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Writer and artist of comic books

John Byrne
Byrne at the New York Comic Con, October 6, 2017
Built-in	John Lindley Byrne (1950-07-06) July six, 1950 (historic period 71) Walsall, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
Area(southward)	Writer, Penciller, Inker, Letterer
Notable works	Ten-Men Fantastic Four Superman She-Hulk
Awards	Hawkeye Awards, Favourite Comicbook Artist, 1978, 1979 Inkpot Accolade, 1980 Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame (2015)
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John Lindley Byrne (; born July half-dozen, 1950)^[1] is a British-born American^[2] writer and creative person of superhero comics. Since the mid-1970s, Byrne has worked on many major superheroes; with noted piece of work on Curiosity Comics' Ten-Men and Fantastic Four. Byrne besides facilitated the 1986 relaunch of DC Comics' Superman franchise, the first event of which featured comics' first variant cover. Coming into the comics profession as penciller, inker, letterer and author on his earliest work, Byrne began co-plotting the X-Men comics during his tenure on them, and launched his writing career in earnest with Fantastic Four (where he also served as penciler and inker). During the 1990s he produced a number of creator-endemic works, including Next Men and Danger Unlimited. He scripted the kickoff issues of Mike Mignola's Hellboy series and produced a number of Star Expedition comics for IDW Publishing. In 2015, Byrne and his X-Men collaborator Chris Claremont were entered into the Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame.

He is the co-creator of such Marvel characters as Kitty Pryde/Shadowcat, Emma Frost, Sabretooth, Shadow Male monarch, Scott Lang, Bishop, Omega Red, and Rachel Summers, too as the Canadian superhero team Alpha Flight.

Early life and career [edit]

Byrne was born in Walsall, Staffordshire, and raised in West Bromwich, besides in Staffordshire,^[3] where he lived with his parents, Frank and Nelsie, and his maternal grandmother.^[four] While living there, prior to his family unit emigrating to Canada when Byrne was viii, he was offset exposed to comics, saying in 2005,

[K]y 'journeying into comics' began with [star] George Reeves' [Adventures of] Superman series being shown on the BBC in England when I was about vi years old. Non long after I started watching that series I saw i of the hardcover, black and white 'Annuals' that were existence published over at that place at the time, and soon later on constitute a re-create of an Australian reprint called Super Comics that featured a story each of Superboy, Johnny Quick and Batman. The Batman story hooked me for life. A couple of years subsequently my family emigrated to Canada (for the 2nd fourth dimension, no less!) and I discovered the vast assortment of American comics available at the fourth dimension.^[v]

His commencement encounter with Marvel Comics was in 1962 with Stan Lee and Jack Kirby's Fantastic Iv #5.^[6] He later commented that "the book had an 'edge' similar nothing DC was putting out at the fourth dimension".^[7] Jack Kirby's work in item had a strong influence on Byrne and he has worked with many of the characters Kirby created or co-created. Also Kirby, Byrne was influenced by the naturalistic manner of Neal Adams.

In 1970, Byrne enrolled at the Alberta College of Art and Design in Calgary. He created the superhero parody Gay Guy for the higher newspaper, which poked fun at the campus stereotype of homosexuality amidst fine art students. Gay Guy is notable for featuring a image of the Alpha Flight character Snowbird. While at that place, he published his first comic volume, ACA Comix #ane, featuring "The Expiry's Head Knight".^[8]

Byrne left the higher in 1973 without graduating. He broke into comics with a "Fan Art Gallery" piece in Marvel's promotional publication FOOM in early on 1974^[9] and by illustrating a 2-page story past author Al Hewetson in Skywald Publications' blackness-and-white horror mag Nightmare #twenty (Aug. 1974).^[10] He then began freelancing for Charlton Comics, making his colour-comics debut with the Eastward-Human being backup feature "Rog-2000", starring a robot character he'd created in the mid-1970s that colleagues Roger Stern and Bob Layton named and began using for spot illustrations in their fanzine CPL (Contemporary Pictorial Literature). A Rog-2000 story written by Stern, with art by Byrne and Layton, had gotten the attention of Charlton Comics editor Nicola Cuti, who extended Byrne an invitation. Written by Cuti, "Rog-2000" became one of several alternate fill-in features in the Charlton Comics superhero series E-Homo, starting with the viii-page "That Was No Lady" in event #half-dozen (Jan. 1975). While that was Byrne'south get-go published colour-comics piece of work, "My offset professional comic book sale was to Marvel, a curt story called Night Asylum' ... which languished in a apartment file somewhere until it was used as filler in Giant-Size Dracula #5 [(June 1975)], long after the first Rog story."^[11] The story was plotted by Tony Isabella and written by David Anthony Kraft.^[12]

Later the Rog-2000 story, Byrne went on to work on the Charlton books Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch, Space: 1999, and Emergency!, and co-created with author Joe Gill the postal service-apocalyptic science-fiction series Doomsday + 1. Byrne additionally drew a cover for the supernatural album The Many Ghosts of Md Graves #54 (Dec. 1975).

