Brian Michael Bendis is the
author and
creator of the
Jinx line
of
crime comic books put out by Image Comics. He is also a nice
Jewish boy from
Cleveland, Ohio. In 1999 he won the Eisner
Award, one of the highest honors in the
comic book world.
His writing is fast paced and realistic; full of emotion and
humor, like Quentin Tarantino, but with depth. His writing and
his art fall into the category of comics noir, the comic book
version of film noir.
He got his first break in comics when he joined Caliber Press in
the early nineties, and put out a.k.a. Goldfish, the
story of small time grifter David Gold and what happens when
you have to face up to your past.
Other {now} big name creators that were at Caliber at the time
were James O'Barr, creator of The Crow, and David Mack, creator of
Kabuki.
Jinx is the sequel to a.k.a. Goldfish and follows
the life of David Gold as it intersects with bounty hunter
Jinx Alameda, and fellow grifter Columbia, to become a
powerful comics noir The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly with
more plot twists than you can shake a stick at.
Torso is Bendis' first crack at reality. He takes us into the
life of post-Untouchables Elliot Ness. After his take down of Al
Capone , he was hired to head the Cleveland police. His
first major case was of one of the first serial killers,
nicknamed the Torso killer, for his victims were only found in
pieces, usually including their torsos.
Bendis next joined up with Todd McFarlane to write Sam and
Twitch, another crime comic starring the police detective
duo who play only a supporting role in McFarlane's comic
Spawn.He then decided to write Hellspawn, a darker take on
McFarlane's Spawn. Since then he has decided to stop writing
these two books and focus on his own work, finishing Sam and
Twitch on issue 17, and Hellspawn on issue 9.
Bendis chronicles his adventures in Hollywood in Fortune
and Glory. It is the story of his attempt to get
a.k.a. Goldfish made into a film, and the craziness, red
tape, and runarounds that occurred in the process.