Benito Cereno (writer)

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Benito Cereno
BornJamie Groover
NationalityAmerican
Area(s)Writer
Notable works
Tales from the Bully Pulpit , Hector Plasm

Jamie Groover [1] is an American comic book writer who uses the pen name Benito Cereno. He is best known as the writer and co-creator of 2004's Tales from the Bully Pulpit and Hector Plasm. His work first appeared as strips in early issues of Robert Kirkman's comic book Invincible . These backups were illustrated by Nate Bellegarde, and included such characters as the Deep-Fried Monkey, Deep-Fried Pirate, and pseudo-autobiographical versions of the duo themselves.

Contents

Along with Bellegarde, Cereno created the supernatural investigator Hector Plasm. A compilation of short stories from both Western Tales of Terror and Invincible were re-printed in 2006 as Hector Plasm: De Mortuis. A follow-up book, Hector Plasm: Totentanz, was published in 2009 and has the theme of Halloween celebrations around the world.

He is the current writer of the New England Comics Press ongoing bi-monthly The Tick New Series with artist Les McClaine. This is the first ongoing series featuring The Tick since Ben Edlund's departure from his creation.

Bibliography

(2009) - The Tick New Series
(2009) - Hector Plasm: Totentanz
(2009) - Invincible Presents: Atom Eve and Rex Splode
(2009) - The Adventures of Dr. McNinja Volume 3: Operation Dracula! From Outer Space ("Beeman in: 'A Death in the Family'")
(2008) - The Adventures of Dr. McNinja Volume 2: Surgical Strike ("Black Ninja White Ninja")
(2007) - The Tick's 20th Anniversary Special Edition ("King Arthur of Mars")
(2007) - Invincible Presents: Atom Eve
(2007) - Popgun vol 1 ("Hector Plasm in: Palamon's Conundrum")
(2006) - 24Seven ("None of Them Knew They Were Robots")
(2006) - Hector Plasm: De Mortuis
(2006) - Battle Pope (color) TPB vol 1 (introduction)
(2006) - SuperPatriot: War on Terror #3 (script assist)
(2005) - Image Comics Holiday Special 2005 ("Opening Presents with Benito and Nate!")
(2005) - Western Tales of Terror #2 ("Hector Plasm in: Skull Creek Reservation")
(2004) - Western Tales of Terror #1 ("Hector Plasm in: Ghost Town")
(2004) - Tales from the Bully Pulpit
(2003) - Invincible backups (#s 3, 5-20)

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References

  1. As stated in the letters column for Invincible #3; Image Comics, March 26 2003