Marvel Comics [edit]

Byrne said he broke into Marvel comics after author Chris Claremont

...saw my [Charlton] work and began agitating for me to draw something he had written. When [artist] Pat Broderick missed a deadline on the 'Iron Fist' series in Marvel Premiere, [production manager] John Verpoorten fired him and offered the book to me. ... I turned around the starting time script in time to meet the deadline, and so started getting more work from Curiosity, until I was able to leave Charlton and focus entirely on the Curiosity stuff."^[thirteen]

Byrne soon went on to draw series including The Champions (#12-15, 17 1977-78)^[fourteen] and Marvel Team-Up (#53–55, 59–70, 75, 79, 100).^[fifteen] Byrne first drew the X-Men in Curiosity Team-Up #53.^[16] For many issues, he was paired with Claremont, with whom he teamed for issue #11 of the blackness-and-white Marvel mag Marvel Preview featuring Star-Lord. The Star-Lord story was inked by Terry Austin and lettered by Tom Orzechowski, both of whom soon afterward teamed with Claremont and Byrne on Uncanny Ten-Men.

The Uncanny X-Men [edit]

Byrne joined Claremont beginning with X-Men #108 (Dec. 1977), which was later renamed The Uncanny 10-men with issue #114.^[17] Their work together, along with inker Terry Austin, on such archetype story arcs equally "Proteus", "Dark Phoenix Saga", and "Days of Future Past" would brand them both fan favorites.^[eighteen] Byrne insisted that the title keep its Canadian character, Wolverine, and contributed a series of story elements to justify Wolverine's presence which eventually made the character among the nigh popular in Marvel'southward publishing history. With issue #114, Byrne began co-plotting the series as well every bit penciling. Claremont recounted that "at that point in time John and I were, in a very real sense, truthful collaborators on the volume. Information technology was with very few exceptions, difficult, for me, anyway, to tell in the actual gestation of the volume where one of united states left off and the other began – because it involved one of us coming up with an idea and billowy it off the other ..."^[nineteen] The "Nighttime Phoenix Saga" in 1980 is ane of the about notable stories in the title'due south history.^{[xx] [21]} Comics writers and historians Roy Thomas and Peter Sanderson observed that "'The Nighttime Phoenix Saga' is to Claremont and Byrne what the 'Galactus Trilogy' is to Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. It is a landmark in Marvel history, showcasing its creators' work at the summit of their abilities."^[22] Byrne has repeatedly compared his working relationship with Claremont to Gilbert and Sullivan, and has said that they were "nigh constantly at war over who the characters were."^[23] Byrne created the characters Blastoff Flying,^[24] Proteus,^[25] and Kitty Pryde/Shadowcat^{[26] [27]} during his run on The Ten-Men. A new Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, led by Mystique, was introduced in the "Days of Future Past" storyline (#141–142, Jan.-February. 1981) in which a time-travelling Kitty Pryde tried to avert a dystopian future acquired past the Brotherhood assassinating Presidential candidate Senator Robert Kelly.^[28] Byrne plotted the story wanting to describe the Sentinels as a genuine threat to the beingness of the mutant race.^[29] Byrne left The X-Men with #143 (March 1981). During his tenure on the series, The Ten-Men was promoted from a bimonthly to a monthly publication schedule every bit sales steadily increased—a trend that continued long after Byrne left.^[30]

In the late 1970s, while serving as the regular penciller of X-Men, Byrne began penciling another superhero squad title, The Avengers. Working for the most part with writer David Michelinie, he drew issues #164–166 and 181–191. Byrne and Michelinie co-created Scott Lang in Avengers #181 (March 1979).^[31] Byrne's nine-result run of Helm America, issues #247–255 (July 1980 – March 1981), with writer Roger Stern, included issue #250, in which the grapheme mulled running for the office of President of the United States.^[32]

Fantastic Four [edit]

Fantastic Four #232 (July 1981), Byrne's debut every bit writer-creative person. Embrace art by Byrne and inker Terry Austin

Byrne's post-X-Men body of work at Curiosity includes his six-year run on Fantastic 4 (#232–295, July 1981 – Oct 1986), which is mostly considered a "second gold age" for the title.^[33] Byrne said his goal was to "plow the clock back ... get back and see fresh what it was that made the book bully at its inception".^{[34] [35]} He fabricated a number of changes during his tenure: The Thing was temporarily replaced as a member of the quartet by the She-Hulk, while the Affair had adventures in his own comic (#ane – 22 also written by Byrne), and the Matter's longtime girlfriend Alicia Masters left him for his teammate the Man Torch; the Invisible Daughter was adult into the most powerful member with her heightened control of her refined powers and the self-confident assertiveness to use it epitomized by her proper name change to the Invisible Woman;^[36] and headquarters the Baxter Edifice was destroyed and replaced with 4 Freedoms Plaza. Byrne has cited multiple reasons for leaving the series, including "internal office politics"^[7] and that "it only started to get old".^[37]

Alpha Flight [edit]

In 1983, while notwithstanding at the helm of Fantastic Four, Byrne began to write and describe Blastoff Flight, starring a Canadian superhero squad that had been introduced "merely to survive a fight with the X-Men."^[seven] Though the series proved initially very popular, with its showtime outcome selling 500,000 copies,^[38] Byrne has said the title "was never much fun" and that he considered the characters ii-dimensional.^[7] One of Alpha Flight's characters, Northstar, eventually became Marvel's kickoff openly gay superhero. Though Byrne from the beginning intended the character to be gay,^[39] Northstar's homosexuality was only hinted at during Byrne's tenure on the series.

Indiana Jones [edit]

In 1983 Byrne also co-wrote and penciled issues 1 and two of The Further Adventures of Indiana Jones, a 2 part story arc titled "The Ikons of Ikammanen".

