Brent Anderson
Artist

Brent Anderson was born in San Jose, California. A child of the 50s, his favorite comics—on the rare occasions he was allowed to read them—were Archie, Stumbo the Giant, Hot Stuff, and Dennis the Menace. His mother favored classical children's literature. In junior high school Anderson discovered the wonderful pantheon of characters in Marvel Comics. The Fantastic Four were his favorite.

Anderson began writing and drawing his own comics on school binder paper, creating a pantheon of his own that included Radium the Robot and the Chameleon. He started his comics career in underground comix, working on titles like Venture in 1976.

His professional career really took off in 1979. Ka-zar the Savage, published by Marvel Comics, written by Bruce Jones, was his first regular series. The X-Men graphic novel God Loves, Man Kills, written by then X-Men scribe Chris Claremont, followed. Since then he has created an impressive list of notable series, including the innovative cinematic comic, Somerset Holmes, the heroic space-opera, Strikeforce Morituri, the award-winning Astro City, and Spinworld.

Anderson is currently working on Astro City: The Dark Age Book Two for DC/Wildstorm and J. Michael Straczynski's Rising Stars: Untouchables spin-off series written by Fiona Avery and a 200-plus page graphic novel, Jar of Ashes, written by Shirley Johnston.

Brent Anderson's work on Astro City is showcased in Adventures Into Digital Comics.