Cleveland Magazine has a nifty little comic book story that non-comic book story fans can appreciate: The man in charge of the Spider-Man story arc is a native-Clevelander. (If you knew this already, leave us alone — we just found out this week). And actually, Brian Michael Bendis has been in charge of the Ultimate Spider-Man story since 2000, but now we’re at the point where he gets to kill Spider-Man.
Click on over to learn about Bendis and how he went from hawking comic books at a store in the Old Arcade to being in charge of one of the most popular comic book heroes of all time. Here’s a snippet on how he dealt with the gravity of killing Spidey:
This article appears in Jul 27 – Aug 2, 2011.
You guys need to lay off weed during the work hours…
Really, you just found out Bendis is an ex-Clevelander. OK, you guys don’t really cover comics, so I won’t hold it against you. Still why does everybody who ever lived in Cleveland have to be forever linked to this city?