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Brian Azzarello
Born	Cleveland, Ohio
Nationality	American
Area(s)	Writer

Brian Azzarello (born in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American comic book writer. He came to prominence with 100 Bullets, published by DC Comics' mature-audience imprint Vertigo. He and Argentine artist Eduardo Risso, with whom Azzarello first worked on Jonny Double, won the 2001 Eisner Award for "Best Serialized Story" for 100 Bullets #15–18: "Hang Up on the Hang Low".

Azzarello has written for Batman ("Broken City", art by Risso; "Batman/Deathblow: After the Fire", art by Lee Bermejo, Tim Bradstreet, & Mick Gray) and Superman ("For Tomorrow", art by Jim Lee).

His run of Vertigo's Hellblazer series was controversial, with some fans complaining he reduced protagonist John Constantine to a background character.^{[citation needed]}

In 2005, Azzarello began a new creator-owned series, the western Loveless, with artist Marcelo Frusin.

As of 2007, Azzarello is married to fellow comic-book writer and illustrator Jill Thompson.

Contents 1 Bibliography 1.1 Full comic books 1.2 Short stories 2 References

• Primer, #1 (1996), Comico; with Vincent Proce
• Jonny Double (1998), four-issue miniseries, Vertigo; with Eduardo Risso
• 100 Bullets (beginning 1999), Vertigo; with Eduardo Risso
• Hellblazer #146-174 (2000-2002), Vertigo; with Marcelo Frusin, Richard Corben, Steve Dillon, Guy Davis and Giuseppe Camuncoli
• Startling Stories: Banner (2001), four-issue miniseries, Marvel Comics; with Richard Corben
• El Diablo (2001), four-issue miniseries, Vertigo; with Danijel Zezelj
• Cage (2002), five-issue miniseries, Marvel Comics; with Richard Corben
• Spider-Man's Tangled Web #14 (2002), Marvel Comics; with Raven (co-writer) and Giuseppe Camuncoli (penciller)\
• Sgt. Rock: Between Hell and a Hard Place (2003), DC Comics; with Joe Kubert
• Batman/Deathblow: After the fire (2003), three-issue miniseries, DC Comics/Wildstorm; with Lee Bermejo
• Batman #620-625 (2003-2004), DC Comics; with Eduardo Risso
• Superman, #204-215 (2004-2005), DC Comics; with Jim Lee
• Lex Luthor: Man of Steel, five-issue miniseries (2005), DC Comics; with Lee Bermejo
• Loveless (beginning 2005), Vertigo; with Marcelo Frusin
• Deathblow (beginning 2006), Wildstorm; with Carlos D'Anda

• Weird War Tales #1 (1997), "Ares", Vertigo; with James Romberger
• Gangland, #1 (1998), "Clean House", Vertigo; with Tim Bradstreet
• Heartthrobs #2 (1999), "The Other Side of Town", Vertigo; with Tim Bradstreet
• Strange Adventures #4 (1999), "Native Tongue", Vertigo; with Essad Ribic
• Batman: Gotham Knights #8 (2000), "Batman Black & White", DC Comics; with Eduardo Risso
• Vertigo Secret Files: Hellblazer #1 (2000), one story, Vertigo; with Dave Taylor
• Flinch #2, 10 & 13 (2000) "Food Chain", "Last Call", and "The Shaft", Vertigo; with Eduardo Risso, Daniel Zezelj & Javier Pulido
• Winter's Edge #3 (2000) "100 Bullets: Silencer Night", Vertigo; with Eduardo Risso
• Wildstorm Summer Special (2001), "Zealot: Apple Read"; Wildstorm; with Brian Stelfreeze
• 9-11 - The World's Finest Comic Book Writers & Artists Tell Stories to Remember #2 (2002), "America's Pastime", DC Comics; with Eduardo Risso
• JSA All-Stars #6 (2003), Golden Age Dr. Mid-Nite story, DC Comics]]; with Eduardo Risso
• DC Comics Presents: Green Lantern #1 (2004), "Penny for Your Thoughts, Dollar For Your Destiny", DC Comics]]; with Norm Breyfogle
• Solo #1 & 6 (2005) "Low Card in the Hole" and "Poison", DC Comics; with Tim Sale and Jordi Bernet
• Tales of the Unexpected #1-6 (2006-2007), back-up stories, DC Comics; with Cliff Chiang

• The Continuity Pages: Hellblazer, Brian Azzarello Era (2000-2002)
• Brian Azzarello's work on ComicBookDB.com
• The Grand Comics Database Project listing for Brian Azzarello

Preceded by Darko Macan	Hellblazer writer 2000-2002	Succeeded by Mike Carey
Preceded by Jeph Loeb	Batman writer 2003-2004	Succeeded by Judd Winick
Preceded by Joe Kelly	Superman writer 2004-2005	Succeeded by Judd Winick