Skottie Young facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Skottie Young |
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Young at San Diego Comic-Con in 2010
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| Born | March 3, 1978 Fairbury, Illinois, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Artist |
| Awards | Inkwell Award for The All-in-One Award (2013) |
Skottie Young (born March 3, 1978) is a talented American comic book artist, children's book illustrator, and writer. He is famous for drawing many Marvel Comics characters. He also created comic book versions of L. Frank Baum's classic Oz stories with Eric Shanower. Skottie Young is also known for his own comic series, I Hate Fairyland, and for working on novels like Fortunately, the Milk with Neil Gaiman.
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Skottie Young's Career in Comics
Skottie Young moved to Chicago from Tennessee in 2000. That's when he started working for Marvel Comics. His first projects included drawing the Spider-Man: Legend of the Spider-Clan mini-series. This was part of the Marvel Mangaverse. He also drew for the Human Torch and the New X-Men. He even wrote one issue for the New X-Men series.
Early Marvel Projects
Young illustrated a six-issue New Warriors mini-series. It started in June 2005 and was written by Zeb Wells. This series showed the team as stars of a reality TV show. It also led into the big Civil War storyline.
Cover Art and Popular Series
Skottie Young has drawn covers for many popular comic books. These include Cable & Deadpool, Spider-Man, Deadpool, and Iron Man. He is also well-known for his cute "Baby Variant" covers. These covers feature baby versions of Marvel superheroes.
He received great praise for his work on The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. This comic series was published by Marvel Comics. It became a New York Times Best Seller and won an Eisner Award. He and his partner Eric Shanower adapted five more Oz books.
Rocket Raccoon and I Hate Fairyland
Young wrote and drew a solo comic series for Rocket Raccoon. This series for Marvel Comics began in July 2014. It came out before the Guardians of the Galaxy movie. Young wanted the comic to feel like old cartoons. He said it would have a "Looney Tunes" feel. He enjoyed playing with that style in a superhero universe.
From October 2015 to July 2018, Young wrote and drew I Hate Fairyland. This was his own comic book series. It was published by Image Comics. He created the story and characters himself.
Recent Work and Future Plans
In 2018, Marvel relaunched many of its titles with "Fresh Start." Skottie Young became the writer for the Deadpool comic series. In June 2019, Marvel Comics released a book called The Marvel Art Of Skottie Young. This book showed off his amazing artwork.
In August 2021, Young started a newsletter on Substack. He announced that I Hate Fairyland would be coming back! New issues of the series are now being published by Image Comics. Skottie Young writes them, and Brett Parson draws them. There are also extra side stories. These stories are drawn by other artists. They are first released through Young's newsletter before being published later.
Skottie Young's Personal Life
Skottie Young lives in Prairie Village, Kansas. He lives there with his wife, Casey McCauley, and their two children.
