Marguerite Bennett

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{{Short description|American comic book writer}}

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Marguerite Bennett (born 1988) is an American comic book writer. She has worked on Bombshells, Angela, Josie and the Pussycats, and her creator-owned books InSeXts and Animosity. Her work has been recognized for her depiction of female relationships,{{cite web|last=Peters|first=Mark|url=https://www.salon.com/2017/03/04/batwoman-and-midnighter-dcs-two-badass-batman-ish-gay-characters-you-should-be-reading/|title=Batwoman and Midnighter: DC's two badass, Batman-ish, gay characters you should be reading|website=Salon.com|date=March 4, 2017|access-date=May 7, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240329210317/https://www.salon.com/2017/03/04/batwoman-and-midnighter-dcs-two-badass-batman-ish-gay-characters-you-should-be-reading/|archive-date=March 29, 2024|url-status=live}} and her representation of LGBTQ stories and characters earned nominations for a GLAAD Media Award in 2016. She has been publicly criticized for her writing style as being that to akin the quality of a high school student, which tainted which her {{Cite web | title = Growing bi representation GLAAD Media Award nominations | author = | work = GLAAD | date = January 27, 2016 | access-date = August 7, 2017 | url = https://glaad.org/blog/growing-bi-representation-honored-glaad-media-award-nominations | language = | quote = |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331225118/https://glaad.org/blog/growing-bi-representation-honored-glaad-media-award-nominations |archive-date=March 31, 2023 |url-status=live}} and 2017.{{Cite web | title = 28th GLAAD Media Awards: Complete List of Winners | last = Knapp | first = JD | work = Variety | date = May 6, 2017 | access-date = August 7, 2017 | url = https://variety.com/2017/film/news/glaad-media-awards-winners-list-1202410699/ | quote = |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250413180957/https://variety.com/2017/film/news/glaad-media-awards-winners-list-1202410699/ |archive-date=April 13, 2025 |url-status=dead}} She is one of the head writers for Ark: The Animated Series.{{Cite web |last=Alex |first=L'Wren |date=March 22, 2024 |title='Ark: The Animated Series' Drops on Paramount+ |url=https://www.awn.com/news/ark-animated-series-drops-paramount |access-date=January 18, 2025 |website=Animation World Network |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241111022056/https://www.awn.com/news/ark-animated-series-drops-paramount |archive-date=November 11, 2024 |url-status=live}}

Biography

Marguerite Bennett was born October 21, 1988, in Virginia,{{Cite web | title = Batman Annual #2 Writer: From Graduation to Gotham City | author = Vaneta Rogers | work = Newsarama | date = June 24, 2013 | access-date = August 7, 2017 | url = https://www.newsarama.com/18181-batman-annual-2-writer-from-graduation-to-gotham-city.html | quote = |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612135924/https://www.newsarama.com/18181-batman-annual-2-writer-from-graduation-to-gotham-city.html |archive-date=June 12, 2018 |url-status=dead}} and graduated Maggie L. Walker Governor's School in 2006,{{Cite web | title = Q&A: Marguerite Bennett | author = Chad Anderson | work = Richmond Magazine | date = January 18, 2017 | access-date = August 7, 2017 | url = http://richmondmagazine.com/arts-entertainment/q-a-marguerite-bennett/ | quote = |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250423053557/https://richmondmagazine.com/arts-entertainment/q-a-marguerite-bennett/ |archive-date=April 23, 2025 |url-status=live }} the University of Mary Washington in 2010, and Sarah Lawrence College, completing a two-year MFA writing program, where her work included working on prose, including children's literature and horror{{Cite web | title = Marguerite Bennett Gets Villainous With "Batman" & "Lobo" | author = Kiel Phegley | work = CBR | date = August 6, 2013 | access-date = August 7, 2017 | url = http://www.cbr.com/marguerite-bennett-gets-villainous-with-batman-lobo/ | quote = |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250427102247/https://www.cbr.com/marguerite-bennett-gets-villainous-with-batman-lobo/ |archive-date=April 27, 2025 |url-status=live}} and left with a "couple of finished novels and a collection of short stories".

