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About Me




SECRET INVASION Animated Webisode!
..Brian Michael Bendis is an award winning comics creator and one of the most successful writers working in mainstream comics. For the last eight years, Brian’s books have consistently sat on the top of the nationwide comic and graphic novel sales charts.Brian is one of the premiere architects of Marvel comic’s Ultimate line of comics. A line of comics specifically created for the new generation of comics reader. He has written every issue of ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN since it’s best selling launch in 1999, and has also written ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR, X-MEN, MARVEL TEAM UP, ORIGIN, and SIX.Brian is currently helming a renaissance for Marvel’s AVENGERS franchise by writing both NEW AVENGERS and MIGHTY AVENGERS along with the wildly successful ‘event’ projects HOUSE OF M, SECRET WAR, and this summer’s SECRET INVASION.He is creator of the JINX line of crime comics published by image comics. This line has spawned the graphic novels GOLDFISH, FIRE, JINX, TORSO (w/ Marc Andreyko) and TOTAL SELL OUT.Brian’s other projects include the Eisner award winning “POWERS” (w/Mike Oeming) from Marvel’s creator owned imprint ICON, and the Hollywood tell all “FORTUNE AND GLORY’ from ONI press. Entertainment Weekly gave both projects an “A.”Brian is currently writing a thriller for FOX/ New Regency, with Zach Penn producing, and is developing an untitled project for HBO.Brian recently completed the screenplay for a film version of JINX for Universal Pictures and TORSO is being developed at Paramount Pictures for producer Bill Mechanic and director David Fincher. Brian was the co-executive producer and series pilot writer for MTV’s recent CGI animated SPIDER-MAN show and a writer/ producer for Activision’s ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN video game which won the E3’s people choice award.Brian has won five prestigious EISNER awards, including ‘Best Writer of the year’ two years in a row. He has also won over two dozen Wizard comic awards. Brian 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 gorgeous daughter Olivia and his dogs Shroeder, Lucky and Buster.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

STEVE DITKO

Movies:

TOP TEN FAVORITE MOVIES OF ALL TIME...REDS... HOUSE OF GAMES... INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM... HIGH FIDELITY... THE COLOR OF MONEY... OUT OF SIGHT... THE PLAYER... THE LAST WALTZ... VISIONS OF LIGHT... THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY... ANNIE HALL... NETWORK... FIGHT CLUB... WAITING FOR GUFFMAN... THE KING OF COMEDY... BRICK... THE WEATHERMEN UNDERGROUND

Television:

TOP TEN FAVORITE TV SHOWS OF ALL TIME...THE LARRY SANDERS SHOW... MR. SHOW... MONTY PYTHON... HOMICIDE... THE SHIELD... WKRP IN CINCINATI... GILMORE GIRLS... SPORTS NIGHT... THE WEST WING- SEASONS 1-4... THE OFFICE... ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT... FREAKS AND GEEKS... MST3K...

Books:

TOP TEN FAVORITE BOOKS OF ALL TIME...AMERICAN FLAGG... CLOCKERS... GLOBAL FREQUENCY... EAST RIDERS, RAGING BULLS... LIVE FROM NEW YORK... THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING... THE PYTHONS ON THE PYTHONS... PLEASE KILL ME... NICK FURY AGENT OF S.H.I.E.L.D... JACK COLE, PLASTIC MAN... CHIP KIDD... WATCHMEN... KABUKI... BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES... BLUE BLOOD...

My Blog

Eight page preview of next weeks Ultimate Origins 1

eight page preview of next week's Ultimate Origins 1http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=158473...
Posted by BENDIS! on Thu, 29 May 2008 10:51:00 PST

New Avengers 41 Preview

http://comics.ign.com/articles/876/876500p1.html
Posted by BENDIS! on Tue, 27 May 2008 10:17:00 PST

Exclusive Preview: Ultimate Spider-Man 122

http://www.marvel.com/news/comics.3685.Exclusive_Preview%3A_ Ultimate_Spider-Man_%23122...
Posted by BENDIS! on Thu, 22 May 2008 12:44:00 PST

Bendis News Update!!

Bendis News Update!!   ok, haven't pulled one of these in a while. just little tidbits and teases.ITEM! ULTIMATE ORIGIN DOES SOME BIG NUMBERS. bigger than i had hoped for. the demise of the UU i...
Posted by BENDIS! on Wed, 21 May 2008 03:19:00 PST

CBR Exclusive: "Ultimate Origins" 1 Variant cover by Dell’Otto

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=16423
Posted by BENDIS! on Thu, 15 May 2008 12:36:00 PST

Marvel releases "Top Ten" list for "Ultimate Origins"

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=16382
Posted by BENDIS! on Tue, 13 May 2008 11:13:00 PST

NEW HUGE INTERVIEW!! A Peek Inside Brian Bendis Thought Balloons

A Peek Inside Brian Bendis' Thought Balloons http://thewrightopinion.wordpress.com/
Posted by BENDIS! on Tue, 13 May 2008 11:10:00 PST

Early art from Jimmy Cheung’s next Skrull issue and more

http://comics.ign.com/articles/873/873035p1.html
Posted by BENDIS! on Sun, 11 May 2008 02:53:00 PST

Exclusive Cover Tease: Ultimate Black Suit Spidey Returns?

http://comics.ign.com/articles/872/872824p1.html
Posted by BENDIS! on Fri, 09 May 2008 11:58:00 PST

CBR Exclusive: "Secret Invasion" 3 Steve McNiven variant cover

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=16346
Posted by BENDIS! on Fri, 09 May 2008 12:00:00 PST