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'''José Edilbenes Bezerra''' (born November 20, 1972), better known by his professional name '''Ed Benes''', is a Brazilian comic book artist, known for his work for [[DC Comics]], on such titles as ''[[Birds of Prey (comics)|Birds of Prey]]'', ''[[Supergirl (comic book)|Supergirl]]'', ''[[Superman]]'', and ''[[Justice League|Justice League of America]]''.
==Early life==
José Edilbenes Bezerra was born November 20, 1972, in [[Alto Santo]], a small town in the [[Brazil]]ian state of [[Ceará]], in the northeast region of the country. He has lived in [[Limoeiro do Norte]], a medium town also in Ceará state, since he was 14 years old. He began drawing on his own in 1989, referencing the artwork from his brother's comic books. He also took a correspondence art course, though he did not finish it.<ref name=OfficialBio>{{cite web |url=http://edbenesart.com/bio.html |title=Biography |website=edbenesart.com |
==Career==
Benes' got his first professional work in 1993, after he mailed out sample art, and was discovered by [[Neal Adams]], who gave him the job of illustrating ''Samuree'' for [[Continuity Comics]] in 1993.<ref name=OfficialBio/> In the 1990s Benes began to work for [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] where he did art for multiple comic book titles, including a [[Genis-Vell|Captain Marvel]] six-part miniseries.
He later moved to [[DC Comics]], where continued penciling more work for titles such as ''[[Gen¹³|Gen<sup>13</sup>]]'', ''[[Birds of Prey (comics)|Birds of Prey]]'', ''[[Supergirl (Linda Danvers)|Supergirl]]'' (vol. 3), and ''[[Superman (vol. 2)|Superman]]'' (vol. 2). In 2006 Benes was assigned to provide art to for writer [[Brad Meltzer]]'s run on ''[[Justice League|Justice League of America]]'' series,<ref>{{cite book|last=Cowsill|first= Alan|last2=Dolan|first2=Hannah, ed.|chapter= 2000s|title = DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle|publisher=[[Dorling Kindersley]] |year=2010 |isbn= 978-0-7566-6742-9 |page= 326 |quote = After the success of ''Identity Crisis'', best-selling novelist Brad Meltzer was given the job of relaunching the Justice League of America in the title's second series. With Ed Benes providing the pencils, Meltzer stripped the Justice League back to basics.}}</ref> which he drew until 2009. He subsequently contributed to ''[[Batman (comic book)|Batman]]'' and ''[[Birds of Prey (comics)|Birds of Prey]]'' (vol. 2) titles, and ''[[Steel (John Henry Irons)|Steel]]''.
In 2018, Benes released the first comic he also wrote along with penciling, ''Nina & Ariel''. Financed through [[crowdfunding]], the title takes an [[adult comics]] approach inspired by ''[[Fire and Ice (1983 film)|Fire and Ice]]'', where two female warriors try to survive in a post-apocalyptic world.<ref>[http://www.comicsforsinners.com/nina-ariel-an-original-ed-benes-story-nsfw/ Nina & Ariel: An original Ed Benes story (NSFW)]</ref><ref>[http://impulsohq.com/quadrinhos/resenha-hqb-nina-e-ariel/ Nina & Ariel Review] {{in lang|pt}}</ref>
===Studio and teaching===
Ed Benes began the Ed Benes Studio for aspiring comic book artists, which currently offers several courses on illustration and techniques in sequential storytelling, and hosts lectures and workshops.
==Bibliography==
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===DC===
*''[[Action Comics]]'' #836 (among other artists), Annual #13 (2006–10)
*''[[Artemis (DC Comics)|Artemis]]: Requiem'', miniseries, #1-6 (1996)
*''[[Batgirl]]'', vol. 4 #0, 13 (2012)
*''[[Batman (comic book)|Batman]]'' #687 (2009)
*''[[Batman: The Dark Knight]]'', vol. 2, #8 (2012)
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*''[[Detective Comics]]'', vol. 2, #10 (2012)
*''[[The Flash (comic book)|Flash]]'', vol. 2, Annual #7 (1994)
*''[[Gen 13]]'' #45-50, 52,
*''[[Green Lantern (comic book)|Green Lantern]]'', vol. 4, #49 (2010)
*''Green Lanterns'' #8 (2016)
*''[[Hal Jordan]] and the [[Green Lantern Corps]]'' #10 (2016)
*''[[Gunfire (comics)|Gunfire]]'' #0,
*''[[Justice League of America]]'', vol. 2, #0-7, 9-10, 12,
*''[[Justice League Task Force (comics)|Justice League Task Force]]'' #24 (1995)
*''[[Red Lantern Corps#The New 52
*''[[Steel (John Henry Irons)|Steel]]'' #1 (one-shot) (2011)
*''[[Supergirl (Linda Danvers)|Supergirl]]'', vol. 3, #75-80 (2002–03)
*''[[Supergirl (Kara Zor-El)|Supergirl]]'', vol. 4, #6 (2006)
*''[[Superman (comic book)|Superman]]'' #649 (among other artists) (2006)
*''[[Superman (vol. 2)|Superman]]'', vol. 2, #217-219,
*''Superman'', vol. 3, #27 #29-31 (2014)
*''Superman'', vol. 4, #15 (among other artists, 2016)
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===Marvel===
*''[[Captain America (comic book)|Captain America]]'', vol. 2, #12 (along with [[Joe Bennett (artist)|Joe Bennett]]) (1997)
*''[[Genis-Vell|Captain Marvel]]'', miniseries, #1-4, 6 (1995–96)
*''[[Gladiator (Kallark)|Gladiator]]/[[Supreme (comics)|Supreme]]'' (along with Carlos Mota) (1997)
*''[[Iron Man]]'', vol. 2, #12 (among other artists) (1997)
*''[[Silver Surfer]]'', vol.
*''[[Uncanny X-Men]]'' #351 (1998)
*''[[What If (comics)|What If?]]'', vol. 2, ([[
===Other publishers===
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==Notes==
{{Reflist}}
*{{gcdb|type=credit|search=Ed+Benes|title=Ed Benes}}▼
==External links==
{{commons category}}
▲*{{gcdb|type=credit|search=Ed+Benes|title=Ed Benes}}
*{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130627162025/http://edbenesart.com |date=June 27, 2013 |title=official website }}▼
*{{official|url=http://www.studioedbenes.com/}}
▲*{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130627162025/http://edbenesart.com |date=June 27, 2013 |title=
*{{comicbookdb|type=creator|id=1000|title=Ed Benes}}
*{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111105135631/http://edbenes.deviantart.com/ |date=November 5, 2011 |title=Ed Benes on deviantART }}
*{{instagram|ed_benes}}
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{{succession box | title=''[[Supergirl (comic book)|Supergirl]]'' artist| before=[[Leonard Kirk]]| after=[[Ian Churchill]]| years=2002–2003}}
{{succession box | title=''[[Birds of Prey (comics)|Birds of Prey]]'' artist| before=[[Casey Jones (comics)|Casey Jones]]| after=[[Joe Bennett (penciller)|Joe Bennett]]| years=2003–2005}}
{{succession box | title=''[[Superman (comic book)|Superman]]'' artist| before=[[Jim Lee]]| after=[[Carlos Pacheco]]| years=2005–2006}}
{{succession box | title=''[[Justice League of America]]'' artist| before=none | after=[[Mark Bagley]] | years=2006–2009}}
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Brazilian comics artists]]
[[Category:People from Limoeiro do Norte]]
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