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Becky Cloonan Born: June 23, Pisa, Italy. Lives: Brooklyn, NYC. Alignment: Chaotic Neutral Becky Cloonan is an award-winning cartoonist and illustrator who started self-publishing mini comics in 1999. Since then she has gone on to work with Vertigo, Dark Horse, Harper Collins and Marvel, with editions of her work published in several countries around the world. She still tries to self-publish a new mini comic every year. <3 Becky |
APPEARANCES
★ May 17- Traveling Man. Leeds, England. With the Kill Shakespeare boys! ★ May 18- FORBIDDEN PLANET! Mega-Signing. London, England. 7-9pm! ★ May 19-20- KAPOW. London, England. ★ June 22-24- Heroes Con. North Carolina. It's my birthday! WOOO! :D ★ July 12-15- Comic Con. San Diego.
NEW RELEASES
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THE MIRE
by Becky Cloonan
Self Published (2012) 28 pages with a 3 color silk-screened cover. Order it online! The much anticipated follow-up to 2011's WOLVES, THE MIRE is a self-contained story set on the eve of battle, when a humble squire is given the task of delivering a letter to a decomposing castle in a swamp. Met with mysterious apparitions, he slowly unveils the truth about why he was sent there, as his past is re-written over the course of twenty two pages. ★ I don't have any reviews yet, but @andybelanger tweeted that "The content in that narrative could punch out Tyson!" which is pretty good. I'll add some quotes after the book comes out! |
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WOLVES
by Becky Cloonan
Self Published (2011) 24 pages with a 3 color silk-screened cover. Order it online, or download it for $0.99! As a lone hunter tracks an elusive beast through the forest, he reflects on his life and past love through a series of flashbacks, bringing the story to a climax that is as romantic as it is violent. This powerful mini-comic lends itself to multiple read-throughs, never giving concrete answers but (like the best enigmatic endings) leaves your own conclusions satisfying. This critically-acclaimed short story also made CBR's "Top 100 comics of 2011" list, coming in at #67!
★ "Beautiful, haunting, and refreshingly mysterious." -Mike Mignola
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EAST COAST RISING
By Becky Cloonan.
Published by Tokyopop Becky Cloonan's East Coast Rising takes a decidedly urban approach to the pirate life with a mixture of punk rock, street gangs and a half-submerged wasteland once known as New York... this graphic novel marks the full-length debut of Eisner-nominated artist Cloonan. For longtime fans, it's a book they've heard about for years; for the newcomer, it's an ideal opportunity to discover a cartoonist praised by Entertainment Weekly and the Village Voice as a talent to watch. (Publishers Weekly)
★ How can one of the most exciting and unconventional comic artists on the scene turning her hand to a work marketed as OEL in a high spirited adventure not be a real treat? ...In a work like East Coast Rising brings together the energy of pop energy of comics with a modern and informed look. Like a painting with evident brush strokes, in Cloonan's work the ink lines visual convey the energy of creation in the bold style. -Ain't It Cool News
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This is a selection of some of the compilations I've been involved with over the last few years. Most of them are in print, just click on the image to get more information about each book.
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For a larger selection of my illustrations please see my blog Ink and Thunder, where I update new work, and sometimes talk about process and all that. There is also an archive of some older work over on my DeviantArt account going back several years.
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