# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/brian-augustyn
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:12:49.797Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/brian-augustyn"
name: "Brian Augustyn"
slug: "brian-augustyn"
description: "Brian Augustyn was an American comic book editor and writer. He often worked as editor or co-writer with writer Mark Waid, such as on The Flash in the 1990s. He wrote Gotham by Gaslight – which imagines Batman tracking Jack the Ripper – the prototype of DC's Elseworlds imprint, which featured versions of their characters in alternate settings."
tagline: "American comic book editor and writer (1954–2022)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Brian_Augustyn_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1954-11-02"
deathDate: "2022-02-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.22
  momentum:             4.930645161290322
  historical:           5.943449333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Augustyn"
    title: "Brian Augustyn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "بريان اوجوستين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A6%DB%86%DA%AF%D8%B3%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%86"
    title: "بریان ئۆگستین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Augustyn"
    title: "Brian Augustyn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Augustyn"
    title: "Brian Augustyn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Augustyn"
    title: "Brian Augustyn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Augustyn"
    title: "Brian Augustyn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q911782"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump