Kevin Nowlan (born 1958)
is an
American
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comics artist
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who works as a penciler, inker, colorist, and letterer. He has been called "one of the few artists who can be called 'artists's artist'", a master of the various disciplines of comic production, from "design to draftsmanship to dramatics".
Early life
Nowlan was born in 1958 in Nebraska.
He has four older brothers and sisters. His brother read comic books, particularly DC Comics titles, and Nowlan has had comics around him since he can remember. As an illustrator, Nowlan is mostly self-taught, but did attend a trade school for approximately a year and a half to learn design and layout.
Career
Nowlan first came to the industry's attention in the early 1980s ''via'' illustrations in the fan press, most notably ''
The Comics Journal
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'' and ''
Amazing Heroes
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''.
Nowlan's first published work for
Marvel Comics
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was ''
Doctor Strange
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'' #57 (Feb. 1983).
He has worked for
DC Comics
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DC Comics is one of the largest and oldest American comic book companies, with thei ...
and other comics publishers. He contributed to the
adult ''
Penthouse Comix
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''. In 1992, he inked the ''Batman: Sword of Azrael'' miniseries which introduced the character
Azrael
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. He drew the short story "The Castle" in ''Vertigo Jam'' #1 (Aug. 1993) which featured the
Sandman
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Representation in traditional folklore
The Sandman is a traditional charact ...
and was part of "
The Kindly Ones" story arc. One of Nowlan's prominent contribution to comics is the creation of
Jack B. Quick
''Tomorrow Stories'' was an American comic book series created by Alan Moore for his America's Best Comics (ABC) line, published by Wildstorm (now a subsidiary of DC Comics).
Overview
''Tomorrow Stories'' started in August 1999 as a collection ...
with writer
Alan Moore
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. This character appeared several times in ''
Tomorrow Stories'' under the
America's Best Comics
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''America's Best ...
imprint.
Although the majority of his work is as an
inker
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The penciller creates a drawing, the inker outlines, interprets, finalizes, retraces this drawing by using a pencil ...
, he has provided both
pencils
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Pencils create marks by physical abrasion, leaving a trail ...
and
lettering
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for various comics. He is a noted cover illustrator. Nowlan contributed character designs to ''
Batman: The Animated Series'', most notably
The Penguin
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,
The Mad Hatter
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and the
Man-Bat
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.
Nowlan has described himself as a "finisher" rather than an inker, although only in specific reference to work "where you see too much of me", and has expressed an ambivalence towards this role, saying "it's not the right way to ink someone else's pencils".
His style gives a strong emphasis towards both facial expression and posture, and in neither case is he constrained by the conventions of the comic-book hero, and his protagonists are often depicted with awkward expressions or body postures.
Steve Gerber
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's posthumous Man-Thing story ''The Screenplay of the Living Dead Man'', with art by Nowlan, originally planned as a 1980s graphic novel before being left uncompleted by the artist,
was revived in the 2010s and appeared as a three-issue miniseries cover-titled ''The Infernal Man-Thing'' (Early Sept.-Oct. 2012). The story was a sequel to Gerber's “Song-Cry of the Living Dead Man” in ''Man-Thing'' #12 (Dec. 1974).
[
Nowlan inked the 1990s variant cover penciled by Dan Jurgens for ''Action Comics'' #1000 (June 2018) and inked the "Actionland!" chapter drawn by José Luis García-López in that same issue.]
Awards
* Inkwell Award for Favorite Finisher/Embellisher (2008)
* Inkwell Award for The Joe Sinnott Hall of Fame Award (2011)
* Inkpot Award
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(2015)
Bibliography
Interior work
*''Doctor Strange
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'' (Marvel
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* ...
):
** "Gather My Disciples Before Me!" (with Roger Stern
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In the early 1970s, Stern and Bob Layton published the fanzine ''CPL'' (''Contemporary Pictorial Literature''), one of the first platfor ...
, inks by Terry Austin and colors by Bob Sharen, in vol. 2 #57, 1983)
** "The Coming Slaughter" (with Jason Aaron
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, co-feature, in vol. 4 #1, 2015)
** "Mistress Miraclous" (with Jason Aaron, among other artists, co-feature, in vol. 4 #6, 2016)
** "The New Face of Magic" (with Jason Aaron and Leonardo Romero
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, in vol. 4 #11, 2016)
** "The Weird, the Weirder, and the Weirdest" (with Jason Aaron and Chris Bachalo
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, in vol. 4 #20, 2017)
** "Past and Present" (with John Barber, Juan Manuel Frigeri and colors by Dan Brown
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, in vol. 4 #25, 2017)
** "The Lever" (with Mark Waid and colors by Jim Campbell, co-feature, in vol. 5 #10, 2019)
*'' Moon Knight'' (with colors by Christie Scheele, Marvel):
** "Colloquy" (with Steven Grant, co-feature, in #29, 1983)
** "A Box of Music for Savage Studs" (with Doug Moench
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and inks by Terry Austin, in #31, 1983)
** "When the Music Stops..." (with Doug Moench and inks by Carl Potts
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Born in Oakland, California, and raised in t ...
