Kieron Dwyer

Not to be confused with Kieron Dyer.
Kieron Dwyer
Born (1967-03-06) March 6, 1967
Nationality American
Area(s) Writer, Penciller, Inker
http://kierondwyer.com

Kieron Dwyer (born March 6, 1967) is an American comic book artist and penciller.

Biography

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 later 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]

Cover of first LCD issue, signed by the artists, and featuring the Starbucks logo parody that led to legal actions from the corporation.

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. Nevertheless, the image can be found on many other websites.

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.

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]

Personal life

Dwyer was once the stepson of fellow comics creator John Byrne (with whom he collaborated on the "Torch of Liberty" strip) for a period when Byrne was married to Dwyer's mother Andrea Braun Byrne.[8][9]

He lives in Portland, Oregon, where he is a member of Periscope Studio.

Bibliography

Cover to The Avengers vol. 3 #49 (Feb. 2002). Art by Dwyer.

Comics work includes:

Awards

References

  1. ↑ Kieron Dwyer at the Grand Comics Database
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ "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).
  5. ↑ Tramountanas, George A. (September 28, 2007). "Zombie Porn: Remender has "XXXombies" in his Crawl Space". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on October 4, 2012. Retrieved October 4, 2012.
  6. ↑ 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 4, 2012. Retrieved October 4, 2012.
  7. ↑ Weiland, Jonah (April 22, 2005). "Dwyer & Remender Explore Your Nightmares In Night Mary". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on October 4, 2012. Retrieved October 4, 2012.
  8. ↑ Cronin, Brian (January 19, 2006). "Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed #34". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on September 15, 2012. Retrieved September 15, 2012.
  9. ↑ Ellis, John (October 1999). "One Screwed-Up Creator". PopImage. Archived from the original on September 15, 2012. Retrieved September 15, 2012.
  10. ↑ "2005 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards". Comic Book Awards Almanac. 2005. Archived from the original on October 4, 2012. Retrieved October 4, 2012.

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