Brazilian comic book artist (born 1968)
Benedito José Nascimento (born February 3, 1968), better known as Joe Bennett , is a
Brazilian
comic book artist .
Career
Joe Bennett was born in
Belém .
In the 1990s he used to publish horror comics for two major Brazilian horror comics magazines: Calafrio and Mestres do Terror .
His first major work in comics was for
Marvel Comics in 1994. Since then, he has worked on several Marvel titles such as
The Amazing Spider-Man ,
Captain America (vol. 2),
Fantastic Four (vol. 3),
The Incredible Hulk (vol. 2),
Thor (vol. 2) and most recently
Captain America and the Falcon . He has also worked for other major publishers such as in
Chaos! Comics ,
CrossGen ,
Dark Horse ,
DC Comics and
Vertigo .
Other credits include
Conan the Barbarian ,
Doc Samson ,
Elektra (vol. 2),
Hawkeye (vol. 3), Nova (vol. 3),
X-51: Machine Man ,
Buffy the Vampire Slayer ,
Birds of Prey ,
Hawkman (vol. 4),
Hawkgirl ,
The Green Hornet ,
Mark of Charon and
Supreme .
In 2005, he signed a three-year contract to work exclusively for DC Comics. Bennett worked with other various artists on the maxiseries
52 . Bennett also worked on a number of issues of
Checkmate , written by
Greg Rucka . He served as a fill-in penciller for the fifth issue of
Salvation Run and drew the entire six-issue
Terror Titans miniseries written by
Sean McKeever . Bennett's work can now be seen in the pages of
Teen Titans where he took over the drawing board from fellow Brazilian
Eddy Barrows , beginning with issue #71.
In June 2018 he and writer
Al Ewing started the series
The Immortal Hulk . The Immortal Hulk was a nominee for the 2019
Eisner Award in the "Best Continuing Series" category,
[1] and had earned publisher Marvel Comics a Diamond Gem Award the previous year as "Best New Comic Book Series."
[2]
In 2023, it was announced that Bennett will be the artist for
Chuck Dixon 's Alphacore #1 for
Rippaverse Comics .
Controversy
Bennett caused controversy with an issue of The Immortal Hulk that depicted what was interpreted as
antisemitic imagery.
[3] A 2018 political cartoon resurfaced in which the then-Brazilian presidential candidate
Jair Bolsonaro is allegorically depicted as an “
Independence Dragoon ” (a member of a historical Brazilian military unit) fighting political opponents (including former presidents
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva ,
Dilma Rousseff and
Michel Temer ) in the shape of monstrous rats.
[4] Writer Al Ewing severed ties with Bennett.
[5] On 9 September 2021, Marvel announced he had been removed from his current assignments and was not on any future Marvel projects.
[6]
Bibliography
Comics work (interior pencil art) includes:
DC
52 (full pencils): #1-4, 6, 11, 16, 21, 30, 34, 38, 51; (among other artists): #25 (2006–07)
All-Flash , one-shot (among other artists) (2007)
Aquaman vol. 8 #39-40 (2018)
Birds of Prey #81, 85, 87-88, Secret Files 2003 (2003–06)
Checkmate , vol. 2, #13-15, 18-20, 23-25 (2007–08)
Deathstroke and the Curse of the Ravager , miniseries (
Flashpoint tie-in), #1-2 (2011)
Deathstroke , vol. 2, #1-7 (2011)
Deathstroke , vol. 4, #3-5, 12-14, 17-18 (2016)
Detective Comics #969-970 (2017)
Hawkgirl #57-58 (2006–07)
Hawkman , vol. 4, #32, 35-37, 39-41, 43-45 (2004–05)
Infinite Crisis , miniseries, #7 (among other artists) (2006)
Justice League: Generation Lost #2, 4, 7, 15, 17 (2010–11)
Nightwing #153; Annual #2 (2007–09)
