American comics artist
Kieron Dwyer
(born March 6, 1967) is an
American
comics artist
. He is best known for his work for
Marvel Comics
and
DC Comics
as well as for his creator-owned projects.
Biography
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During his career, Dwyer has worked on such comic book titles as
Captain America
(1987?1990),
Danger Unlimited
(on the "
Torch of Liberty
" story) (1994),
Action Comics
(1995?1996),
The Avengers
vol. 3 (2001?2003), and his creator-owned series,
LCD: Lowest Comic Denominator
.
Dwyer's first published comics work was the story "The Ghost of Masahiko Tahara" in
Batman
#413 (Nov. 1987)
[1]
and he was soon offered the pencilling duties on the monthly Captain America title at Marvel, which he drew for nearly two years during the storyline when
John Walker
(formerly
Super-patriot
) was given the mantle of Captain America while
Steve Rogers
took on the costume and identity of "The Captain." With Steve Rogers reinstated as the official Captain America in issue 350, Dwyer continued pencilling the title through "The Bloodstone Hunt" storyarc as well as the "Acts of Vengeance" crossover issues. Following his run on Captain America, Dwyer collaborated with writer
Peter Milligan
on the "Dark Knight, Dark City" storyarc in
Batman
#452?454 (Aug.?Sept. 1990).
[2]
Dwyer was one of the many artists who contributed to the
Superman: The Wedding Album
one-shot in 1996 wherein the title character married
Lois Lane
.
[3]
Starbucks
sued Dwyer in 2000 for parodying their famous siren logo on the first cover of
LCD
, as well as selling the image on T-shirts and stickers. With assistance from the
Comic Book Legal Defense Fund
,
[4]
the two parties
settled the case
out of court. The settlement established that the image was protected speech, citing the "parody" exception in Constitutional law; however, Dwyer is no longer allowed to use the image for financial gain because of its "confusing similarity" to the original material.
LCD: Lowest Comic Denominator
had two "
ashcan
" editions, #1 (1997) and #2 (1998), before coming out with full comic versions starting in 1999 later with #0 (a second printing was later issued with pieces removed due to the Starbucks legal action), 1, 2, and 3. A trade paperback collection of all 4 issues is being published by Image Comics, available July 2020.
Dwyer has collaborated with
Rick Remender
on a number of titles, including
XXXombies
(the first in a planned line of horror comics
Crawl Space
),
[5]
Sea of Red
[6]
and
Night Mary
.
[7]
As of July 2020, Dwyer has three new books published by Image Comics:
Unpresidented
, a collection of Dwyer's political cartoons (currently available);
Last of the Independents
, a hardcover reprint of the original graphic novel written by
Matt Fraction
(currently available); and the aforementioned
LCD: Lowest Comic Denominator
trade paperback collection (currently on hold).
Personal life
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Kieron Dwyer was born in 1967 in Chicago, Illinois. His father William M. Dwyer and mother Andrea Braun were both actors in Chicago theater and TV ads. Several years after his parents divorced, Dwyer's mother met and married comics creator
John Byrne
(with whom Dwyer collaborated on the "Torch of Liberty" backups in
Danger Unlimited
, as well as a one-shot special). Byrne became Dwyer's stepfather when Kieron was 13 and Byrne encouraged Dwyer's aspirations to be a cartoonist and assisted in landing Dwyer's first professional job drawing
Batman
#413 (Nov. 1987).
[8]
Braun and Byrne would go on to be divorced, but Dwyer's love of art would continue to grow and flourish.
[9]
Dwyer and his wife, Birch, have one child, son Liam, who continues in his father's footsteps as he loves to draw
[
citation needed
]
.
