Recently ReleasedClick on any of the cover images below for more information at the DC Comics site.
NOIR Released October 21, 2009
I contributed a short story to this crime fiction anthology by Dark Horse Comics. Other contributors to this TPB collection include: writers Ed Brubaker (Criminal, Sleeper), David Lapham (Stray Bullets), Rick Geary (Treasury of Victorian Murder), Chris Offutt (HBO’s True Blood), Paul Grist (Kane), Jeff Lemire (Essex County Trilogy), M.K. Perker (Cairo, Air), the Fillbäch Brothers (Maxwell Strangewell) and Alex de Campi (Smoke), as well as artists such as Sean Phillips (Criminal), Eduardo Barreto (Cobb), Brazilian twins Gabriel Bá (Umbrella Academy) and Fábio Moon (Sugarshock), Dean Motter (Mister X) and more.
WEDNESDAY COMICS #1-12 Released weekly July 8 through September 23, 2009
WEDNESDAY COMICS is a new, weekly 12-issue series, featuring a variety of stories by different creators. Each issue is a 16-page weekly that unfolds to a 28" x 20" tabloid-sized reading experience, with each feature on its own 14" x 20" page. I wrote a Batman story that artist Eduardo Risso drew.
FILTHY RICH Released August 19, 2009
VERTIGO Crime, a new imprint from DC Comics, kicks off with FILTHY RICH, an original hardcover graphic novel set in the 1960s about a bodyguard who makes big mistakes while working for a wealthy automobile heiress. With Spanish artist Victor Santos. 200 pages.
To read an interview with VERTIGO Editor Karen Berger on FILTHY RICH and the VERTIGO Crime line click HERE.
100 BULLETS VOL. 13 - WILT Released July 8, 2009
100 BULLETS reaches its epic conclusion in this final volume collecting issues #89-100. Learn the last dark secrets of The Trust and The Minutemen's place in the world as secrets are revealed about what really caused Graves' war with The Trust. 304 pages.
ABSOLUTE SUPERMAN: FOR TOMORROW HC Released April 29, 2009
This oversized, slipcased volume collects the entire 12-issue "For Tomorrow" epic, originally published in SUPERMAN #204-215. A cataclysmic event has struck the Earth. Millions of people have vanished without a trace. No one is left unaffected — not even Superman. Now, the Man of Steel must unravel the mystery, but what if he's responsible? Superman's search leads to battles with Wonder Woman and the deadly Equus, until finally he comes face-to-face with the villain who has been responsible for turning his life upside-down. This edition features an introduction, an afterward and sketch section by Jim Lee and a newly illustrated two-page origin.
100 BULLETS #100 Released April 15, 2009
This is it. Nearly a decade in the making, the Eisner Award-winning, critically acclaimed series comes to its inevitably blood-soaked end. What final fate do agent Graves and the rest of the cast face? Who will be left standing when the gun smoke clears? Find out in the epic, final issue of the series Playboy magazine called "a meditation on money, power and morality...for our money,
Movies
Screenwriting
BATMAN: GOTHAM KNIGHT
BATMAN: GOTHAM KNIGHT is a 2008 animated direct-to-DVD anthology film set between the movies Batman Begins and The Dark Knight. There are six animated segments. I wrote the 5th story, "Working Through the Pain," which explores Bruce Wayne's training to master severe physical trauma.
Click on the photo above to visit the official BATMAN: GOTHAM KNIGHT Web site. For an interview on "Working Through the Pain" click HERE.
BATMAN: GOTHAM KNIGHT is available now as a single DVD or two-disc Collector's Edition (shown above). It's also available on Blu-Ray. Check out the trailer for the film...
