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| Joe Bennett | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Bennett in 2020 | |
| Born | Benedito José Nascimento (1968-02-03)February 3, 1968 (age 57) |
| Area | Penciller,Inker |
Notable works | The Immortal Hulk |
| https://www.deviantart.com/comicsofjoebennett | |
Benedito José Nascimento (born February 3, 1968), better known asJoe Bennett, is aBraziliancomic book artist.
Joe Bennett was born inBelém.
In the 1990s he used to publish horror comics for two major Brazilian horror comics magazines:Calafrio andMestres do Terror.
His first major work in comics was forMarvel Comics in 1994. Since then, he has worked on several Marvel titles such asThe Amazing Spider-Man,Captain America (vol. 2),Fantastic Four (vol. 3),The Incredible Hulk (vol. 2),Thor (vol. 2) and most recentlyCaptain America and the Falcon. He has also worked for other major publishers such as inChaos! Comics,CrossGen,Dark Horse,DC Comics andVertigo.
Other credits includeConan 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 andSupreme.
In 2005, he signed a three-year contract to work exclusively for DC Comics. Bennett worked with other various artists on the maxiseries52. Bennett also worked on a number of issues ofCheckmate, written byGreg Rucka. He served as a fill-in penciller for the fifth issue ofSalvation Run and drew the entire six-issueTerror Titans miniseries written bySean McKeever. Bennett's work can now be seen in the pages ofTeen Titans where he took over the drawing board from fellow BrazilianEddy Barrows, beginning with issue #71.
In June 2018 he and writerAl Ewing started the seriesThe Immortal Hulk.The Immortal Hulk was a nominee for the 2019Eisner 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 forChuck Dixon'sAlphacore #1 forRippaverse Comics.
Bennett caused controversy with an issue ofThe Immortal Hulk that depicted what was interpreted asantisemitic imagery.[3] A 2018 political cartoon resurfaced in which the then-Brazilian presidential candidateJair Bolsonaro is allegorically depicted as an “Independence Dragoon” (a member of a historical Brazilian military unit) fighting political opponents (including former presidentsLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva,Dilma Rousseff andMichel 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]
Comics work (interior pencil art) includes:
| Preceded by | The Amazing Spider-Man artist 1997–1998 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Birds of Prey artist 2005–2006 | Succeeded by Paulo Siqueira |
| Preceded by Jesus Saiz | Checkmate artist 2007–2008 | Succeeded by Manuel Garcia |
| Preceded by | Robin artist 2009— | Succeeded by |