Incredible Hulk [edit]

In 1985, after issue #28 of Blastoff Flight, Byrne swapped serial with Bill Mantlo, writer of The Incredible Hulk. According to Byrne, he discussed his ideas with editor-in-chief Jim Shooter ahead of time, but once Byrne was on the title, Shooter objected to them.^[7] Byrne wrote and drew bug #314–319. The final result of Byrne's run featured the nuptials of Bruce Banner and Betty Ross.^[40]

DC Comics [edit]

The Untold Fable of the Batman [edit]

In early 1980, Byrne did his first work for DC Comics, penciling the first issue of The Untold Legend of the Batman miniseries.^[41] Byrne had ever wanted to describe Batman, and had a three-month window of fourth dimension during which he was not under contract to Marvel. Hearing nigh the Untold Legend serial, Byrne contacted editor Paul Levitz to express interest. DC took him upwards on his offer, only it was not until the second month of his three-month window that Byrne received the plot for the first consequence. Byrne told Levitz that he would non be able to end the projection due to fourth dimension constraints despite DC then allegedly offering Byrne double his Marvel pay charge per unit, after initially maxim they could not match his Curiosity rate. Byrne penciled the first effect, which was inked past Jim Aparo afterward being intended for Terry Austin. This experience soured Byrne on DC for quite some time.^[42]

Superman [edit]

Near the finish of his time at Marvel, Byrne was hired past DC Comics to revamp its flagship character Superman.^[43] This was function of a company-broad restructuring of the history of the DC Universe and all of its characters following the express series Crunch on Infinite Earths. Byrne'south reworking of Superman in detail gained widespread media coverage exterior the comic book industry, including articles in Time and The New York Times.

At the time, Byrne said, "I'm taking Superman back to the basics ... It's basically Siegel and Shuster'south Superman meets the Fleischer Superman in 1986."^[44]

Byrne significantly reduced Superman's powers (though he was still 1 of the most powerful beings on World), eliminated the Fortress of Solitude and super-dog Krypto, and kept Jonathan and Martha Kent alive into Clark'due south adulthood to enjoy their adopted son'south triumphs, also as to provide him with support, grounding, and advice whenever he needed it. Byrne also used Marv Wolfman's idea of making Lex Luthor a wealthy business owner in addition to a scientific genius with a deadly vendetta against the superhero.^[45] Byrne did away with the childhood/teenage career every bit Superboy; in his revamped history, Clark Kent does not put on a costume and become a super-hero until adulthood. This approach to Kent'south path to becoming Superman was later used in the TV serial Lois & Clark and Smallville, and in the 2005 novel It's Superman by Tom De Haven.

In the Superman mythos, Byrne wrote Clark Kent equally having a more aggressive and extroverted personality than previously depicted, even making him a top high-school football player. Byrne came up with explanations for how Superman's disguise works, such as the public simply does not realize that he has a undercover identity since he is unmasked, that Superman would vibrate his face via his super speed in order to blur his paradigm to photographers, and having Kent continue a weight training prepare around to explain how the human being and presumably weaker Kent could take a frame as massive as Superman's. Byrne's Superman felt that his deepest roots were on Earth, and that his home planet of "Krypton is abomination to him".^[44]

The origin and early on career of Byrne's version of Superman debuted in the six-issue miniseries The Man of Steel (July–Sept. 1986), the commencement issue of which was marketed with two unlike covers illustrated past Byrne, the start use of variant covers by the American comics industry.^[46]

Byrne penciled the six-consequence DC Universe crossover miniseries Legends (November. 1986 – May 1987) during this time.^[47] He wrote and drew 2 monthly Superman titles with the hero's present-solar day adventures: a new Superman title kickoff with issue #1 (January 1987)^[48] and Action Comics, in which, beginning with result #584, Superman teamed up with other DC characters. The original Superman book was renamed The Adventures of Superman starting with issue #424 and was initially written by Marv Wolfman and drawn by Jerry Ordway, but the writing chores were taken over past Byrne afterwards a year from issues #436–442 and 444. Every bit 1988 marked the 50th anniversary year of Superman's creation, Byrne did more Superman-related projects while working on the core Superman monthly titles at the aforementioned fourth dimension: he wrote the prestige format graphic novel, Superman: The World Stealers and three separate four-issue miniseries: The Globe of Krypton, The World of City, and The Earth of Smallville. He supplied the cover art for the March xiv, 1988 outcome of Fourth dimension magazine^[49] and an interior spread featuring Superman, where his pencils were inked by Ordway.

After his initial run on the Superman titles from 1986 to 1988, Byrne would make a return as a guest inker on Adventures of Superman Annual #2 (cover) and Superman #l in 1990. He would return doing a Superman Elseworlds story equally writer & artist in Action Comics Annual #half dozen in 1994. In 2004 Superman: True Brit, an Elseworlds story, was a collaboration with former Monty Python member John Cleese and Kim Johnson, with art by Byrne and inker Mark Farmer. Byrne returned to depict Superman in Action Comics #827–835, working with author Gail Simone, from 2005 to 2006.

