John Byrne

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John Byrne is a comic book artist and writer, notable for his extensive work on numerous major comic franchises since the 1970s.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Star Trek credits 2.1 DC Comics 2.2 IDW Publishing 2.2.1 Covers 2.2.2 Sketch covers 3 Appendices 3.1 External links

[edit] Biography

Byrne's first contribution to Star Trek comics was in 1987 when he provided illustrations for the articles on Harry Mudd, Sarek, David Bailey, Hortas, Iotians and Khan Noonien Singh in DC Comics’ Star Trek reference work, Who's Who in Star Trek.

Byrne had long been a fan of Star Trek, however during his career Byrne had a number of bad experiences with like-ness approval on various TV and move tie-in comic franchises and became wary on working such comics. However in 2007 IDW Publishing editor Chris Ryall managed to convince Byrne to work on his first full Star trek comic, "Alien Spotlight: Romulans", which with its focus on Aliens rather than any of the primary cast of the Star Trek series freed Byrne from the concerns of likeness approval. That first foray "removed the cork from the bottle, and allowed the genii to escape" and Byrne has gone on to produce numerous Star Trek comics for IDW.^[1]

Byrne has so far produced three series for IDW; Assignment: Earth, focusing on Gary Seven; Romulans: The Hollow Crown, a sequel to his Romulan Alien Spotlight story; and Crew a TOS prequel focusing on Number One.

Byrne has several other Star Trek series forthcoming and at various stages of development. Already confirmed are Schism, a further Romulan sequel, a second Assignment: Earth miniseries, and a so far untitled series set between the TOS TV era and The Motion Picture.^[2] Byrne has also mentioned that when his Romulan saga is released in an omnibus book it will contain an additional exclusive comic book retelling of the episode "Balance of Terror".^[3]

Another idea Byrne had but has yet to develop, having pushed it back behind his other Star Trek series, is a miniseries exploring the adventures of Balok and David Bailey.^[4] One idea Byrne will not be able to realise was a crossover between Assignment: Earth and the series Doctor Who; unfortunately the BBC, who own the Doctor Who franchise, were not willing to go ahead with this.^[5]

Elsewhere in IDW's output, the artist J.K. Woodward created an homage to John Byrne's cover for the Uncanny X-Men comic "Days of Future Past" for his own cover for "Do Not Close Your Eyes", the first issue of the The Last Generation miniseries.

[edit] Star Trek credits

[edit] DC Comics

• Who's Who in Star Trek (select illustrations)

[edit] IDW Publishing

Artist, writer and cover credits for all issues:

• Alien Spotlight: "Romulans"
• Assignment: Earth
  • "Brighter Than a Thousand Suns"
  • "Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow"
  • "My Name Is Legion"
  • "We Have Met The Enemy..."
    • "Isis"
  • "Too Many Presidents"
    • "Ah-Ha!"
• Romulans: The Hollow Crown
• Crew
  • "Shakedown"
  • "The Bottle"
  • "Ghosts"
  • "Shadows of the Past"
  • "The Ends of Eternity"

[edit] Covers

"Alien Spotlight: Romulans"	"Brighter Than a Thousand Suns"	"Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow"	"My Name Is Legion"
"We Have Met The Enemy..."	"Too Many Presidents"	"Romulans: The Hollow Crown, Issue 1"	"Romulans: The Hollow Crown, Issue 1"
Assignment: Earth omnibus	"Shakedown"	"The Bottle"	"Ghosts"
"Shadows of the Past"	"The Ends of Eternity"

[edit] Sketch covers

"Alien Spotlight: Romulans"	"Shakedown"	"The Bottle"	"Ghosts"
"Shadows of the Past"	"The Ends of Eternity"

[edit] Appendices

IDW Publishing writers and editors
Writers	Mike W. Barr • John Byrne • Derek Chester • Peter David • Keith R.A. DeCandido • Ian Edginton • D.C. Fontana • Andrew Steven Harris • Tim Jones • Mike Johnson • Stuart Moore • James Patrick • Chris Ryall • Andy Schmidt • Paul D. Storrie • David Tipton • Scott Tipton • David Tischman • Ty Templeton
Story credits	Harve Bennett • Alex Kurtzman • Roberto Orci • Rick Remender • Jack B. Sowards
Editors	Scott Dunbier • Andrew Steven Harris • Chris Ryall • Andy Schmidt • Dan Taylor • Denton J. Tipton

IDW Publishing artists
Interior artists	Bob Almond • Josep Maria Beroy • John Byrne • Elena Casagrande • Chee Yang Ong • Steve Conley • Drew Geraci • Gianluigi Gregorini • Mike Hawthorne • Aaron Leach • Casey Maloney • Federica Manfredi • Jose Marzan Jr. • David Messina • Stephen Molnar • Sean Murphy • Tom Nguyen • Leonard O'Grady • Terry Pallot • Stacie Ponder • Sara Pichelli • Gordon Purcell • Wagner Reis • Rob & Joe Sharp • Bob Smith • Stephen Thompson • J.K. Woodward
Cover artists	Josep Maria Beroy • James Brown • John Byrne • Dennis Calero • Elena Casagrande • Chee Yang Ong • Steve Conley • Joe Corroney • David Deitrick • Jeremy Geddes • Mike Hawthorne • Zach Howard • Ken Kelly • Kevin Maquire • David Messina • Sean Murphy • Leonard O'Grady • Bob Peak • Nick Runge • Kelsey Shannon • Rob & Joe Sharp • Stephen Thompson • David Williams • J.K. Woodward
Colorists	2B Studio • Moose Baumann • Mario Boon • Andrew Elder • John Hunt • Jason Jenson • Lovern Kindzierski • Thompson Knox • Paolo Maddaleni • Giovanna Niro • Leonard O'Grady • Mirco Pierfederici • Priscila Ribeiro • Chris Sotomayor • Tom Smith • Ilaria Traversi • J.K. Woodward
Letterers	Robbie Robbins • Chris Mowry • Richard Starklings • Neil Uyetake

[edit] External links

• John Byrne article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
• John Byrne article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
• Byrne Robotics, John Byrne's website