Will Sliney

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Will Sliney
Comic artist Will Sliney
NationalityIrish
Area(s)Penciller, Inker, Letterer

Will Sliney is an Irish

comic books artist. He is known as the co-creator of the Star Wars character Ren, and for his work on comic books such as the Marvel's Fearless Defenders series, the graphic novel Celtic Warrior: The Legend of Cú Chulainn, and the monthly series Spider-Man 2099.[1][2][3][4]

Early life

Will Sliney is from Ballycotton in County Cork and went to Cork Institute of Technology where he graduated in Multimedia.[1]

Career

Sliney's career began in Irish and UK small press publications before moving to create art for Farscape and Star Wars comics.[citation needed] He later began working Marvel Comics.[citation needed]

From March 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of Ireland, Sliney has presented short drawing lessons in the "We Will Draw" segment of RTÉ Television's Home School Hub.[5]

Personal life

He proposed to his girlfriend in September 2015 and their first son was born in August 2018.[6][7]

Sliney is a volunteer for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) based locally.[8] He once rescued an exhausted dolphin who became stranded in the bogland at Ballinamona.[9] He is also a long time Everton fan and has created art for them.[10]

Bibliography

  • A+X (2012)
  • All-New X-Factor (2014)
  • All-New, All Different Marvel Universe (2016)
  • The Amazing Spider-Man (2014)
  • The Amazing Spider-Man (2015)
  • The Astonishing Spider-Man (2015)
  • Atomic Rocket Group 66 (2007)
  • Avengers [GER] (2013)
  • Axis: Carnage and Hobgoblin (2015)
  • AXIS: Hobgoblin (2014)
  • Castle: Unholy Storm (2014)
  • Celtic Warrior: The Legend of Cú Chulainn (2013)
  • Farscape (2009)
  • Farscape: Strange Detractors (2009)
  • Fearless Defenders (2013)
  • FutureQuake (2003)
  • Infinity Companion (2014)
  • MacGyver: Fugitive Gauntlet (2012)
  • Marvel Free Previews Secret Wars (2015)
  • Marvel Now! Omnibus (2013)
  • Marvel Now! Previews (2012)
  • Pigs (2011)
  • Revolutionary War (2014)
  • Revolutionary War: Knights of Pendragon (2014)
  • Secret Wars 2099 (2015)
  • Spider-Man 2099 (2014)
  • Spider-Man 2099 (2015)
  • Spider-Verse (2015)
  • Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2010)
  • Steed and Mrs. Peel [II] (2012)
  • The Superior Foes of Spider-Man (2013)
  • Superior Spider-Man(2013)
  • Superior Spider-Man Team-Up (2013)

References

  1. ^ a b Fitzpatrick, Richard (3 December 2013). "Comic Illustrator Will Sliney". Irish Examiner.
  2. ^ Leogue, Joe (27 July 2016). "Comic creator Will Sliney". Irish Examiner.
  3. ^ "Will Sliney Heads up 2015 Cork ComicCon". Irish Independent.
  4. ^ Ahlstrom, Dick (10 November 2015). "Comic Book Creation". The Irish Times.
  5. ^ "#WeWillDraw: Learn how to draw with Will Sliney". RTÉ. 14 May 2020. Archived from the original on 16 April 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  6. ^ "Fairy tale proposal". Irish Examiner. 14 September 2015.
  7. ^ "Will Sliney on Twitter". Twitter.
  8. ^ "Will Sliney took a break from drawing superheros to rescue a dolphin".
  9. ^ "Lifeboat comes to rescue of stranded dolphin". The Irish Times. 21 March 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  10. ^ "Everton unveil new GREEN third kit - and use Marvel comic book artist to launch it". Mirror. 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2015.

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