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

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]

Early life[edit]

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

Career[edit]

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

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[edit]

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[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Fitzpatrick, Richard (3 December 2013). "Comic Illustrator Will Sliney". Irish Examiner.
  • ^ Leogue, Joe (27 July 2016). "Comic creator Will Sliney". Irish Examiner.
  • ^ "Will Sliney Heads up 2015 Cork ComicCon". Irish Independent.
  • ^ Ahlstrom, Dick (10 November 2015). "Comic Book Creation". The Irish Times.
  • ^ "#WeWillDraw: Learn how to draw with Will Sliney". RTÉ. 14 May 2020. Archived from the original on 16 April 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  • ^ "Fairy tale proposal". Irish Examiner. 14 September 2015.
  • ^ "Will Sliney on Twitter". Twitter.
  • ^ "Will Sliney took a break from drawing superheros to rescue a dolphin".
  • ^ "Lifeboat comes to rescue of stranded dolphin". The Irish Times. 21 March 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  • ^ "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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