, in #32, 1983)
** "Exploding Myths" (with Doug Moench and inks by Carl Potts, Bill Sienkiewicz
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, Brent Anderson Brent Anderson may refer to:
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* Brent Anderson (singer)
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and Joe Chiodo
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, in #33, 1983)
** "Second Wind" (with Tony Isabella
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, additional art by Bob McLeod and inks by Carl Potts and Joe Chiodo, in #35, 1984)
*'' Dalgoda'' #2–6: "Grimwood's Daughter" (with Jan Strnad
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and colors by Kenneth Smith, anthology, Fantagraphics Books
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Founding
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, 1985)
*'' The Outsiders Annual'' #1: "The Skull... the Serpent... and the Outsiders" (with Mike W. Barr, DC Comics
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, 1986)
*''The New Mutants
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'' #51: "Teacher's Choice" (with Chris Claremont and colors by Glynis Oliver
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, Marvel, 1987)
*'' Tales of the Green Lantern Corps Annual'' #3: "A Sense of Obligation" (with Richard Bruning
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, co-feature, DC Comics, 1987)
*''Plastic Man
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'' vol. 3 #1–4 ("reality check" framing sequence; with Phil Foglio
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and Hilary Barta
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Barta was born on June 17, 1957. His first comics work came in June 1982, when he helped Marvel inkers Al Milgrom, Joe Sinnott and Sal Trapani provide in ...
, DC Comics, 1988–1989)
*'' Secret Origins'' vol. 2 #39: "The Secret Origin of Man-Bat" (with Jan Strnad, anthology, DC Comics, 1989)
*'' A1'' #4: "The Hero of the Tale" (with Jan Strnad, anthology, Atomeka, 1990)
*'' Vertigo Jam'': "The Castle" (with Neil Gaiman
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and colors by Daniel Vozzo, anthology one-shot, Vertigo
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, 1993)
*'' The Big Book of Urban Legends'': "Curses! Broiled Again!" (with Jan Harold Brunvand
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, anthology, Paradox Press
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, 1994)
*''Penthouse Comix
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'' (anthology, Penthouse
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):
** "Scion" (with George Caragonne
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and additional inks by John Nyberg (#3), in #1–4, 1994)
** "Rod in Hell" (with Dave Johnson (as writer and main artist) and colors by Bad @ss, in #29, 1998)
*''Batman Black and White
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'' #4: "Monsters in the Closet" (with Jan Strnad, anthology, DC Comics, 1996)
*'' Aliens: Havoc'' #1 (with Mark Schultz and colors by Pamela Rambo Pamela Rambo is a colorist who has worked in the comics industry, perhaps best known for her work on Dark Horse Comics's ''Star Wars'' series. Additionally, she has worked for DC Comics's Vertigo imprint on such titles as ''Preacher'' and '' Y: The ...
, among other artists, Dark Horse
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, 1997)
*''Gen¹³
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'' vol. 2 #36: "No Good Deed" (with John Arcudi
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Arcudi grew up in Buffalo, New York. He attended Columbia University as an English major and de ...
and colors by Laura DePuy
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Career
A sometimes comi ...
, co-feature, Wildstorm, 1998)
*'' Tomorrow Stories'' (anthology, America's Best Comics
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''America's Best ...