Outsiders #36 (2011)
Rann-Thanagar War , miniseries, #5-6 (among other artists) (2005)
Red Hood and the Outlaws , vol. 2, #14 (2017)
Red Hood/Arsenal #12-13 (2016)
Robin #175-176 (2008)
Sandman Presents: Bast , miniseries, #2-3 (2003)
Savage Hawkman , #0, 9-20 (2012)
Suicide Squad vol. 4 #44 (2018)
Teen Titans , vol. 5, #70, 72-75, 77-81, 83 (2009–10)
The Terrifics #3, 6, 13-14, Annual #1 (2018-2019)
Terror Titans , miniseries, #1-6 (2008–09)
Marvel
Amazing Spider-Man , vol. 1, #422-424, 429-431, 434-436 (1997–98)
Amazing Spider-Man , vol. 2, #28, Annual 2001 (2001)
Black Panther: World of Wakanda #6 (2016)
Brotherhood #6 (2001)
Captain America , vol. 2, #8-12 (1997)
Captain America: Sam Wilson #7, 23-25 (2017)
Captain America & The
Falcon #5-7, 9-11 (2004–05)
Conan #8-9 (1996)
Crew #1-7 (2003–04)
Defenders: The Best Defense #1 (2019)
Doc Samson #4 (among other artists) (1996)
Elektra , vol. 2, #9-10, 16-17 (2002–03)
Fantastic Four , vol. 3, #43 (1998)
Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Comics Magazine , limited series, #5 (among other artists) (2001)
Generation X #26 (1997)
Hawkeye #7-8 (2004)
Hulk 2099 #7, 9 (1995)
Incredible Hulk , vol. 3, #30-32 (2001)
Immortal Hulk #1-5, 7-13, 15-20, 22-27, 29-33, 36-50 (2018-2021)
Indestructible Hulk #19-20 (2015)
Incoming! #1 (2019)
Iron Man #331-332 (1996)
Iron Man vol. 5 #18-22, 26-28 (2014-2015)
Namor #11-12 (2004)
New Eternals : Apocalypse Now , one-shot (2000)
Nightmare , miniseries, #1-4 (1994–95)
Nova The Human Rocket #1-4, 6-7 (1999)
Peter Parker: Spider-Man , vol. 2, #26, Annual 2000 (2000–01)
Phoenix Resurrection: The Return of Jean Grey #3, 5 (2018)
Secret Empire #9 (2017)
Secret Empire: Omega #1 (2017)
The Sensational Spider-Man #25, 32 (1998)
Silver Surfer , vol. 2, #139 (1998)
Spider-Man /
Punisher : Family Plot , miniseries, #2 (1996)
Spider-Man Unlimited #13-20 (1996–98)
Thor , vol. 2, #43, 47-48, 50, 53-54, 56-57, 60 (2002–03)
Ultimate Comics: The Ultimates #22-24 (2013)
Wolverine #110 (1997)
Wolverine: Days of Future Past , miniseries, #1-3 (1997)
X-51 #1-12 (1999–2000)
X-Men : Tales from the Age of Apocalypse , one-shot (1996)
Valiant
Other publishers
References
^ McMillan, Graeme (26 April 2019).
"Eisner Award Nominees Revealed" . Hollywood Reporter.
^ Freeman, Jon (18 January 2019).
"Al Ewing, Sean Phillips among creators honoured in 2019 Diamond Gem Awards" . DownTheTubes.net.
^ Cronin, Brian (February 3, 2021).
"Immortal Hulk Artist Issues Statement on Anti-Semitic Imagery" .
Comic Book Resources . Retrieved September 10, 2021 .
^ Leung, Yasmine (2021-09-03).
"Joe Bennett's political cartoon ft Jair Bolsonaro drama explained" . HITC . Retrieved 2022-02-19 .
^ Adams, Tim (September 2, 2021).
"Immortal Hulk's Al Ewing Severs Relationship with Joe Bennett Over 'Reprehensible' Illustration" .
Comic Book Resources . Retrieved September 10, 2021 .
^ Adams, Tim (September 9, 2021).
"Joe Bennett No Longer Working on Marvel's Timeless After Posting Anti-Semitic Image" .
Comic Book Resources . Retrieved September 10, 2021 .
External links
Interviews
Preceded by
The Amazing Spider-Man artist 1997–1998
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Birds of Prey artist 2005–2006
Succeeded byPaulo Siqueira
Preceded byJesus Saiz
Checkmate artist 2007–2008
Succeeded byManuel Garcia
Preceded by
Robin artist 2009—
Succeeded by
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