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Kieron Dwyer
Born ) March 6, 1967 (age 46)
Nationality American
Area(s) Writer, Penciller, Inker

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Kieron Dwyer (born March 6, 1967) is an American comic book artist and penciller.

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Biography

Dwyer is best known for his work on Captain America (1987–1990), Danger Unlimited (on the Torch of Liberty story) (1994), Action Comics (1995–1996), Avengers vol. 3 (2001–2003), and his creator-owned series, LCD: Lowest Comic Denominator.

Cover of first LCD issue, signed by the artists, and featuring the Starbucks logo parody that led to legal actions from the corporation.

Starbucks sued Dwyer in 2000 for parodying their famous siren logo on the first cover of LCD, as well as selling the image on t-shirts and stickers. With assistance from the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund,[1] the two parties settled the case out of court. The settlement established that the image was protected speech, citing the "parody" exception in Constitutional law; however, Dwyer is no longer allowed to use the image for financial gain because of its "confusing similarity" to the original material. Nevertheless, the image can be found on many other websites.

LCD: Lowest Comic Denominator had 2 "ashcan" editions, #1 (1997) and #2 (1998), before coming out with full comic versions starting in 1999 later with #0 (a 2nd print was later issued with pieces removed due to the Starbucks legal action), 1, 2, and 3.

Dwyer has collaborated with Rick Remender on a number of titles, including XXXombies (the first in a planned line of horror comics Crawl Space),[2] Sea of Red[3] and Night Mary.[4]

Personal life

Dwyer was once the stepson of fellow comics creator John Byrne (with whom he collaborated on the Torch of Liberty strip) for a period when Byrne was married to Dwyer's mother.[5][6]

He lives in Portland, Oregon, where he is a member of Periscope Studio.

Bibliography

Cover to Avengers (vol. 3) #49. Art by Dwyer.

Comics work includes:

Awards

References

  1. ^ "Cartoonist Kieron Dwyer Sued By Starbucks". Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. November 30, 2000. Archived from the original on October 4, 2012. Retrieved October 4, 2012. "At a meeting during Comic-Con International, the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund Board of Directors voted to support cartoonist Kieron Dwyer's defense of a suit brought against him by the Starbucks Corporation (Starbucks v. Dwyer, C00 1499)."
  2. ^ Tramountanas, George A. (September 28, 2007). "Zombie Porn: Remender has "XXXombies" in his Crawl Space". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on October 4, 2012. Retrieved October 4, 2012.
  3. ^ Weiland, Jonah (December 13, 2004). "High Sea Adventure: Remender & Dwyer Exclusively Talk Images's Sea of Red". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on October 4, 2012. Retrieved October 4, 2012.
  4. ^ Weiland, Jonah (April 22, 2005). "Dwyer & Remender Explore Your Nightmares In Night Mary". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on October 4, 2012. Retrieved October 4, 2012.
  5. ^ Cronin, Brian (January 19, 2006). "Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed #34". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on September 15, 2012. Retrieved September 15, 2012.
  6. ^ Ellis, John (October 1999). "One Screwed-Up Creator". PopImage. Archived from the original on September 15, 2012. Retrieved September 15, 2012.
  7. ^ "2005 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards". Comic Book Awards Almanac. 2005. Archived from the original on October 4, 2012. Retrieved October 4, 2012.

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