Kieron Dwyer

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Kieron Dwyer

Born	March 6, 1967
Nationality	American
Area(s)	Penciller

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

Kieron Dwyer (born March 6, 1967) is a comic book artist and penciller. He lives in Portland, Oregon, where he is a member of Periscope Studio.

[edit] Biography

He is best known for his work on Captain America vol. 1 (1987-1990), Danger Unlimited (on the Torch of Liberty strip) (1994), Action Comics (1995 -1996), Avengers (vol. 3) (2001-2003) and his creator-owned series, LCD.

He was once the step-son of fellow comics creator John Byrne (with whom he collaborated on the Torch of Liberty strip) for a period when Byrne was married to his mother.

The parody of the Starbucks logo which led to controversy

In 2000, he was sued by Starbucks Coffee for parodying their famous siren logo on the first cover of his comic book series LCD: Lowest Comic Denominator and also putting the image on t-shirts and stickers that he sold on his website and at comic book conventions. Despite assistance from the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, he determined that it would be too financially costly to fight the corporate giant and the two parties settled the case out of court. The settlement allows him to display the image, as long as he doesn't link to it from his own websites, effectively stifling his right of free expression. [1] Nevertheless, the image can be found on many other websites.