Kurt started reading comics regularly at the age of 14, around the time most kids his age were giving up on them. Soon, he and his friend Scott McCloud began to write and draw their own comics together. By the time he graduated from Syracuse University in 1982, Kurt had already sold his first professional comics script – a backup story that appeared in Green Lantern #162, from DC Comics. Following that, he wrote Power Man and Iron Fist for Marvel Comics for about a year, and worked on such series as World’s Finest, Wonder Woman and Red Tornado. He went full-time freelance for the second time in 1990, moving to Washington State. This time, he kept finding writing work, on books as diverse as Vampirella, Mickey Mouse, Web of Spider-Man and The Adventures of Jell-O Man. In 1993, he and painter Alex Ross created Marvels, a 4-issue mini-series looking at the superheroic history of the Marvel Universe through the eyes of an ordinary man.  Since then, Kurt has divided his time between writing mainstream series, including Avengers, Iron Man, Untold Tales of Spider-Man, Conan, Superman, JLA and Trinity, and creating his own projects, including Thunderbolts, The Power Company, Jonny Demon, The Wizard’s Tale, Shockrockets, Arrowsmith and the multiple-award-winning Astro City.  Kurt has won over two dozen industry awards for his work. Among them are multiple Eisner Awards and Harvey Awards for Best Series, Best Single Issue and Best Writer. In 1996, Marvels was named a Best Book for Young Readers by the New York Public Library.

Books by Kurt Busiek