John Byrne (comics)

John Lindley Byrne (born July 6, 1950) is a British-born American comic-book writer and artist. Since the mid-1970s, Byrne has worked on many major American superheroes. Byrne's better-known work has been on Marvel Comics’ X-Men and Fantastic Four and the 1986 relaunch of DC Comics’ Superman franchise, the first issue of which featured comics' first variant cover. Coming into the comics profession exclusively as a penciler, Byrne began co-plotting the X-Men comics during his tenure on them, and launched his writing career in earnest with Fantastic Four (where he started inking his own pencils). During the 1990s he produced a number of creator-owned works, including Next Men and Danger Unlimited. He scripted the first issues of Mike Mignola's Hellboy series and produced a number of Star Trek comics for IDW Publishing. In 2015, Byrne and his longtime X-Men collaborator Chris Claremont were inducted into the comic book hall of fame.

Early life and career

Byrne was born in West Bromwich, West Midlands, England where along with his parents (Frank and Nelsie) he lived with his maternal grandmother. While living there, prior to his family emigrating to Canada when Byrne was 8, he was first exposed to comics, saying in 2005,

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John Byrne (footballer, born 1934)

John Byrne (7 September 1934 - 18 November 2006) was a player for Shamrock Rovers in the 1950s, winning the league at least once with the first team and twice with their B team, as a forward scoring many goals. Despite this talent, he was never part of the Irish international squad.

He was born in Donnybrook, Dublin and lived most of his life in Dundrum, Dublin. After Shamrock Rovers he had a spell with a Welsh team before returning to Ireland, working in The HB dairy factory, Rathfarnham.

After a long illness involving Parkinson's disease and dementia, he died in Clonskeagh hospital on 18 November 2006, aged 72.

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John Byrne (playwright)

John Byrne (born 6 January 1940) is a Scottish playwright and artist. He has been described as the first postmodern poet from Paisley.

Life

John Byrne was born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, where he grew up in the Ferguslie Park housing scheme and was educated at the town's St Mirin's Academy before attending Glasgow School of Art (1958–63). Byrne has received several Honorary Doctorates: In 1997, from the University of Paisley; in 2006, from the Robert Gordon University Gray's School of Art in Aberdeen; in 2011, from the University of Dundee; and in 2015, from the University of Stirling. In 2004, he was made an Associate of the Royal Scottish Academy. He is the father of twins with actress Tilda Swinton.

Works

John Byrne is best known as a playwright for The Slab Boys Trilogy. He has also been regarded as one of Scotland's foremost television writers. He had also designed for the Traverse, 7:84, Hampstead Theatre, Bush Theatre, Scottish Opera and the Citizens Theatre. For the original 7:84 production of The Cheviot, the Stag, and the Black Black Oil he designed a seven-foot-high pop-up book of stage designs, which is now held in the National Library of Scotland.