Kieron Dwyer

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Kieron Dwyer
Born	March 6, 1967
Nationality	American
Area(s)	Penciller

Kieron Dwyer (born March 6, 1967) is a comic book artist and penciller. He lives in Portland, Oregon, where he is a member of Periscope Studio.

[edit] Biography

He is best known for his work on Captain America vol. 1 (1987-1990), Danger Unlimited (on the Torch of Liberty strip) (1994), Action Comics (1995 -1996), Avengers (vol. 3) (2001-2003) and his creator-owned series, LCD.

He was once the stepson of fellow comics creator John Byrne (with whom he collaborated on the Torch of Liberty strip) for a period when Byrne was married to his mother.

In 2000, he was sued by Starbucks Coffee for parodying their famous siren logo on the first cover of his comic book series LCD: Lowest Comic Denominator and also putting the image on t-shirts and stickers that he sold on his website and at comic book conventions. With assistance from the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, the two parties settled the case out of court. The settlement established that the image was protected speech, citing the "parody" exception in Constitutional law, however, Dwyer is no longer allowed to use the image for financial gain because of its "confusing similarity" to the original material. [1] Nevertheless, the image can be found on many other websites.

LCD: Lowest Comic Denominator had 2 "ashcan" editions, #1 (1997) and #2 (1998), before coming out with full comic versions starting a year later with #0 (a 2nd print was later issued with pieces removed due to the Starbucks legal action), 1, 2, and 3.

[edit] Bibliography

• Remains (with Steve Niles, IDW Publishing)

[edit] External links

• Kieron Dwyer official website
• Kieron Dwyer on Marvel.com
• Information on the Starbucks suit