Kieron Dwyer


Kieron Dwyer is an American comics artist. He is best known for his work for Marvel Comics and DC Comics as well as for his creator-owned projects.

Biography

During his career, Dwyer has worked on such comic book titles as Captain America, Danger Unlimited , Action Comics, The Avengers vol. 3, and his creator-owned series, LCD: Lowest Comic Denominator.
Dwyer's first published comics work was the story "The Ghost of Masahiko Tahara" in Batman #413 and he later collaborated with writer Peter Milligan on the "Dark Knight, Dark City" storyarc in Batman #452–454. Dwyer was one of the many artists who contributed to the one-shot in 1996 wherein the title character married Lois Lane.
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, 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.
LCD: Lowest Comic Denominator had two "ashcan" editions, #1 and #2, before coming out with full comic versions starting in 1999 later with #0, 1, 2, and 3. A trade paperback collection of all 4 issues is being published by Image Comics, available July 2020.
Dwyer has collaborated with Rick Remender on a number of titles, including XXXombies, Sea of Red and Night Mary.
As of July 2020, Dwyer has three new books through Image Comics: , a collection of Dwyer's political cartoons; , a hardcover reprint of the original graphic novel written by Matt Fraction; and the aforementioned trade paperback collection. All available for preorder through Bookshop or Amazon.

Personal life

Dwyer's mother Andrea Braun was once married to comics creator John Byrne.
Dwyer and his wife, Birch, have one child, son Liam, who continues in his father's footsteps as he loves to draw.

Awards