Review: Spider-Man – Miles Morales, Vol. 1 by Brian Michael Bendis & Sara Pichelli

Until the series ended, Brian Michael Bendis's Ultimate Spider-Man was a staple of my comics reading. When it launched in 2000 I was thirteen-years-old, and the perfect age to read about a teenage Peter Parker. As I got older, and my interest in the medium fluctuated, Ultimate Spider-Man remained an essential component of my reading … Continue reading Review: Spider-Man – Miles Morales, Vol. 1 by Brian Michael Bendis & Sara Pichelli

Review: Words For Pictures – The Art and Business of Writing Comics and Graphic Novels by Brian Michael Bendis

In October 2000, at the age of twelve, I sweet-talked my father into buying me a copy of Ultimate Spider-Man #1. The issue’s writer, Brian Michael Bendis, meant nothing to me. He was an unknown. That changed thirty pages later. From my earliest days I understood the compartmentalized process involved in creating comics, and could … Continue reading Review: Words For Pictures – The Art and Business of Writing Comics and Graphic Novels by Brian Michael Bendis