Becky Cloonan

Becky Cloonan (born 23 June 1980) is an American comic book creator, known for work published by Tokyopop and Vertigo. In 2012 she became the first female artist to draw the main Batman title for DC Comics.[1]

Becky Cloonan
Cloonan at the 2011 New York Comic Con
BornRebecca Cloonan
(1980-06-23) June 23, 1980
Pisa, Italy
NationalityAmerican
Area(s)Writer, Artist
Notable works
Channel Zero: Jennie One
Demo
Flight
nebuli
East Coast Rising
American Virgin
Pixu: The Mark of Evil
beckycloonan.net

Biography

Becky Cloonan was born in Pisa, Italy.[2] She went to New York's School of Visual Arts,[3] which offered the kind of rigorous training that Cloonan had been searching for. She still felt drawn to comics, and she surrounded herself with classmates who also adored the medium. She and her friends decided to produce a comics anthology that they called Meathaus.[4]

Cloonan created minicomics and was part of the Meathaus collective before collaborating with Brian Wood on Channel Zero: Jennie One[5] in 2003. Since then, her profile (and workload) has steadily risen; her best-known work to date has been the twelve-issue comics series Demo (2004), also with Wood. Wizard named Demo its 2004 "Indie of the Year."[6] The series was also nominated for two Eisner Awards in 2005, for Best Limited Series and Best Single Issue or One-Shot (the latter of which was for Demo #7, "One Shot, Don't Miss").[7]

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.[8] She also collaborated with writer Steven T. Seagle on the Vertigo Comics series American Virgin, which was cancelled with the 23rd issue.[9] In 2012 she became the first woman to draw the main Batman title.[1]

In 2013, she did the art for the series The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys, which is written by Gerard Way[10] and Shaun Simon. In 2014/2015, she also co-created and did cover art and stories for Gotham Academy from DC Comics.[11]

She created artwork for the band Leftöver Crack label Qn5 including CunninLynguists and Tonedeff.

In 2015, she was voted #3 of the top 50 female comics artists of all-time.[12] She was also one of only two creators to make the list as both writer and artist, voted #14 among all-time top writers.[13]

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, MA. Cloonan painted her mural, which she completed on Labor Day, on the building housing the comic shop That's Entertainment.[14]

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)
  • Pixu #1-2 (w/a, with Gabriel Bá, Fábio Moon and Vasilis Lolos, 2008) collected as Pixu: the Mark of Evil (hc, Dark Horse, 128 pages, 2009, ISBN 1-59582-340-9; hc, 2015, ISBN 1-61655-813-X)
  • By Chance or Providence: Stories by Becky Cloonan (hc, 108 pages, 2014, ISBN 0-98519-623-8; tpb, Image, 2017, ISBN 1-53430-186-0) collects:
    • Wolves (w/a, 2011)
    • The Mire (w/a, 2012)
    • Demeter (w/a, 2013)
  • Black Church (as editor, w/a: Andy Belanger, 2012)

Dark Horse Comics

DC Comics & 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)
  • Demo Volume II #1-6 (a, with Brian Wood, 2010) collected as Demo Volume II (tpb, 160 pages, 2011, ISBN 1-4012-2995-6)
  • Northlanders #35-36: "The Girl in the Ice" (a, with Brian Wood, 2011) collected in Volume 5: Metal and Other Stories (tpb, 192 pages, 2011, ISBN 1-4012-3160-8)
  • Beyond the Fringe #5-6: "Ghost Writer" (a, with Jhonen Vasquez, digital, 2012) collected in Beyond the Fringe (tpb, 144 pages, 2012, ISBN 1-4012-3798-3)
  • Batman (a):
    • "Ghost in the Machine" (with Scott Snyder, in vol. 2 #12, 2012) collected in Batman: The City of Owls (hc, 208 pages, 2013, ISBN 1-4012-3777-0; tpb, 2013, ISBN 93-5111-661-1)
    • "The Wedding" (with Tom King, among other artists, vol. 3 #50, 2018) collected in Batman: The Wedding (tpb, 208 pages, 2013, ISBN 1-4012-8338-1)
  • Swamp Thing vol. 5 Annual #1: "Rotworld: Secrets of the Dead" (a, with Scott Snyder and Andy Belanger, 2012) collected in Volume 2: Family Tree (tpb, 160 pages, 2013, ISBN 1-4012-3843-2)
  • American Vampire Anthology #1: "Greed" (w/a, 2013) collected in American Vampire Volume 6 (hc, 144 pages, 2014, ISBN 1-4012-4708-3; tpb, 2014, ISBN 1-4012-4929-9)
  • Harley Quinn vol. 2 #0 (a, with Conner and Palmiotti, among other artists, 2014) collected in Volume 1: Hot in the City (hc, 224 pages, 2014, ISBN 1-4012-4892-6; tpb, 2015, ISBN 1-4012-5415-2)
  • Batman: Black and White vol. 2 #6: "Bruce" (a, with Olly Moss, anthology, 2014) collected in Batman: Black and White Volume 4 (hc, 288 pages, 2014, ISBN 1-4012-4643-5; tpb, 2015, 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)
  • 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 Conrad, DC's Young Animal, 2020)

