Brian Michael Bendis is an
American comic book writer and former artist. He has won critical acclaim, including five
Eisner Awards for both his creator-owned work and his work on various
Marvel Comics books.
[3]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
2000, 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 2010's "
Siege".