Benito Cereno
School
Rhodes College, University Of Kentucky
Expertise
Greco-Roman Mythology, Biblical Literature, Christmas Folklore
- Publisher's Weekly called Benito's debut graphic novel Tales from the Bully Pulpit "exceedingly smart and funny," "continually surpris[ing] readers with a succession of fanciful story ideas."
- His podcast on biblical apocrypha, Apocrypals, was given a positive write-up in The Guardian, which called it "a delight, combining erudition, irreverence and nods to Van Halen."
- Wizard Magazine called Benito's supernatural adventure comic Hector Plasm one of the best comic books published after 1991, and Comic Book Resources named his tenure on The Tick one of the best comics of 2012.
Experience
Benito is a comic book writer with publications from Image Comics, Dark Horse Comics, Dynamite Entertainment, and New England Comics. He was a long-time contributor to the Eisner Award-winning comics news and opinion site Comics Alliance, where he wrote humor pieces, comics history essays, and informative videos. His formal education is in Ancient Greek and Roman literature, giving him a solid grounding in ancient history and classical mythology, one of his favorite subjects since childhood. He is also the co-host of the popular podcasts Apocrypals, a comedy show about biblical literature, and Friends Till the End, a podcast on the Child's Play movie and TV franchise and other associated media.
Education
Benito has a bachelor's degree in Classics and English and a master's degree in Classical Languages and Literature.
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Stories By Benito Cereno
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It's possible that the best known of all the angels is the archangel Gabriel, but he only pops up twice in the Hebrew Bible and twice in the New Testament.
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If all you know about the Norse god Thor comes from Marvel, you might be surprised at some of the myths about him. Discover the real mythology of Thor.
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Raphael, the archangel of medicine and travelers, isn't as well known as Michael and Gabriel, but he has basically an entire book of the Bible.
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One angel that doesn't come up in most churches' canonical scriptures that nevertheless plays a big role in religious literature is Uriel, the fourth archangel.
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The resurrection of Lazarus--the brother of Mary and Martha of Bethany--has made the name Lazarus synonymous with a miraculous return from the dead.
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The Greek god Hermes, known to the Romans as Mercury, is almost instantly recognizable. But what does mythology actually say about Hermes?
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Probably the best-known figures of Revelation are the riders of doom known as the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. But who are these strange equestrians?
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The conception of the rapture doesn't appear in the Bible. It arose out of developments in thought during the Great Awakenings of the 18th and 19th centuries.
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Somewhere between the notoriety levels of the Mothman and the Ogua lies one of the most visually iconic creatures in all of cryptid lore: the Flatwoods Monster.
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The self-proclaimed ghost hunters (and media personalities) Ed and Lorraine Warren famously kept a museum full of haunted objects in their home's basement.
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Mary Magdalene is, after the Virgin Mary, the most-named women in the Gospels, and was very clearly the most important of Jesus' female followers.
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Here are just some of the horrible things that have led to Waverly Hills Sanatorium's reputation as a hotbed of unquiet spirits.
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James Wilkinson was a statesman and soldier who did his best to sell out America at every opportunity. This is the bizarre story of how that happened.
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While the image of Sisyphus rolling his boulder up the hill only for it to roll back down again is well known, other facets of his life remain obscure.
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For the ancient Greeks, prison wasn't used as a long-term solution for dealing with convicted criminals. What other kind of punishment could they expect?
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Atlantis is not the only sunken lost continent. Lemuria is connected to secret societies and the occult. Let's discover the lost continent of Lemuria.
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People sometimes make jokes that have turned out to be eerily prescient. Is humor clairvoyant? Here are jokes that predicted the future.
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One lesser-known monarch of the Russian Empire was a woman who is considered by her own people to have led Russia into a dark age: Anna Ivanovna.
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Arguably the most famous real-life pirate of all time was Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard. Here's the story of how he pretended to be a civilian.
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John Lynch was perhaps the most prolific serial killer in Australian history, killing as many as 10 people between the years of 1835 and 1841.
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Not all royal nicknames are flattering. A good number of monarchs are remembered for notable physical and personal traits.
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One of the creepiest and most famous unsolved murders in German history happened in 1922 on an isolated farmstead in Bavaria, known as Hinterkaifeck.
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The name "Casanova" is almost universally associated with the idea of a seductive and often untrustworthy lover. This is the crazy real-life story of Casanova.
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In the last 200 years, the reputation of Isola della Gaiola, off Italy's coast, has gone from paradise to cursed after several tragedies.
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Valentine's Day is associated with love, yet little is known about who St. Valentine was except he may have died on February 14.
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On October 14, 1912, a 36-year-old bar owner from New York City tried to assassinate Progressive Party candidate Teddy Roosevelt.
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Henry VIII is probably the most famous king of England, thanks in large part to his wives. This is the real reason Henry VIII couldn't get a divorce.