Dustin Nguyen (comics)

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Dustin Nguyen
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Nguyen at the New York Comic Con
Born1976 (age 4748)
Nationality Vietnamese American [1]
Area(s) Penciller, Inker, Colourist
Notable works
Ascender
Descender
The Authority
Detective Comics
Batman: Streets of Gotham
Batman: Lil Gotham
Awards2016 Eisner Award for Best Painter/Multimedia Artist

Dustin Nguyen (born 1976) [2] is a comic book artist. He has worked for DC Comics and WildStorm since 2000. He is currently the artist on his and Jeff Lemire's creator-owned Image Comics series, Descender , for which he won the 2016 Eisner Award for Best Painter/Multimedia Artist. [3]

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Career

Nguyen has worked on such titles as Jet with Dan Abnett, Wildcats v3.0 with Joe Casey, Batman with Judd Winick, Manifest Eternity with Scott Lobdell, and the latest revamp of The Authority , The Authority: Revolution, with Ed Brubaker. He was also the artist on a six-issue arc of Superman/Batman entitled "Torment", written by Alan Burnett.

Starting with issue #840, Nguyen became the regular ongoing artist on one of DC's flagship titles, Detective Comics , with writer Paul Dini. Their run lasted until issue #852, after which the pair launched Batman: Streets of Gotham , which lasted 21 issues and was cancelled in March 2011. In 2012, Nguyen collaborated with writer Scott Snyder on the miniseries American Vampire: Lord of Nightmares , which made the New York Times Best Seller list in 2013. [4] He subsequently launched Batman: Li'l Gotham with co-writer Derek Fridolfs, an all ages series that was positively reviewed by Brian Truitt of USA Today . In rendering that series, Nguyen drew inspiration from the cartoons of the 1980s and '90s that he viewed in his childhood, explaining that in watching them, "you get this goofy view of the world." [5]

In 2015, Jeff Lemire launched his creator-owned Image Comics series, Descender , with Nguyen as artist, for which Nguyen won the 2016 and 2019 Eisner Award for Best Painter/Multimedia Artist. [3] [6]

Bibliography

Interior work

Cover work

Notes

  1. Beedle, Tim (May 13, 2021). "Guided By Batman: Dustin Nguyen Discusses His Life In Comics". DC Comics. Archived from the original on May 13, 2021. Retrieved February 12, 2022.
  2. Arrant, Chris (November 13, 2008). "Living in Gotham City: Talking to Dustin Nguyen". Newsarama.
  3. 1 2 "SDCC: 2016 Eisner Award Winners Announced". CBR.com. July 23, 2016.
  4. Gustines, George Gene (April 12, 2013). "Graphic Books Best Sellers: Scott Snyder's ‘'American Vampire'". The New York Times .
  5. Truitt, Brian (February 8, 2013). "'Li'l Gotham' brings fun to the serious Batman family". USA Today .
  6. McMillan, Graeme. "Eisner Awards: The Complete Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved February 12, 2022.

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