Since the mid1970s, byrne has worked on many major superheroes, with noted work on marvel comics xmen and fantastic four and the 1986 relaunch of dc comics superman franchise, the first issue of which featured comics first variant cover. See more ideas about john byrne, comic books art and marvel comics. Keith williams born september 16, 1957 is an american comic book and comic strip artist. Byrne pencilled the legends storyarc plotted by john ostrander and scripted by len wein. This is a group dedicated to the works, past and present, of comic book icon john. He hoped that contained interviews, personal comments about the drawn pages, sketches, pencil pages, discarded pages, but no. A penny for your thoughts on john byrne is a goddamned. How a drawing of colossus made a legendary artist quit x.
John byrne, or simply byrne, was a god that worked as comic book artist and writer. John lindley byrne born july 6, 1950 is a britishborn comic book writer and artist of comic books. The legendary comic book artist gave us a tour of his studio and comic book art collection. John byrne is a prolific superhero comic book writer and artist, and is well recognized for the changes he imparts to comic mythologies. John byrne has been a penciller, inker and writer for almost every major u. Advertise privacy rss feed exercise my data rights.
Marvel comics, new york, ny, writer and or artist for comic book series, including iron fist, champions, xmen, uncanny xmen, captain america, avengers, avengers west coast, fantastic four, spiderman. Comic link the online vintage comic book and comic art. Since the mid1970s, byrne has worked on many major american superheroes. John byrne comic art community gallery of comic art. The episode, besides being guggenheims last, was also the final. I cant deny that john was probably my favourite artist when i was a young comic fan in the 1980s and early 1990s. John lindley byrne is a britishborn american comic book writer and artist. His most famous works have been on marvel comicss uncanny xmen and fantastic four and the 1986 relaunch of dc comicss superman franchise.
Although there was a glut of high quality portfolios 68 page black and white or colour prints featuring a particular artist released during the seventies and eighties, actual. Comiclink is the online vintage comic book and comic art auction destination featuring comic book auctions spotlighting the most desirable cgc graded examples of key comics, as well as comic art auctions featuring the biggest names in comic book illustration from the golden age to the present. Byrnes betterknown work has been on marvel comics xmen and fantastic four and the 1986 relaunch of dc comics superman franchise, the first issue of which featured. John byrne got a matter of revenge on an xmen sound effect that irritated him years later in an issue of fantastic four. John byrne is a comic book artist and writer, notable for his extensive work on numerous major comic franchises since the 1970s. Days of future past artist john byrne wasnt offered, and wouldnt accept, a cameo new serialized star trek photonovel by john byrne coming from idw publishing.
When john byrne collaborated with chris claremont after the successful relaunch of the xmen line in the late seventies, a magic was created whose repercussions can still be felt today. John byrne is largely considered to be one of the most prolific and pioneering creators working in the field of comics today. Please fill out the following form to report a missing variant issue from the database. Search more than 125,000 pieces of original comic art, sketches and paintings for sale from over 45 comic art dealers, comic artists, and marketplaces.
Why does writerartist john byrne seem to hate everyone. For more than a few comicbook readers, it doesnt get much better than the run writer chris claremont and artist john byrne shared on uncanny xmen at marvel in the late 1970s and early 1980s. John byrne gives us a tour of his studio syfy wire youtube. In 1987 rock musician joe satriani released an album named surfing with the alien, which featured an image of a silver surfer comic by byrne. John byrne was a writer and artist for marvel comics, a comic book company that was licensed to. John byrne began his career at charlton comics with rog2000 backup stories and also on titles like space 1999. Looking back at the great comics works of john byrne. John lindley byrne born july 6, 1950 is a britishborn american comic book writer and artist. Give our search a try, take a look at the menu to the left to see how you can help us improve the site, or use to track and manage your comic collection. All of that excellence aside, we are talking about one of the most important collaborations in comic book history. See more ideas about john byrne, comic art and comic books art.
