Will Sliney

Will Sliney is an Irish comic books artist. He is known as the co-creator of the Star Wars character Ren, and for his work on comic books such as the Marvel's Fearless Defenders series, the graphic novel Celtic Warrior: The Legend of Cú Chulainn, and the monthly series Spider-Man 2099.[1][2][3][4]

Will Sliney
Comic artist Will Sliney
NationalityIrish
Area(s)Penciller, Inker, Letterer

Early life

Will Sliney is from Ballycotton in County Cork and went to Cork Institute of Technology where he graduated in Multimedia.[1]

Career

Sliney's career began in Irish and UK small press publications before moving to create art for Farscape and Star Wars comics. He later began working Marvel Comics.

From March 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of Ireland, Sliney has presented short drawing lessons in the "We Will Draw" segment of RTÉ Television's Home School Hub.[5]

Personal life

He proposed to his girlfriend in September 2015 and their first son was born in August 2018.[6][7]

Sliney is a volunteer for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) based locally.[8] He once rescued an exhausted dolphin who became stranded in the bogland at Ballinamona.[9] He is also a long time Everton fan and has created art for them.[10]

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 [GER] (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 [II] (2012)
  • The Superior Foes of Spider-Man (2013)
  • Superior Spider-Man(2013)
  • Superior Spider-Man Team-Up (2013)

References
  1. Fitzpatrick, Richard (3 December 2013). "Comic Illustrator Will Sliney". Irish Examiner.
  2. Leogue, Joe (27 July 2016). "Comic creator Will Sliney". Irish Examiner.
  3. "Will Sliney Heads up 2015 Cork ComicCon". Irish Independent.
  4. Ahlstrom, Dick (10 November 2015). "Comic Book Creation". The Irish Times.
  5. "#WeWillDraw: Learn how to draw with Will Sliney". RTÉ. 14 May 2020. Archived from the original on 16 April 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  6. "Fairy tale proposal". Irish Examiner. 14 September 2015.
  7. "Will Sliney on Twitter". Twitter.
  8. "Will Sliney took a break from drawing superheros to rescue a dolphin".
  9. "Lifeboat comes to rescue of stranded dolphin". The Irish Times. 21 March 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  10. "Everton unveil new GREEN third kit - and use Marvel comic book artist to launch it". Mirror. 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
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