Byrne spent near two years on the Superman titles before leaving. His dissatisfaction stemmed from his perception that at that place was a lack of "witting support" for him at DC. Furthering the rift between the visitor and the artist was the fact that the version of Superman which DC licensed for merchandising was contrary to Byrne'due south representation in the comic books.^[vii]

Render to Marvel [edit]

Star Brand [edit]

In 1986, Marvel began publication of a new line of superhero titles created by then-Editor-in-Primary Jim Shooter, which took place in a continuum removed from the Marvel Universe proper, called the New Universe. In 1987, the New Universe line saw a revamp nether new Editor-in-Chief Tom DeFalco, and Byrne took over writing and art-breakdowns on the line's flagship title, Star Brand (renamed The Star Brand during Byrne'due south term on the book). Byrne's run started with issue #11 and continued until the serial' counterfoil eight issues subsequently upon Curiosity'due south discontinuation of the New Universe line.

Avengers Westward Coast [edit]

In 1989, later on leaving Superman, Byrne returned to work on a number of titles for Curiosity Comics. His work on Due west Coast Avengers ^[50] (problems #42–57, soon renamed Avengers West Coast) was contingent on his being immune to do what he called "my Vision story".^[7] The Vision was a long-standing Marvel superhero and fellow member of The Avengers, an android originally created past the villain Ultron constructed with the torso of the original Man Torch. The Vision went on to join the squad, marry his teammate the Red Witch, and begetter ii children by her. Byrne radically changed this, revealing that Immortus - who precedently revealed to the Avengers the synthezoid'due south origin - lied nigh the Vision's creation. The android Human Torch was institute and joined the WCA. The Vision was disassembled and stripped of his emotions. The couple's twins were revealed to be pieces of the soul of the demon Mephisto. In improver to these changes, Byrne'southward run is remembered for the introduction of the Great Lakes Avengers, an eclectic group of new superheroes.^[51]

The Sensational She-Hulk [edit]

During She-Hulk'due south tenure with the Fantastic Four, she appeared in Curiosity Graphic Novel #eighteen (November. 1985) in a story titled The Sensational She-Hulk, which Byrne wrote and illustrated.^[52]

On the request of editor Mark Gruenwald, Byrne wrote and drew a new serial in 1989, The Sensational She-Hulk (maintaining the 1985 graphic novel's title). Gruenwald directed that it be significantly unlike from the character's previous serial, The Savage She-Hulk.^[53] Byrne's accept was comedic and the She-Hulk, who was enlightened she was in a comic volume, regularly broke the 4th wall, developing a dear-hate relationship with her creative person/author past criticizing his storylines, cartoon style, graphic symbol evolution, etc. Byrne left the book after writing and drawing the first eight bug. Byrne was asked for input on author Dwayne McDuffie's She-Hulk: Ceremony limited serial, and according to Byrne, most of his objections to the story and notations of errors were ignored, and his editor, Bobbie Chase, "was rewriting my stuff to bring it into line with" the story in Ceremony. Upon complaining to DeFalco, Byrne says he was fired from his series.^[53] He later returned to write and draw issues #31–fifty under new editor Renée Witterstaetter.

Namor, the Sub-Mariner [edit]

Byrne started a new series, Namor, the Sub-Mariner in Apr 1990.^[54] Byrne's take on the undersea antihero Namor cast him equally the head of a surface company, Oracle, Inc., in order to help go on the bounding main unpolluted, and had Namor involved in corporate intrigue. After writing and cartoon the volume for 25 issues, Byrne told editor Terry Kavanagh that he was starting to experience constrained on the book and idea having a different artist might inspire him to a fresh arroyo.^[55] Kavanagh suggested newcomer Jae Lee, and Byrne continued equally strictly author of the book up through event #32. Byrne later said he has great fondness for the title character and was unhappy that circumstances forced him to go out the series.^[55]

Iron Man [edit]

Byrne took over writing Iron Man for issues #258–277 (July 1990-Feb. 1992), drawn by John Romita Jr. and later on by Paul Ryan. Byrne launched a second "Armor Wars" story arc, restored the Mandarin equally a major Iron Man nemesis, and featured the 1950s "pre-superhero Marvel" monster Fin Fang Foom. During the course of his run, Byrne became the first writer to retcon Iron Man's origin, removing explicit ties to the Vietnam War (while maintaining a Southeast Asia setting), and linking Wong-Chu, the man who captured Tony Stark, to the Standard mandarin.^{[56] [57]}

Creator-owned works [edit]

In the early 1990s, Byrne began creating a series of original, creator-endemic works for publisher Dark Horse Comics. This was during a full general trend in the manufacture for established creators working for Marvel and DC to bring their original works to other publishers or create their own companies to publish the works themselves (one prominent example is Image Comics). A number of these creators, including Byrne, Frank Miller, Mike Mignola, and Art Adams, banded together to grade the Legend banner at Dark Equus caballus.

Byrne's outset title for Night Equus caballus was Adjacent Men, a work he considered darker and more realistic than his previous piece of work. The Adjacent Men were 5 young people who were the product of a secret government experiment. Byrne said, "I thought I would encounter what I could do with superheroes in the 'real earth' " and "[e]xplore the affect their existence would have."^[seven] Byrne's other Dark Horse titles were Babe, and Danger Unlimited, an all-age readers book about a squad of heroes in the future fighting an conflicting occupation of World.

The Side by side Men lasted until upshot 30 in 1994, when Byrne ended the series, intending to return "in no more than six months." Byrne says he "did not count on...the virtual collapse of the whole comic book industry, which seemed to occur at just the fourth dimension I put Adjacent Men on the shelf...In the nowadays, very depressed marketplace, I don't feel Next Men would have much chance, then I leave the book hibernating until such fourth dimension as the market place improves."^[seven]

IDW Publishing revived John Byrne's Adjacent Men in 2010 following a series of merchandise paperbacks that nerveless the outset series. The original storyline that had a bewilderment ending in 1995 was continued.

