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Kieron Gillen

Kieron Michael Gillen (/ˈɡɪlən/; born 30 September 1975) is a British comic book writer and former video game and music journalist. In comics, Gillen is known for Once & Future, Die, Phonogram, and The Wicked + The Divine, the latter two co-created with artist Jamie McKelvie and published by Image, as well as numerous projects for Marvel, such as Journey into Mystery, Uncanny X-Men, Young Avengers, Eternals, and the company-wide crossover storyline A.X.E.: Judgment Day. He has also written projects for Star Wars including Darth Vader, Star Wars, and co-created the character Doctor Aphra who starred in her own ongoing spin-off comic series Star Wars: Doctor Aphra which Gillen wrote the first 20 issues of.

In video game journalism, he created the New Games Journalism manifesto. He also co-founded the website Rock Paper Shotgun.

He has been nominated for a Hugo Award six times, once for The Wicked + The Divine, twice for Once & Future, and three times for Die. He also has been nominated four times for a GLAAD Media Award, winning once for Young Avengers. source

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Comics & graphic novels, science fiction, Comic books, strips, Comics & graphic novels, superheroes, Comics & graphic novels, fantasy, Children's fiction, Literature, Graphic novels, Cartoons and comics, Superheroes, Science fiction, Star Wars fiction, Vader, darth (fictitious character), fiction, New York Times bestseller, Science fiction comic books, strips, X-Men (Fictitious characters), Gods, X-men (fictitious characters), fiction, Comics & graphic novels, general, Good and evil, Heroes, Mutation (Biology), Celebrities, Magic, Comics & graphic novels, historical fiction, Fantasy

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United States, England, Great Britain, Sparta (Extinct city)

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Iron Man (Fictitious character), Luke Skywalker (Fictitious character), Loki (Norse deity), Captain America (Fictitious character), Darth Vader, Darth Vader (Fictitious character), Han Solo (Fictitious character), Leia Organa (Fictitious character), Thor (Norse deity), tony stark aka iron man

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Alternative names

  • KIERON GILLEN
  • Jason Aaron
  • Kieron Gillen
  • KIERON GILLEN,STEVEN SANDERS
  • Kieron Gillen, Jason Aaron, Marco Checchetto, Salvador Larroca, …
  • KIERON GILLEN,MANUEL GARCIA,TED MCKEEVER,JOHN BARBER
  • Gillen Kieron
  • BREITWEISER, MITCH/ ELSON, RICHARD/ GILLEN, KIERON
  • Gillen, Kieron, (guión)
  • Espín, Salva, (dib.)
  • GILLEN, KIERON/ PACHECO, CARLOS/ PETERSON, BRANDON/ LAND, GREG
  • Yost, Chris, Texeira, Mark, Gillen, Kieron, Swierczynski, Duane

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December 25, 2024 Edited by bitnapper merge authors
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