Her first exposure to comics was through Batman: The Animated Series which she saw in daycare, aged around 6, and recalls it had a 1930s feel with Batman looking like a villain who "had been a bad guy and so was now catching other bad guys in order to be a good guy again" and for her, Catwoman, Harley Quinn, and Poison Ivy were her "favorite heroines."{{Cite web | title = Marguerite Bennett: Newest Female Writer on Batman | author = | work = Dark Knight News | date = May 13, 2013 | access-date = August 7, 2017 | url = http://darkknightnews.com/2013/05/07/marguerite-bennett-newest-writer-on-batman/ | quote = |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250427102243/http://darkknightnews.com/2013/05/07/marguerite-bennett-newest-writer-on-batman/ |archive-date=April 27, 2025 |url-status=live }}{{cite web|last=Steiner|first=Chelsea|url=https://afterellen.com/writer-marguerite-bennett-queering-dc-comics-bombshells/|title=Out writer Marguerite Bennett on queering "DC Comics Bombshells"|website=AfterEllen|date=July 27, 2016|access-date=May 7, 2025|archive-url=https://archive.today/20250507194729/https://afterellen.com/writer-marguerite-bennett-queering-dc-comics-bombshells/|archive-date=May 7, 2025|url-status=live}}

As she grew up, she also drew on characters' depictions in video games and books she obtained through relatives and others and continued to dip in and out of comics while juggling academic study and other commitments as she grew up and moved into college. Bennett states she developed a deep appreciation from an early age of how text and art work together in comics and how they enable storytelling to take risks and developed powerful stories which leave "lasting impressions on readers".

She has stated that Batwoman is her favorite DC character, Quasimodo is her favorite literary character, Belle is her favorite Disney character, and The Fall is her favorite movie.{{Cite web | title = The Mary Sue Exclusive: Marguerite Bennett Interview & Batgirl #25 Cover Reveal | last=Pantozzi |first=Jill | work = The Mary Sue | date = August 8, 2013 | access-date = August 7, 2017 | url = https://www.themarysue.com/marguerite-bennett-interview/ | quote = |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250115000924/https://www.themarysue.com/marguerite-bennett-interview/ |archive-date=January 15, 2025 |url-status=live}}

Career

While at Sarah Lawrence College, she took Scott Snyder's graphic novel writing course during her second semester in 2013. This led to her debut in comics, after being approached by Snyder to ask if she wanted to work with him on a Batman Annual. After completing this, while finishing her MFA and working two jobs, she continued to work with DC and wrote single issue stories for Lobo, Batgirl and Talon in 2013 and 2014. This led to being part of the writing team for the 26-issue weekly Earth 2: World's End, starting at the end of 2014, with Daniel H. Wilson and Mike Johnson, with art by Ardian Syaf, Danny Miki, and Jorge Jimenez.{{Cite web | title = Exclusive: DC Comics Unveils Earth 2: World's End Weekly Series |last=Casey |first=Dan | work = Nerdist | date = April 17, 2014 | access-date = August 7, 2017 | url = http://nerdist.com/exclusive-dc-comics-unevils-earth-2-worlds-end-weekly-series/ | quote = |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180621105316/https://nerdist.com/exclusive-dc-comics-unevils-earth-2-worlds-end-weekly-series/ |archive-date=June 21, 2018 |url-status=live}}

