Brian Michael Bendis was turned down for every film job he applied to.
Brian Michael Bendis . He has won critical acclaim , including five Eisner Awards for both his creator-owned work and his work on various Marvel Comics books . With Bill Jemas and Mark Millar , Bendis was the primary architect of the Ultimate Marvel Universe , launching Ultimate Spider-Man in 2000 , on which he continues as writer . He relaunched the Avengers franchise with New Avengers 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 he has worked in television , video games and film , and began teaching writing at University of Oregon in Fall 2013 .