Tom Raney | |
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Nationality | American |
Area(s) | Artist |
Notable works | Stormwatch , Outsiders |
Tom Raney is an American comic book artist known for illustrating titles as Annihilation: Conquest , Alpha Flight , Ultimate X-Men and Uncanny X-Men for Marvel Comics, DV8 and Stormwatch for Image Comics, and Outsiders for DC Comics.
Tom Raney attended Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art in Dover, New Jersey. In 1986, he met his future wife there, Gina Going. Raney, who was a year ahead of Going in the school's three-year program, was introduced to her by an instructor. [1]
Raney's first paid work was Forgotten Realms for DC Comics. His first work with his wife Gina Going-Raney was The Warlock Chronicles, a series that was published by Marvel Comics. [1]
Raney is best known for his work on such series as Annihilation: Conquest , Alpha Flight , Ultimate X-Men , Uncanny X-Men , DV8 , Stormwatch , and Outsiders .
Recent work includes the limited series Dark Reign: Hawkeye , with writer Andy Diggle. [2]
Raney and his wife, Gina Going-Raney, married in 1990, shortly after graduation from the Kubert School. They live in Sparta Township, New Jersey, on the eastern shore of Lake Mohawk. [1]
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