Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Eisner Award winner, J. M. DeMatteis was a professional musician and rock music journalist, before launching a long career writing novels, television, film and, of course, comic books. DeMatteis—who began his comics career at DC, co-creatingCreature Commandos, the inspiration for James Gunn’s current HBO series—has written a variety of memorable projects, from the epic drama ofSpider-Man: Kraven’s Last Hunt to the comedy-adventure of Justice League International; the autobiographical Brooklyn Dreams to the surreal space-fantasy of Moonshadow. His television and film work has included episodes of The Twilight Zone, Justice League Unlimited, and Batman: Caped Crusader and the animated movies Batman vs. Robin, Superman: Red Son, and Constantine: City of Demons. Recent projects include Marvel’s Spider-Man: Shadow of the Green Goblin andSpider-Man‘94...the novels The Excavator, The Witness, and the upcoming Dark Future...and the Spellbound Comics/DeMultiverse titles: Layla in the Lands of After, Wisdom, Godsend, and Anyman.