Becky Cloonan
Becky Cloonan | |
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Born | Rebecca Cloonan June 23 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 |
Awards | Inkpot Award (2023)[1] |
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Becky Cloonan (born 23 June) is an American
Early life
Becky Cloonan was born in Pisa, Italy.[3] She attended New York's School of Visual Arts.[4]
Career
Cloonan and her friends produced a comics anthology that they called Meathaus.[5]
Cloonan created
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.[9] She also collaborated with writer Steven T. Seagle on the Vertigo Comics series American Virgin, which was cancelled with the 23rd issue.[10] In 2012 she became the first woman to draw the main Batman title.[2]
In 2013, she did the art for the series
In 2015, she was voted #3 of the top 50 female comics artists of all time.[13] She was also one of only two creators to make the list as both writer and artist, voted #14 among all-time top writers.[14]
In 2017, Cloonan was one of several artists participating in the Pow! Wow! Worcester festival, the purpose of which was to bring large public murals to buildings throughout Worcester, Massachusetts. Cloonan painted her mural, which she completed on Labor Day, on the building housing the comic shop That's Entertainment.[15]
In July 2021, DC Comics announced that Cloonan and Michael W. Conrad would co-write Batgirls, a new series which would focus on
Bibliography
Self-published work
- Meathaus #6-8 (w/a, anthology, Meathaus Press, 2002–2006)
- nebuli (w/a, with Vasilis Lolos, 2006)
- 5 (w/a, with Rafael Grampá, Gabriel Bá, Fábio Moon and Vasilis Lolos, 2007)
- MINIS (w/a, collection of original mini-comics, 2007)
- Bury Your Treasure (w/a, collection of illustrations, 2008)
- ISBN 1-61655-813-X)
- ISBN 1-53430-186-0) collects:
- Black Church (as editor, w/a: Andy Belanger, 2012)
Dark Horse Comics
- ISBN 1-56389-881-0)
- ISBN 1-59582-327-1)
- ISBN 1-59582-644-0)
- ISBN 1-59582-900-8)
- Conan the Barbarian vol. 2 (a, with Brian Wood):
- "Queen of the Black Coast" (in #1-3, 2012) collected in Volume 13: Queen of the Black Coast (hc, 152 pages, 2013, ISBN 1-61655-043-0)
- "Border Fury, Part One" (in #7, 2012) collected in Volume 14: The Death and Other Stories (hc, 152 pages, 2013, ISBN 1-61655-123-2)
- "Queen of the Black Coast" (in #1-3, 2012) collected in Volume 13: Queen of the Black Coast (hc, 152 pages, 2013,
- ISBN 1-59582-462-6)
DC Comics and Vertigo
- American Virgin (a, with Steven T. Seagle, 2006–2008) collected as:
- Head (collects #1-4, tpb, 112 pages, 2006, ISBN 1-4012-1065-1)
- Going Down (collects #5-9, tpb, 128 pages, 2007, ISBN 1-4012-1301-4)
