John Byrne (b. 1950)

Biography:

Byrne is a British-born writer and artist, who grew up in Canada and has lived in the United States for most of his life. He has been most active in the superhero genre. Since the mid-1970s, Byrne has worked on many major features; with noted work on Marvel's The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) and Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series). Byrne also facilitated the 1986 relaunch of DC's Superman (English) franchise with the limited series The Man of Steel (DC, 1986 series), the first issue of which featured the comics' first variant cover. During the 1990s he produced a number of creator-owned works, including Next Men (English) and Danger Unlimited (English).

Notes:

Not to be confused with Jack Byrne (b. 1902), editor for Fiction House in the 1940s and 1950s.

Name:

  • John Byrne
  • Type: Common Alternative Name
    Given name: John Family name: Byrne

Other Names:

  1. Byrne Type: Common Alternative Name
    Family name: Byrne
  2. Byrne Robotics Type: Pen Name
  3. J. Byrne Type: Common Alternative Name
    Given name: J. Family name: Byrne
  4. John Lindley Byrne Type: Name at Birth
    Given name: John Lindley Family name: Byrne
  5. Bjorn Heyn Type: Pen Name
  6. Ben Travoto Type: Pen Name
  7. Джон Байрне
  8. Джон Бирн Type: Common Alternative Name
    Given name: Джон Family name: Бирн
  9. Джон Бърн
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Signatures:

  1. B [generic]
  2. B. Heyn [generic]
  3. BYRNE [generic]
  4. Byrne [generic]
  5. BYRNE
  6. Byrne Heyn [generic]
  7. BYRNE, JOHN L, 761950 [generic]
  8. Byrne/Heyn [generic]
  9. Byrning Bright [generic]
  10. FORBYRNE MAN [generic]
  11. J [generic]
  12. J Byrne [generic]
  13. J or John [generic]
  14. J. B. [generic]
  15. J. Byrne [generic]
  16. J.BYRNE [generic]
  17. Jack Byrne [generic]
  18. JB [generic]
  19. John [generic]
  20. JOHN BYRNE
  21. John Byrne [generic]
  22. JOHN BYRNE [stacked]
  23. John Byrne's 1st M.M. in about 30 years [generic]
  24. John Never Say Never Again Byrne [generic]

Awards:

  1. 1980: Inkpot Award - [no name]
  2. 1986: Comics Buyers Guide Fan Awards - Favorite Penciller
  3. 1988: Premios Haxtur (Haxtur Awards) - Best Script
  4. 1992: Compuserve Comics and Animation Forum Awards - Best Achievement by a Writer & Artist
  5. 1992: Yellow Kid Award - Comic Illustrators and Authors
  6. 1993: Squiddy Award - Favorite Penciller
  7. 1997: Comics Buyers Guide Fan Awards - Favorite Penciller
  8. 2008: Joe Shuster Awards - Hall of Fame Inductees
  9. 2015: Eisner Award - Hall of Fame - Voter's Choices

Awards for Issues:

  1. 1995: Eisner Award - Best Graphic Album - Reprint
    Hellboy (1994 series) #[1] - Seed of Destruction [First Printing]
  2. 1996: Thompsons - Best Graphic Novel
    Batman / Captain America (1996 series)
  3. 1996: Squiddy Award - Single Comic
    Batman / Captain America (1996 series)
  4. 1997: Eisner Award - Best Humor Publication
    Sergio Aragonés Destroys DC (1996 series) #1
  5. 1997: Comics Buyers Guide Fan Awards - Favorite Original Graphic Novel or Album
    Batman / Captain America (1996 series)
  6. 2003: Eisner Award - Best Graphic Album -- Reprint
    Batman Black and White (1998 series) #2
  7. 2004: Eisner Award - Best Graphic Album -- Reprint
    The Batman Adventures: Dangerous Dames & Demons (2003 series)

Relations:

  1. Relative - Kieron Dwyer (b. 1967)
    Notes: Step son, John Byrne was once married to Kieron Dwyer's mother, Andrea Braun Byrne.

Schools:

  1. Alberta College of Art ? to ?

Art Influences:

John Byrne (b. 1950) stated influences by:
  1. Neal Adams (b. 1941)
  2. Frank Bellamy (b. 1917)
  3. Steve Ditko (b. 1927)
  4. Gil Kane (b. 1926)
  5. Jack Kirby (b. 1917)
Influences by John Byrne (b. 1950) were stated by:
  1. Steven Addlesee (b. 1958)
  2. Gary Barker (b. 1957)
  3. Eddy Barrows (b. 1974)
  4. Blackwell (b. 1960)
  5. Roger Cruz (b. 1971)
  6. Albert Deschesne (b. 1962)
  7. Benny Gugliotti (b. 1967)
  8. Mike Gustovich (b. 1953)
  9. Hugh Haynes
  10. Phil Hester (b. 1966)
  11. Mark Hill (b. 1958)
  12. Greg Horn (b. 1970)
  13. Dave Johnson (b. 1966)
  14. Henrik Jonsson (b. 1986)
  15. Dan Jurgens (b. 1959)
  16. Sam Kieth (b. 1963)
  17. Fabio Laguna (b. 1977)
  18. Jae Lee (b. 1972)
  19. Jim Lee (b. 1964)
  20. Joe Madureira (b. 1974)
  21. Todd McFarlane (b. 1961)
  22. Danny Miki (b. 1963)
  23. Todd Nauck (b. 1971)
  24. Nelson (b. 1969)
  25. Patrick Olliffe (b. 1965)
  26. Dan Panosian (b. 1969)
  27. George Pérez (b. 1954)
  28. Adam Pollina (b. 1970)
  29. Norm Rapmund (b. 1968)
  30. Tone Rodriguez (b. 1966)
  31. John Romita Jr. (b. 1956)
  32. Dan Schaefer (b. 1965)
  33. Terry Shoemaker (b. 1960)
  34. Aaron Sowd (b. 1970)
  35. Eric Stephenson (b. 1968)
  36. Art Thibert (b. 1961)
  37. Terry Tidwell (b. 1954)
  38. Tim Townsend (b. 1970)
  39. Ethan Van Sciver (b. 1974)
  40. Mike Wieringo (b. 1963)
  41. Scott Williams (b. 1960)
  42. Chap Yaep (b. 1973)
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