Cliff Chiang

Cliff Chiang
Chiang at the Big Apple Convention May 21, 2011
Nationality	American
Area(s)	Penciller
Notable works	Human Target, Architecture & Morality, Green Arrow/Black Canary

Cliff Chiang is an American comic book artist. Formerly an assistant editor at DC Comics, he is now an illustrator, known for his work on Human Target,^[1] Beware the Creeper and Crisis Aftermath: The Spectre, Green Arrow/Black Canary and Wonder Woman.

Early life

Chiang graduated from Harvard College, with a joint degree in English Literature and Visual Arts.^[2]

Career

Chiang illustrated the series Green Arrow/Black Canary, under writer Judd Winick, from issues 1 - 7, although he continued to supply cover art until issue #15.

Chiang wrote an 8-part Dr. Thirteen back-up story, "Architecture & Mortality", in Tales of the Unexpected with writer Brian Azzarello.

Chiang was the artist on the New 52 Wonder Woman series, written by his previous collaborator Brian Azzarello. The first issue of the series was released in September 2011 as part of DC Comics' line-wide title relaunch.^[3]

Bibliography

Interior comic work includes:

• The Big Book of... (anthology, Paradox Press):
  • "Little Red Cap" (with Jonathan Vankin, in The Big Book of Grimm, 1999)
  • "The Decade of Evel" (with Jonathan Vankin, in The Big Book of the '70s, 2000)
• Flinch #11: "Emergent" (with John Rozum, anthology, Vertigo, 2000)
• Vertigo Secret Files & Origins: Swamp Thing: "Bitter Fruit" (with Brian K. Vaughan, co-feature, Vertigo, 2000)
• Golden Age Secret Files: "The Dawn of the Golden Age" (with John Ostrander, co-feature, DC Comics, 2001)
• Martian Manhunter v3 #35: "In My Life, Part Three" (with John Ostrander and Eduardo Barreto, DC Comics, 2001)
• Wonder Woman: Our Worlds at War: "Inspiration!" (with Phil Jimenez and Jamal Igle, one-shot, DC Comics, 2001)
• Detective Comics v1 (DC Comics):
  • Josie Mac (with Judd Winick, co-feature):
    • "Lost Voices" (in #763-772, 2001–2002)
    • "Trading Up" (in #784, 2003)
  • "Victims" (with Shane McCarthy, in #815-816, 2006)
• Grendel: Red, White and Black #4: "Evidence of the Devil" (with Matt Wagner, anthology, Maverick, 2002)
• Batman: The Golden Streets of Gotham (with Jen Van Meter and Tommy Lee Edwards, graphic novel, DC Comics, 2003)
• Beware the Creeper #1-5 (with Jason Hall, Vertigo, 2003)
• Human Target v2 #6-10, 14-16, 19-21 (with Peter Milligan, Vertigo, 2004–2005)
• Nightwing v2 #111, 113 (with Devin Grayson, DC Comics, 2005)
• Crisis Aftermath: The Spectre #1-3: "Dead Again" (with Will Pfeifer, DC Comics, 2006)
• Tales of the Unexpected #1-8: "Architecture & Mortality" (with Brian Azzarello, co-feature, DC Comics, 2006–2007)
• Green Arrow/Black Canary #1-4, 6 (with Judd Winick, DC Comics, 2007–2008)
• Countdown to Final Crisis #4: "The Origin of Ra's Al Ghul" (with Scott Beatty, co-feature, DC Comics, 2008)
• Supergirl v5 #50: "A Hero's Journey" (with Helen Slater and Jake Black, co-feature, DC Comics, 2010)
• The Brave and the Bold v3 #33: "Ladies' Night" (with J. Michael Straczynski, DC Comics, 2010)
• Neil Young's Greendale (with Joshua Dysart, graphic novel, Vertigo, 2010)
• Zatanna v2 #8-10 (with Paul Dini, DC Comics, 2011)
• DMZ #57: "Collective Punishment: Amina, Mother of One" (with Brian Wood, Vertigo, 2011)
• Wonder Woman v4 #1-4, 7-8, 11-12, 0, 15-16, 18, 20-23, 27-29, 32-35 (with Brian Azzarello, DC Comics, 2011–2014)
• The Witching Hour: "Mars to Stay" (with Brett Lewis, anthology one-shot, Vertigo, 2013)
• Batman: Black and White v2 #6: "Clay" (script and art, anthology, DC Comics, 2014)
• Thought Bubble Anthology #4: "Morning on Europa" (script and art, Image, 2014)
• Secret Origins v3 #6: "The Secret Origin of Wonder Woman!" (co-scripting with Brian Azzarello, art by Goran Sudžuka, DC Comics, 2014)
• Little Nemo: Dream Another Dream: "Little Nemo in Slumberland" (script and art, anthology graphic novel, Locust Moon, 2014)
• Paper Girls #1-... (with Brian K. Vaughan, Image, 2015–...)