He studied advertising art and design at farmingdale state college in east farmingdale, new york, graduating in 1976. If you find an issue in the database that is not shown here, please edit that issue adding john byrne as one of the cover artists. Jun 26, 2017 welcome to comic book legends revealed. His first recorded appearance was when he and some of his colleagues at marvel comics were attacked by members of the golden tigers gang. John patrick byrne born 6 january 1940 is a scottish playwright and artist. Marv wolfman is the former editorinchief of marvel comics. He is famous for his work on fantastic four, wonder woman. Since the mid1970s byrne has worked on nearly every major american superhero. John lindley byrne born july 6, 1950 is a britishborn canadian american author and artist of comic books. This is our collection of comic covers illustrated by john byrne. Peter david claims that he was never even at the convention and claims bryne is crazy because there isnt any way he could have gotten those pages. John lindley byrne is a britishborn american comicbook writer and artist.
Sep 06, 20 john byrne, the prolific comic book writer and artist, will return to the star trek fold in december with strange new worlds, idw publishings star trek annual 20. John byrne was a writer and artist for marvel comics, a comic book company that was licensed to adapt the real life stories of superheroes into comic books. Original comic art for sale by artist john byrne at. John byrne comic artist the most popular comic art by. He enrolled in but dropped out of the alberta college of art and design in. For not only is byrnes expressive art a staple in the world of comic art, his writing is fresh, imaginative and storydriven. The book is divided into two sections, published pages in the front and the second section called john byrne art gallery. See more ideas about john byrne, comic books art and comic art. Stories or, more precisely, first drafts just fall out of my head. But then i remembered a book that was released in 1980 which i suspect may have been one of the first retrospectives of a comic artist.
Byrnes betterknown work has been on marvel comics xmen and fantastic four and the 1986 relaunch of dc comics superman franchise, the first issue of which featured comics first variant cover. Contains full episodes of some of his works, from its beginnings to the most recent. Since the mid1970s, byrne has worked on nearly every major american superhero. Since the mid1970s, byrne has worked on many major american. The nearly four years they spent together chronicling the adventures of the. John byrne is a writer and artist, whose most notable works include several titles for dc comics and marvel. He is best known for illustrating the phantom for over a decade together with george olesen.
Since breaking into the industry in the early 1970s, he has worked on almost every major comic superhero. It was not until 2008 that he created his first full star trek comic, for idw publishing, he has since gone on to produce numerous series of. Anthonys comic book art original comic art john byrne. Features the first chapter of the last galactus story written and illustrated by john byrne, an unfinished, ninechapter arc that ended with the cancellation of the publication byrnes story was going to end with galactus removing his armor and releasing the energy he had absorbed back into a dying universe resulting in something similar to a. Byrne is a total dickhead from everything ive ever seen or heard. John byrne returns to trek with upcoming photonovel. No matter upon which side you fall on the argument of john byrnes place in comics, one thing is for certain. John lindley byrne born july 6, 1950 is a britishborn comicbook writer and artist of comic books. Superbman became weaker than before, and his clothes were no longer indestuctibleonly his body and things inside his doubletalk aura were protected. Strange new worlds will be a photonovel with an original story that plays out like a lost episode of the original series. John byrnes marvel classics artifact edition artists. John byrne has chosen not to work for dc comics or marvel for some time, of late he has mostly been published by idw.
John lindley byrne born july 6, 1950 is a britishborn american comicbook writer and artist. John byrne memory beta, noncanon star trek wiki fandom. This is the good one from august 1998, back when he was still working with marvel comics. For dc, byrne is perhaps most well known for establishing supermans mythos following crisis on infinite earths. The official john byrne website, john byrne at dc comics database, john byrne at marvel comics database. Comic books artist spotlight john byrne the early years. John byrne comic artist the most popular comic art by john byrne.
