Mostly golden age, silver age and bronze age comics. For fans of comic artist john byrne has 7,822 members. Since the mid1970s, byrne has worked on many major american superheroes. Byrne started out rather anonymously, working for charlton in the mid70s and then quickly moved over to marvel, where he stayed and drew and persevered. The series told the story of supermans modern origin, which had been rebooted following the 1986 series crisis on infinite earths. Jun 25, 2017 the comic book relationship between jack kirby and john byrne created. Our users have posted 998335 posts in 27791 discussions last post on 10 may 2020 at 8.
Working mostly for charlton at first, he soon moved to marvel, and in 1977 he took over penciling the xmen, collaborating with writer chris claremont and inker terry austin, and quickly becoming a fanfavorite as well as one of the highest paid artists in the industry. The comic book relationship between jack kirby and john byrne. Along the way to comic book superstardom, john byrne drew the avengers for a year a year bronze age fans remember fondly. Values of john byrnes next men free comic book values. The episode, besides being guggenheims last, was also the final. John lindley byrne born july 6, 1950 is a britishborn american comicbook writer and artist.
Apr 07, 2018 john byrne has chosen not to work for dc comics or marvel for some time, of late he has mostly been published by idw. Since the mid1970s, byrne has worked on many major superheroes, with noted work on marvel comics xmen and fantastic four and the 1986 relaunch of dc comics superman franchise, the first issue of which featured comics first variant cover. A nineissue miniseries was published by idw publishingin 2010 and 2011, followed by another series titled next men. Both legendary in their own rights, coming together to talk about the importance of drawing. They did a few trades for the series but i think most are out of print. Byrnes betterknown work has been on marvel comics xmen and fantastic four and the 1986 relaunch of dc comics superman franchise, the first issue of which featured comics. Why does writerartist john byrne seem to hate everyone. But he did get a call in october on his john byrne forum he wrote, in reply. Blank john byrne page sold at auction original comic art. John byrne, known for his work on marvels the fantastic four and the uncanny xmen, reveals he has been in talks about returning to the company. Please fill out the following form to report an issue missing from the database. John byrne mars will send no more comic books, art. You mentioned in an interview that your first fulllength comic story was deathshead knight back in the early 70s. This is a group dedicated to the works, past and present, of comic book icon john.
It was not until 2008 that he created his first full star trek comic, for idw publishing, he has since gone on to produce numerous series of. John byrnes retelling of supermans origin and early years is almost pitch perfect in every regard, grounding the character and refreshing him at the same time. John lindley byrne is a britishborn canadianamerican comic book writer and aritst, best known for his work on marvel comics xmen and fantastic four and the 1986 relaunch of dc comics superman franchise. John byrne comics checklist by pencil ink, a blog on comics and comic book artists of the past. Feb 03, 2004 john lindley byrne born july 6, 1950 is a britishborn american comic book writer and artist. Nov 27, 2017 this video discuss the published interactions and friction between jack kirby, the superhero cocreator, mass producer of marvel in the 1960s and john byrne, the mass producer of marvel late 1970s. But unlike the mention of rob liefeld, byrnes work has spanned 4 four decades now and charts from the heights of comic book creativity to the bottom of the barrel in some peoples opinions. Idw publishing proudly welcomes john byrne, the legendary comic book writerartist, for a rare convention appearance at this years new york comiccon alongside the convention exclusive variant. Days of future past artist john byrne wasnt offered, and wouldnt accept, a cameo new serialized star trek photonovel by john byrne coming from idw publishing. See more ideas about john byrne, comic books art and comic art. John lindley byrne born july 6, 1950 is a britishborn canadian american author and artist of comic books.
June 25, 2017 as shown in other episodes, jack kirby cocreated the marvel universe and coplotted, and drew an incredibly high amount of output for marvel in the 1960s. Like the other visionaries trade paperbacks, production quality is only okay. Byrne s betterknown work has been on marvel comics xmen and fantastic four and the 1986 relaunch of dc comics superman franchise. Written and drawn by john byrne, the series was presented in six issues which were inked by dick giordano.
