In the queasily hypnotic graphic novel, two junkies fall in love while in rehab and go on the run to chase the ultimate high of being with each other. Brubaker's newest work is My Heroes Have Always Been Junkies, drawn by longtime collaborator Sean Phillips and published by Image Comics. And Captain America: The Winter Soldier-widely recognized as one of the best movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe-is built off his iconic storyline, where he successfully resurrected Steve Rogers' long-dead partner in a way that didn't piss off notoriously finicky fans of superhero stories.įor the last two years or so, the writer has juggled his ongoing comics scripting with his biggest screenwriting gig yet: Too Old to Die Young, an upcoming narco-drama that he co-created with Drive director Nicolas Winding Refn. The Maryland native was in the writer's room for the first season of Westworld, part of a team who helped make the HBO series one of the most buzzed shows in recent memory. But, after Hollywood came calling with its siren temptations of fame and fortune, the smartest decision Ed Brubaker ever made was to keep making comics.Ĭhances are, millions more people have encountered Brubaker's work on TV or in movies than in print. He grew up to write the X-Men, Batman, Daredevil and loads of other critically acclaimed series. He's able to do that because he flirted with the abyss a lifetime ago. Ed Brubaker writes people who make bad choices and do terrible things.
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