Kieron Dwyer is an American

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 comic book

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 artist

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 and penciller

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Biography

Dwyer is best known for his work on Captain America

Captain America

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vol. 1 (1987–1990), Danger Unlimited

Danger Unlimited

Danger Unlimited was a comic book series written and drawn by John Byrne. It ran only four issues, with print publication dates of March to June 1994...

(on the Torch of Liberty story) (1994), Action Comics

Action Comics

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(1995–1996), Avengers

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(vol. 3) (2001–2003) and his creator-owned series, LCD: Lowest Comic Denominator.
Starbucks

Starbucks

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 sued Dwyer in 2000 for parodying their famous siren logo on the first cover of LCD, as well as selling the image on t-shirts and stickers. With assistance from the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund

Comic Book Legal Defense Fund

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, 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. Nevertheless, the image can be found on many other websites.

LCD: Lowest Comic Denominator had 2 "ashcan

Ashcan copy

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" editions, #1 (1997) and #2 (1998), before coming out with full comic versions starting in 1999 later with #0 (a 2nd print was later issued with pieces removed due to the Starbucks legal action), 1, 2, and 3.

Most recently, Dwyer has been collaborating with Rick Remender

Rick Remender

Rick Remender is an American comic book writer and artist who resides in Portland, Oregon. He is best known for his work on Marvel Comics' Punisher series, as well as Fear Agent, Uncanny X-Force, and Venom.-Career:...

 on a number of titles, including XXXombies

XXXombies

XXXombies is a four-issue comic book mini-series written by Rick Remender, with art by Kieron Dwyer. It is the first series for Crawl Space, a line of horror comic books distributed by Image Comics...

(the first in a planned line of horror comics Crawl Space), Sea of Red

Sea of Red

Sea of Red is a comic book series about 16th century vampire pirates which was published from 2005 to 2006 by Image Comics. The series was written by Rick Remender and Kieron Dwyer and drawn by Salgood Sam and Paul Harmon.-Collected editions:...

and Night Mary

Night Mary

Night Mary is a horror comic book limited series published by IDW Publishing, created by Rick Remender and Kieron Dwyer.-Plot:The series focused on the character of Mary Specter, a 17-year-old girl trained by her father, who owns a sleep disorder clinic, to enter the dreams of others. The plot...

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Personal life

Dwyer 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 Dwyer's mother.

He lives in Portland, Oregon, where he is a member of Periscope Studio

Periscope Studio

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