Billy Tan
{{Short description|Malaysian comic book artist}}
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Billy Tan Mung Khoy, commonly known as Billy Tan, is a Malaysian comic book artist.
Early life
Billy Tan was born in Malaysia and moved to the United States when he was 18,{{cite web |title=Interview : Billy Tan |url=https://www.timeoutshanghai.com/features/Around_Town-Around_Town/40187/Interview-Billy-Tan.html |publisher=Times Out Shanghai}} in 1989 to study business at the University of Kentucky. He began working as a penciler for Image Comics in the 1990s.Siow, Catherine. "[http://allmalaysia.info/news/story.asp?file=/2003/5/31/people/szpenciler&sec=miPeople Fantasy come true] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051217224315/http://allmalaysia.info/news/story.asp?file=%2F2003%2F5%2F31%2Fpeople%2Fszpenciler&sec=miPeople |date=2005-12-17 }}." All Malaysia.info (May 31, 2003).
Career
Tan became the regular artist of the Marvel Comics series Uncanny X-Men in 2006. In 2008, he was invited to draw the New Avengers issues #41 and 43-44 that tied into the "Secret Invasion" storyline, before being offered to replace Leinil Francis Yu as the new regular artist on the title.[http://www.newsarama.com/comics/080629-TanBattAvengers.html WWC: Avenging Art: Tan, Banning & Brevoort Talk], Newsarama, June 29, 2008
Tan took over the flagship Green Lantern title as ongoing penciller beginning with issue #21. He works together with writer Robert Venditti, who replaced Geoff Johns as series writer.Gallaher, Valerie (February 20, 2013). [https://web.archive.org/web/20130223014102/http://geek-news.mtv.com/2013/02/20/green-lantern-venditti-tan "Exclusive Interview: Robert Venditti and Billy Tan on 'Green Lantern'"]. MTV Geek.
Bibliography
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- 21 #1-2 (full art); #3 (along with Marc Silvestri) (1996)
- Codename: Stryke Force #9-13 (1994–95)
- Cyberforce/Stryke Force: Opposing Forces #1-2 (1995)
- Darkness/Tomb Raider Special, one-shot (2005)
- Ripclaw #3 (1995)
- Spirit of the Tao #2 (1998)
- Tales of the Witchblade #2-4, 6 (1997–98)
- Tomb Raider #7, 11-12 (2000–01)
- Tomb Raider: Arabian Nights, one-shot (2004)
- Tomb Raider/Darkness Special, one-shot (2001)
- Witchblade #36 (1999), #100 (1-page, among other artists) (2006)
- Witchblade: Obakemono, one-shot (2002)
=Marvel=
- Dark Reign: The List: Daredevil, one-shot (2009)
- Marvel Knights Spider-Man #13-18 (2005)
- New Avengers #41, 43-44, 46-54 (2008–09)
- New Avengers Finale (2-pages among other artists) (2010)
- Shadowland, miniseries, #1-5 (2010)
- Star Trek/X-Men, one-shot (among other artists) (1996)
- Thor #604-609 (2010)
- Ultimate Comics Fallout #5 (2011)
- Uncanny X-Men #469-471, 475-476, 478-479, 481-482, 484-486, 492-494 (2006–08)
- X-23, miniseries, #1-6 (2005)
- Uncanny X-Force #8-10 (2011)
- X-Men: Legacy #209 (2008)
- Ultimate Comics: The Ultimates #13 (2012)
- A+X #3 (2012)
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=DC Comics=
- Green Lantern vol 5. #21-26, 28-29, 31-35, 39-42, 44-50, 52, Annual #3 (2013-2016)
- New Superman #7-8,11-14
References
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External links
- {{official website|http://www.billytanart.com}}
- {{comicbookdb|typecreator|id=1887|title=Billy Tan}}
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