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Will Sliney

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Will Sliney
Comic artist Will Sliney
NationalityIrish
Area(s)Penciller,Inker,Letterer

Will Slineyis an Irishcomic booksartist. He is known as the co-creator of theStar WarscharacterRen,and for his work on comic books such as theMarvel'sFearless Defendersseries, thegraphic novelCeltic Warrior: The Legend of Cú Chulainn,and the monthly seriesSpider-Man 2099.[1][2][3][4]

Early life

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Will Sliney is from Ballycotton inCounty Corkand went toCork Institute of Technologywhere he graduated in Multimedia.[1]

Career

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Sliney's career began in Irish and UKsmall presspublications before moving to create art forFarscapeandStar Warscomics.[citation needed]He later began workingMarvel Comics.[citation needed]

From March 2020, during theCOVID-19pandemicin theRepublic of Ireland,Sliney has presented short drawing lessons in the "We Will Draw" segment ofRTÉ Television'sHome School Hub.[5]

Personal life

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He proposed to his girlfriend in September 2015 and their first son was born in August 2018.[6][7]

Sliney is a volunteer for theRoyal 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

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  • 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

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  1. ^abFitzpatrick, Richard (3 December 2013)."Comic Illustrator Will Sliney".Irish Examiner.
  2. ^Leogue, Joe (27 July 2016)."Comic creator Will Sliney".Irish Examiner.
  3. ^"Will Sliney Heads up 2015 Cork ComicCon".Irish Independent.
  4. ^Ahlstrom, Dick (10 November 2015)."Comic Book Creation".The Irish Times.
  5. ^"#WeWillDraw: Learn how to draw with Will Sliney".RTÉ.14 May 2020.Archivedfrom the original on 16 April 2020.Retrieved27 May2020.
  6. ^"Fairy tale proposal".Irish Examiner.14 September 2015.
  7. ^"Will Sliney on Twitter".Twitter.
  8. ^"Will Sliney took a break from drawing superheros to rescue a dolphin".
  9. ^"Lifeboat comes to rescue of stranded dolphin".The Irish Times.21 March 2013.Retrieved14 September2021.
  10. ^"Everton unveil new GREEN third kit - and use Marvel comic book artist to launch it".Mirror.2015.Retrieved30 July2015.
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