 5 – Anarchy (Image, 2003), ISBN 1-58240-331-7
  5. ^ Ching, Albert (July 23, 2014). "Brian Michael Bendis Helps Aspiring Comics Pros Write Words for Pictures". CBR.com. Archived from the original on May 1, 2015.
  6. ^ Bendis, Brian (June 17, 2013). "Ask me aaaaanything". Tumblr. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved June 8, 2021.