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Kevin Nowlan

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birth date	February 7, 1958
birth place	Nebraska, U.S.
pencil	y
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write	y
notable works	Tomorrow Stories
awards	Inkwell Award for Favorite Finisher/Embellisher (2008) Inkwell Award for The Joe Sinnott Hall of Fame Award (2011) Inkpot Award (2015)

Kevin Nowlan (born 1958)[1] is an American comics artist 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".[2]

Early life

Nowlan was born in 1958 in Nebraska.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5]

Career

Bibliography

Interior work

Doctor Strange (Marvel):
"Gather My Disciples Before Me!" (with Roger Stern, inks by Terry Austin and colors by Bob Sharen, in vol. 2 #57, 1983)
"The Coming Slaughter" (with Jason Aaron, co-feature, in vol. 4 #1, 2015)
"Mistress Miraculous" (with Jason Aaron, among other artists, co-feature, in vol. 4 #6, 2016)
"The New Face of Magic" (with Jason Aaron and Leonardo Romero, in vol. 4 #11, 2016)
"The Weird, the Weirder, and the Weirdest" (with Jason Aaron and Chris Bachalo, in vol. 4 #20, 2017)
"Past and Present" (with John Barber, Juan Manuel Frigeri and colors by Dan Brown, 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 and inks by Terry Austin, in #31, 1983)
"When the Music Stops..." (with Doug Moench and inks by Carl Potts, in #32, 1983)
"Exploding Myths" (with Doug Moench and inks by Carl Potts, Bill Sienkiewicz, Brent Anderson and Joe Chiodo, in #33, 1983)
"Second Wind" (with Jenny Blake Isabella, 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 and colors by Kenneth Smith, anthology, Fantagraphics Books, 1985)
The Outsiders Annual #1: "The Skull... the Serpent... and the Outsiders" (with Mike W. Barr, DC Comics, 1986)
The New Mutants #51: "Teacher's Choice" (with Chris Claremont and colors by Glynis Oliver, Marvel, 1987)
Tales of the Green Lantern Corps Annual #3: "A Sense of Obligation" (with Richard Bruning, co-feature, DC Comics, 1987)
Plastic Man vol. 3 #1–4 ("reality check" framing sequence; with Phil Foglio and Hilary Barta, 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 and colors by Daniel Vozzo, anthology one-shot, Vertigo, 1993)
The Big Book of Urban Legends: "Curses! Broiled Again!" (with Jan Harold Brunvand, anthology, Paradox Press, 1994)
Penthouse Comix (anthology, Penthouse):
"Scion" (with George Caragonne 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 #4: "Monsters in the Closet" (with Jan Strnad, anthology, DC Comics, 1996)
Aliens: Havoc #1 (with Mark Schultz and colors by Pamela Rambo, among other artists, Dark Horse, 1997)
Gen13 vol. 2 #36: "No Good Deed" (with John Arcudi and colors by Laura DePuy, co-feature, Wildstorm, 1998)
Tomorrow Stories (anthology, America's Best Comics):
"Smalltown Stardom" (with Alan Moore and colors separations by Wildstorm FX, 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 and colors by Michelle Madsen, 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 Volume 1: "Untitled" (with an anonymous writer, two pages in anthology graphic novel, 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, one-shot, Dark Horse, 2011)
The Infernal Man-Thing #1–3: "The Screenplay of the Living Dead Man" (with Steve Gerber, Marvel, 2012)
The Graveyard Book (with P. Craig Russell and colors by Lovern Kindzierski, graphic novels, HarperCollins):
"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 (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 #23: "The Ogopogo" (with Scott Allie, Dark Horse, 2015)
Giant-Size X-Men Tribute (after Len Wein and Dave Cockrum, among other artists, one-shot, Marvel, 2020)
Legion of Super-Heroes vol. 7 #9 (with Brian Michael Bendis, among other artists, DC Comics, 2020)

Covers only

• The Comics Journal #68, 75, 77, 98–99 (Fantagraphics, 1981–1985)

• Amazing Heroes #13, 17, 35, 56, 115, 167 (Fantagraphics, 1982–1989)

• The New Defenders #128, 133–134, 137, 149, 151 (Marvel, 1984–1986)

• The Incredible Hulk vol. 2 #292, 298, 362 (Marvel, 1984–1989)

• Solomon Kane #2 (Marvel, 1985)

• Doctor Strange vol. 2 #81 (Marvel, 1987)

• Teen Titans Spotlight #6 (DC Comics, 1987)

• Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes #344 (DC Comics, 1987)

• Adventures of the Outsiders #42 (DC Comics, 1987)

• Alpha Flight #47–48, 52, 54, Annual #2 (Marvel, 1987)

• Centurions: Power Xtreme #1–2 (DC Comics, 1987)

• Strange Tales vol. 2 #4–8, 11, 14–18 (Marvel, 1987–1988)

• Secret Origins vol. 2 #17, 26, 44 (DC Comics, 1987–1989)

• Phantasy Against Hunger #1 (Tiger Comics, 1987)

• Omicron #2 (Pyramid Productions, 1987)

• The New Mutants #56 (Marvel, 1987)

As an inker

• The New Defenders (covers only, Marvel):

• * on Mike Mignola (#139 and 141, 1985)

• * on Mark Badger (#140, 1985)

• Doctor Strange vol. 2 #69 (cover only, on Bret Blevins, Marvel, 1985)

• The Incredible Hulk vol. 2 #304 (cover only, on Mike Mignola, Marvel, 1985)

• The Official Marvel Index to the Fantastic Four #6 (cover only, on Sandy Plunkett, Marvel, 1986)

• Alpha Flight (covers only, Marvel):

• * on Dave Ross (#44, 1987)

• * on June Brigman (#45, 1987)

• * on Hilary Barta (#51, 1987)

• Kickers, Inc. (covers only, New Universe):

• * on Mark Texeira (#10, 1987)

• * on Mike Mignola (#12, 1987)

• The Avengers Annual #16: "Chapter Five" (on Jackson Guice, co-feature, Marvel, 1987)

• The Punisher vol. 2 #6 (on Mike Mignola (cover) and Dave Ross (interiors), Marvel, 1988)

• Strikeforce: Morituri #21 (cover only, on Mike Mignola, Marvel, 1988)

As a letterer

The Incredible Hulk vol. 2 #301–305 and 308: "Gamma Grams" (logo design for the letters page, Marvel, 1984–1985)
Moonshadow #1–7 and 9–12 (written by J. M. DeMatteis, drawn by Jon J Muth and Kent Williams, Epic, 1985–1987)
ROM #75: "The End!" (written by Bill Mantlo, drawn by Steve Ditko, Marvel, 1986)
Children of the Night Tide (logo design for the cover, tpb, Fantagraphics, 1986)
Steelgrip Starkey #1: "Working Man's Myth!" (written and drawn by Alan Weiss