Line #38 Creator/EdBrubaker


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3	->'''Forbush Man:''' You did this? You '''killed''' ComicBook/CaptainAmerica?\
4	'''Ed Brubaker:''' Do you mean did I write [[ComicBook/TheDeathOfCaptainAmerica the best-selling comic of 2007]]? Yes, I did. Here, you wanna touch my Eisners, don't you?
5	-->-- ''Captain America: Who Won't Wield The Shield?'' #1
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7	Ed Brubaker (born November 17, 1966) is an American comics writer who has plied his trade at both DC Comics and Marvel Comics, but ascended to superstar status at the latter. He got his start writing independent crime comics in the 1990s (earning an Eisner nomination for his debut in 1993, and more in 1999), before taking up in the [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} Bat-books]] are DC around the turn of the Millennium. This notably included the launch of a new ''Catwoman'' title, and the acclaimed ''ComicBook/GothamCentral'' series focusing on the Gotham Police (co-written with Creator/GregRucka). Around the same time, his work on DC's Wildstorm included the acclaimed ''Comicbook/SleeperWildStorm'' and twelve issues on ''ComicBook/TheAuthority''.
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9	In 2005, he migrated over to Marvel Comics to write ''ComicBook/CaptainAmerica'', beginning a landmark run that has been hailed as the best ever on the title. Subsequent work has included stints on ''Comicbook/{{Daredevil}}'' and ''ComicBook/XMen'' and the reviving of ''ComicBook/IronFist'' with Creator/MattFraction. He frequently works with Sean Phillips, beginning with the aforementioned ''Comicbook/SleeperWildStorm'', and more recently, a string of creator-owned books: ''ComicBook/Criminal2006'', ''ComicBook/{{Incognito}}'', ''{{Comicbook/Fatale}}'', ''ComicBook/TheFadeOut'', ''ComicBook/KillOrBeKilled'', ''[[ComicBook/Pulp2020 Pulp]]'', and ''[[ComicBook/Reckless2020 Reckless]]''. He has won the Best Writer Eisner Award three times (the fourth-most wins of any writer, behind Creator/AlanMoore, Creator/NeilGaiman, and Creator/BrianKVaughan). In early 2022, he signed on to head the writer's room for the upcoming Batman cartoon, ''Batman: Caped Crusader''.
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12	''Selected Bibliography:''
13	[[index]]
14	* ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}''
15	** ''ComicBook/{{Catwoman}}''
16	** ''ComicBook/GothamCentral''
17	* ''ComicBook/CaptainAmerica''
18	** ''ComicBook/CaptainAmerica2004''
19	*** ''ComicBook/CaptainAmericaWinterSoldier''
20	*** ''ComicBook/TheDeathOfCaptainAmerica''
21	* ''ComicBook/Criminal2006''
22	* ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}''
23	** ''ComicBook/Daredevil1998''
24	* ''ComicBook/TheFadeOut''
25	* ''ComicBook/{{Fatale\|2012}}''
26	* ''ComicBook/IronFist''
27	** ''ComicBook/ImmortalIronFist''
28	* ''ComicBook/{{Incognito}}''
29	* ''ComicBook/KillOrBeKilled''
30	* ''ComicBook/{{Pulp\|2020}}''
31	* ''ComicBook/{{Reckless\|2020}}''
32	* ''Comicbook/{{Sleeper\|WildStorm}}''
33	[[/index]]
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36	!!Tropes associated with Ed Brubaker:
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38	* AntiHero: The protagonists of his various crime stories are either this or a VillainProtagonist; his superhero works occasionally skirt this, though less often than you might think.
39	* TheCameo: He made an appearance in ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'', as one of the scientists tending to the assassin.
40	* [[FilmNoir Comics Noir]]: Probably the foremost practitioner of marrying ''noir'' storytelling to superhero comics currently working.
41	* DarkerAndEdgier: He's practically married to this trope as well, and you'd be hard-pressed to find comics by him that ''aren't'' cynical, dreary and violent.
42	* PromotedFanboy: During his ''Captain America'' run. This trope is why ComicBook/BuckyBarnes [[ComicBook/CaptainAmericaWinterSoldier was brought back as the Winter Soldier]] in the first place. He's also gone on record saying he was glad a previous writer had already brought [[ComicBook/{{Agent13}} Sharon Carter]] back, or else he'd have had to resurrect her, too.
43	* {{Retcon}}: It's debatable whether he does this more than other writers, but he's become known for daring to challenge some fairly well-established history, most notably with the return of Bucky. Though it's tit for tat there, as he pointed out in an interview, the entire set up with Bucky dying and Cap being frozen for X number of years was itself a retcon, since originally, they'd survived and kept having adventures into the '50s-- which themselves were later retconned to have involved impostors. Given how successful that story was, it would be a case of Administrivia/TropesAreNotBad. His retcon of the introduction of the New X-Men, on the other hand, was less well-received.
44	* SignatureStyle: For superheroes, street-level stories that incorporate espionage and noir elements, but also frequently techno-thriller stuff.
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