Afterward career [edit]

In later years, Byrne has worked on titles for Curiosity, DC, and other publishers, including the 1992 prestige format graphic novel Green Lantern: Ganthet'south Tale with science fiction author Larry Niven at DC. In 1989, Byrne wrote Batman #433–435 (May–July 1989)^[58] and in the following year produced a iii-D graphic novel with three-D effects by Ray Zone.^[59] He returned to the X-Men franchise at Marvel from 1991 to 1992, succeeding longtime writer Chris Claremont, who left after 17 years working on the various X-Men related titles. Byrne'southward return as the new author was brief, as he but scripted Uncanny X-Men issues #281–285 and 288 with artist Whilce Portacio, and X-Men issues #iv–5 with creative person Jim Lee. In 1995, Byrne wrote and drew the Marvel/DC intercompany crossover Darkseid vs. Galactus: The Hunger, which also featured the Jack Kirby creations the Silver Surfer and the New Gods.

He wrote and drew another of DC's signature serial, the long-running Wonder Woman, from 1995 to 1998. During that time, he elevated the super-heroine to the condition of goddess^[60] who then ascended to Mount Olympus as the Goddess of Truth. Byrne then spotlighted supporting characters such as Queen Hippolyta in their own adventures but restored the series' status quo in his last effect.^[61] He additionally took over New Gods vol. 4 at the end of 1996, equally writer-artist of issues #12–15, continuing with information technology as the series was rebooted with a new #1 as Jack Kirby's Quaternary World. That ran twenty issues from 1997 to 1998. During his tenure on the New Gods, Byrne was writer of the 4-issue miniseries crossover Genesis, a story line published weekly by DC Comics in August 1997. The series was drawn by Ron Wagner and Joe Rubinstein. Byrne wrote a Wonder Woman prose novel, Wonder Woman: Gods and Goddesses (1997, Prima Lifestyles, ISBN 0-7615-0483-4).

In the series Spider-Man: Affiliate Ane, Byrne retold some of Spider-Man'southward earliest adventures, irresolute some key aspects.^[62] In late 1998, Byrne became author of the flagship series The Amazing Spider-Man at the cease of the serial with issue #440, past which time Marvel had decided to relaunch the book. The "last" effect of The Astonishing Spider-Man was #441 (November 1998), with Curiosity re-initiating the series with a new volume ii, issue #1 (Jan. 1999) with Howard Mackie as author and Byrne on pencils.^[63] Byrne penciled problems #1–xviii (from 1999 to 2000) and wrote #13–14. In 1999, Byrne, working with artist Ron Garney, wrote the starting time 7 issues of a new Hulk series,^[64] as well as the summertime annual.

From 1999 to 2001, Byrne returned to the X-Men to write and draw Ten-Men: The Hidden Years ^[65] which ran for 22 issues. Byrne explained the title's cancellation by saying, "I was officially informed yesterday that, despite the fact that they are still assisting, several 'redundant' X-Titles are existence axed." This disagreement factored in his decision to no longer piece of work for Curiosity Comics.^[66]

Like Ten-Men: The Subconscious Years, some other works of this period involved characters and events in time periods other than the present and, in some cases, considered "skipped over" (Marvel: The Lost Generation), or alternate timelines (DC'south Superman & Batman: Generations);^[67] a feature some of these accept in common is to accept characters who really age during the course of the series, which is uncommon for characters in ongoing comics.

In early 2003, Byrne spent ten weeks equally guest penciler on the syndicated newspaper strip Funky Winkerbean. Byrne did this as a favor for Winkerbean's creator, Tom Batiuk, who was recovering from foot surgery.^[68]

Well-nigh of his piece of work in the get-go decade of the new millennium was for DC Comics: JLA (problems #94–99 in 2004, co-writing and illustrating the "Tenth Circle" story arc, reuniting with his Uncanny X-Men author Chris Claremont and with Jerry Ordway as inker), Doom Patrol, Blood of the Demon, a 5-outcome arc of JLA Classified. He penciled an issue of Hawkman (vol. iv) #26 in May 2004. Superman: True Brit was a collaboration with former Monty Python member John Cleese and Kim Johnson, with fine art by Byrne and inker Mark Farmer.^[69] Byrne returned to depict Superman in Action Comics #827–835, working with writer Gail Simone, from 2005 to 2006. After, Simone and Byrne reteamed to launch The All-New Atom series in 2006, with Byrne pencilling the outset three issues.

For publisher IDW, Byrne worked on the superhero series FX #i–6, written past Wayne Osborne, starting with the March 2008 issue. His other projects for the publisher include stories for the Star Trek and Angel franchises

Byrne's Star Expedition work included the terminal upshot of the miniseries Star Expedition: Alien Spotlight (February 2008); the self-described "professional person fan fiction", Star Trek: Consignment: Earth #1–5; Star Trek: Romulans #i–2, Star Expedition: Crew (a Christopher Pike-era comic volume focusing on the graphic symbol of "Number One") started in March 2009; the final chapter of his Romulans story, a four-issue miniseries, Star Trek: Leonard McCoy, Frontier Doctor, gear up before Star Trek: The Motion-picture show, and the second Consignment: Earth serial.^[seventy]

His piece of work on Angel included Angel: Blood and Trenches (set during World State of war I); an Angel vs Frankenstein one-shot; and an Andy Hallett tribute, Affections: Music of the Spheres and Affections vs Frankenstein Ii in 2008, 2009 and 2010 respectively.

