Dan Brereton

Dan Brereton
Dan Brereton
	Brereton in May 2009
Born	Daniel Alan Brereton; November 22, 1965; San Francisco Bay Area
Nationality	American
Area(s)	Writer, Penciller, Artist, Inker
Notable works	Nocturnals; Giantkiller
Awards	"Russ Manning Most Promising Newcomer" Eisner Award 1990
	http://www.nocturnals.com

Daniel Alan "Dan" Brereton[1] (born November 22, 1965, in the San Francisco Bay Area)[2] is an American writer and illustrator who has produced notable work in the comic book field.

Biography

Early life

Dan Brereton attended the California College of the Arts and the Academy of Art College.[1] He stated in a 2014 interview that "One of earliest memories of drawing monsters is from kindergarten. Our teacher asked us one afternoon what we wanted to do with the hour we had left in class and I yelled out, 'Let’s draw monsters!'...So to my mind, anyway, monsters are the purest product of our imaginations, whether they be good or bad or just plain wild. That idea never ceases to inspire me and find its way into my work."[3]

Career

Comic books

He is known for his skills as a painter and his distinctive character designs. His first published work in the comics industry was the story "Lost Causes Chapter 1" in Merchants of Death #1 (July 1988) published by Eclipse Comics[4] and he painted the Black Terror limited series in 1989–1990.[5] Brereton gained further attention for his work on Batman: Thrillkiller,[6] Superman and Batman: Legends of the World's Finest, and JLA: Seven Caskets,[7] His most famous work is his own series "The Nocturnals."[2]

Image Comics published Dan Brereton: The Goddess & The Monster, a collection of his work, in August 2010.[4] Brereton wrote and drew a Batman story for DC Comics' digital first anthology series Legends of the Dark Knight in December 2015.[8]

Other work

Outside the comic book field, Brereton's work includes the package illustration for a video game called "Machine Head,"[2] billboard and advertising art for Rawhide (a Wild West park in Scottsdale, Arizona), concept art for Pressman Films, the television show Numb3rs, development for Walt Disney Television Animation and album covers for the bands Toto, Fireball Ministry, Sote, Ghoultown, and Rob Zombie's Hellbilly Deluxe.[2]

Awards and nominations

1990: Won "Russ Manning Most Promising Newcomer" Eisner Award[9]
1991: Nominated for "Best Artist" Eisner Award[10]
1996: Nominated for "Best Painter" Eisner Award for Nocturnals:Black Planet[11]
1997: Nominated for "Best Painter" Eisner Award, for Batman: Thrillkiller[12]

Bibliography

As artist unless noted:

Merchants of Death #1–2 (Eclipse Comics) 1988
The Black Terror #1–3 (Eclipse Comics) 1989–1990
Clive Barker's Book of the Damned: A Hellraiser Companion (Epic Comics) 1991
The Psycho #1–3 (artist/co-creator, DC Comics) 1991
Interface #8 (one page, Epic Comics) 1991
Clive Barker's Dread (Eclipse Comics) 1992
That Chemical Reflex (CFD) 1992
Legends of the World's Finest #1–3 (DC Comics) 1993
The Nocturnals: Black Planet #1–6 (writer/illustrator, Bravura/Malibu Comics, TPB: Oni Press) 1995
Batgirl and Robin: Thrillkiller #1–3 (artist/co-creator, TPB, DC Comics) 1997
Dark Horse Presents #125–127 (Dark Horse Comics) 1997
Batgirl and Batman: Thrillkiller '62 #1 (artist/co-creator, TPB, DC Comics) 1998
Nocturnals: Witching Hour #1 (writer/illustrator, Dark Horse Comics) 1998
Superman: Silver Banshee #1–2 (writer/cover artist, DC Comics) 1998
Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #114 (DC Comics) 1998
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Dust Waltz (writer, TPB, Dark Horse Comics) 1999
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Origin (co-writer, TPB, Dark Horse Comics) 1999
Giantkiller #1–6 (writer/illustrator, DC Comics, TPB Image) 1999–2000
Giantkiller A to Z: A Field Guide to Big Monsters #1 (writer/illustrator, DC Comics, TPB Image) 1999
Nocturnals: Troll Bridge (writer/illustrator, one-shot, Oni Press) 2000
JLA: Seven Caskets (writer/illustrator, one-shot, DC Comics) 2000
Nocturnals: The Dark Forever (writer/illustrator Oni Press) 2001
The Gunwitch: Outskirts of Doom (writer, creator, co-cover artist Oni Press) 2001
Ultimate Spider-Man Super Special (Marvel Comics) 2002
Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror #9 (Bongo Comics) 2003
The Nocturnals: A Midnight Companion (writer/artist Green Ronin) 2004
The Escapist #2, Luna Moth Story (Dark Horse Comics) 2004
L'Ultima Battaglia a.k.a. The Last Battle (Buena Vista Lab, Disney Worldwide Publishing) 2005
The Simpsons Super Spectacular #2, "Bongos" (Bongo Comics) 2006
Drop-Dead Girl & Other Drawings (Big Wow Publishing) 2006
The Immortal Iron Fist Annual #1 (cover art, interior art with various artists, Marvel Comics) 2007
The Nocturnals: Black Planet and Other Stories Volume I (hardcover collection Olympian Publishing) 2007
The Nocturnals: Carnival of Beasts (writer/artist with various Image Comics) 2008
Vampirella Quarterly: Halloween Special (writer, cover artist Harris Publications) 2008
Thor: God-Size (Marvel Comics) 2008
The Anchor #3 (cover artist variant Boom! Studios) 2009
Secret Invasion Aftermath Beta Ray Bill: The Green of Eden (Marvel Comics) 2009
Immortal Weapons #2 (Marvel Comics) 2009
The Nocturnals: Dark Forever & Other Tales Volume II (hardcover collection Image Comics) 2009
The Punisher vol. 8 #14 (interior art Marvel Comics) 2010
Red Sonja Annual #3 (writer, cover artist and select interior art Dynamite Entertainment) 2010
Claw and Fang #1 (cover artist Blue Water Comics) 2010
Dracula: The Company Of Monsters #1 (cover artist Boom! Studios) 2010
Red Sonja: Deluge (writer, cover artist Dynamite Entertainment) 2010
Franken-Castle #21 (cover artist, interior art Marvel Comics) 2010
Vampirella: The Red Room #1–4 (writer, cover artist Dynamite Entertainment) 2012

