Denys Cowan

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Denys Cowan

Birth name Denys Cowan
Born January 30, 1961
Nationality American
Area(s) Penciller, Inker
An example of Cowan's artwork: The Question #34 (January 1990); DC Comics.
An example of Cowan's artwork: The Question #34 (January 1990); DC Comics.

Denys Cowan is an African American comic book artist and television producer. He gained prominence as the primary artist on The Question, an acclaimed comic book series published by DC Comics for 36 issues from 1987 on, written by Dennis O'Neil.

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[edit] Biography

Denys Cowan was born on January 30, 1961. His noteworthy comics credits include the Batman story arc Blind Justice with writer Sam Hamm, which introduced the character Henri Ducard (later revised as a character for the movie Batman Begins). Cowan was also the penciller on the latter half of the 1990 Deathlok miniseries, published by Marvel Comics, which was written by Dwayne McDuffie and Gregory Wright as well as on the subsequent regular title of the same name.

Cowan was one of the founders of Milestone Media, and later worked as a producer on the animated series Static Shock, based on the Milestone character. More recently, he has been a producer of the television series, The Boondocks. Cowan is currently Senior Vice President of Animation for Black Entertainment Television (BET).

Along with inker Rick Magyar, Cowan was nominated for an Eisner Award in both 1988 and 1989 for Best Art Team for his work on The Question. He is a graduate of the High School of Art and Design in New York City.

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[edit] Regular Penciller

[edit] Fill-in Penciller

Preceded by
Jim Starlin		 Firestorm penciller
1981		 Succeeded by
Pat Broderick
Preceded by
Kerry Gammill		 Power Man and Iron Fist penciller
1982–1983		 Succeeded by
Ernie Chan
Preceded by
Dan Reed
(in 1981)		 The Question penciller
1987–1992		 Succeeded by
Rick Burchett
(in 1995)
Preceded by
None		 Doctor Zero penciller
1988		 Succeeded by
Dan Spiegle
Preceded by
Jerry Bingham
(in 1980)		 Black Panther penciller
1988		 Succeeded by
Gene Colan
(in 1989)
Preceded by
Eduardo Barreto		 Detective Comics penciller
1989		 Succeeded by
Norm Breyfogle
Preceded by
Jackson Guice		 Deathlok penciller
1990–92		 Succeeded by
Walter McDaniel
Preceded by
None		 Hardware penciller
1993–94		 Succeeded by
Humberto Ramos
Preceded by
?		 Steel penciller
1997–98		 Succeeded by
None