What is Brian Augustyn?
[[File:Brian Augustyn by Gage Skidmore.jpg|right|200px]] '''Brian Augustyn''' (November 2, 1954 – February 1, 2022) was an American comic book editor and writer. {{fact|date=July 2022}} He was known for his works with [[DC Comics]]. During the late 1980s and early 1990s Augustyn was an editor for [[DC Comics]], where he edited ''[[Flash (comics)|The Flash]]'' and ''[[Justice League]]'' comics. As a solo writer, Augustyn has worked on such titles as DC's ''[[Batman: Gotham by Gaslight]]'' and other [[Batman]]-related comics.<ref>{{cite book|title=DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle|url=https://archive.org/details/dccomicsyearbyye0000unse|last=Manning|first=Matthew K.|publisher=Dorling Kindersley|year=2010|isbn=978-0-7566-6742-9|editor-last=Dolan, Hannah|page=[https://archive.org/details/dccomicsyearbyye0000unse/page/241 241]|chapter=1980s|quote=An 'alternate history of the Batman' was spawned in this dark prestige format one-shot by writer Brian Augustyn and artist Mike Mignola}}</ref> Augustyn died from a [[stroke]] on February 1, 2022, at the age of 67.<ref>{{cite web|title=Brian Augustyn, longtime DC editor and Batman - Gotham by Gaslight writer dies|url=https://www.gamesradar.com/brian-augustyn-longtime-dc-editor-and-batman-gotham-by-gaslight-writer-dies/|first=George|last=Marston|date=February 1, 2022|accessdate=February 1, 2022}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Augustyn, Brian}} [[Category:1954 births]] [[Category:2022 deaths]] [[Category:American comics writers]] [[Category:American editors]] [[Category:Deaths from stroke]] {{US-bio-stub}}