Brett Breeding

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Brett Breeding
Avengers Next
CollaboratorsRon Frenz
Dan Jurgens
AwardsInkwell Awards Joe Sinnott Hall of Fame[1]

Brett Breeding (June 13, 1961) is an

American comic book artist who was active in the industry in the 1980s and 1990s, primarily as an inker. He is most well known for his work on the DC Comics character Superman
.

A freelancer, Breeding worked for both DC and

Doomsday character, as well as Shadowdragon, Saviour, and Blaze and Satanus
.

Biography

Early career

Breeding got his first professional comics work three months after graduating high school in 1979 as

Breeding began his career at DC Comics in 1980 on

Justice League of America
.

Marvel Comics

Breeding moved to Marvel in late 1980 where he worked regularly through 1987. His first stint as a regular inker at Marvel was on

The Avengers, in 1982–1983. Breeding inked Bob Hall on the four-issue limited series West Coast Avengers, published in 1984. Also in 1984, he teamed for the first time with Ron Frenz on The Amazing Spider-Man issue #252, the first appearance of Spider-Man's black suit. In 1985–1986, he started regularly working on the Spider-Man titles, beginning with The Spectacular Spider-Man storyline "The Death of Jean DeWolff;" and then moving to The Amazing Spider-Man with Ron Frenz, and began regularly providing finishing inks. In 1987–1988 he and Frenz moved as a team onto Thor. In the late 1980s, he inked most issues of Thundercats, published by the Marvel imprint Star Comics
.

Superman

In 1986, starting with the Superman Annual #1, Breeding began his long association with Superman, providing finish inks over Ron Frenz's layouts and then re-teaming with Frenz in 1987 for Superman Annual #2. In 1988, he was hired by Superman editor Mike Carlin to provide finishing pencils over George Pérez's rough layouts and finished inks on Action Comics. While waiting for Pérez to begin work on Action Comics, Breeding started his first regular Superman work on Superman #26 with penciller Kerry Gammill, moving to Action Comics with Pérez on issue #643.

Working regularly on the Superman titles for over a decade, Breeding at one time or another worked on all the titles in the line, starting with

Adventures of Superman, Metal Men, Superman, and various entries in Who's Who in the DC Universe.) He finish-inked the first eleven issues of Superman: The Man of Tomorrow (over Tom Grummett and Paul Ryan, respectively), published in 1995–1998. Breeding also contributed to the 1996 landmark one-shot Superman: The Wedding Album
.

In 1998, Breeding returned to Marvel Comics to work once again with long-time collaborator and friend[

Avengers Next
.

Digital Rainbow Images

After leaving regular work in the comics industry in 2000, Breeding set up the company Digital Rainbow Images,[3] which also highlighted his wildlife photography.

Licensing work

Cover Art for Superman: Toppling Titano, art by Ron Frenz and Brett Breeding

In 2005, Breeding returned to comics work, now working for DC's Licensing Department providing finish inks, and frequently pencilling, art for licensed products, toy packaging, as well as animation and sculptor turnarounds and creating

style guides for their various characters. While working for DC Licensing, he designed, penciled and inked nearly 100 character turnarounds, many specifically for Mattel's DC Universe Classics action figure line. The "hand" illustration used in the Mattel DC Universe Classics 4 figure line "bubble-hand" packaging is an inked rendering of Breeding's own hand, fingerprints not included.[citation needed
]

In late 2010, early 2011, Breeding was commissioned by DC's Licensing Publishing Department to create complete art for the book Draw the DC Universe, published by Klutz Press. Many of the illustrations included are based on works by other artists, as directed by the publishers.[citation needed]

When DC closed down their licensing department at the end of 2010, Breeding moved to

E-books in June 2013, to be released as fully interactive apps in the near future.[citation needed] Breeding also worked on the third and fourth installments; Superman and Supergirl vs. Chemo and a Superman/Batman team-up. In late 2013, he produced storybooks highlighting The New 52
versions of the DC characters.

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Preceded by Avengers inker
1982–1983
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1987–1988
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Action Comics inker
1989–1991
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Preceded by Superman inker
1992–1993
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Superman: The Man of Tomorrow inker
1995–1998
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