- be Jonathan Hickman, the architect of comic book multiverses
- born in South Carolina, USA, not on Krypton or some cosmic realm
- early career in advertising and graphic design, because even heroes need origin stories
- jumps into comics, first creator-owned series “The Nightly News” lands like a critical hit
- wins 2008 Russ Manning Most Promising Newcomer Award, industry’s way of saying “Welcome to the X-Men, Hickman, hope you survive the experience”
- joins Marvel, starts plotting the fate of the Fantastic Four
- introduces “Solve Everything,” a FF storyline so heady it might as well come with college credits
- pens “Secret Warriors,” because who doesn’t want to see Nick Fury as a full-time chessmaster?
- orchestrates “Infinity,” where Thanos is the threat but Hickman’s storytelling is the real killer
- drops “Avengers” and “New Avengers,” makes fans question the nature of heroism and morality
- dives deep into Marvel mythos with “Secret Wars,” basically the Infinity Gauntlet of reboots
- exits Marvel, heads over to Image Comics, because sometimes you’ve got to be your own hero
- launches “East of West,” a series so dense it practically has its own gravitational pull
- also drops “The Black Monday Murders,” blending finance and occult like it’s 1929
- returns to Marvel with “House of X” and “Powers of X,” changes X-Men lore like a software update
- introduces the Krakoan era, making mutants the new global superpower—take that, homo sapiens
- creates “Dawn of X,” a line-wide relaunch, because why stop at just rearranging the furniture?
- crafts intricate timelines and flowcharts, making fans wonder if he’s a writer or a time-traveling historian
- gets praise and scrutiny for dense storytelling, but nobody’s saying it’s a simple read
- mfw Hickman isn’t just a comic writer, he’s a genre unto himself
- still Hickman, still redefining what it means to be a comic book auteur, still the guy your favorite writer is probably reading, still causing fan theories to multiply like Gremlins, still the master of comic book chess while others are playing checkers—brace yourself, anon, we’re just getting started
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