10 Facts About Denys Cowan

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Denys B Cowan was born on January 30,1961 and is an American comics artist, television producer, media executive and one of the co-founders of Milestone Media.

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Denys Cowan was first inspired by superheroes as a child from reruns of the 1950s TV show Adventures of Superman with George Reeves.

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Denys Cowan did not yet know what a comic book was, and would not learn about them until the third grade.

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Denys Cowan attended the High School of Art and Design in New York City.

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One day in the school lunchroom, the 14-year-old Denys Cowan met someone who worked for artist and Deathlok creator Rich Buckler.

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Denys Cowan was one of the contributors to the DC Challenge limited series in 1986.

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Denys Cowan gained prominence as the primary artist on The Question, a comic book series written by Dennis O'Neil and published by DC beginning in February 1987.

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Denys Cowan was the penciller on the latter half of the 1990 Deathlok miniseries, published by Marvel Comics, which was written by Dwayne McDuffie and Gregory Wright as well as on the subsequent regular title of the same name.

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Denys Cowan co-founded Milestone Media in 1993 with McDuffie, Michael Davis, and Derek Dingle, and later worked as a producer on the animated series Static Shock, based on the Milestone character.

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Denys Cowan received an Inkpot Award at the San Diego Comic-Con International in 2013.