At Marvel Comics, Bennett completed single stories in the Amazing X-Men Annual, the Death of Wolverine series, and Nightcrawler. Her first ongoing series was Angela: Asgard's Assassin in 2015,{{Cite web | title = SDCC Exclusive: Gillen & Bennett Balance Bloody Debts in "Angela: Asgard's Assassin" | author = Dave Richards | work = CBR | date = July 25, 2014 | access-date = August 7, 2017 | url = http://www.cbr.com/sdcc-exclusive-gillen-bennett-balance-bloody-debts-in-angela-asgards-assassin/ | quote = |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250427102254/https://www.cbr.com/sdcc-exclusive-gillen-bennett-balance-bloody-debts-in-angela-asgards-assassin/ |archive-date=April 27, 2025 |url-status=live}} followed by two limited series starring the same character, one of which was in the 1602 Universe as part of the "Secret Wars" storyline. Also tying in with that story, Bennett wrote the five-issue limited series Years of Future Past with artist Mike Norton.

Bennett worked with writer G. Willow Wilson and artist Jorge Molina to launch A-Force in 2015, featuring Marvel's first all-female team of Avengers.{{Cite web | title = MARVEL Announces All-Female Avengers Team – A-FORCE | author = Chris Arrant | work = Newsarama | date = February 6, 2015 | access-date = August 7, 2017 | url = https://www.newsarama.com/23459-marvel-announces-all-female-avengers-team-a-force.html | quote = |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150306221807/https://www.newsarama.com/23459-marvel-announces-all-female-avengers-team-a-force.html |archive-date=March 6, 2015 |url-status=dead}} Bennett said there was no validation or event as to how the women were in charge, but that "they were the best fit for these roles and demands of their world".{{Cite web | title = Bennett Assembles Battleworld's Mightiest Heroes in "A-Force" | author = Dave Richards | work = CBR | date = February 20, 2015 | access-date = August 7, 2017 | url = http://www.cbr.com/bennett-assembles-battleworlds-mightiest-heroes-in-a-force/ | quote = |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241206164952/https://www.cbr.com/bennett-assembles-battleworlds-mightiest-heroes-in-a-force/ |archive-date=December 6, 2024 |url-status=live}}

Back at DC, Bennett was a vocal fan of the DC Bombshells character designs – and following the positive reaction to the 2014 variant covers used across DC titles, she was approached by editor Jim Chadwick about the possibility of making a comic.{{Cite web | title = Bringing the Bombshells to Life: An Interview with Marguerite Bennett | author = Tim Beedle | work = DC | date = August 13, 2015 | access-date = August 7, 2017 | url = http://www.dccomics.com/blog/2015/08/13/bringing-the-bombshells-to-life-an-interview-with-marguerite-bennett | quote = |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250219181228/https://www.dc.com/blog/2015/08/13/bringing-the-bombshells-to-life-an-interview-with-marguerite-bennett |archive-date=February 19, 2025 |url-status=live}} The resulting series, DC Comics Bombshells, is set in an alternate history around World War II. Bennett explored traditional genres and mediums of the 1940s such as radio shows and propaganda films to provide a realistic history for the Bombshells franchise.{{Cite web | title = Marguerite Bennett talks DC Bombshells at SDCC16 | author = | work = YouTube | date = July 22, 2016 | access-date = August 7, 2017 | url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hG71JpseU8 | quote = |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170309193322/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hG71JpseU8 |archive-date=March 9, 2017 |url-status=live}} Key to the characters is that none of the women are derived from a male version or counterpart and states that she wanted a cast representing the experiences of all women – "queer characters, women of color, women of different faiths, women of different nations, women of all ages and from all places in life"{{Cite web | title = DC Comics' 'Bombshells' Is A Blast From The Past But With Queer Characters | author = Aaron Barksdale | work = HuffPost | date = August 20, 2015 | access-date = August 7, 2017 | url = http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/dc-bombshells-queer-superhero_us_55d35c10e4b055a6dab18890 | quote = |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240708165403/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/dc-bombshells-queer-superhero_n_55d35c10e4b055a6dab18890 |archive-date=July 8, 2024 |url-status=live}} – but without overt or tokenistic labelling. Acknowledging the importance of these aspects, she explains that "We were able to complete this whole new world that wasn't just one thing because no woman is just one thing. So they each got to have a distinct voice, a distinct personality".

