Kieron Gillen
- January 5, 2024
- Comic Book Author
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Kieron Gillen |
| Occupation | Comic Book Author |
| Date Of Birth | Sep 30, 1975(1975-09-30) |
| Age | 49 |
| Birthplace | Stafford |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Birth City | England |
| Horoscope | Libra |
Kieron Gillen Biography
| Name | Kieron Gillen |
| Birthday | Sep 30 |
| Birth Year | 1975 |
| Place Of Birth | Stafford |
| Home Town | England |
| Birth Country | United Kingdom |
| Birth Sign | Libra |
Kieron Gillen is one of the most popular and richest Comic Book Author who was born on September 30, 1975 in Stafford, England, United Kingdom. British video game and music journalist turned comic book author who has worked for Image Comics and Marvel Comics. His most notable works include Iron Man, Thor, Young Avengers, The Wicked + The Divine, Journey Into Mystery and Uncanny X-Men. He founded one of the world’s most respected gaming blogs, Rock Raper Shotgun.
He is a fan of and has written several positive pieces on video game developer Warren Spector.
On the web, Gillen was a founder of and major contributor to the PC gaming site Rock, Paper, Shotgun and a games reviewer for Eurogamer. He is notable for his manifesto for New Games Journalism, more simply the model of New Journalism applied to video game journalism. In 2000, Gillen became the first- ever video game journalist to receive an award from the Periodical Publishers Association, for New Specialist Consumer Journalist.
Gillen has written for both print and online comics. He has worked for Warhammer Monthly and Chaos League. Since 2003, Gillen has collaborated with artist Jamie McKelvie on a comic strip for the PlayStation Official Magazine – UK, entitled Save Point. His 2006 project, described by Gillen as “my first real comic” is another collaboration with McKelvie, the pop-music urban fantasy Phonogram. Veteran comics writer Warren Ellis has dubbed it “one of the few truly essential comics of 2006.”
He was born and raised in Stafford, England.
Kieron Gillen Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Comic Book Author |
| House | Living in own house. |
Kieron Gillen is one of the richest Comic Book Author from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Kieron Gillen 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
He previously worked as a video game and music journalist for publications such as PC Gamer UK, The Escapist, Wired and The Guardian.
He was the first-ever video game journalist to receive an award from the Periodical Publishers Association for New Specialist Consumer Journalist in 2000.
Kieron Michael Gillen (/ˈ ɡ ɪ l ə n / ; born 1975) is a British comic book writer and former computer game and music journalist. He is known for his creator-owned comics Phonogram and The Wicked + The Divine, both created with artist Jamie McKelvie and published by Image Comics, and for numerous projects for Marvel Comics, such as Journey into Mystery, Uncanny X-Men, and Young Avengers.
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He has been invited as a guest speaker at games-industry conferences. He is a fan of the work of video game developer Warren Spector writing positive pieces on Spector’s games, most notably the Ion Storm produced games Deus Ex and Thief: Deadly Shadows. In September 2010, Gillen declared on the website Rock, Paper, Shotgun that he was leaving full-time games journalism to better devote his time to comics writing and his contract with Marvel.
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Kieron Ranked on the list of most popular Comic Book Author. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Kieron Gillen celebrates birthday on September 30 of every year.
After collaborating as co-writer with Matt Fraction on Uncanny X-Men beginning with issue No. 531, Gillen became sole writer of that title starting with issue #534.1 in 2011. His time on the title saw the book through the 2011 “Fear Itself” storyline, a renumbering to No. 1 in the wake of “Schism” storyline, and a tie in with “Avengers vs. X-Men” with issue No. 20. He wrote a five-issue miniseries AvX: Consequences, dealing with the aftermath of that event.