His first work on star trek comics came in 1987, with illustrations in dc comics whos who in star trek, issue 1 and issue 2. John byrne has worked continuously in comics since 1975, following his first professional sale in late summer of 1974. Original art by john byrne published by marvel comics 1985 back in the 1980s i made about a dozen 3d shadowboxs of his covers for john byrne. While this makes sense in an artists edition where the front section is complete issues, nothing in an artifact edition is a complete story so a separate gallery doesnt quite fit. This beautiful book is part of the marvel artist select series which collects iconic issues by beloved marvel creators. For fans of comic artist john byrne has 7,822 members. See more ideas about john byrne, comic books art, comics. Idw publishing proudly welcomes john byrne, the legendary comic book writerartist, for a rare convention appearance at this years new york. He is part of the history of way too many comics and characters to mention. He also served a run on wonder woman from 1995 to 1998, beginning with wonder woman v2 101 and ending with wonder woman v2 6. Byrnes betterknown work has been on marvel comics xmen and fantastic four and the 1986 relaunch of dc comics superman franchise.
Its a crime that he isnt drawing for marvel or dc comics anymore because he has so many good years left in him. John byrne is a controversial figure in comics, yet his legacy within the industry is. For most fans, his most notable works include his run on the uncanny xmen with chris claremont and terry austin, his amazing run on the fantastic four and his relaunch of superman in 1986. Since the mid1970s, byrne has worked on many major superheroes, with noted work on marvel comics xmen and fantastic four and the 1986 relaunch of dc comics superman franchise, the first issue of which. At the time of the publication of this book, which must have been in 1977, 1978 or 1979, john byrne was the superstar artist and in many ways is now better than ever.
Fantastic four is the name of several comic book titles featuring the team fantastic four created by stan lee and jack kirby and published by marvel comics, beginning with the original fantastic four comic book series which debuted in 1961. He is proficient in all manner of the creative process including writing, pencil work, inking and even lettering. During the 1990s he produced a number of creatorowned works. In 2002, he created rat labs, which was published by dc. He is a longtime comic writer who had long runs on tomb of dracula for marvel, which is where blade the vampire hunter made his first appearance and new teen titans for dc comics. The doom patrol, stars of the new series on the dc universe streaming service, have their 2004 series by xmen artist. The grand comics database gcd is a nonprofit, internetbased organization of international volunteers dedicated to building an open database covering all printed comics throughout the world. Byrne is also a celebrated painter, printmaker and theatre designer. Inside the studio of legendary comic book artist alex ross duration. His most famous works have been on marvel comicss uncanny xmen and fantastic four and the 1986 relaunch. John byrne john byrne has been a penciller, inker and writer for almost every major u. A penny for your thoughts on john byrne is a goddamned idiot and thats actually not news.
He wrote the slab boys trilogy, plays which explore workingclass life in scotland, and the tv dramas tutti frutti and your cheatin heart. John byrne is a living legend, still making history as a true comic book creator. His most famous works were on marvel comics xmen with chris claremont and fantastic four titles and on the dc comics superman relaunch in the mid1980s. Byrne had previously drawn three unrelated, anthological short stories for comics, as well as the first three issues of a saturdaymorning cartoon licensed. It is best known as the first original, colorcomics series by artist john byrne, who would go on to become a major industry figure. His family emigrated to canada in 1958, where wanderlust caused them to move around so much john attended nine schools in eleven years. He has contributed material to many different comic companies over the years including, marvel comics, charlton comics, dark horse comics and dc comics. This oversized, limited edition hardcover celebrates john byrnes time on fantastic four, with a carefully chosen selection of the creators most impactful issues. Eventually he found himself at the alberta college of art in calgary, where he completed two and a half years of a fouryear course in fine arts before he and his instructors came to the mutual conclusion there. Quick overview on one of the alltime great writers and artists. To make up for it, byrne turned superbman into a casanova of a. As a result he was frequently witness to various first hand accounts. John lindley byrne born july 6, 1950 is a britishborn naturalized american author and artist of comic books.
Working mostly for charlton at first, he soon moved to marvel, and in 1977 he took over penciling the xmen, collaborating with writer chris claremont and inker terry austin, and quickly becoming a fanfavorite as well as one of the highest paid artists in the. New dc comics omnibuses for 2020, include starman, year of. At some point, he took over the series starring superbman, and made important changes on him. I absolutely love his work well, up until the early 90s or so, anyway he kinda lost it after that, but hes such a blowhard, and hes so convinced that hes right about everything one look at the forum on his website should be ample proof for any doubters out there. This is the six hundred and thirtythird week where we examine comic book legends and whether they are true or false.