Skottie Young (born March 3, 1978) is an American comic book artist,

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illustrator and writer. He is best known for his work with various

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characters, his

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adaptations of L. Frank Baum's

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with Eric Shanower, his '' I Hate Fairyland'' comic book series, and a series of novels with Neil Gaiman.

Career

Young moved from Tennessee to

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in 2000 at which time he began working for Marvel Comics. Early projects included illustrating the ''Spider-Man Legend of the Spider Clan'' mini-series as part of the Marvel Mangaverse as well as the

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and the '' New X-Men'' for which he also wrote an issue. Young illustrated a six issue

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mini-series released beginning in June 2005, written by

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featuring the team as the stars of a reality TV show. He has drawn covers for many books including

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, Spider-Man,

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and Iron Man along with a popular series of Baby Variant covers for dozens of Marvel titles He has gained critical acclaim for his work on the New York Times Best Selling and Eisner Award winning series ''

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' is a children's novel written by author L. Frank Baum and illustrated by W. W. Denslow. It is the first novel in the Oz series of books. A Kansas farm girl named Dorothy ends up in the magical Land of Oz afte ...

'' published by Marvel Comics. He and collaborator Eric Shanower adapted the next five books in the Oz series, but there are currently no plans to continue with any of the eight books remaining in Baum's original series. Young wrote and drew a Rocket Raccoon solo series for

starting in July 2014. Though the series precedes the release of the Marvel Studios film ''

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'', there was no mandate to respect the movie's continuity. Young commented at the time "I think it's going to have a connection to that nostalgic feeling for 'Looney Tunes,' that old animated flavor where everything wasn't squeaky clean, you know? Daffy Duck would get his bill blasted off with double barrel shotguns... That's what I grew up watching, and being able to play around with that in this hyper-superhero intergalactic universe will be a lot of fun." From October 2015 to July 2018, Young wrote and illustrated the first 20 issues of '' I Hate Fairyland'', a comic book series that he created. The series was published through Image Comics. In 2018, As part of the Fresh Start relaunch of Marvel's titles, he became writer of

. In June 2019

published The Marvel Art Of Skottie Young. In August 2021, Young launched a

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newsletter, where he announced that '' I Hate Fairyland'' would be returning from its hiatus. Future issues of the series, which will resume publication through Image Comics, will be written by Young and illustrated by Brett Parson, while additional side stories illustrated by other artists will be released as timed exclusives through Young's Substack before later publication.

Personal life

Young currently lives in

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with his wife, Casey McCauley and their two children.

Bibliography

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'' #35–50 (cover art) *'' New X-Men (2004 series)'' #37–43 *''

'' #1–6 *''

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'' #14–18 *''

: Reality Check'' #1–6 *''Runaways/X-Men: Free'' #1 *'' Spider-Man: Legend of The Spider Clan'' #1–4 *Oz series **''

'' #1–8 **''

The Marvelous Land of Oz ''The Marvelous Land of Oz: Being an Account of the Further Adventures of the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman'', commonly shortened to ''The Land of Oz'', published in July 1904, is the second of L. Frank Baum's books set in the Land of Oz, and th ...

'' #1–8 **''

Ozma of Oz ''Ozma of Oz: A Record of Her Adventures with Dorothy Gale of Kansas, Billina the Yellow Hen, the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, the Cowardly Lion and the Hungry Tiger; Besides Other Good People Too Numerous to Mention Faithfully Recorded Herein'', p ...

'' #1–8 **'' Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz'' #1–8 **''

The Road to Oz ''The Road to Oz: In Which Is Related How Dorothy Gale of Kansas, The Shaggy Man, Button Bright, and Polychrome the Rainbow's Daughter Met on an Enchanted Road and Followed it All the Way to the Marvelous Land of Oz.'' is the fifth of L. Frank B ...

'' #1–6 **''

The Emerald City of Oz ''The Emerald City of Oz'' is the sixth of L. Frank Baum's fourteen Land of Oz books. It was also adapted into a Canadian animated film in 1987. Originally published on July 20, 1910, it is the story of Dorothy Gale and her Uncle Henry and Aunt E ...

'' #1–5 *'' Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man'' #150 *'' Rocket Raccoon'' #1–11 *'' I Hate Fairyland'' #1–20 *''

'' #1–15 *''

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'' #1–5 *'' Bully Wars'' #1–present *'' Middlewest'' #1-present *'' Strange Academy'' #1-18 *'' The Me You Love in the Dark'' #1-5 *'' Strange Academy: Finals #''1-present

References

External links

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Skottie Young
on Marvel.com

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Comic Addiction

{{DEFAULTSORT:Young, Skottie Artists from Chicago Living people 1978 births American comics artists People from Fairbury, Illinois 21st-century American artists Eisner Award winners for Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team