Top 20 Comic Book Author celebrities in United States
Here is the latest list of the world's top 20 Comic Book Author celebrities [Updated May 7, 2021].
Stan Lee was born
on December 28, 1922
in New York City, United States.
He was born Stanley Martin Lieber, but chose to break his first name into two parts for his comic book pen name. He reserved his full name for his "more literary aspirations," which never came to fruition.
Net Worth 2020: $50 Million
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Salary 2020: $1 Million
Brad Meltzer was born
on April 1, 1970
in Brooklyn, United States.
He won a 2008 Eisner Award for The Book of Lies.
Net Worth 2020: $20 Million
Geoff Johns was born
on January 25, 1973
in Detroit, United States.
He worked as a writer for The CW superhero series Arrow and helped produced the 2011 Green Lantern movie.
Net Worth 2020: $5 Million
Brian Michael Bendis was born
on August 18, 1967
in Cleveland, United States.
A well-known comic book writer and artist, Brian Michael Bendis launched the Ultimate Marvel Universe comic book series, Ultimate Spider-Man, in 2000. Brian Michael Bendis received five Eisner Awards and four Wizard Awards for his comic book work.
Brian Michael Bendis taught graphic novel courses at Portland State University.
Net Worth 2020: $4 Million
Bill Finger was born
on February 8, 1914
in United States.
Famous for co-creating DC Comics' Batman character with artist Bob Kane, he also made major contributions to the development of Green Lantern. He was not recognized for his work until after his death but was awarded posthumous membership in both the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame and the Jack Kirby Hall of Fame.
He penned an episode of the Batman television series and also contributed to the screenplays of the movies The Track of the Moon Beast, The Green Slime, and Death Comes to Planet Aytin.
Net Worth 2020: $300 Thousand
William Gaines was born
on March 1, 1922
in United States.
He was inducted into the
Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 1993 and the
Jack Kirby Hall of Fame in 1997.
Peter David was born
on September 23, 1956
in United States.
Among his many novels was the Star Trek: New Frontier series and several adaptations of popular movies like Spider-Man and Swamp Thing.
Mark Waid was born
on March 21, 1962
in United States.
In the early 2000s, he began working with cartoonist Mike Wieringo on the popular Marvel series Fantastic Four.
Julius Schwartz was born
on June 19, 1915
in The Bronx, United States.
His first project at D.C. Comics was revamping The Flash with a more modern scarlet costume, and it turned the once-moribund superhero into an instant success.
Jerry Holkins was born
on February 6, 1976
in United States.
He co-founded a successful children's hospital charity known as Child's Play.
Cathy Guisewite was born
on September 5, 1950
in Dayton, United States.
Her cartoons focused on the four primary sources of guilt: eating, relationships, work, and motherhood.
Joe Gill was born
on July 13, 1919
in Scranton, United States.
He collaborated in the 1970s with comic book artist
John Byrne on the Doomsday + 1 series.
Maggie Thompson was born
on November 29, 1942
in United States.
She sometimes wrote under the pseudonym of Arthur Judson.
Jaime Hernandez was born
on October 10, 1959
in Oxnard, United States.
He's won more than a dozen awards for his work, mostly, but not entirely, for Love & Rockets.
Scott Snyder was born
on January 15, 1976
in New York City, United States.
Stephen King handpicked two of Snyder's short stories, "Wreck" and "Dumpster Tuesday," for The Best American Short Stories anthology shortlist in 2007.
Ryan Hudson was born
on June 1, 1984
in United States.
His Channelate webcomic became hugely popular through shares on Reddit, tumblr, and Stumbleupon. He has also earned more than 70,000 followers to his ryankhudson Instagram account.
Mike Richardson was born
on June 29, 1950
in United States.
He won an Emmy in 2007 for Hellboy: Sword of Storms.
Marv Wolfman was born
on May 13, 1946
in United States.
He wrote a tie-in novel for Superman Returns which won the 2007 Scribe Award for an Adapted Speculative Fiction Novel.
Kyle Higgins was born
on June 12, 1985
in United States.
In early 2014, he and Alec Siegel began co-writing an Image Comics series called C.O.W.L.
Kurt Busiek was born
on September 16, 1960
in United States.
He won dozens of awards for his work in the comic book industry, including Favorite Writer at the 1998 and 1999 Comics Buyer's Guide Awards.