Covers only

• All Star Comics Archives Volume 7 hc (DC Comics, 2001)
• Batgirl v1 #38 (DC Comics, 2003)
• Batman: Gotham Knights #61-68 (DC Comics, 2005)
• Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight v1 #190-191, 212 (DC Comics, 2005–2007)
• Gotham Central #31 (DC Comics, 2005)
• Green Arrow v3 #52-53 (DC Comics, 2005)
• Red Sonja: Monster Isle #1 (Dynamite, 2006)
• Outsiders: Five of a Kind: Katana/Shazam #1 (DC Comics, 2007)
• Green Arrow/Black Canary #5, 7-14 (DC Comics, 2008–2009)
• Hawkman Companion sc (TwoMorrows, 2008)
• Secret Six v3 #1-2, 30 (DC Comics, 2008–2011)
• Detective Comics v1 #864-865 (DC Comics, 2010)
• Birds of Prey v2 #1, 3 (DC Comics, 2010)
• Justice League: Generation Lost #6-13 (DC Comics, 2010–2011)
• Shazam! #1 (DC Comics, 2011)
• American Vampire: Survival of the Fittest #1 (DC Comics, 2011)
• Flashpoint: Deadman and the Flying Graysons #1-3 (DC Comics, 2011)
• Wonder Woman v4 #5-6, 9-10, 13-14, 17, 19, 24-26, 30-31 (DC Comics, 2012–2014)
• Sacrifice #2 (Sam Humphries, 2012)
• The New Deadwardians #1 (Vertigo, 2012)
• Action Comics v2 #12 (DC Comics, 2012)
• Before Watchmen: Minutemen #3 (DC Comics, 2012)
• The Green Team: Teen Trillionaires #1 (DC Comics, 2012)
• Superman/Wonder Woman #1, 18 (DC Comics, 2013–2015)
• Superman Unchained #3 (DC Comics, 2013)
• Batman/Superman #6 (DC Comics, 2014)
• Dead Boy Detectives #1 (DC Comics, 2014)
• The Complete Hellblazer Volume 8 tpb (DC Comics, 2014)
• Batgirl v4 #33, 36, 39-40 (DC Comics, 2014–2015)
• G.I. Joe v4 #1 (IDW Publishing, 2014)
• Life with Archie v2 #37 (Archie Comics, 2014)
• Robin Rises: Omega #1 (DC Comics, 2014)
• Teen Titans v5 #1 (DC Comics, 2014)
• Starlight #6 (Image, 2014)
• Drifter #1 (Image, 2014)
• Detective Comics v2 #35, 44 (DC Comics, 2014–2015)
• The Multiversity: Thunderworld #1 (DC Comics, 2015)
• Robin Rises: Alpha #1 (DC Comics, 2015)
• Batman Eternal #48-51 (DC Comics, 2015)
• Ant-Man #3 (Marvel, 2015)
• Hellbreak #1 (Oni Press, 2015)
• Sons of the Devil #3 (Image, 2015)
• Archie v2 #3 (Archie Comics, 2015)
• Ms. Marvel v3 #19 (Marvel, 2015)
• Ms. Marvel v4 #1-3 (Marvel, 2016)
• Spider-Gwen v2 #2 (Marvel, 2016)
• Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 (DC Comics, 2016)
• Dark Knight III: The Master Race #2 (DC Comics, 2016)
• Silver Surfer v6 #1 (Marvel, 2016)
• Spider-Man/Deadpool #3 (Marvel, 2016)

References

1. Irvine, Alex (2008), "Human Target", in Dougall, Alastair, The Vertigo Encyclopedia, New York: Dorling Kindersley, pp. 90–91, ISBN 0-7566-4122-5, OCLC 213309015
2. "About", cliffchiang.com, accessed December 23, 2010.
3. Hyde, David. "DC Comics to Publish Historic First Comic Book Combo Pack Including JUSTICE LEAGUE #1". The Source. June 2, 2011

External links

• Cliff Chiang's website
• April 2007 Interview at The Outhouse
• December 2006 Interview at Newsarama.com