Name Kieron Dwyer | Role Comics artist | |
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Born March 6, 1967 (age 57) ( 1967-03-06 ) Parents John Byrne, Andrea Braun Byrne Similar People | ||
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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.
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- BACK ISSUE REVIEWS Action Comics 718
- Biography
- Personal life
- Awards
- References
BACK ISSUE REVIEWS Action Comics #718
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) and later collaborated with writer Peter Milligan on the "Dark Knight, Dark City" storyarc in Batman #452–454 (Aug.–Sept. 1990). 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.
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, 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.
Dwyer has collaborated with Rick Remender on a number of titles, including XXXombies (the first in a planned line of horror comics Crawl Space), Sea of Red and Night Mary.
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.
He lives in Portland, Oregon, with his wife Birch, and son Liam, who continues in his father's footsteps as he loves to draw characters.