Kurt Busiek

Quick Facts

Full Name	Kurt Busiek
Occupation	Comic Book Author
Date Of Birth	Sep 16, 1960(1960-09-16)
Age	64
Birthplace	Massachusetts
Country	United States
Birth City	Massachusetts
Horoscope	Virgo

Kurt Busiek Biography

Kurt Busiek is one of the most popular and richest Comic Book Author who was born on September 16, 1960 in Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States. American comic book author who created the Astro City series and worked on The Avengers for four years.

He collaborated with artist Alan Davis on several issues of The Avengers.

Busiek was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He grew up in various towns in the Boston area, including Lexington, where he befriended future comic book creator Scott McCloud. Busiek did not read comics as a youngster, as his parents disapproved of them. He began to read them regularly around the age of 14, when he picked up a copy of Daredevil #120 (April 1975). This was the first part of a continuity-heavy four-part story arc; Busiek was drawn to the copious history and cross-connections with other series. Throughout high school and college, he and McCloud practiced making comics.

During the last semester of his senior year, Busiek submitted some sample scripts to editor Dick Giordano at DC Comics. None of them sold, but they did get him invitations to pitch other material to DC editors, which led to his first professional work, a back-up story in Green Lantern #162 (March 1983). After writing four fill-in issues of Power Man and Iron Fist, he was given the series as his first regular assignment. Busiek was a fan of the work his predecessor, Mary Jo Duffy, had done on Power Man and Iron Fist, and emulated her lighthearted, humorous approach, not knowing that the editorial staff disapproved of this approach and had taken Duffy off the series because of it. He was fired from the series for the same reasons as Duffy, after only six issues as its regular writer. In 1985, he wrote a Red Tornado limited series.

He married Ann Busiek, who was depicted alongside him in an issue of Marvels No. 3.

Kurt Busiek Net Worth

Kurt Busiek is one of the richest Comic Book Author from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Kurt Busiek 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was not allowed to read comics as a child, but began reading them as a teenager and created comics with Scott McCloud in high school and college.

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.

Kurt Busiek (/ˈ b j uː s ɪ k / ; born September 16, 1960) is an American comic book writer. His work includes the Marvels limited series, his own series titled Astro City, and a four-year run on The Avengers.

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In 2004, Busiek began a new Conan series for Dark Horse Comics. In December 2005, he signed a two-year exclusive contract with DC Comics. During DC’s Infinite Crisis event, he teamed with Geoff Johns on a “One Year Later” eight- part story arc titled “Up, Up and Away!” that encompassed both Superman titles. In addition, he began writing the DC title Aquaman: Sword of Atlantis from issues #40–49. Busiek became the sole writer of the Superman series with issue #654 (Sept. 2006) and Carlos Pacheco became the series’ artist. Busiek and Pacheco developed an extended storyine featuring Arion coming into conflict with Superman. The plotline concluded in Superman Annual #13. Busiek wrote a 52-issue weekly DC miniseries titled Trinity, starring Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman. Each issue except for the first featured a 12-page main story by Busiek, with art by Mark Bagley, and a ten-page backup story co- written by Busiek and Fabian Nicieza, with art from various artists, including Tom Derenick, Mike Norton and Scott McDaniel.

Facts & Trivia

Kurt Ranked on the list of most popular Comic Book Author. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Kurt Busiek celebrates birthday on September 16 of every year.

In June 2013, Busiek relaunched his Astro City series as part of DC’s Vertigo line. Busiek commented that “Astro City’s always been aimed at a more sophisticated reader, which I think suits Vertigo. Plus our backlist sales are closer to a Vertigo pattern than DCU.” The ongoing Astro City series concluded as of issue #52 in 2018.