The run has been noted for its female core cast, but also the portrayal of LGBTQ characters and depicting of the nuances of female friendship, family and relationships,{{Cite web | title = DC Comics Bombshells Getting A New Ongoing Series | last=Lovett |first=Jamie | work = ComicBook | date = May 22, 2017 | access-date = August 7, 2017 | url = http://comicbook.com/dc/2017/05/22/dc-comics-bombshells-relaunch/ | language =en | quote = |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250427102343/https://comicbook.com/dc/news/dc-comics-bombshells-relaunch/ |archive-date=April 27, 2025 |url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Ayres|first=Andrea|url=https://www.comicsbeat.com/exclusive-marguerite-bennett-says-good-bye-to-bombshells/|title=Exclusive Interview: Marguerite Bennett Says Goodbye to Bombshells|website=ComicsBeat|date=June 13, 2018|access-date=May 7, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241011141728/https://www.comicsbeat.com/exclusive-marguerite-bennett-says-good-bye-to-bombshells/ |archive-date=October 11, 2024 |url-status=live}} rather than stereotypes. She reflects on this, saying "If you write stories that tell folks that queer people can live without shame, they just might grow up believing it".{{Cite web | title = Bombshells and Batwomen: An interview with Marguerite Bennett | last = Silverman | first = Riley | work = Syfy | date = June 15, 2017 | access-date = August 7, 2017 | url = http://www.syfy.com/syfywire/bombshells-and-batwomen-interview-marguerite-bennett | quote = |url-status=dead}} Bombshells will run for 100 "digital first" installments, and be followed by a sequel series in fall 2017, Bombshells United, focusing on the same core cast in an alternative World War II history.{{Cite web | title = DC Comics: Bombshells Returns with New Series, Bombshells United | author = | work = CBR | date = June 12, 2017| access-date = August 21, 2017 | url = http://www.cbr.com/dc-comics-bombshells-united/ | quote = |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250427102459/https://www.cbr.com/dc-comics-bombshells-united/ |archive-date=April 27, 2025 |url-status=live}}

In addition to her work on the character in Bombshells, Bennett wrote the Batwoman character in Detective Comics issues 948 and 949 in 2017 as part of the DC Rebirth relaunch, co-writing with James Tynion IV with art by Steve Epting, followed by a regular Batwoman series. She describes working on the character as a "literal dream come true",{{Cite web | title = Interview: Marguerite Bennett Explores Batwoman's Lost Years in New Solo Series |last=Ching |first=Albert | work = CBR | date = October 21, 2016 | access-date = August 7, 2017 | url = http://www.cbr.com/interview-marguerite-bennett-explores-batwomans-lost-years-in-new-solo-series/ | quote = |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250415130631/https://www.cbr.com/interview-marguerite-bennett-explores-batwomans-lost-years-in-new-solo-series/ |archive-date=April 15, 2025 |url-status=live}} describing her as her favourite heroine.

As well as the ongoing Bombshells and Batwoman, Bennett has written one-shot stories of female characters in the DC universe, including Lois Lane – a character she finds has great "audacity in the face of danger"{{Cite web | title = Exclusive Interview: Marguerite Bennett on Lois Lane One-Shot & Joker's Daughter One-Shot | author = Tony Guerrero | work = Comic Vine |publisher=Gamespot | date = November 8, 2013 | access-date = August 7, 2017 | url = https://comicvine.gamespot.com/articles/exclusive-interview-marguerite-bennett-on-lois-lan/1100-147543/ | quote = |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231207200703/https://comicvine.gamespot.com/articles/exclusive-interview-marguerite-bennett-on-lois-lan/1100-147543/ |archive-date=December 7, 2023 |url-status=live}} – and a new version of the Joker's Daughter.