This is the version that existed until the new 52 revamp in 2011 and is the one i find most appealing of all the iterations of this character. The man of steel is a 1986 comic book limited series featuring the dc comics character superman. Byrne wrote the scripts for the three earliest hellboy stories. It did have john byrnes signature on it but there was literally nothing else on the page except the issue info on the top. Peter david claims that he was never even at the convention and claims bryne is crazy because there isnt any way he could have gotten those pages. The comic book relationship between jack kirby and john byrne created. He is famous for his work on fantastic four, wonder woman. Idw publishing proudly welcomes john byrne, the legendary comic book writerartist, for a rare convention appearance at this years new york. John byrne memory beta, noncanon star trek wiki fandom. John byrne comic book art for sale value guide heritage. Deathshead knight was a project done for the alberta college of art, which i was attending at the time. Since the mid1970s, byrne has worked on nearly every major american superhero. Not sure i would actually have called it my first fulllength comic story.
John byrne comic artist the most popular comic art by. John byrne is a criminal whose name appeared on the list. John lindley byrne is a britishborn canadianamerican author and artist of comic books. John byrne again homaged jack kirby and joe simons cover to captain america comics 1, 1941 in his own captain america 255, 1981. John byrne s retelling of supermans origin and early years is almost pitch perfect in every regard, grounding the character and refreshing him at the same time.
John byrne is a prolific superhero comic book writer and artist, and is well recognized for the changes he imparts to comic mythologies. Working mostly for charlton at first, he soon moved to marvel, and in 1977 he took over penciling the xmen, collaborating with writer chris claremont and inker terry austin, and quickly becoming a fanfavorite as well as one of the highest paid artists in the. Back again with animation centrifuge for another instalment of when frank met. In 1981, jack kirby went public about feeling he had been deprived of creator credit and money while cocreating the marvel universe.
If you have any problems with your order let me know and ill do what i can to make it right. Aug 22, 2000 but unlike the mention of rob liefeld, byrne s work has spanned 4 four decades now and charts from the heights of comic book creativity to the bottom of the barrel in some peoples opinions. John lindley byrne born july 6, 1950 is a canadian writerpencillerinker. John byrne has chosen not to work for dc comics or marvel for some time, of late he has mostly been published by idw. This video discuss the published interactions and friction between jack kirby, the superhero cocreator, mass producer of marvel in the 1960s and john byrne, the mass producer of marvel late 1970s. View market values for books, store your collection, and meet fellow comic fans. Engaging in human trafficking in starling city, byrne was attacked by the hood, who handed him over to the authorities, instead of his typical method of murder, whereupon byrne was incarcerated in iron heights. For most fans, his most notable works include his run on the uncanny xmen with chris claremont and terry austin, his amazing run on the fantastic four and his relaunch of superman in 1986. Anthonys comic book art original comic art john byrne. Not to be confused with johnny byrne writer or john byrne playwright. Byrnes betterknown work has been on marvel comics xmen and fantastic four and the 1986 relaunch of dc comics superman franchise. John byrnes next men also known as next menor jbnm is an american comic bookseries written and drawn by john byrne. John byrne has been a penciller, inker and writer for almost every major u. They did the alpha flight classics volumes that collect the first 29 issues of the series and they also did the alpha flight by john byrne omnibus that collects all their original xmen apperances plus some issues of hulk, machine man, and marvel two in one along with alpha flight issues 129 and the 2 xmenalpha.
One of the best known and influential comics creators and at one point, among the best paid as well. Fans are loving it and even creating covers as byrne indicated he hasnt been. Feb 12, 2018 back again with animation centrifuge for another instalment of when frank met. John byrne is a comic book artist and writer, notable for his extensive work on numerous major comic franchises since the 1970s. His first work on star trek comics came in 1987, with illustrations in dc comics whos who in star trek, issue 1 and issue 2. The first volume of the series was published by dark horse comicsbetween 1991 and 1995. Byrne has also gained a reputation for engaging in feuding with other comic book creators, being accused of getting into such conflicts with peter david, jim shooter, joe quesada, mark evanier, and marv wolfman, whilst in 2003, byrne and erik larsen got into an argument, which saw byrne claiming, you can tell when erik is saying something. Has worked for marvel, dc, and many other comic book companies. Byrne s betterknown work has been on marvel comics xmen and fantastic four and the 1986 relaunch of dc comics superman franchise, the first issue of which featured comics.
Open group for all fans of the art work of the legendary john byrne. He continued to work for marvel, dc and dark horse, writing and. Search more than 125,000 pieces of original comic art, sketches and paintings for sale from over 45 comic art dealers, comic artists, and marketplaces. Comic book creator john byrne used to create xmen comic books with chris claremont.
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