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The wait is over, BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS is coming to I Like Comics! Come get your copy of YOUNG JUSTICE #1 & NAOMI #1 signed! Joining him will be Mike Oeming (United States vs. Murder Inc., Powers) and David Walker (Naomi, Luke Cage). It's going to be a great time and we hope you can join us!
The definitive biography of the beloved – often controversial – cocreator of many legendary superheroes, Danny Fingeroth’s A Marvelous Life: The Amazing Story of Stan Lee (St. Martin’s) presents the origin of "Stan the Man," who spun a storytelling web of comic book heroic adventures into a pop culture phenomenon: the Marvel Universe. Fingeroth, himself a longtime writer and editor at Marvel Comics, and now a lauded pop culture critic and historian, knew and worked with Lee for over four decades. Fingeroth will be joined in conversation by Eisner Award-winning comic book writer and artist Brian Michael Bendis.
The Portland State English Department is pleased to present the 55th Annual Nina Mae Kellogg Lecture, featuring comics creators Brian Michael Bendis and Kelly Sue DeConnick in converation. Brian Michael Bendis is an award-winning comics creator, Amazon and New York Times bestseller, and one of the most successful writers working in mainstream comics. For the last twenty years, Brian’s books have consistently sat on top of the nationwide comic and graphic novel sales charts. Bendis's many achivements include the introduction of the multiracial Spider-Man, Miles Morales, and the creation of the character of Jessica Jones. Bendis has won five Eisner awards, including ‘Best Writer of the year’ two years in a row and was honored with the prestigious Inkpot award for comic art excellence. Kelly Sue DeConnick is…
Brian Michael Bendis, co-creator of Miles Morales, Jessica Jones, and Naomi, brings you Phenomena, a brand-new fantasy adventure series starting with The Golden City of Eyes (illustrated by André Lima Araújo) (Abrams ComicArts). Phenomena is the story of a young boy named Bolden and his warrior friend Spike — survivors of a phenomena that took over Earth years ago. Not an apocalypse… something far more interesting. We follow Bolden and Spike as they are forced to team up with another lost orphan of the world, Matilde. The trio of heroes go on a globetrotting adventure that takes them to a magical, mysterious place called the Golden City of Eyes. As they quest across this epically crazy new world looking for answers and purpose, they face…