Outside of Marvel and DC, Bennett has worked on some well-known characters with other publishers. For Dynamite Comics' 2015 "Sword of Sorrow" event, Bennett wrote a three-issue series featuring Red Sonja and Jungle Girl.{{Cite web | title = Dynamite Announces Sword of Sorrows Event Crossover with Red Sonja, Vampirella & More | author = | work = Newsarama | date = February 15, 2015 | access-date = August 7, 2017 | url = https://www.newsarama.com/23552-dynamite-announces-sword-of-sorrows-event-crossover-with-red-sonja-vampirella-more.html | quote = |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150219011007/https://www.newsarama.com/23552-dynamite-announces-sword-of-sorrows-event-crossover-with-red-sonja-vampirella-more.html |archive-date=February 19, 2015 |url-status=live}} She then wrote the first six-issue arc of Red Sonja in 2016,{{Cite web | title = Interview: Gail Simone Guides 'Blockbuster Update' of Red Sonja, Vampirella and Dejah Thoris |last=Ching |first=Albert | work = CBR | date = November 25, 2015 | access-date = August 7, 2017 | url = http://www.cbr.com/interview-gail-simone-guides-blockbuster-update-of-red-sonja-vampirella-and-dejah-thoris/ | quote = |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220911165223/https://www.cbr.com/interview-gail-simone-guides-blockbuster-update-of-red-sonja-vampirella-and-dejah-thoris/ |archive-date=September 11, 2022 |url-status=live}} entitled "The Falcon Throne". As part of Archie Comics' New Riverdale relaunch, she wrote the second volume of Josie and the Pussycats with Cameron DeOrdio with artist Audrey Mok. Bennett admires how all versions of those character emphasise their friendship as the "foundation of their journey, music, and story".{{Cite web | title = Josie And The Pussycats Are Back — And They're More Real Than Ever | last = Bell | first = Crystal | work = MTV News | date = September 27, 2016 | access-date = August 7, 2017 | url = http://www.mtv.com/news/2936779/josie-and-the-pussycats-archie-comics-reboot-interview/ | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160928162440/http://www.mtv.com/news/2936779/josie-and-the-pussycats-archie-comics-reboot-interview/ | url-status = dead | archive-date = September 28, 2016 | quote = }} Following the events in BOOM's Shattered Grid Event in the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers comic, Bennett will be taking over, starting a new series called "Beyond the Grid" featuring a team up of Rangers from different franchises.{{Cite web|url=http://comicbook.com/powerrangers/2018/06/15/power-rangers-new-team-beyond-the-grid/|title=New 'Mighty Morphin Power Rangers' Team Revealed|website=ComicBook|date=June 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250130103810/https://comicbook.com/power-rangers/news/power-rangers-new-team-beyond-the-grid/ |archive-date=January 30, 2025 |url-status=live}}

