Brian Azzarello

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Cleveland, Ohio, The United States

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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).

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 Thom...more

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Average rating: 3.96 · 52,942 ratings · 2,153 reviews · 113 distinct works · Similar authors

	Joker by Brian Azzarello, Lee Bermejo (Illustrator) 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 9,784 ratings — published 2008 — 11 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	100 Bullets, Vol. 1: First Shot, Last Call (100 Bullets, #1) by Brian Azzarello, Eduardo Risso (Illustrator) 3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 6,490 ratings — published 2000 — 11 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	100 Bullets, Vol. 2: Split Second Chance (100 Bullets, #2) by Brian Azzarello, Eduardo Risso (Illustrator) 4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 3,391 ratings — published 2000 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	100 Bullets, Vol. 3: Hang Up on the Hang Low by Brian Azzarello, Eduardo Risso (Illustrator) 4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 2,314 ratings — published 2001 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wonder Woman, Vol. 1: Blood by Brian Azzarello, Cliff Chiang (Illustrator), Tony Akins (Illustrator) 3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 2,547 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	100 Bullets, Vol. 4: A Foregone Tomorrow by Brian Azzarello, Eduardo Risso (Illustrator) 4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 2,097 ratings — published 1999 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	100 Bullets, Vol. 8: The Hard Way by Brian Azzarello, Eduardo Risso (Illustrator) 4.25 of 5 stars 4.25 avg rating — 1,679 ratings — published 2004 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	100 Bullets, Vol. 5: The Counterfifth Detective by Brian Azzarello, Eduardo Risso (Illustrator) 4.2 of 5 stars 4.20 avg rating — 1,526 ratings — published 2010 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	100 Bullets, Vol. 6: Six Feet Under the Gun by Brian Azzarello, Eduardo Risso (Illustrator) 4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 1,501 ratings — published 2008 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hellblazer: Hard Time by Brian Azzarello, Richard Corben (Illustrator), Tim Bradstreet (Illustrator) 4.17 of 5 stars 4.17 avg rating — 1,303 ratings — published 2006 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Hellblazer (39 books)
by Brian Azzarello, Jamie Delano, Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author), Garth Ennis, Warren Ellis (Goodreads Author)
4.027331965729456 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 33,148 ratings

100 Bullets (13 books)
by Brian Azzarello, Eduardo Risso (Illustrator)
4.063711348583967 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 24,611 ratings

100 Balas (13 books)
by Brian Azzarello, Eduardo Risso (Illustrator)
4.058719979881806 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 23,859 ratings

Wonder Woman Vol. IV (3 books)
by Brian Azzarello, Cliff Chiang (Illustrations), Tony Akins (Illustrations), Dan Green (Illustrator), Amilcar Pinna (Illustrator)
3.8598256203890005 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 2,982 ratings

Wonder Woman IV (Single issues) (1 book)
by Brian Azzarello, Cliff Chiang (Illustrator), Tony Akins (Illustrator)
3.8173605655930873 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 2,546 ratings

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“Loop, you shot him in the head... Fuck yeah he dead.”
― Brian Azzarello, 100 Bullets, Vol. 3: Hang Up on the Hang Low

tags: dark-humor, humor

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“Imagination is just what others use to get things they can't understand into their heads. Rarely – if ever – do they actually fit there.
-Hermes”
― Brian Azzarello, Wonder Woman, Vol. 1: Blood

tags: comic, graphic-novel, superhero, wonder-woman

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“The trouble with "now" is that no matter how much you wish it would, it doesn't last forever. But then... other than a grudge...what does?”
― Brian Azzarello, 100 Bullets, Vol. 8: The Hard Way

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