In 2011, he worked on Jurassic Park: The Devils in the Desert, and Cold War (The Michael Swann Dossier). He revived his Next Men series in 2010–2011, with the sequel series Aftermath. Other work for IDW includes the 2012 miniseries Trio and the 2013 miniseries The High Means and Doomsday.1.^[71]

Controversies [edit]

Over the years, Byrne has gained a reputation as a controversial figure, and has himself noted that "as the people who accept figured me out have said, I but don't suffer fools gladly."^[72]

In 1981, Jack Kirby began speaking publicly about his conventionalities that he had been deprived of fair credit and money while creating the majority of Curiosity's top characters. Byrne wrote an editorial declaring himself "proud" to be a "company man", and arguing that all creators should "live inside the rules while they're around." Steve Gerber and Kirby lampooned Byrne's position in Destroyer Duck, cartoon him as a character called Booster Cogburn, possessing a removable spine and existing only to serve as a cog in the mammoth corporation that endemic him.^[73] Erik Larsen created a villain in the 1990s for his Savage Dragon and the Freak Force series' Johnny Redbeard/the Creator, who parodies Byrne; a massive cranium with atrophied appendages, he can bestow superpowers indiscriminately.^[74]

In 1982, during a panel discussion at the Dallas Fantasy Off-white, Byrne made disparaging comments about longtime comics writer and onetime Marvel Comics editor-in-chief Roy Thomas that were published in The Comics Journal #75 (Sept. 1982), Thomas threatened a slander accommodate if Byrne did not repent. In a letter printed in The Comics Journal #82 (July 1983), Byrne retracted his statements, maxim he was merely repeating information from others, writing, "I acted only in the office of a parrot."

In 2005, criticizing portrayals of Superman emphasizing his connectedness to his abode planet, Byrne described immigrants with what he perceives every bit excessive zipper to their nations of origin equally "ungrateful footling shits."^[75] In 2015, Byrne received criticism for stating that transgender people are mentally ill and comparison them to pedophiles.^[76]

Gail Simone, who worked with Byrne on The All New Atom in 2006, described Byrne as "very opinionated; a lot of artists are opinionated, and I'yard okay with that. Actually, I call up John Byrne is brilliant and his forceful personality is function of that."^[77]

Fine art style [edit]

Byrne has himself chosen his style a "collection of influences". He cites Neal Adams, Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko as principal influences on his style, but continues to option upward on ideas that he sees and likes while constantly changing his tools and methods.^[78]

Byrne is colour bullheaded for a narrow range of green and brownish tones. During the first year that Byrne illustrated Iron Fist, he believed that the protagonist's costume was brown.^[79] While he experimented with his own paw-developed lettering fonts in the early on 1980s, he has since begun using a estimator font based on the handwriting of the letterer Jack Morelli.^[80]

Personal life [edit]

Byrne became a naturalized American citizen in 1988.

He was married to photographer and actress Andrea Braun Byrne for xv years until divorcing. Braun's son from a previous marriage is Kieron Dwyer,^[81] and Byrne became Dwyer's stepfather when the male child was 13 until Byrne divorced his mother. They only lived together for a brusque time as the young Dwyer soon moved to Los Angeles to live with his father. Byrne encouraged Dwyer's aspirations to be a cartoonist and assisted in landing Dwyer'southward showtime professional job drawing Batman #413 (November. 1987).^[82]

Since 2015, Byrne no longer attends any conventions regularly and makes rare public appearances.^[83] He made an exceptional appearance at the 2018 Fan Expo Boston,^[84] where he spoke at two events, both titled "Spotlight on John Byrne" on August 11 and 12, and an shorthand signing with William Shatner.

Awards [edit]

Byrne received the Favourite Comic Volume Artist Eagle Awards in 1978 and 1979,^[85] and a 1980 Inkpot Award.^[86]

In 2008, Byrne was inducted into the Canadian Comic Volume Creator Hall of Fame.^[87]

In 2015, Byrne was inducted into the Will Eisner Hall of Fame, alongside judges' choices Marge (Marjorie Henderson Buell) and Neb Woggon and elected inductees Chris Claremont, Denis Kitchen, and Frank Miller.^{[ citation needed ]}

Selected bibliography [edit]

Comic books [edit]

Charlton Comics [edit]

• Protrude Bailey (artist, text story two pages) #112–113
• Doomsday + one (artist) #i–vi
• E-Man (artist, Rog-2000 backup stories) #6–seven, ix–10
• Emergency! (artist) #1–2
• The Flintstones (artist, text story 2 pages) #37, 42
• Korg: lxx,000 B.C. (creative person, text story two pages) #two
• Infinite: 1999 (artist) #3–6
• Valley of the Dinosaurs (creative person, text story two pages) #3
• Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch (artist) #one–3

Night Horse Comics [edit]

• John Byrne'due south 2112 (1991)
• Danger Unlimited #1–iv (1994)
• John Byrne's Next Men #0, #1–30 (1992–1994)
• Babe #one–4 (1994)
• Hellboy: Seed of Destruction #1–4 (1994)
• Babe 2 #ane–2 (1995)

DC Comics [edit]

• Activeness Comics (writer/artist) #584–600, (creative person) #827–835; (writer) Almanac #1, (writer/creative person) Annual #6 (creative person)
• Adventures of Superman (author) #436–442, 444; (inker) Annual #2
• All New Atom (artist) #1–3
• Batman (artist, 1 page) #400, (writer and embrace creative person) #433–435
• Batman 3D graphic novel (writer-artist)
• Batman/Captain America (ane shot intercompany crossover, published by DC, writer/artist)
• Darkseid/Galactus (one shot intercompany crossover, published by DC, writer/artist)
• Claret of the Demon (writer/artist) #ane–17
• Doom Patrol vol. 4 #1–18 (writer/artist)
• Genesis (miniseries, August 1997) (writer) #1–4
• Greenish Lantern Almanac (writer/penciler) #3
• Greenish Lantern: Ganthet's Tale (i-shot; scripter/creative person, from a story past Larry Niven)
• Hawkman vol. 4 #26 (May 2004) (artist)
• Jack Kirby's Quaternary World #ane–twenty (writer/artist)
• JLA (writer/artist) #94–99, with Chris Claremont
• JLA: Classified #l–54 (artist)
• Lab Rats #ane–eight (writer/artist)
• Legends #1–6 (miniseries) (creative person)
• The Man of Steel #1–6 (writer/artist) (miniseries)
• New Gods vol. 4 #12–xv (writer/artist)
• New Teen Titans Almanac vol. 2 (penciler) #2
• OMAC vol. 2 #one–4 (miniseries)
• Hole-and-corner Origins Almanac vol. 2 (artist) #1 (Doom Patrol)
• Superman (artist, one folio) #400
• Superman vol. two (author/artist) #ane–22 (writer just #18); (artist just) #l
• Superman & Batman: Generations #1–iv (miniseries) (author/artist)
• Superman & Batman: Generations 2 #one–four (miniseries) (writer/artist)
• Superman & Batman: Generations 3 #i–12 (miniseries) (author/artist)
• Superman: Truthful Brit graphic novel (creative person)
• Untold Legend of The Batman #1 (miniseries) (artist)
• World of Krypton #1–4 (miniseries) (writer and cover artist)
• World of Metropolis #1–4 (miniseries) (writer and encompass artist)
• Earth of Smallville #1–iv (miniseries) (writer and cover artist)
• Wonder Woman vol. 2 (writer/artist) #101–136, Annual #v–6

IDW Publishing [edit]

• Angel: After the Autumn (creative person) #six
• Angel: Claret & Trenches (writer/artist) #1–iv
• Common cold War (writer/artist) #ane–4
• Doomsday.ane (writer/artist) #i–iv
• FX (artist) #i–half-dozen
• The High Ways (author/artist) #1–4
• John Byrne's Side by side Men vol. 2 (author/creative person) #1–nine, 40–44
• Jurassic Park: The Devils in the Desert (writer/artist) #1–iv
• Star Trek Romulans: Hollow Crown (writer/creative person) #1–2
• Star Expedition Romulans: Schism (writer/artist) #1–3
• Star Trek: Alien Spotlight: Romulans (writer/artist) #i–three
• Star Trek: Consignment: Earth (author/artist) #1–2
• Star Expedition: Crew (writer/creative person) #1–5
• Star Trek: Leonard McCoy, Frontier Doctor (writer/artist) #1–4
• Star Expedition: "Foreign New Worlds", photonovel
• Star Trek: New Visions #i–19, photonovels
• Star Trek: New Visions Vol. #i–four photonovels collected with some new material
• Trio (writer/creative person) #1–4
• Triple Helix (writer/creative person) #one–4

Curiosity Comics [edit]

• Blastoff Flight (writer/penciller) #1–28
• The Astonishing Spider-Man (penciller) #189, 190, 206 Annual #xiii; (writer) 440–441
• The Astonishing Spider-Human being vol. two (penciller) #1–xviii; (writer) #13–14
• The Avengers (penciller) #164–166, 181–191, 233 (author) #305–317; Annual (inker) #13 (penciler) #14, (writer) #18
• Avengers Westward Coast (writer/penciller) #42–57, Annual #4
• Captain America (penciller) #247–255
• The Champions (penciller) #12–15, (inker) #17
• Daredevil (penciller) #138
• Epic Illustrated (Galactus) (writer/artist) #26–34
• Fantastic Four (artist) #209–218, (writer/artist) #220, 221, 232–293, (author) #294, Annual #17-19
• The Further Adventures of Indiana Jones (writer/penciller) #1, (penciller) #2
• Hulk (writer) #1–7; Annual #i
• Iron Fist (penciller) #1–fifteen
• Iron Human (penciler) #118; (writer) #258–277; Annual #x (artist)
• The Incredible Hulk (author/creative person) #314–319; (penciller) Annual #7; (author) Almanac #8, 14
• Marvel Comics Presents (author/creative person) #18 (She-Hulk story), #79 (Sunspot story)
• Curiosity Fanfare (writer/artist) #29
• Marvel Graphic Novel (writer) #viii, (writer/artist) #18
• Marvel Premiere (creative person) #25, #47–48
• Curiosity Preview (artist) #xi
• Curiosity Team-Upwardly (artist) #53–55, 59–70, 75, 79, 100 (2d half of outcome)
• Marvel: The Lost Generation (artist) #1–12
• Curiosity Two-in-One (creative person) #43, 53–55 (author/artist) #50 (writer) #100
• Namor the Sub-Mariner (writer/artist) #one–25; (writer) #26–32
• The New Mutants (penciller) #75
• Peter Parker The Spectacular Spider-Human (penciller) #58
• Ability Man (penciller) #48–49
• Power Man and Fe Fist (penciller) #50
• Rom (inker) #74
• Sensational She-Hulk (writer/creative person) #1–8, 31–46, 48–50
• Spider-Man: Affiliate One (author/artist) #one–6, 0, 7-12
• Thing #1–13, 19-22 (author)
• Uncanny X-Men (co-plotter and penciller), #108, 109, 111–143; (scripter) #273, 281–285, 288
• What If (author/artist) #36
• Wolverine (vol. 2) (artist) #17–23
• X-Factor (writer/penciller) Annual #4
• Ten-Men (vol. 2) (writer) #4–five
• 10-Men: The Hidden Years #1–22 (writer/artist)

