Jonathan Hickman  Jonathan Hickman (born September 3, 1972) is an American comic book writer and artist. He is known for creating the Image Comics series "The Nightly News, The Manhattan Projects "and "East of West", as well as working on Marvel Comics' "Fantastic Four", "FF", and "S.H.I.E.L.D." titles. In 2012, Hickman ended his run on the Fantastic Four titles to write "The Avengers" and "The New Avengers", as part the "Marvel NOW!" relaunch. In 2013, Hickman wrote a six-part miniseries, "Infinity", plus "Avengers" tie-ins for Marvel Comics. In 2015, he wrote the crossover event "Secret Wars". Beginning in 2019, Hickman became the head of the X-Men at Marvel, ushering in a new era for the heroes with his Dawn of X initiative. Hickman was born and raised in South Carolina. He graduated from South Florence High School in Florence, South Carolina. After high school, Hickman earned a degree in Architecture. He later became interested in web development and worked in online advertising. He is the creator of "The Nightly News", published by Image Comics, and has also worked on Marvel Comics' "Legion of Monsters", on the story "N'Kantu, the Living Mummy: MustDie/EatSoul." He has designed covers for Virgin Comics, most significantly Andy Diggle's "Guy Ritchie's Gamekeeper" and Garth Ennis' "Seven Brothers". Hickman wrote "The Core" for Top Cow's "Pilot Season" in 2008. He has created other series for Image: "Pax Romana"; "Red Mass for Mars", with Ryan Bodenheim; "Transhuman", with J. M. Ringuet; and "The Red Wing". On February 12, 2008, Hickman began writing his "Concentric Circles" column for iFanboy. He collaborated with Brian Michael Bendis and editor Tom Brevoort on the "Secret Warriors" series which follows Nick Fury and a group of superpowered operatives as they undertake espionage operations in the wake of "Secret Invasion". Hickman later wrote a "S.H.I.E.L.D." limited series for Marvel. He and artist Sean Chen crafted the "Dark Reign: Fantastic Four" limited series (May–Sept. 2009). Hickman then became the writer on the main "Fantastic Four" series with issue #570 (Oct. 2009) with art by Dale Eaglesham.