Becky Cloonan

Becky Cloonan
Becky Cloonan at NYCC 2011 by Pang Peow Yeong
Becky Cloonan at the 2011 New York Comic Con.
Born Rebecca Cloonan
(1980-06-23) June 23, 1980
Pisa, Italy
Nationality American
Area(s) Writer, Artist
Notable works
 Channel Zero: Jennie One
Demo
Flight
nebuli
East Coast Rising
American Virgin
Pixu: The Mark of Evil
http://beckycloonan.net/

Becky Cloonan (born 23 June 1980) is an American comic book creator, known for work published by Tokyopop and Vertigo. In 2012 she became the first female artist to draw the main Batman title for DC Comics.[1]

Biography

Becky Cloonan was born in Pisa.[2]

Cloonan created minicomics and was part of the Meathaus collective before collaborating with Brian Wood on Channel Zero: Jennie One in 2003. Since then, her profile (and workload) has steadily risen; her best-known work to date has been the twelve-issue comics series Demo (2004), also with Wood. Wizard named Demo its 2004 "Indie of the Year." The series was also nominated for two Eisner Awards in 2005, for Best Limited Series and Best Single Issue or One-Shot (the latter of which was for Demo #7, "One Shot, Don't Miss").[3]

Cloonan's first solo graphic novel, East Coast Rising Volume 1, was released by Tokyopop in 2006. East Coast Rising: Volume 1 marked Cloonan's third Eisner Award nomination in 2007, this time for Best New Series. She also collaborated with writer Steven T. Seagle on the Vertigo Comics series American Virgin, which was cancelled with the 23rd issue.[4] In 2012 she became the first woman to draw the main Batman title.[1]

In 2013, she did the art for the series The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys, which is written by Gerard Way[5] and Shaun Simon. In 2014/2015, she also co-created and did cover art and stories for Gotham Academy from DC Comics.[6]

She created artwork for the band Leftover Crack label Qn5 including CunninLynguists and Tonedeff.

In 2015, she was voted #3 of the top 50 female comics artists of all-time.[7] She was also one of only two creators to make the list as both writer and artist, voted #14 among all-time top writers.[8]

Bibliography

Self-published work

Dark Horse Comics

Image Comics

DC Comics/Vertigo

Marvel Comics

Other publishers

Notes

  1. 1 2 Beck, Laura (February 8, 2013). "Meet the First Lady to Draw Batman Since His Inception in 1939". Jezebel.
  2. ↑ "Stats". Estrigious. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
  3. ↑ "2005 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards". Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
  4. ↑ Irvine, Alex (2008), "American Virgin", in Dougall, Alastair, The Vertigo Encyclopedia, New York: Dorling Kindersley, pp. 22–24, ISBN 0-7566-4122-5, OCLC 213309015
  5. ↑ "Heroes Con: 2011: Becky Cloonan Talks Gerard Way's 'Killjoys'". MTV Geek!. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
  6. ↑ http://www.themarysue.com/exclusive-art-interview-gotham-academy-becky-cloonan/
  7. ↑ http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2015/03/31/top-25-female-comic-book-artists-3-1/
  8. ↑ http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2015/03/26/top-25-female-comic-book-writers-15-11/

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