):
** "Smalltown Stardom" (with Alan Moore
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and colors separations by Wildstorm FX
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, in #1, 1999)
** "The Unbearableness of Being Light" (with Alan Moore and color separations by Ben Dimagmaliw, in #2, 1999)
** "Pet Theory" (with Alan Moore and color separations by Alex Bleyaert, in #3, 1999)
** "A Brief Geography of Time"" (with Alan Moore and colors by Wildstorm FX, in #4, 2000)
** "Jack B. Quick's Amazing World of Science!" (with Alan Moore, in ''ABC Special'' one-shot, 2001)
** "Why the Long Face?" (with Alan Moore, in #10, 2001)
** "The Facts of Life!" (with Alan Moore, in #12, 2002)
** "Jack B. Quick" (with Peter Hogan
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and colors by Michelle Madsen
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, in ''ABC: A to Z'' #1, co-feature, 2005)
** "I, Robert" (with Alan Moore and colors by Michelle Madsen, in ''Tomorrow Stories Special'' #1, co-feature, 2006)
*'' Green Lantern/Superman: Legend of the Green Flame'': "Chapter Four" (with Neil Gaiman, one-shot, DC Comics, 2000)
*''9-11
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Volume 1'': "Untitled" (with an anonymous writer, two pages in anthology graphic novel
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, Dark Horse, 2002)
*'' 52'' #13, 20 (with Mark Waid, "Origins" co-features, DC Comics, 2006)
*'' The Goon: Noir'' #2: "Man of the Hour" (with John Arcudi, anthology, Dark Horse, 2006)
*'' X-Men: First Class Special'': "The Museum of Oddities" (with Jeff Parker, co-feature, Marvel, 2007)
*'' Hellboy: Buster Oakley Gets His Wish'' (with Mike Mignola
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, one-shot, Dark Horse, 2011)
*'' The Infernal Man-Thing'' #1–3: "The Screenplay of the Living Dead Man" (with Steve Gerber
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, Marvel, 2012)
*''The Graveyard Book
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'' (with P. Craig Russell
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and colors by Lovern Kindzierski
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, graphic novels, HarperCollins
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):
** "1: How Nobody Came to the Graveyard" (in ''Volume 1'', 2013)
** "8: Leavings and Partings" (with additional inks by Galen Showman, in ''Volume 2'', 2014)
*''Lobster Johnson
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'' (with Mike Mignola and John Arcudi, one-shots, Dark Horse):
** ''Satan Smells a Rat'' (2013)
** ''A Chain Forged in Life'' (two pages of framing sequence, 2015)
*''Abe Sapien
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'' #23: "The Ogopogo" (with Scott Allie
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Allie grew up in Massachusetts.
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Allie joined Dark Horse Comics as an editor in September 1994. ...
, Dark Horse, 2015)
*'' Giant-Size X-Men Tribute'' (after Len Wein and Dave Cockrum
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, among other artists, one-shot, Marvel, 2020)
*''Legion of Super-Heroes
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'' vol. 7 #9 (with Brian Michael Bendis
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, among other artists, DC Comics, 2020)
Covers only
As an inker
As a letterer
*''The Incredible Hulk
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'' vol. 2 #301–305 and 308: "Gamma Grams" (logo design for the letters page, Marvel
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, 1984–1985)
*'' Moonshadow'' #1–7 and 9–12 (written by J. M. DeMatteis
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, drawn by Jon J Muth
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and Kent Williams, Epic, 1985–1987)
*''ROM
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* ...
'' #75: "The End!" (written by Bill Mantlo
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, drawn by Steve Ditko
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, Marvel, 1986)
*'' Children of the Night Tide'' (logo design for the cover, tpb, Fantagraphics Books
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, 1986)
*'' Steelgrip Starkey'' #1: "Working Man's Myth!" (written and drawn by Alan Weiss, Epic, 1986)
*'' Flesh and Bones'' #1–4 (logo design for the covers, anthology, Fantagraphics Books, 1986)
*'' Anything Goes!'' #1–6 (logo design for the covers, anthology, Fantagraphics Books, 1986–1987)
*'' Vic and Blood: The Chronicles of a Boy and His Dog'' #1–2 (logo design for the covers, Mad Dog Graphics, 1987)
*'' Epic Graphic Novel: Mœbius 3 — The Airtight Garage
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'' (with John Workman
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, Gaspar Saladino
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and Phil Felix, Epic, 1987)
*''Six from Sirius
''Six from Sirius'' is an American comic book mini-series created by Doug Moench and Paul Gulacy and published by Marvel Comics through its Epic Comics imprint in 1984. It was followed by a sequel series in 1985 titled ''Six from Sirius II''.
The ...
'' (adjustments to the original lettering of the six-issue mini-series, with Gaspar Saladino, tpb, Epic, 1988)
*'' The Punisher: Intruder'' and '' Kingdom Gone'' (subtitle logo designs for the covers, graphic novel
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s, Marvel, 1989–1990)
*''Hellboy
Hellboy is a fictional superhero created by writer-artist Mike Mignola. The character first appeared in ''San Diego Comic-Con Comics'' #2 (August 1993), and has since appeared in various eponymous miniseries, one-shots and intercompany crossover ...
'' #1-ongoing (basis for the title logo design, reworked by Mike Mignola
Mike Mignola (; born September 16, 1960) is an American comics artist and writer best known for creating ''Hellboy'' for Dark Horse Comics, part of a shared universe of titles including ''B.P.R.D.'', '' Abe Sapien'', '' Lobster Johnson'', '' Wit ...
, Dark Horse
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Origin
Th ...
, 1993–...)
*'' Season of the Witch'' #0–4 (logo design for the covers, Image
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, 2005–2006)
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Official blog
Gallery of published and unpublished works
Kevin Nowlan
at Mike's Amazing World of Comics
at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators
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1958 births
20th-century American artists
21st-century American artists
American comics artists
Artists from Nebraska
Comic book letterers
Comics colorists
Comics inkers
DC Comics people
Eisner Award winners for Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team
Inkpot Award winners
Living people
Marvel Comics people