Will Sliney is an Irish

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artist. He is known as the co-creator of the ''

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Ren, and for his work on comic books such as the ''Marvel's Fearless Defenders'' series, the

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''Celtic Warrior: The Legend of Cú Chulainn'', and the monthly series '' Spider-Man 2099''.

Early life

Will Sliney is from Ballycotton in

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and went to

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where he graduated in Multimedia.

Career

Sliney's career began in Irish and UK

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publications before moving to create art for ''Farscape'' and ''Star Wars'' comics. He later began working

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. From March 2020, during the

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in the

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, Sliney has presented short drawing lessons in the "We Will Draw" segment of

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's ''

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''.

Personal life

He proposed to his girlfriend in September 2015 and their first son was born in August 2018. Sliney is a volunteer for the

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(RNLI) based locally. He is also a long time Everton fan and has created art for them.

Acts of Heroism

Sliney once rescued an exhausted dolphin who became stranded in the bogland at Ballinamona.

Bibliography

* ''Celtic Warrior: The Legend of Cu Chulainn'' * ''A+X'' (2012) * ''All-New X-Factor'' (2014) * ''All-New, All Different Marvel Universe'' (2016) * ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' (2014) * ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' (2015) * ''The Astonishing Spider-Man'' (2015) * ''Atomic Rocket Group 66'' (2007) * ''Avengers'' ER(2013) * ''Axis: Carnage and Hobgoblin'' (2015) * ''AXIS: Hobgoblin'' (2014) * ''Castle: Unholy Storm'' (2014) * ''Farscape'' (2009) * ''Farscape: Strange Detractors'' (2009) * ''Fearless Defenders'' (2013) * ''FutureQuake'' (2003) * ''Infinity Companion'' (2014) * ''MacGyver: Fugitive Gauntlet '' (2012) * ''Marvel Free Previews Secret Wars'' (2015) * ''Marvel Now! Omnibus'' (2013) * ''Marvel Now! Previews'' (2012) * ''Pigs'' (2011) * ''Revolutionary War'' (2014) * ''Revolutionary War: Knights of Pendragon'' (2014) * ''Secret Wars 2099'' (2015) * ''Spider-Man 2099'' (2014) * ''Spider-Man 2099'' (2015) * ''Spider-Verse'' (2015) * ''Star Wars: The Clone Wars'' (2010) * ''Steed and Mrs. Peel I' (2012) * ''The Superior Foes of Spider-Man'' (2013) * ''Superior Spider-Man''(2013) * ''Superior Spider-Man Team-Up'' (2013)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sliney, Will Irish comics artists Living people Alumni of Cork Institute of Technology Year of birth missing (living people)