Daniel Alan Brereton[1] (born November 22, San Francisco Bay Area)[2] is an American writer and illustrator who has produced notable work in the comic book field.
Biography
Early life
Dan Brereton attended the California College of the Arts and the Academy of Art College.[1] He stated in a 2014 interview that "One of earliest memories of drawing monsters is from kindergarten. Our teacher asked us one afternoon what we wanted to do with the hour we had left in class and I yelled out, 'Let’s draw monsters!'...So to my mind, anyway, monsters are the purest product of our imaginations, whether they be good or bad or just plain wild. That idea never ceases to inspire me and find its way into my work."[3]
Career
Comic books
He is known for his skills as a painter and his distinctive character designs. His first published work in the comics industry was the story "Lost Causes Chapter 1" in Merchants of Death #1 (July 1988) published by Eclipse Comics[4] and he painted the Black Terror limited series in 1989–1990.[5] Brereton gained further attention for his work on Batman: Thrillkiller,[6]Superman and Batman: Legends of the World's Finest, and JLA: Seven Caskets,[7] His most famous work is his own series "The Nocturnals."[2]
Image Comics published Dan Brereton: The Goddess & The Monster, a collection of his work, in August 2010.[4] Brereton wrote and drew a Batman story for DC Comics' digital first anthology series Legends of the Dark Knight in December 2015.[8]
^Manning, Matthew K. (2014). "1990s". Batman: A Visual History. London, United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. p. 226. ISBN978-1465424563. Writer Howard Chaykin and painter Dan Brereton teamed up to deliver this three–issue Elseworlds miniseries set in 1961.
^Tate, Ray (December 18, 2000). "JLA: Seven Caskets". Comics Bulletin. Archived from the original on April 24, 2016. This classy Dan Brereton project appeals to both JLA fans and aficionados of creature features.
