1. Brian Azzarello was born on August 11,1962 and is an American comic book writer and screenwriter who first came to prominence with the hardboiled crime series 100 Bullets, published by DC Comics' mature-audience imprint Vertigo.
14 Facts About Brian Azzarello
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Brian Azzarello grew up in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, where his mother managed a restaurant and his father was a salesman.
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Brian Azzarello attended the Cleveland Institute of Art, studying painting and printmaking.
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In 1989, after several years of working various blue-collar jobs, Brian Azzarello moved to Chicago, where he became interested in the work of Black Lizard Press, a small publishing house which reprinted hardboiled detective and noir fiction.
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Brian Azzarello met his future wife Jill Thompson, a comic book artist who was working for DC Comics's imprint Vertigo.
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Brian Azzarello began working in comics in 1992, joining Comico as the production coordinator.
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Brian Azzarello contributed short stories to a number of Vertigo's anthology titles and penned Jonny Double, a 4-issue limited series which marked his first collaboration with Argentine artist Eduardo Risso.
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Brian Azzarello was one of the architects of First Wave, a new publishing line for pulp characters then-recently acquired by DC Comics, set outside the main DC continuity.
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In 2011, Brian Azzarello spearheaded The New 52 relaunch of the Wonder Woman series with artist Cliff Chiang.
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In 2012, Brian Azzarello wrote two limited series for the Before Watchmen project, focusing on Comedian and Rorschach.
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In 2014, Brian Azzarello became the co-writer of the weekly series The New 52: Futures End along with Jeff Lemire, Keith Giffen and Dan Jurgens.
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In 2016, Brian Azzarello launched the 12-issue maxi-series Moonshine with frequent collaborator Eduardo Risso at Image.
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Brian Azzarello cites Jim Thompson and David Goodis among his influences.
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Brian Azzarello was married to fellow comic book creator Jill Thompson.