Denys Cowan

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Denys Cowan
Born January 30, 1960 (1960-01-30) (age 52)[1]
Nationality American
Area(s) Penciller, Inker

Denys B. Cowan (born January 30, 1960[1]) is an American comic book artist and television producer. He gained prominence as the primary artist on The Question, an acclaimed comic book series published by DC Comics for 36 issues from 1987 on, written by Dennis O'Neil.[2]

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[edit] Career

Denys Cowan is a 1979 graduate of the High School of Art and Design in New York City.[citation needed]

Cowan was one of the founders of Milestone Media, and later worked as a producer on the animated series Static Shock, based on the Milestone character.[citation needed]

His comics credits include the Batman story arc Blind Justice in Detective Comics #598-600 with writer Sam Hamm, which introduced the character Henri Ducard (later revised as a character for the movie Batman Begins). Cowan was also the penciller on the latter half of the 1990 Deathlok miniseries, published by Marvel Comics, which was written by Dwayne McDuffie and Gregory Wright as well as on the subsequent regular title of the same name.

He has been a producer of the television series The Boondocks and executive producer of the planned animated Black Panther series. He later became senior vice president of animation for Black Entertainment Television (BET).

[edit] Awards

Along with inker Rick Magyar, Cowan was nominated for an Eisner Award in both 1988 and 1989 for Best Art Team for his work on The Question. He is also credited for designing the cover art of the GZA/Genius of the Wu-Tang Clan's platinum selling hip-hop album Liquid Swords.[citation needed]

[edit] Bibliography

An example of Cowan's artwork: The Question #34 (January 1990); DC Comics.

[edit] Regular penciller

[edit] Fill-in penciller

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b Comics Buyer's Guide #1650; February 2009; Page 107
  2. ^ Manning, Matthew K.; Dolan, Hannah, ed. (2010). "1980s". DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle. Dorling Kindersley. p. 227. ISBN 978-0-7566-6742-9. "Formerly part of the Charlton Comics line, the Question carved his mysterious niche into the DC Universe with the help of writer Dennis O'Neil and artist Denys Cowan." 
  3. ^ List of DC Comics containing the Flash Force 2000 insert at the Grand Comics Database
Preceded by
Kerry Gammill		 Power Man and Iron Fist penciller
1982–1983		 Succeeded by
Ernie Chan
Preceded by
Dan Reed
(in 1981)		 The Question penciller
1987–1992		 Succeeded by
Rick Burchett
(in 1995)
Preceded by
None		 Doctor Zero penciller
1988		 Succeeded by
Dan Spiegle
Preceded by
Jerry Bingham
(in 1980)		 Black Panther penciller
1988		 Succeeded by
Gene Colan
(in 1989)
Preceded by
Eduardo Barreto		 Detective Comics penciller
1989		 Succeeded by
Norm Breyfogle
Preceded by
Jackson Guice		 Deathlok penciller
1990–92		 Succeeded by
Walter McDaniel
Preceded by
None		 Hardware penciller
1993–94		 Succeeded by
Humberto Ramos
Preceded by
Jim Aparo		 Steel penciller
1997–98		 Succeeded by
None
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