Brian Augustyn was an American comic book editor and writer. He was a long time collaborator of writer Mark Waid, both as an editor and co-writer. In 1989 he penned the Batman title Gotham by Gaslight, a story in which Batman tracks Jack the Ripper in Victorian Gotham, which became the prototype for DC’s Elseworlds imprint, featuring versions of their characters in alternate settings. As an editor, he worked for a number of companies and studios including DC Comics, Event Comics, Markosia Publishing, and White Cat Entertainment. As a writer he has worked with nearly every major publisher and has contributed to such titles as Gotham by Gaslight, JLA: Year One, Crimson, B.P.R.D. Dark Waters, Painkiller Jane, and X-O Manowar.