- Wet (collects #10-14, tpb, 128 pages, 2007, ISBN 1-4012-1494-0)
- Around the World (includes #15-17 and 20–23, tpb, 224 pages, 2008, ISBN 1-4012-1831-8)
- Head (collects #1-4, tpb, 112 pages, 2006,
- ISBN 1-4012-2995-6)
- ISBN 1-4012-3160-8)
- ISBN 1-4012-3798-3)
- Batman (a):
- "Ghost in the Machine" (with ISBN 93-5111-661-1)
- "The Wedding" (with ISBN 1-4012-8338-1)
- "Ghost in the Machine" (with
- ISBN 1-4012-3843-2)
- ISBN 1-4012-4929-9)
- ISBN 1-4012-5415-2)
- ISBN 1-4012-5062-9)
- Gotham Academy (w with Brenden Fletcher, a by Karl Kerschl, Mingjue Helen Chen (#6-7, 11, Divergence preview), Jeff Stokely (Endgame tie-in one-shot), Adam Archer and Msassyk, 2014–2017) collected as:
- Welcome to Gotham (collects #1-6, tpb, 160 pages, 2015, ISBN 1-4012-5472-1)
- Calamity (collects Divergence preview and #7-12, tpb, 144 pages, 2016, ISBN 1-4012-5681-3)
- Welcome Back (collects Second Semester #1-8, tpb, 192 pages, 2017, ISBN 1-4012-7119-7)
- The Ballad of Olive Silverlock (collects Second Semester #9-12, tpb, 128 pages, 2018, ISBN 1-4012-7474-9)
- Welcome to Gotham (collects #1-6, tpb, 160 pages, 2015,
- Detective Comics #1000: "The Batman's Design" (a, with Warren Ellis, co-feature, 2019)
- Doom Patrol: Weight of the Worlds #5 (w/a, with Michael W. Conrad, DC's Young Animal, 2020)
- Wonder Woman (co-written with Michael W. Conrad), #770 (March 2021) - #782 (December 2021)
- Batgirls (co-written with Michael W. Conrad), #1 - #2 (December 2021 onwards)
Marvel Comics
- ISBN 0-7851-4823-X)
- ISBN 0-7851-4103-0)
- ISBN 0-7851-5175-3)
- ISBN 0-7851-6159-7)
- ISBN 0-7851-8530-5)
- (#13), 2016–2017) collected as:
- On the Road (collects #1-6, tpb, 136 pages, 2017, ISBN 1-3029-0047-1)
- End of the Line (collects #7-12, tpb, 136 pages, 2017, ISBN 1-3029-0048-X)
- King of the New York Streets (collects #13-17, tpb, 112 pages, 2018, ISBN 1-3029-0541-4)
- On the Road (collects #1-6, tpb, 136 pages, 2017,
- ISBN 1-3029-0661-5)
- Marvel Monsters (a, with Cullen Bunn, Scott Hepburn and various artists, one-shot, 2019)
- Bizarre Adventures: "Eveline O'Reilly" (w/a, with Michael Conrad, anthology one-shot, 2019)
- Dark Agnes#1-5 (w, with Lucas Pizzari, 2020)
Other publishers
- Revolving Hammer: "Aunty" (a, with Walter Conley, anthology, Cyberosia Publishing, 2002)
- Altered Realities: "Inversion" (a, with Sal Cipriano and Lou Platania, anthology, Cactus Fusion, 2003)
- AiT/Planet Lar:
- ISBN 1-932051-07-4)
- ISBN 1-932051-42-2)
- Harris, 2004)
- Image:
- ISBN 1-58240-477-1)
- ISBN 1-58240-636-7)
- Southern Cross (w, with Andy Belanger, 2015–2018) collected as:
- Volume 1 (collects #1-6, tpb, 160 pages, 2016, ISBN 1-63215-559-1)
- Volume 2 (collects #7-12, tpb, 160 pages, 2017, ISBN 1-53430-043-0)
- Issues 13-16 remain uncollected.
