Cliff Chiang is an American

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artist. Formerly an assistant editor at

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, he is now an illustrator, known for his work on ''

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'', '' Beware the Creeper'' and ''Crisis Aftermath: The Spectre'', '' Green Arrow/ Black Canary'', ''

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'' and '' Paper Girls''.

Early life

Chiang graduated from

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, with a joint degree in English Literature and Visual Arts."About"
cliffchiang.com, accessed December 23, 2010.

Career

Chiang illustrated the series '' Green Arrow/ Black Canary'', under writer

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, from issues 1 - 7, although he continued to supply cover art until issue #15. Chiang wrote an 8-part Dr. Thirteen back-up story, "Architecture & Mortality", in '' Tales of the Unexpected'' with writer

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. In September 2011, DC Comics launched a new ''

'' series as part of its line-wide New 52 title relaunch, with Chiang as artist on the title, reuniting him with his previous collaborator

. The first issue of the series was released in September 2011. In July 2012, as part of the

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, Chiang was one of six artists who, along with DC co-publishers

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and Dan DiDio, participated in the production of "Heroic Proportions", an episode of the Syfy reality television competition series '' Face Off'', in which special effects were tasked to create a new superhero, with Chiang and the other DC artists on hand to help them develop their ideas. The winning entry's character, Infernal Core by Anthony Kosar, was featured in ''

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'' #16 (March 2013), which was published January 30, 2013. The episode premiered on January 22, 2013, as the second episode of the fourth season. In 2015, Cliff began working on writer Brian K. Vaughan's creator-owned series for Image Comics, '' Paper Girls'', for which Chiang won the 2016 Eisner Award for Best Penciller/Inker.

Personal life

Chiang lives in

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Bibliography

Interior comic work includes: * '' The Big Book of...'' ( anthology,

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): ** "Little Red Cap" (with

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, in ''The Big Book of Grimm'', 1999) ** "The Decade of Evel" (with Jonathan Vankin, in ''The Big Book of the 70s'', 2000) * '' Flinch'' #11: "Emergent" (with John Rozum, anthology,

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, 2000) * '' Vertigo Secret Files & Origins:

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'': "Bitter Fruit" (with Brian K. Vaughan, co-feature, Vertigo, 2000) * '' Golden Age Secret Files'': "The Dawn of the Golden Age" (with

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, co-feature,

, 2001) * ''

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'' vol. 3 #35: "In My Life, Part Three" (with John Ostrander and

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, DC Comics, 2001) * ''

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'': "Inspiration!" (with

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and

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one-shot, DC Comics, 2001) * '' Detective Comics'' (DC Comics): ** ''Josie Mac'' (with

, co-feature): *** "Lost Voices" (in #763-772, 2001–2002) *** "Trading Up" (in #784, 2003) ** "Victims" (with Shane McCarthy, in #815-816, 2006) * '' Grendel: Red, White and Black'' #4: "Evidence of the Devil" (with

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, anthology,

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, 2002) * '' Batman: The Golden Streets of Gotham'' (with

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and Tommy Lee Edwards,

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, DC Comics, 2003) * '' Beware the Creeper'' #1-5 (with Jason Hall, Vertigo, 2003) * ''

'' vol. 2 #6-10, 14–16, 19-21 (with

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, Vertigo, 2004–2005) * '' Nightwing'' vol. 2 #111, 113 (with Devin Grayson, DC Comics, 2005) * '' Crisis Aftermath: The Spectre'' #1-3: "Dead Again" (with

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, DC Comics, 2006) * '' Tales of the Unexpected'' vol. 2 #1-8: "Dr. Thirteen" (with

, co-feature, DC Comics, 2006–2007) * '' Green Arrow/Black Canary'' #1-4, 6 (with Judd Winick, DC Comics, 2007–2008) * ''

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'' #4: "The Origin of Ra's Al Ghul" (with Scott Beatty, co-feature, DC Comics, 2008) * ''

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'' vol. 5 #50: "A Hero's Journey" (with

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and Jake Black, co-feature, DC Comics, 2010) * ''

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'' vol. 3 #33: "Ladies' Night" (with J. Michael Straczynski, DC Comics, 2010) * '' Neil Young's Greendale'' (with

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, graphic novel, Vertigo, 2010) * ''

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'' vol. 2 #8-10 (with

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, DC Comics, 2011) * ''

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'' #57: "Collective Punishment: Amina, Mother of One" (with Brian Wood, Vertigo, 2011) * ''

'' vol. 4 #1-4, 7–8, 11–12, 0, 15–16, 18, 20–23, 27–29, 32-35 (with Brian Azzarello, DC Comics, 2011–2014) * '' The Witching Hour'': "Mars to Stay" (with

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, anthology one-shot, Vertigo, 2013) * '' Batman: Black and White'' vol. 2 #6: "Clay" (script and art, anthology, DC Comics, 2014) * '' Thought Bubble Anthology'' #4: "Morning on Europa" (script and art, Image, 2014) * '' Secret Origins'' vol. 3 #6: "The Secret Origin of Wonder Woman!" (co-scripting with Brian Azzarello, art by

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, DC Comics, 2014) * '' Little Nemo: Dream Another Dream'': "Little Nemo in Slumberland" (script and art, anthology graphic novel, Locust Moon, 2014) * '' Paper Girls'' #1-30 (with Brian K. Vaughan, Image, 2015–2019) * '' Mine!'': "Fright of the Morning Dread!" (with Brian Azzarello, anthology graphic novel, ComicMix, 2017) * '' Where We Live'': "Biography of a Bullet" (with Scott Bryan Wilson, anthology graphic novel, Image, 2018)

