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Kurt Busiek (/ ˈ b j uː s ɪ k / BYOO-sik; [1] born September 16, 1960) [2] is an American comic book writer. His work includes the Marvels limited series, his own series titled Astro City , a four-year run on The Avengers , Thunderbolts , and Superman .
Arrowsmith is a fantasy comic book series by writer Kurt Busiek and penciller Carlos Pacheco that reimagines World War I in a world in which magic, dragons, and other magical beings exist. [1] A six-issue series was published by Wildstorm's Cliffhanger imprint in 2003 to generally positive reviews. [2]
"The Nearness of You" was a nominee for the 1997 Eisner Award for Best Short Story. [2]Comic Book Resources ranked it second in a list of the top fifty single-issue comics stories of all time, and described Michael's choice to retain his memories as "a beautiful moment captured wonderfully". [3]
Kurt Busiek was honored with 1998's Harvey and 1999's Eisner for Best Writer, in both instances for bodies of work including Astro City. Alex Ross took both awards for Best Cover Artist in 1996, 1997, and 1998, in all instances but one for Astro City or bodies of work including it (the exception was the 1997 Harvey, awarded for Kingdom Come #1).
Created by Kurt Busiek and Tom Grummett, the Kirk DePaul version of Manhunter was the last surviving Council-created clone of Paul Kirk and wore a variation of that Manhunter uniform. DePaul was roaming through Africa when his progenitor was killed.
1997 Kurt Busiek's Astro City, Kurt Busiek, Brent Anderson, and Will Blyberg (Jukebox Productions/Homage) 1998 Kurt Busiek's Astro City, Kurt Busiek, Brent Anderson, and Will Blyberg (Jukebox Productions/Homage) 1999 Preacher, by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon (DC/Vertigo) 2000 Acme Novelty Library, by Chris Ware (Fantagraphics)
Power Surge was a DC Comics event in 2002 intended to promote the start of The Power Company, a new comic book series by writer Kurt Busiek, who also wrote all seven issues of Power Surge. The event was composed of seven eponymous one-shot issues (although each story had its own title), each highlighting one of the seven primary members of the ...
"Kang Dynasty", sometimes called "Kang War", is a 16 part comic book storyline which ran through Avengers (vol. 3) #41–55 and Avengers Annual 2001 between June 2001 and August 2002. It was written by Kurt Busiek and illustrated by a number of artists including Alan Davis, Kieron Dwyer, Ivan Reis and