In 2024, Bennett served as one of the head writers for Ark: The Animated Series{{Cite web |last=Bennett |first=Tara |date=April 5, 2024 |title=Toon In: Animated TV Highlights for April, from ARK: The Animated Series to Knuckles |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/tv/animation/animated-series-news-april-2024-ark-the-animated-series-fright-krewe-kaiju-no-8-knuckles-sonic |access-date=January 18, 2025 |website=Paste Magazine |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250210000633/https://www.pastemagazine.com/tv/animation/animated-series-news-april-2024-ark-the-animated-series-fright-krewe-kaiju-no-8-knuckles-sonic |archive-date=February 10, 2025 |url-status=live}} and the writer for Top Cow's Witchblade relaunch.{{Cite web |last=Brooke |first=David |date=April 18, 2024 |title=New 'Witchblade' returns in July 2024 |url=https://aiptcomics.com/2024/04/18/new-witchblade-july-2024/ |access-date=January 18, 2025 |website=AiPT |language=en-us|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240523095008/https://aiptcomics.com/2024/04/18/new-witchblade-july-2024/ |archive-date=May 23, 2024 |url-status=live}}{{Cite web |last=Arrant |first=Chris |date=November 30, 2024 |title=Sara Pezzini returns as Witchblade in new series by Marguerite Bennett & Ariela Kristantina |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/sara-pezzini-returns-as-witchblade-in-new-series-by-marguerite-bennett-and-ariela-kristantina/ |access-date=January 18, 2025 |website=GamesRadar |language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250219221406/https://www.gamesradar.com/sara-pezzini-returns-as-witchblade-in-new-series-by-marguerite-bennett-and-ariela-kristantina/ |archive-date=February 19, 2025 |url-status=live}} Prior to the release of Ark: The Animated Series, Bennett described herself as the lead writer of the series, shared the musical sequence for characters Helena Walker and Victoria, said that she is heartened by "queer stories of love, conviction, and survival that persist beyond space and time" and said that the project had been her "rock in hard times."{{Cite tweet |last=Bennett |first=Marguerite |user=EvilMarguerite |number=1542610564047810560 |date=June 30, 2022 |title=Our team has been working so hard to make ARK: THE ANIMATED SERIES a reality, and on this, the last day of Pride month, and as your big lesbian lead writer, I wanted to highlight the score of one of the queer relationships that forms the heart and momentum of our story — |language=en |access-date=May 7, 2025 |link=https://x.com/EvilMarguerite/status/1542610564047810560 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20221229211146/https://twitter.com/EvilMarguerite/status/1542610564047810560 |archive-date=December 29, 2022 |quote= |ref=}}

= Creator-owned work =

Bennett has also moved into creator-owned comics work. InSeXts was launched by Aftershock Comics in 2015 and saw Bennett collaborating with artist Ariela Kristantina. Building on a story she contributed to Rachel Deering's 2014 anthology In The Dark, Bennett describes it as erotic horror involving a pair of lovers, with insectoid transformations and body horror themes. It is set during Victorian times, a period she states she is preoccupied and fascinated with, albeit without a love of the period. The series is ongoing and has multiple arcs planned.{{Cite web | title = Bennett's Shape-Shifting, Victorian Horror Series "InSeXts" Also Has Kissing | author = Steve Morris | work = CBR | date = September 17, 2015 | access-date = August 7, 2017 | url = http://www.cbr.com/bennetts-shape-shifting-victorian-horror-series-insexts-also-has-kissing/ | quote = |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250427102300/https://www.cbr.com/bennetts-shape-shifting-victorian-horror-series-insexts-also-has-kissing/ |archive-date=April 27, 2025 |url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Kaplan|first=Avery|url=https://www.comicsbeat.com/queerness-in-comics-insexts/|title=Queerness in Comics: InSEXts|website=ComicsBeat|date=July 11, 2019|access-date=May 7, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241009170436/https://www.comicsbeat.com/queerness-in-comics-insexts/ |archive-date=October 9, 2024 |url-status=live}}

