| Skottie Young | |
|---|---|
 Young atSan Diego Comic-Con in 2010 | |
| Born | (1978-03-03)March 3, 1978 (age 47) Fairbury, Illinois, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Area | Artist |
| Awards | Inkwell Award for The All-in-One Award (2013) |
| skottieyoung | |
Skottie Young (born March 3, 1978) is an Americancomic book artist,children's bookillustrator and writer. He is best known for his work with variousMarvel Comics characters, hiscomic book adaptations ofL. Frank Baum'sOz books withEric Shanower, hisI Hate Fairyland comic book series, and a series of novels withNeil Gaiman,Fortunately, the Milk.[1][2]
Young moved fromTennessee toChicago in 2000 at which time he began working for Marvel Comics. Early projects included illustrating theSpider-Man: Legend of the Spider-Clan mini-series as part of theMarvel Mangaverse as well as theHuman Torch and theNew X-Men for which he also wrote an issue.
Young illustrated a six issueNew Warriors mini-series released beginning in June 2005, written byZeb Wells featuring the team as the stars of a reality TV show, leading intoCivil War.
He has drawn covers for many books includingCable & Deadpool,Spider-Man,Deadpool andIron Man along with a popular series of Baby Variant covers for dozens of Marvel titles.[3]
He has gained critical acclaim for his work on theNew York Times Best Selling andEisner Award winning seriesThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz published by Marvel Comics. He and collaboratorEric Shanower adapted the next five books in the Oz series, but there are currently no plans to continue with any of the eight books remaining in Baum's original series.
Young wrote and drew aRocket Raccoon solo series forMarvel Comics starting in July 2014. Though the series precedes the release of theMarvel Studios filmGuardians of the Galaxy, there was no mandate to respect the movie's continuity. Young commented at the time "I think it's going to have a connection to that nostalgic feeling for 'Looney Tunes,' that old, animated flavor where everything wasn't squeaky clean, you know? Daffy Duck would get his bill blasted off with double barrel shotguns... That's what I grew up watching, and being able to play around with that in this hyper-superhero intergalactic universe will be a lot of fun."[4]
From October 2015 to July 2018, Young wrote and illustrated the first 20 issues ofI Hate Fairyland, a comic book series that he created. The series was published throughImage Comics.
In 2018, As part of theFresh Start relaunch of Marvel's titles, he became writer ofDeadpool.[5] In June 2019,Marvel Comics published The Marvel Art Of Skottie Young.
In August 2021, Young launched aSubstack newsletter, where he announced thatI Hate Fairyland would be returning from its hiatus. Future issues of the series, which will resume publication through Image Comics, will be written by Young and illustrated by Brett Parson, whileadditional side stories illustrated by other artists will be released as timed exclusives through Young's Substack before later publication.[6][7]
Young currently lives inPrairie Village, Kansas with his wife, Casey McCauley and their two children.[8]
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