Marvel Comics
  • Marvel Knights: Strange Tales II #3: "King Crab!" (w/a, anthology, 2010) collected in Strange Tales II (hc, 144 pages, 2011, ISBN 0-7851-4822-1; tpb, 2011, ISBN 0-7851-4823-X)
  • Nation X #2: "Cajun Justice!" (w/a, anthology, 2010) collected in Nation X (hc, 360 pages, 2010, ISBN 0-7851-3873-0; tpb, 2010, ISBN 0-7851-4103-0)
  • Osborn #5 (a, with Kelly Sue DeConnick and Emma Ríos, 2011) collected in Osborn: Evil Incarcerated (tpb, 120 pages, 2011, ISBN 0-7851-5175-3)
  • Victor Von Doom #1-4 (a, with Nick Spencer, cancelled before release)[15][16]
  • The New Avengers vol. 2 #34 (a, with Brian Michael Bendis, among other artists, 2013) collected in Volume 5: End Times (hc, 112 pages, 2013, ISBN 0-7851-6158-9; tpb, 2013, ISBN 0-7851-6159-7)
  • Young Avengers vol. 2 #15 (a, with Kieron Gillen, among other artists, 2014) collected in Volume 3: Mic-Drop at the Edge of Time and Space (tpb, 112 pages, 2014, ISBN 0-7851-8530-5)
  • The Punisher vol. 11 (w, with Steve Dillon, Matt Horak, Laura Braga (#8) and Kris Anka (#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)
  • The Mighty Thor #700 (a, with Jason Aaron, among other artists, 2017) collected in Volume 5: The Death of the Mighty Thor (hc, 168 pages, 2018, ISBN 1-3029-0660-7; tpb, 2018, 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

Covers only

References
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  2. "Stats" Archived 2013-01-22 at Archive.today. Estrigious. Retrieved February 23, 2014.
  3. Gerard Way Talks New Comic "Fabulous Killjoys," Next My Chemical Romance Album "She went to SVA".
  4. Gale, Robert L. (September 2000). "Thaxter, Celia (29 June 1835–26 August 1894), poet and essayist". American National Biography Online. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1601619. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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  6. "Becky Cloonan". DC Comics. Retrieved 2017-06-12.
  7. "2005 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards". Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
  8. "2007 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards". Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac. Retrieved 2017-06-12.
  9. Irvine, Alex (2008), "American Virgin", in Dougall, Alastair (ed.), The Vertigo Encyclopedia, New York: Dorling Kindersley, pp. 22–24, ISBN 978-0-7566-4122-1, OCLC 213309015
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  11. "Art Reveal Interview DC Comics Gotham Academy Becky Cloonan". The Mary Sue. 2014-08-21. Retrieved 2019-02-26.
  12. "Top 25 Female Comic Book Artists #3-1 - CBR". www.cbr.com.
  13. "Top 25 Female Comic Book Writers #15-11 - CBR". www.cbr.com.
  14. "Cover Story: The Return of POW! WOW! Worcester". Worcester Magazine.
  15. Richards, Dave (August 11, 2011). "EXCLUSIVE: Spencer & Cloonan Go to Hell in "Victor Von Doom"". CBR.
  16. Ching, Albert (November 4, 2011). "Spencer & Cloonan's VICTOR VON DOOM Canceled Before Release". Newsarama.
  17. Cloonan, Becky. "Ink and Thunder: East Coast Rising".

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