Novels [edit]

• John L. Byrne's Fear Book (1988; ISBN 0-446-34814-7)
• Whipping Boy (1992; ISBN 0-440-21171-9)
• Wonder Woman: Gods and Goddesses (1997, ISBN 0-7615-0483-4)

Newspaper strips [edit]

• Funky Winkerbean (2003) (fill-in penciler for x weeks)

Portfolios [edit]

• History of the DC Universe (1986, includes one plate by Byrne).^[88]
• Superman #400 (1984, includes i plate by Byrne)^[89]

Webcomics [edit]

• You Go, Ghoul! (2004)^[90]
• X-Men Elsewhen (2019— )

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35. ^ DeFalco "1980s" in Gilbert (2008), p. 200: "John Byrne went back to basics with the Fantastic Iv and evoked the title's early days of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby."
36. ^ DeFalco "1980s" in Gilbert (2008), p. 221: "After freeing herself from the Psycho-Human being'south control, Susan inverse her name from the Invisible Girl to the Invisible Woman."
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External links [edit]

• Byrne Robotics (official site). WebCitation annal.
• Byrne, John (July 8, 2003). "Your Old Stuff Was Ameliorate". Slush Factory. Archived from the original on September ten, 2017.
• John Byrne at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
• John Byrne. Mike'due south Amazing Earth of Comics
• John Byrne. Lambiek Comiclopedia
• John Byrne. The Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators

Preceded by Sal Buscema	Marvel Team-Up creative person 1977–1978	Succeeded past David Wenzel
Preceded by Dave Cockrum	Uncanny 10-Men creative person 1977–1981	Succeeded by Dave Cockrum
Preceded by Jim Mooney	The Avengers artist 1979–1980	Succeeded by Arvell Jones
Preceded by Sal Buscema	Fantastic Four artist 1979–1980	Succeeded by Bill Sienkiewicz
Preceded by Roger McKenzie	Captain America writer 1980 (with Roger Stern)	Succeeded by Bill Mantlo
Preceded by Doug Moench (writer) Bill Sienkiewicz(artist)	Fantastic 4 writer and artist 1981–1986	Succeeded past Roger Stern (writer) Jerry Ordway(creative person)
Preceded by north/a	Alpha Flying writer and artist 1983–1985	Succeeded by Pecker Mantlo (writer) Mike Mignola (artist)
Preceded by Bill Mantlo (writer), Mike Mignola (artist)	The Incredible Hulk writer and artist 1985–1986	Succeeded by Al Milgrom
Preceded past Alan Moore (writer), Curt Swan (penciller)	Action Comics writer and artist 1987–1988	Succeeded by multiple
Preceded past n/a	Superman vol. two writer and creative person 1987–1988	Succeeded by Roger Stern (writer), Mike Mignola (creative person)
Preceded by Marv Wolfman	The Adventures of Superman co-writer (with Jerry Ordway) 1988	Succeeded by Jerry Ordway
Preceded by Tom DeFalco and Ralph Macchio (writers) Tom Morgan (artist)	W Coast Avengers/ Avengers W Coast writer and artist 1989–1990	Succeeded by Fabian Nicieza (author) Tom Morgan (artist)
Preceded by Ralph Macchio	The Avengers author 1989–1990	Succeeded by Fabian Nicieza
Preceded by n/a	Namor the Sub-Mariner writer and artist 1990–1992 equally author; 1990–1991 as artist	Succeeded by Bob Harras (author) Jae Lee (creative person)
Preceded past Dwayne McDuffie	Iron Human being writer 1990–1992	Succeeded by Len Kaminski
Preceded by Chris Claremont	Uncanny X-Men writer 1991–1992	Succeeded by Scott Lobdell
Preceded by Louise Simonson (author), Tom Morgan (penciller)	The Sensational She-Hulk writer and artist 1991–1993	Succeeded past Scott Benson (author), Tom Morgan (penciller)
Preceded past Chris Claremont	X-Men (vol. 2) author 1992	Succeeded by Jim Lee
Preceded by William Messner-Loebs	Wonder Woman writer 1995–1998	Succeeded by Eric Luke
Preceded by n/a	The Amazing Spider-Man vol. two artist 1999–2000	Succeeded by John Romita, Jr.
Preceded by Joe Casey	The Incredible Hulk writer 1999	Succeeded by Paul Jenkins
Preceded past Roy Thomas Dann Thomas	Spider-Woman author 1999–2000	Succeeded by Brian Michael Bendis

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