{"product_id":"fortune-and-glory-the-musical-9781506737195","title":"Fortune and Glory: The Musical","description":"\u003cb\u003eA comedic life lesson about how to break a leg on Broadway--literally--by Brian Michael Bendis, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling, award-winning co-creator of Miles Morales, Naomi, Jessica Jones, and \u003ci\u003ePOWERS.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the midst of the unprecedented success of Brian Michael Bendis's character-defining run writing \u003ci\u003eUltimate Spider-Man, \u003c\/i\u003eand the box office record-breaking \u003ci\u003eSpider-Man\u003c\/i\u003e films, the writer received a phone call that no one could have predicted. Spidey was going to Broadway, and Bendis was being tapped to collaborate with rock royalty to help the webslinger \"find his voice\" on stage. Could he overcome his own ignorance about musicals, or would he exit stage left before production began? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBrian Michael Bendis, cartoonist Bill Walko, colorist Wes Dzioba, and letterer Josh Reed, come together to tackle the stranger-than-fiction events behind the curtain of the pre-production of \u003ci\u003eSpider-Man: Turn Off the Dark.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is the second book in his celebrated and award-winning autobiographical tell-all graphic novels that proves there really is \"no business like show business\" (thank god!).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrian Michael Bendis\u003c\/b\u003e is an American comic book writer and artist. He has won five Eisner Awards for both his creator-owned work and his work on various Marvel Comics books. Starting with crime and noir comics, Bendis eventually moved to mainstream superhero work. With Bill Jemas and Mark Millar, Bendis was the primary architect of the Ultimate Marvel Universe, launching \u003ci\u003eUltimate Spider-Man\u003c\/i\u003e in 2000. He relaunched the Avengers franchise with \u003ci\u003eNew Avengers\u003c\/i\u003e in 2004, and has also written the Marvel \"event\" storylines \"Secret War\" (2004-2005), \"House of M\" (2005), \"Secret Invasion\" (2008), \"Siege\" (2010) and \"Age of Ultron\" (2013). In addition to writing comics, Brendis has worked in television, video games and film. He has also taught courses on Graphic Novels at University of Oregon and Portland State University. In 2014, Bendis wrote \u003ci\u003eWords for Pictures: The Art and Business of Writing Comics and Graphic Novels, \u003c\/i\u003e a book about comics published by Random House.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dark Horse Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51185979654418,"sku":"9781506737195","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2eae7035-7723-4132-9d85-f140424d9014.jpg?v=1744599371","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/fortune-and-glory-the-musical-9781506737195","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}