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Kurt Busiek

Kurt Busiek's back, taken at the Stumptown Comics Fest 2006. Photo: Joshin Yamada
Born September 16, 1960 (1960-09-16) (age 47)
Boston, Massachusetts
Nationality American
Area(s) Writer
Notable works Astro City

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Career

Busiek has worked on a number of different titles in his career, starting in 1982 with a Green Lantern #162 backup story. These include Arrowsmith, The Avengers, Icon, Iron Man, The Liberty Project, Ninjak, The Power Company, Red Tornado, Shockrockets, Superman: Secret Identity, Thunderbolts, Untold Tales of Spider-Man, JLA, and (perhaps most notably) the Marvels mini-series followed by Homage Comics Kurt Busiek's Astro City. Arrowsmith is a Fantasy Comic book by Writer Kurt Busiek and Penciller Carlos Pacheco, published by Wildstorm The Avengers is a team of fictional Superhero characters in Comic books published by Marvel Comics. Icon is a Fictional Superhero created by Milestone Comics and published by DC Comics. Iron Man is a Fictional character that appears in Comic books published by Marvel Comics. The Liberty Project was a Comic book created by writer Kurt Busiek, creator of Astro City and Thunderbolts and artist James W Ninjak is a Fictional Comic book character that originally appeared in eponymous books by Valiant Comics, and later by Acclaim Comics The Power Company was a team of professional superheroes -for-hire in the DC Comics universe Red Tornado is a fictional character a Superhero in the DC Universe. The Thunderbolts are a Marvel Comics Superhero team which consists mostly of former Supervillains The group was conceived by writer Kurt Busiek Untold Tales of Spider-Man is the name of an American comic book series starring Spider-Man published by Marvel Comics for 26 issues (#1-25 Marvels is a four-issue Comic book Limited series written by Kurt Busiek, painted by Alex Ross and edited by Marcus Homage Comics was a Comic book publishing Imprint, a subdivision of Wildstorm. Kurt Busiek's Astro City is a Comic book series centered around a fictional American city of that name As a fan, he created the theory that Jean Grey had never died and became the Phoenix, which was later integrated into the comics. Jean Grey-Summers ( née Jean Grey is a Fictional Comic book superheroine appearing in books published by Marvel Comics. The alias of Phoenix has been used by several fictional Comic book characters published by Marvel Comics.

In 1997, Busiek began a celebrated stint as writer of Avengers alongside artist George PĂ©rez. George PĂ©rez (born June 9, 1954) is an illustrator and writer of Comic books born of Latin-American (Puerto-Rican descent Perez departed from the series in 2000, but Busiek continued as writer for two more years, collaborating with artists Alan Davis, Kieron Dwyer and others. Alan Davis (born 1956 is a British writer and artist of Comic books Biography UK work Alan Davis was born on June 18, 1956 Kieron Dwyer (born March 6, 1967) is a Comic book Artist and Penciller. Busiek's tenure culminated with the Kang Dynasty storyline. The Kang Dynasty, sometimes called the Kang War, was a 16 part Comic book storyline which ran through Avengers (Vol In 2003, Busiek re-teamed with Perez to create the JLA/Avengers limited series. JLA/Avengers (Issues 2 and 4 are titled Avengers/JLA) is a crossover Limited series published by DC Comics and A limited series is a term originated by Marvel Comics referring to a Comic book series with a set number of issues