Television
On Camera Interviews
2008 Comic Collective interview on Batman projects.
2008 Comic Collective interview on 100 BULLETS.
2008 Wizard TV interview on various projects.
2008 Fanboy Video interview on various projects. Part 1 of 2.
2008 Fanboy Video interview on various projects. Part 2 of 2.
Books
Bibliography STORIES Primer #1 (1996)
Jonny Double (1998)
100 Bullets (1999-2009)
Hellblazer #146-174 (2000-2002)
Startling Stories: Banner (2001)
El Diablo (2001)
Cage (2002)
Spider-Man's Tangled Web #14 (2002)
Sgt. Rock: Between Hell and a Hard Place (2003)
Batman/Deathblow: After the fire (2003)
Batman: Broken City #620-625 (2003-2004)
Superman: For Tomorrow, #204-215 (2004-2005)
Lex Luthor: Man of Steel (2005)
Loveless (2005-2007)
Deathblow (2006-2008)
Joker (2008)
Filthy Rich (2009)
Wednesday Comics #1-12 "Batman" (2009)
SHORT STORIES Weird War Tales #1 (1997), "Ares"
Gangland, #1 (1998), "Clean House"
Heartthrobs #2 (1999), "The Other Side of Town"
Strange Adventures #4 (1999), "Native Tongue"
Batman: Gotham Knights #8 (2000), "Batman Black & White"
Vertigo Secret Files: Hellblazer #1 (2000)
Flinch #2, 10 & 13 (2000) "Food Chain", "Last Call", and "The Shaft"
Winter's Edge #3 (2000) "100 Bullets: Silencer Night"
Wildstorm Summer Special (2001), "Zealot: Apple Read"
9-11 - The World's Finest Comic Book Writers & Artists Tell Stories to Remember #2 (2002), "America's Pastime"
JSA All-Stars #6 (2003), Golden Age Dr. Mid-Nite story
DC Comics Presents: Green Lantern #1 (2004), "Penny for Your Thoughts, Dollar For Your Destiny"
Solo #1 & 6 (2005) "Low Card in the Hole" and "Poison"
Tales of the Unexpected #1-8 (2006-2007)
Hellblazer #250 (2008) "All I Goat for Christmas"
NOIR (2009) "The Bad Night"
Brian Azzarello's Details
Status:
Married
Hometown:
Cleveland, Ohio
Zodiac Sign:
Leo
Occupation:
Writer
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Upcoming ReleasesClick on any of the cover images below for more information at the DC Comics site.
BATMAN/DOC SAVAGE SPECIAL #1 November 11, 2009
Doc Savage returns to DC Comics. The Man of Bronze hates what he's heard about the connections between a grisly murder and Gotham City's violent new vigilante. But the Batman can't abide do-gooders getting in his way… and his .45 just won't stay in its holster. This special is a prologue to an upcoming 6-issue miniseries that will reveal the full width and breadth of DC's new pulp-influenced universe. With art by Phil Noto.
Who I'd like to meet:
People who enjoy my books.
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Brian. I'm pleased to say that I'v read through all the 100bullets Trades quite some times now and feel that the picture get's more and more clear. And you with crew made that possible. Thank you for something I can't imagine how you could have done any different or better! Something I know many friends of mine, who I'v forced into start reading bullets, also would like to say. Keep it up with making it look good!
Dear sir, I must say I violently enjoy your work. Wickedly and selfishly.
However, for what ever reason my damned county has caught wind of this and thus makes it extremely hard for me to acquire...
a good example your newest work Filthy Rich. It's like trying to find the missing towns people of Roanoke. I've been driving an hour this way and hour that way looking for the thing. and buying it on the internet isn't an option as I crave instant gratification.
well all in all...I'm sure I'll catch it I just have to go out of state to snag it, well sir Keep up the fantastic work. (perhaps you could send Lono to strighten out these bastards)
Happy Birthday, Mr. Azzarello. I hope you're doing well and that you're getting most of what you're wishing for on this special day.
Many Happy Returns! (And thank you for your ongoing work on the Wednesday Comics. I hope DC will make it a permanent addition to their line-up. I enjoy your noir interpret ion of Batman very much.)
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No such thing as too much Azzarello.