Covers only

* '' All-Star Comics Archives Volume 7'' hc (

, 2001) * '' Batgirl'' #38 (DC Comics, 2003) * '' Batman: Gotham Knights'' #61-68 (DC Comics, 2005) * '' Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight'' #190-191, 212 (DC Comics, 2005–2007) * '' Gotham Central'' #31 (DC Comics, 2005) * '' Green Arrow'' vol. 3 #52-53 (DC Comics, 2005) * '' Red Sonja: Monster Isle'' #1 ( Dynamite, 2006) * '' Outsiders: Five of a Kind: Katana/Shazam'' #1 (DC Comics, 2007) * '' Green Arrow/Black Canary'' #5, 7-14 (DC Comics, 2008–2009) * '' Hawkman Companion'' sc (

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, 2008) * ''

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'' vol. 3 #1-2, 30 (DC Comics, 2008–2011) * '' Detective Comics'' #864-865 (DC Comics, 2010) * ''

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'' vol. 2 #1, 3 (DC Comics, 2010) * '' Justice League: Generation Lost'' #6-13 (DC Comics, 2010–2011) * '' Shazam!'' #1 (DC Comics, 2011) * '' American Vampire: Survival of the Fittest'' #1 (DC Comics, 2011) * '' Flashpoint: Deadman and the Flying Graysons'' #1-3 (DC Comics, 2011) * ''

'' vol. 4 #5-6, 9-10, 13–14, 17, 19, 24–26, 30-31 (DC Comics, 2012–2014) * '' Sacrifice'' #2 (

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, 2012) * '' The New Deadwardians'' #1 (

, 2012) * ''

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'' vol. 2 #12 (DC Comics, 2012) * '' Before Watchmen: Minutemen'' #3 (DC Comics, 2012) * '' The Green Team: Teen Trillionaires'' #1 (DC Comics, 2012) * '' Superman/Wonder Woman'' #1, 18 (DC Comics, 2013–2015) * '' Superman Unchained'' #3 (DC Comics, 2013) * '' Batman/Superman'' #6 (DC Comics, 2014) * '' Dead Boy Detectives'' #1 (DC Comics, 2014) * '' Hellblazer Volume 8: Rake at the Gates of Hell'' tpb (Vertigo, 2014) * '' Batgirl'' vol. 4 #33, 36, 39-40 (DC Comics, 2014–2015) * ''

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'' vol. 4 #1 ( IDW Publishing, 2014) * ''

Life with Archie ''Life with Archie'' is a comic book published by Archie comics from 1958 to 1991. It featured Archie Andrews in adventure stories that were more dramatic than the standard Archie tales. In 2010, it was revived as a magazine-sized comic devoted t ...

'' vol. 2 #37 ( Archie Comics, 2014) * '' Robin Rises: Omega'' #1 (DC Comics, 2014) * ''

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'' vol. 5 #1 (DC Comics, 2014) * '' Starlight'' #6 ( Image, 2014) * ''

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'' #1 (Image, 2014) * '' Detective Comics'' vol. 2 #35, 44 (DC Comics, 2014–2015) * ''

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: Thunderworld'' #1 (DC Comics, 2015) * '' Robin Rises: Alpha'' #1 (DC Comics, 2015) * ''

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'' #48-51 (DC Comics, 2015) * ''

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'' #3 (

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, 2015) * '' Hellbreak'' #1 (

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, 2015) * '' Sons of the Devil'' #3 (Image, 2015) * '' Archie'' vol. 2 #3 ( Archie Comics, 2015) * ''

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'' vol. 3 #19 (Marvel, 2015) * ''

'' vol. 4 #1-3 (Marvel, 2016) * ''

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'' vol. 2 #2 (Marvel, 2016) * ''

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'' #1 (DC Comics, 2016) * '' The Dark Knight III: The Master Race'' #2 (DC Comics, 2016) * ''

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'' vol. 6 #1 (Marvel, 2016) * '' Spider-Man/Deadpool'' #3 (Marvel, 2016) * '' Jughead'' vol. 3 #6 (Archie Comics, 2016) * ''

Betty and Veronica ''Betty and Veronica'' (also known as ''Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica'') was an ongoing comic book series published by Archie Comics focusing on "best friends and worst enemies" Betty Cooper and Veronica Lodge. Betty first appeared in ''Pep Co ...

'' vol. 3 #1 (Archie Comics, 2016) * '' Star Wars: Darth Vader'' #25 (Marvel, 2016) * '' Moonshine'' #6 (Image, 2017) * '' Nova'' vol. 7 #2 (Marvel, 2017) * '' America'' #1 (Marvel, 2017) * '' Batman/The Shadow'' #1 (DC Comics/Dynamite, 2017) * '' The Infinite Loop'' vol. 2 #1 (IDW Publishing, 2017) * '' Southern Bastards'' #17 (Image, 2017) * '' Dark Nights: Metal'' #1, 6 (DC Comics/Dynamite, 2017–2018) * '' Black Magick'' #9 (Image, 2017) * '' Gideon Falls'' #2 (Image, 2018) * ''

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'' #7 (Archie Comics, 2018) * '' The Wicked + The Divine'' #38 (Image, 2018) * ''

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'' #1 (Marvel, 2018) * '' Barbarella'' #10 (Dynamite, 2018) * '' The Weatherman'' #6 (Image, 2018) * ''

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'' vol. 5 #1 (Marvel, 2019) * '' Faithless'' #3 (

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, 2019) * '' Doctor Doom'' #1 (Marvel, 2019)

References

External links

*
Cliff Chiang's website

April 2007 Interview at The Outhouse

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