Will Sliney | |
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![]() Comic artist Will Sliney | |
Nationality | Irish |
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]
Will Sliney is from Ballycotton in County Cork and went to Cork Institute of Technology where he graduated in Multimedia. [1]
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]
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]