Bibliography
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Comics work includes:
- Batman
#413 (with
Jo Duffy
,
DC Comics
, November 1987)
- Classic X-Men
#17?29 (with
Chris Claremont
,
Marvel Comics
, January 1988?January 1989)
- Solo Avengers
#2 (
Captain Marvel
story with
Roger Stern
, Marvel Comics, January 1988)
- Captain America
#338?367 (with
Mark Gruenwald
, Marvel Comics, February 1988?February 1990)
- Fantastic Four Annual
#21 (with
Steve Englehart
, Marvel Comics, 1988)
- Batman
#452?454 (with
Peter Milligan
, DC Comics, August?September 1990)
- Daredevil
#289?290 (with
Ann Nocenti
, Marvel Comics, February?March 1991)
- Action Comics
#671 (with Roger Stern, DC Comics, November 1991)
- Danger Unlimited
: "Torch of Liberty" (with
John Byrne
,
Legend
/
Dark Horse Comics
, February?May 1994)
- Lobo: A Contract on Gawd
#1?4 (with
Alan Grant
, DC Comics, April?July 1994)
- Action Comics
#712?721 (with
David Michelinie
, DC Comics, August 1995?May 1996)
- The Avengers
vol. 3 #48?50, 53?54, 57?60 (with
Kurt Busiek
and
Geoff Johns
, Marvel Comics, January 2002?January 2003)
- Remains
(with
Steve Niles
, five?issue limited series,
IDW Publishing
, May?September 2004)
- Sea of Red
#3?13 (script, with co-author
Rick Remender
,
Image Comics
, May 2005?November 2006)
- Night Mary
(script and art, with co-author Rick Remender, four?issue mini?series, IDW Publishing, July?November 2005)
- XXXombies
(with Rick Remender, four?issue mini?series, Image Comics, October 2007?February 2008)
- Shadowpact
#20 (with
Lilah Sturges
, DC Comics, February 2008)
- Fear Agent
#20?21 (with Rick Remender, Dark Horse Comics, April?June 2008)
- Nightmaster
: Monsters of Rock
#1 (with
Adam Beechen
, DC Comics, January 2011)
Awards
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References
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- ^
Kieron Dwyer
at the
Grand Comics Database
- ^
Manning, Matthew K.; Dougall, Alastair, ed. (2014). "1990s".
Batman: A Visual History
. London, United Kingdom:
Dorling Kindersley
. p. 188.
ISBN
978-1465424563
.
Writer Peter Milligan penned this memorable three-issue storyline, illustrated by Kieron Dwyer and with cover art by Mike Mignola, in which the Riddler proved that he was still a serious threat to Batman.
CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (
link
)
- ^
Manning, Matthew K.; Dolan, Hannah, ed. (2010). "1990s".
DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle
. London, United Kingdom:
Dorling Kindersley
. p. 275.
ISBN
978-0-7566-6742-9
.
The behind-the-scenes talent on the monumental issue appropriately spanned several generations of the Man of Tomorrow's career. Written by Dan Jurgens, Karl Kesel, David Michelinie, Louise Simonson, and Roger Stern, the one-shot featured the pencils of John Byrne, Gil Kane, Stuart Immonen, Paul Ryan, Jon Bogdanove, Kieron Dwyer, Tom Grummett, Dick Giordano, Jim Mooney, Curt Swan, Nick Cardy, Al Plastino, Barry Kitson, Ron Frenz, and Dan Jurgens.
CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (
link
)
- ^
"Cartoonist Kieron Dwyer Sued By Starbucks"
.
Comic Book Legal Defense Fund
. November 30, 2000. Archived from
the original
on August 2, 2002
. Retrieved
October 4,
2012
.
At a meeting during Comic-Con International, the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund Board of Directors voted to support cartoonist Kieron Dwyer's defense of a suit brought against him by the Starbucks Corporation (Starbucks v. Dwyer, C00 1499).
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Tramountanas, George A. (September 28, 2007).
"Zombie Porn: Remender has "XXXombies" in his
Crawl Space
"
.
Comic Book Resources
. Archived from
the original
on November 7, 2012
. Retrieved
October 4,
2012
.
- ^
Weiland, Jonah (December 13, 2004).
"High Sea Adventure: Remender & Dwyer Exclusively Talk Images's
Sea of Red
"
. Comic Book Resources. Archived from
the original
on October 9, 2012
. Retrieved
October 4,
2012
.
- ^
Weiland, Jonah (April 22, 2005).
"Dwyer & Remender Explore Your Nightmares In
Night Mary
"
. Comic Book Resources. Archived from
the original
on October 10, 2012
. Retrieved
October 4,
2012
.
- ^
Ellis, John (October 1999).
"One Screwed-Up Creator"
. PopImage. Archived from
the original
on June 3, 2012
. Retrieved
January 15,
2021
.
- ^
Cronin, Brian (January 19, 2006).
"Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed #34"
. Comic Book Resources. Archived from
the original
on February 4, 2012
. Retrieved
January 15,
2021
.
- ^
"2005 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards"
. Comic Book Awards Almanac. 2005. Archived from
the original
on July 25, 2012
. Retrieved
October 4,
2012
.
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