Daniel Alan Brereton (born November 22, San Francisco Bay Area) is an American writer and illustrator who has produced notable work in the comic book field.
Biography Early life Dan Brereton attended the California College of the Arts and the Academy of Art College. He stated in a 2014 interview that "One of earliest memories of drawing monsters is from kindergarten. Our teacher asked us one afternoon what we wanted to do with the hour we had left in class and I yelled out, 'Let’s draw monsters!'...So to my mind, anyway, monsters are the purest product of our imaginations, whether they be good or bad or just plain wild. That idea never ceases to inspire me and find its way into my work."
Career Comic books He is known for his skills as a painter and his distinctive character designs. His first published work in the comics industry was the story "Lost Causes Chapter 1" in Merchants of Death #1 (July 1988) published by Eclipse Comics and he painted the Black Terror limited series in 1989–1990. Brereton gained further attention for his work on Batman: Thrillkiller, Superman and Batman: Legends of the World's Finest, Giantkiller, and JLA: Seven Caskets, His most famous work is his own series The Nocturnals.
Image Comics published Dan Brereton: The Goddess & The Monster, a collection of his work, in August 2010. Brereton wrote and drew a Batman story for DC Comics' digital first anthology series Legends of the Dark Knight in December 2015.
Other work Outside the comic book field, Brereton's work includes the package illustration for a video game called "Machine Head," billboard and advertising art for Rawhide (a Wild West park in Scottsdale, Arizona), concept art for Pressman Films, the television show Numb3rs, development for Walt Disney Television Animation and album covers for the bands Toto, Fireball Ministry, Sote, Ghoultown, and Rob Zombie's Hellbilly Deluxe.
Awards and nominations 1990: Won "Russ Manning Most Promising Newcomer Award" Eisner Award 1991: Nominated for "Best Artist" Eisner Award 1996: Nominated for "Best Painter" Eisner Award for Nocturnals:Black Planet 1997: Nominated for "Best Painter" Eisner Award, for Batman: Thrillkiller
Bibliography As artist unless noted:
Merchants of Death #1–2 (Eclipse Comics) 1988 The Black Terror #1–3 (Eclipse Comics) 1989–1990 Clive Barker's Book of the Damned: A Hellraiser Companion (Epic Comics) 1991 The Psycho #1–3 (artist/co-creator, DC Comics) 1991 Interface #8 (one page, Epic Comics) 1991 Clive Barker's Dread (Eclipse Comics) 1992 That Chemical Reflex (CFD Productions) 1992 Legends of the World's Finest #1–3 (DC Comics) 1993 The Nocturnals: Black Planet #1–6 (writer/illustrator, Bravura/Malibu Comics, TPB: Oni Press) 1995 Batgirl and Robin: Thrillkiller #1–3 (artist/co-creator, TPB, DC Comics) 1997 Dark Horse Presents #125–127 (Dark Horse Comics) 1997 Batgirl and Batman: Thrillkiller '62 #1 (artist/co-creator, TPB, DC Comics) 1998 Nocturnals: Witching Hour #1 (writer/illustrator, Dark Horse Comics) 1998 Superman: Silver Banshee #1–2 (writer/cover artist, DC Comics) 1998 Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #114 (DC Comics) 1998 Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Dust Waltz (writer, TPB, Dark Horse Comics) 1999 Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Origin (co-writer, TPB, Dark Horse Comics) 1999 Giantkiller #1–6 (writer/illustrator, DC Comics, TPB Image) 1999–2000 Giantkiller A to Z: A Field Guide to Big Monsters #1 (writer/illustrator, DC Comics, TPB Image) 1999 Nocturnals: Troll Bridge (writer/illustrator, one-shot, Oni Press) 2000 JLA: Seven Caskets (writer/illustrator, one-shot, DC Comics) 2000 Nocturnals: The Dark Forever (writer/illustrator Oni Press) 2001 The Gunwitch: Outskirts of Doom (writer, creator, co-cover artist Oni Press) 2001 Ultimate Spider-Man Super Special #1 (Marvel Comics) 2002 Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror #9 (Bongo Comics) 2003 The Nocturnals: A Midnight Companion (writer/artist Green Ronin) 2004 The Escapist #2, Luna Moth Story (Dark Horse Comics) 2004 L'Ultima Battaglia a.k.a. The Last Battle (Buena Vista Lab, Disney Worldwide Publishing) 2005 The Simpsons Super Spectacular #2, "Bongos" (Bongo Comics) 2006 Drop-Dead Girl & Other Drawings (Big Wow Publishing) 2006 The Immortal Iron Fist Annual #1 (cover art, interior art with various artists, Marvel Comics) 2007 The Nocturnals: Black Planet and Other Stories Volume I (hardcover collection Olympian Publishing) 2007 The Nocturnals: Carnival of Beasts (writer/artist with various Image Comics) 2008 Vampirella Quarterly: Halloween Special (writer, cover artist Harris Publications) 2008 Thor: God-Size (Marvel Comics) 2008 The Anchor #3 (cover artist variant Boom! Studios) 2009 Secret Invasion Aftermath Beta Ray Bill: The Green of Eden (Marvel Comics) 2009 Immortal Weapons #2 (Marvel Comics) 2009 The Nocturnals: Dark Forever & Other Tales Volume II (hardcover collection Image Comics) 2009 The Punisher vol. 8 #14 (interior art Marvel Comics) 2010 Red Sonja Annual #3 (writer, cover artist and select interior art Dynamite Entertainment) 2010 Claw and Fang #1 (cover artist Blue Water Comics) 2010 Dracula: The Company Of Monsters #1 (cover artist Boom! Studios) 2010 Red Sonja: Deluge (writer, cover artist Dynamite Entertainment) 2010 Franken-Castle #21 (cover artist, interior art Marvel Comics) 2010 Vampirella: The Red Room #1–4 (writer, cover artist Dynamite Entertainment) 2012 Marvel #2 (writer, interior art Marvel Comics) 2021
References
External links
Dan Brereton at Mike's Amazing World of Comics Dan Brereton at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators