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]
| Will Sliney | |
|---|---|
 Comic artist Will Sliney | |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Area(s) | Penciller, Inker, Letterer |
Early life
editWill Sliney is from Ballycotton in County Cork and went to Cork Institute of Technology where he graduated in Multimedia.[1]
Career
editSliney'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
editHe 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
edit- 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
edit- ^ a b Fitzpatrick, Richard (3 December 2013). "Comic Illustrator Will Sliney". Irish Examiner.
- ^ Leogue, Joe (27 July 2016). "Comic creator Will Sliney". Irish Examiner.
- ^ "Will Sliney Heads up 2015 Cork ComicCon". Irish Independent.
- ^ Ahlstrom, Dick (10 November 2015). "Comic Book Creation". The Irish Times.
- ^ "#WeWillDraw: Learn how to draw with Will Sliney". RTÉ. 14 May 2020. Archived from the original on 16 April 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
- ^ "Fairy tale proposal". Irish Examiner. 14 September 2015.
- ^ "Will Sliney on Twitter". Twitter.
- ^ "Will Sliney took a break from drawing superheros to rescue a dolphin".
- ^ "Lifeboat comes to rescue of stranded dolphin". The Irish Times. 21 March 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
- ^ "Everton unveil new GREEN third kit - and use Marvel comic book artist to launch it". Mirror. 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
External links
edit- www
.obrien .ie /will-sliney - Will Sliney at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)