- Volume 1 (collects #1-6, tpb, 160 pages, 2016,
- Hopeless Savages: B-Sides − The Origin of the Dusted Bunnies (a, with Jen Van Meter, Vera Brosgol and Mike Norton, one-shot, Oni Press, 2005)
- ISBN 0-14-240572-8)
- ISBN 0-345-49039-8)
- ISBN 978-960-88366-7-9)
- East Coast Rising (w/a, Tokyopop):
- Volume 1 (196 pages, 2006, ISBN 1-59816-468-6)
- Volume 2 (cancelled before release)[21]
- Volume 1 (196 pages, 2006,
- K.G.B. (w/a, with Hwan Cho, webcomic, Estrigious, 2009–2010)
- ISBN 978-1-6314-0459-7)
- ISBN 1-6088-6767-6)
- ISBN 1-6030-9442-3)
Covers only
- NYC Mech: beta LOVE #4 (Image, 2005)
- The Pirates of Coney Island #1-6 (Image, 2006–2007)
- Hack/Slash vol. 2 #10 (Image, 2011)
- Pigs #4 (Image, 2011)
- Thought Bubble Anthology#1 (Image, 2011)
- B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth — The Pickens County Horror #1-2 (Dark Horse, 2012)
- Before Watchmen: Minutemen #6 (DC Comics, 2013)
- Zero #1 (Image, 2013)
- Pretty Deadly #1 (Image, 2013)
- Red Sonja vol. 4 #5 (Dynamite, 2013)
- Wytches #1 (Image, 2014)
- Drifter #2 (Image, 2014)
- The Wicked + The Divine #5 (Image, 2014)
- Detective Comics vol. 2 #35 (DC Comics, 2014)
- Convergence: Aquaman #1-2 (DC Comics, 2015)
- Vertigo, 2015)
- Rebels #1 (Dark Horse, 2015)
- Southern Bastards #15 (Image, 2016)
- Shade, the Changing Girl #1-12 (DC's Young Animal, 2016–2017)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Universe #13 (IDW Publishing, 2017)
- Codename Baboushka: Ghost Station Zero #1 (Image, 2017)
- The Spirit Centenary Newspaper (LICAF, 2017)
- Blackwood #1 (Dark Horse, 2018)
- Moon Knight #194-200 (Marvel, 2018)
- The Secret Loves of Geeks gn (Dark Horse, 2018)
- Shade, the Changing Woman #1-6 (DC's Young Animal, 2018)
- Calamity Kate #1-4 (Dark Horse, 2019)
- Reaver #1-6 (Skybound, 2019–2020)
- Faithless #5 (Boom! Studios, 2019)
- Nomen Omen #1 (Image, 2019)
- Wolverine: Exit Wounds #1 (Marvel, 2019)
- Basketful of Heads #1 (Hill House, 2019)
References
Inline citations
- ^ 2023 Inkpot Award Recipients
- ^ a b Beck, Laura (February 8, 2013). "Meet the First Lady to Draw Batman Since His Inception in 1939". Jezebel.
- ^ "Stats" Archived 2013-01-22 at archive.today. Estrigious. Retrieved February 23, 2014.
- ^ Wolk, Douglas (July 27, 2009). "Gerard Way Talks New Comic 'Fabulous Killjoys,' Next My Chemical Romance Album". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on June 9, 2020. Retrieved December 13, 2021.
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- ^ "2005 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards". Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
- ^ "2007 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards". Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac. Retrieved 2017-06-12.
- OCLC 213309015
- MTV Geek!. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
- The Mary Sue. 2014-08-21. Retrieved 2019-02-26.
- ^ "Top 25 Female Comic Book Artists #3-1 - CBR". www.cbr.com. 31 March 2015.
- CBR.com. 27 March 2015.
- ^ "Cover Story: The Return of POW! WOW! Worcester". Worcester Magazine.
- ^ Terror, Jude (December 10, 2021). "Batgirls #1 Preview: Now With Three Batgirls". Bleeding Cool. Archived from the original on December 11, 2021. Retrieved December 13, 2021.
- CBR.com. Archived from the originalon December 11, 2021. Retrieved December 13, 2021.
- CBR.com. Archived from the originalon December 10, 2021. Retrieved December 13, 2021.
- ^ Richards, Dave (August 11, 2011). "EXCLUSIVE: Spencer & Cloonan Go to Hell in "Victor Von Doom"". CBR.
- ^ Ching, Albert (November 4, 2011). "Spencer & Cloonan's VICTOR VON DOOM Canceled Before Release". Newsarama.
- ^ Cloonan, Becky. "Ink and Thunder: East Coast Rising".
Sources
External links
- Official website
- Becky Cloonan at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
- Becky Cloonan's blog
- Becky Cloonan. DeviantArt.
- Becky Cloonan's poster design work