In 2003, Busiek began a new Conan series for Dark Horse Comics but has since moved on. Conan the Barbarian (also known as Conan the Cimmerian, from the name of his homeland Cimmeria) is a Fictional character often associated with Dark Horse Comics is one of the largest independent American Comic book publishers behind dominant publishers Marvel Comics and DC Comics In December 2005 Busiek signed a two-year exclusive contract with DC Comics. DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company During DC's Infinite Crisis event, he teamed with Geoff Johns on a One Year Later 8-part story arc (called Up, Up and Away) that encompassed both Superman titles. Infinite Crisis is a seven-issue Limited series of Comic books written by Geoff Johns and illustrated by Phil Jimenez, George Geoff Johns (born 25 Jan 1973 in Detroit Michigan) is an American Comic book Writer, best known for his work for One Year Later was a 2006 event running through the DC Universe. As well, he began writing the DC title Aquaman: Sword of Atlantis and wrote from issues 40-49. Busiek is currently the writer of Superman, but will soon be replaced by James Robinson. Superman is a fictional Comic book Superhero widely considered to be one of the most recognized of such characters and an American Cultural icon DC has announced that Busiek would be writing a new weekly called Trinity, starring Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman. Batman (originally referred to as the Bat-Man and still referred to at times as the Batman) is a fictional Comic book Superhero co-created Superman is a fictional Comic book Superhero widely considered to be one of the most recognized of such characters and an American Cultural icon The weekly will feature a 12 page main story by Busiek, with art by Mark Bagley, and a 10 page backup story co-written by Busiek and Fabian Nicieza, with art from various arts like Tom Derenick and Scott McDaniel. Mark Bagley (born August 7, 1957) is an American Comic book artist Fabian Nicieza (born Buenos Aires, Argentina, December 31, 1961) is an American Comic book Writer and Scott McDaniel is a Comics artist who has drawn numerous books, including Marvel Comics ' Fall from Grace storyline for the

Work on some of Kurt's more challenging, less mainstream projects, most notably Astro City, has been repeatedly delayed by a series of severe sinus problems brought about by mercury poisoning. Mercury poisoning (also known as mercurialism, hydrargyria, Hunter-Russell syndrome, or acrodynia when affecting children is a Disease [1] [2]

Bibliography

About Comics

Acclaim Comics

Amalgam Comics

Claypool Comics

Dark Horse Comics

DC Comics

DC/Marvel

Disney Comics

Dynamic Forces/Dynamite Comics

Eclipse Comics

Gorilla Comics

Harris Comics

Humanoids Publishing

Image Comics

Juke Box Productions

Kitchen Sink

Malibu Comics

Marvel Comics

Milestone Media

Nal/Roc

Pocket Books

Putnam/Boulevard

Topps Comics

Welsh Publishing

Wildstorm/DC (Homage, Cliffhanger, Wildstorm Signature)

Wizard Magazine

Awards

Busiek's work has won him several awards in the comics industry, including the 1998 and 1999 Comics Buyer's Guide Awards for Favorite Writer, with additional nominations in 1997 and every year from 2000 to 2004. Comics Buyer's Guide ( (CBG is the second longest-running Periodical reporting on the Comic book industry He has also received numerous Squiddy Awards, having been selected as favorite writer four years in a row from 1995 to 1998, and as a member of the favorite creative team for 1996, 1999, and 2003. The Squiddy Awards, also known as The Squiddies were the annual awards given by the participants in the Usenet Newsgroup rec In the Squiddy Awards, he was also named the favorite poster (among professional comics creators) to the rec. arts. comics. * newsgroups five years in a row from 2000 through 2004.

Notes

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ Kurt Busiek (2001-OCT-10). "OT Q for Kurt". rec.arts.comics.marvel.universe. (Web link). Retrieved on 2007-FEB-09.

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Preceded by
None		 Thunderbolts writer
1997–2000		 Succeeded by
Fabian Nicieza
Preceded by
Walt Simonson		 Avengers writer
1998–2002		 Succeeded by
Geoff Johns
Preceded by
Jim Lee & Jeph Loeb		 Iron Man writer
1997–2000
(with Roger Stern in 1998–2000)		 Succeeded by
Joe Quesada
The Grand Comic-Book Database ( GCD) is an Internet -based project to build a Database of Comic book information with the aim that this database The Thunderbolts are a Marvel Comics Superhero team which consists mostly of former Supervillains The group was conceived by writer Kurt Busiek Fabian Nicieza (born Buenos Aires, Argentina, December 31, 1961) is an American Comic book Writer and Walter "Walt" Simonson (born September 2 1946) is an American Comic book writer and artist The Avengers is a team of fictional Superhero characters in Comic books published by Marvel Comics. Geoff Johns (born 25 Jan 1973 in Detroit Michigan) is an American Comic book Writer, best known for his work for Jim Lee (born August 11, 1964) is a Korean-American Comic book Artist, Creator and Publisher. Joseph "Jeph" Loeb III is an Emmy and WGA nominated American Film and Television Writer, producer and award-winning Iron Man is a Fictional character that appears in Comic books published by Marvel Comics. Roger Stern (born September 17 1950) is an American Comic book Author and Novelist. Joseph "Joe" Quesada (born December 1 1962) is an American Comic book editor writer and artist
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