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References

Bails, Jerry (n.d.). "Brereton, Dan". Who's Who of American Comic Books 1928-1999. Archived from the original on May 11, 2007.
"Dan Brereton". Lambiek Comiclopedia. November 20, 2012. Archived from the original on October 28, 2014.
Arrant, Chris (February 21, 2014). "Conversing on Comics with Dan Brereton". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on October 18, 2015.
Dan Brereton at the Grand Comics Database
Smith, Beau (2011). "Beauology 101: The Color Of Terror Is Black.... Black Terror! Part Two". Westfield Comics. Archived from the original on November 6, 2012. This artist was not only a whiz with pencils, but he was also an innovative painter with his own style that fit perfectly with what we had written. The artist’s name was Dan Brereton.
Manning, Matthew K.; Dougall, Alastair, ed. (2014). "1990s". Batman: A Visual History. London, United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. p. 226. ISBN 978-1465424563. Writer Howard Chaykin and painter Dan Brereton teamed up to deliver this three–issue Elseworlds miniseries set in 1961.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
Tate, Ray (December 18, 2000). "JLA: Seven Caskets". Comics Bulletin. Archived from the original on April 24, 2016. This classy Dan Brereton project appeals to both JLA fans and aficionados of creature features.
Renaud, Jeffrey (December 2, 2015). "Brereton Re-Teams with Batman for Legends of the Dark Knight". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on April 20, 2016.
"Russ Manning Award". San Diego Comic-Con International. 2016. Archived from the original on April 14, 2016.
"1991 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees and Winners". Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac. Archived from the original on March 8, 2016.
"1996 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees and Winners". Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac. Archived from the original on March 9, 2016.
"1997 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees and Winners". Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac. Archived from the original on April 11, 2016.

External links

Official website
Dan Brereton at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
Dan Brereton at Mike's Amazing World of Comics
Dan Brereton at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators

Preceded by Richard Piers Rayner	"Russ Manning Most Promising Newcomer" Eisner Award recipient 1990	Succeeded by Dærick Gröss Sr.

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[Bails-1] Bails, Jerry (n.d.). "Brereton, Dan". Who's Who of American Comic Books 1928-1999. Archived from the original on May 11, 2007.

[Lambiek-2] "Dan Brereton". Lambiek Comiclopedia. November 20, 2012. Archived from the original on October 28, 2014.

[3] Arrant, Chris (February 21, 2014). "Conversing on Comics with Dan Brereton". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on October 18, 2015.

[GCD-4] Dan Brereton at the Grand Comics Database

[5] Smith, Beau (2011). "Beauology 101: The Color Of Terror Is Black.... Black Terror! Part Two". Westfield Comics. Archived from the original on November 6, 2012. This artist was not only a whiz with pencils, but he was also an innovative painter with his own style that fit perfectly with what we had written. The artist’s name was Dan Brereton.

[6] Manning, Matthew K.; Dougall, Alastair, ed. (2014). "1990s". Batman: A Visual History. London, United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. p. 226. ISBN 978-1465424563. Writer Howard Chaykin and painter Dan Brereton teamed up to deliver this three–issue Elseworlds miniseries set in 1961.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)

[7] Tate, Ray (December 18, 2000). "JLA: Seven Caskets". Comics Bulletin. Archived from the original on April 24, 2016. This classy Dan Brereton project appeals to both JLA fans and aficionados of creature features.

[8] Renaud, Jeffrey (December 2, 2015). "Brereton Re-Teams with Batman for Legends of the Dark Knight". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on April 20, 2016.

[9] "Russ Manning Award". San Diego Comic-Con International. 2016. Archived from the original on April 14, 2016.

[10] "1991 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees and Winners". Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac. Archived from the original on March 8, 2016.

[11] "1996 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees and Winners". Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac. Archived from the original on March 9, 2016.

[12] "1997 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees and Winners". Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac. Archived from the original on April 11, 2016.