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.
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Will Sliney
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- Nationality
- Irish
- Occupation
- cartoonist, comics artist, television presenter and illustrator.
- Fields
- comic.
- Education
- Cork Institute of Technology.
- Languages
- English.
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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.
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Will Sliney (born 1982) is an Irish cartoonist, comics artist and illustrator, among other activities.
The cartoonist studied at Cork Institute of Technology. Will Sliney is active in comic. Languages used include English.
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• Nationality — Irish • Pencil — y • Ink — y • Letter — y
Early life
Early life
Will Sliney is from Ballycotton in County Cork and went to Cork Institute of Technology where he graduated in Multimedia.
Career
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.
Personal life
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 Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) based locally. He once rescued an exhausted dolphin who became stranded in the bogland at Ballinamona. He is also a long time Everton fan and has created art for them.
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1982
Will Sliney born.
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- 1.Fitzpatrick, Richard. Comic Illustrator Will Sliney. Irish Examiner. 3 December 2013.
- 2.Leogue, Joe. Comic creator Will Sliney. Irish Examiner. 27 July 2016.
- 3.Irish Independent. Will Sliney Heads up 2015 Cork ComicCon.
- 4.Ahlstrom, Dick. Comic Book Creation. The Irish Times. 10 November 2015.
- 5.RTÉ. #WeWillDraw: Learn how to draw with Will Sliney. 2020-05-14.
- 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 Dead link. October 2025.
- 9.Lifeboat comes to rescue of stranded dolphin. The Irish Times. 2013-03-21.
- 10.Everton unveil new GREEN third kit - and use Marvel comic book artist to launch it. Mirror. 2015.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 33
- 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)
- Celtic Warrior: The Legend of Cú Chulainn (2013)
- 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)
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