Brian Azzarello

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Brian Azzarello

Born	Cleveland, Ohio
Nationality	American
Area(s)	Writer

Brian Azzarello (born in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American comic book writer. He came to prominence with 100 Bullets, published by DC Comics' mature-audience imprint Vertigo. He and Argentine artist Eduardo Risso, with whom Azzarello first worked on Jonny Double, won the 2001 Eisner Award for "Best Serialized Story" for 100 Bullets #15–18: "Hang Up on the Hang Low".

Azzarello has written for Batman ("Broken City", art by Risso; "Batman/Deathblow: After the Fire", art by Lee Bermejo, Tim Bradstreet, & Mick Gray) and Superman ("For Tomorrow", art by Jim Lee).

His run of Vertigo's Hellblazer series was controversial, with some fans complaining he reduced protagonist John Constantine to a background character.^{[citation needed]}

In 2005, Azzarello began a new creator-owned series, the western Loveless, with artist Marcelo Frusin.

As of 2007, Azzarello is married to fellow comic-book writer and illustrator Jill Thompson.

1 Bibliography
- 1.1 Full comic books
- 1.2 Short stories
2 References

[edit] Bibliography

[edit] Full comic books

Cover of Hellblazer #146 by Tim Bradstreet

Cover of Batman #625 by Dave Johnson

Cover of Superman #204 by Jim Lee

Primer, #1 (1996), Comico; with Vincent Proce
Jonny Double (1998), four-issue miniseries, Vertigo; with Eduardo Risso
100 Bullets (beginning 1999), Vertigo; with Eduardo Risso
Hellblazer #146-174 (2000-2002), Vertigo; with Marcelo Frusin, Richard Corben, Steve Dillon, Guy Davis and Giuseppe Camuncoli
Startling Stories: Banner (2001), four-issue miniseries, Marvel Comics; with Richard Corben
El Diablo (2001), four-issue miniseries, Vertigo; with Danijel Zezelj
Cage (2002), five-issue miniseries, Marvel Comics; with Richard Corben
Spider-Man's Tangled Web #14 (2002), Marvel Comics; with Raven (co-writer) and Giuseppe Camuncoli (penciller)\
Sgt. Rock: Between Hell and a Hard Place (2003), DC Comics; with Joe Kubert
Batman/Deathblow: After the fire (2003), three-issue miniseries, DC Comics/Wildstorm; with Lee Bermejo
Batman #620-625 (2003-2004), DC Comics; with Eduardo Risso
Superman, #204-215 (2004-2005), DC Comics; with Jim Lee
Lex Luthor: Man of Steel, five-issue miniseries (2005), DC Comics; with Lee Bermejo
Loveless (beginning 2005), Vertigo; with Marcelo Frusin
Deathblow (beginning 2006), Wildstorm; with Carlos D'Anda

[edit] Short stories

Weird War Tales #1 (1997), "Ares", Vertigo; with James Romberger
Gangland, #1 (1998), "Clean House", Vertigo; with Tim Bradstreet
Heartthrobs #2 (1999), "The Other Side of Town", Vertigo; with Tim Bradstreet
Strange Adventures #4 (1999), "Native Tongue", Vertigo; with Essad Ribic
Batman: Gotham Knights #8 (2000), "Batman Black & White", DC Comics; with Eduardo Risso
Vertigo Secret Files: Hellblazer #1 (2000), one story, Vertigo; with Dave Taylor
Flinch #2, 10 & 13 (2000) "Food Chain", "Last Call", and "The Shaft", Vertigo; with Eduardo Risso, Daniel Zezelj & Javier Pulido
Winter's Edge #3 (2000) "100 Bullets: Silencer Night", Vertigo; with Eduardo Risso
Wildstorm Summer Special (2001), "Zealot: Apple Read"; Wildstorm; with Brian Stelfreeze
9-11 - The World's Finest Comic Book Writers & Artists Tell Stories to Remember #2 (2002), "America's Pastime", DC Comics; with Eduardo Risso
JSA All-Stars #6 (2003), Golden Age Dr. Mid-Nite story, DC Comics]]; with Eduardo Risso
DC Comics Presents: Green Lantern #1 (2004), "Penny for Your Thoughts, Dollar For Your Destiny", DC Comics]]; with Norm Breyfogle
Solo #1 & 6 (2005) "Low Card in the Hole" and "Poison", DC Comics; with Tim Sale and Jordi Bernet
Tales of the Unexpected #1-6 (2006-2007), back-up stories, DC Comics; with Cliff Chiang

[edit] References

The Continuity Pages: Hellblazer, Brian Azzarello Era (2000-2002)
Brian Azzarello's work on ComicBookDB.com
The Grand Comics Database Project listing for Brian Azzarello

Preceded by Darko Macan	Hellblazer writer 2000-2002	Succeeded by Mike Carey
Preceded by Jeph Loeb	Batman writer 2003-2004	Succeeded by Judd Winick
Preceded by Joe Kelly	Superman writer 2004-2005	Succeeded by Judd Winick