Bennett's second creator owned work, Animosity, launched in 2016. It explores the effects of animals gaining the intelligence of humans, centered on a young girl and a dog.{{Cite web | title = Bennett & de Latorre's "Animosity" Explores Intelligent Animals Out for Revenge |last=Couto |first=Anthony | work = CBR | date = May 17, 2016 | access-date = August 7, 2017 | url = http://www.cbr.com/bennett-de-latorres-animosity-explores-intelligent-animals-out-for-revenge/ | quote = |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250427102724/https://www.cbr.com/bennett-de-latorres-animosity-explores-intelligent-animals-out-for-revenge/ |archive-date=April 27, 2025 |url-status=live}} This ongoing features art and colour by Rafael de Latorre, Juan Doe and Rob Schwager. An associated limited series, Animosity: The Rise started in early 2017 and with art by Juan Doe.{{Cite web | title = Aftershock Announces 'Blood Blister' and 'Animosity: The Rise' | author = Ellie Collins | work = ComicsAlliance | date = October 10, 2016 | access-date = August 7, 2017 | url = http://comicsalliance.com/aftershock-blood-blister-animosity-the-rise-nycc-2016/ | quote = |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250427102253/https://comicsalliance.com/aftershock-blood-blister-animosity-the-rise-nycc-2016/ |archive-date=April 27, 2025 |url-status=live}} A companion series, Animosity: Evolution launched in October 2017 with art by Eric Gapstur.{{Cite web | title = Marguerite Bennett Talks About Her Second Ongoing Animosity Series From AfterShock Comics – Animosity: Evolution |last=Johnson |first=Rich | work = Bleeding Cool | date = July 11, 2017 | access-date = August 7, 2017 | url = https://www.bleedingcool.com/2017/07/11/marguerite-bennett-second-ongoing-animosity-aftershock-comics-evolution/ | quote = |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250427102356/https://bleedingcool.com/comics/marguerite-bennett-second-ongoing-animosity-aftershock-comics-evolution/ |archive-date=April 27, 2025 |url-status=live}}

Personal life

Bennett came out as queer in June 2016, calling herself a "queer comic writer" on social media,{{Cite tweet |last=Bennett |first=Marguerite |user=EvilMarguerite |number=743121225019359232 |date=June 15, 2016 |title=I'm queer comic writer, failed Southern belle, and evil witch queen. High femme doesn't change that. #queerselflove |language=en |access-date=May 7, 2025 |link=https://x.com/EvilMarguerite/status/743121225019359232 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160619090747/https://twitter.com/EvilMarguerite/status/743121225019359232 |archive-date=June 19, 2016 |quote= |ref=}} and is described elsewhere as such,{{cite web|last=Kelley|first=Shamus|url=https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/power-rangers-the-road-to-queer-representation/|title=Power Rangers: The Road to Queer Representation|website=Den of Geek|date=March 11, 2022|access-date=May 7, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250317152240/https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/power-rangers-the-road-to-queer-representation/|archive-date=March 17, 2025|url-status=live|quote=Bennett, who identifies as queer, has long fought for queer characters in her work and had experienced pushback in the past}} told Richmond Magazine she "grew up queer." She also told CBR that she had known she was "queer since I was a little kid." and called herself a "big lesbian lead writer" of Ark: The Animated Series on social media, in June 2022. She currently lives in Los Angeles.

Works

= DC Comics =

= Marvel Comics =

= Aftershock Comics =

  • InSeXts #1-13, 2016–2017, with Ariela Kristantina, Bryan Valenza and Jessica Kholinne
  • Animosity #1-28, 2016–2020, with Rafael de Latorre and Rob Schwager
  • Animosity: The Rise #1–3, 2017, with Juan Doe
  • Animosity: Evolution #1-10, 2017–2019, with Eric Gapstur and Rob Schwager

= Archie Comics=

= Dynamite =

  • Swords of Sorrow: Red Sonja & Jungle Girl, #1–3, 2015, with Mirka Andolfo, Elisa Ferrari and Vincenzo Salvo
  • Red Sonja, (#1–6), 2016, with Aneke and Diego Galindo

= Emet =

  • Beauties one-shot, 2015, with Trungles

= Other publishers =

  • Into The Dark, 2013: contribution to anthology edited by Rachel Deering
  • Ghastly Tales, 2016: 3 short horror stories with art by Varga Tomi, published by A Wave Blue World
  • Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, 2018-2019: Beyond the Grid arc in issues #31-39, published by Boom! Studios
  • The Lot, 2021: #1-4 with art by Renato Guedes, published by BAD IDEA
  • M.O.M.: Mother of Madness, 2021: #1-4 co-created and co-written with Emilia Clarke with art by Leila Leiz, published by Image Comics
  • Witchblade, 2024: #1-present

References

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