Kieron Gillen

Kieron Gillen is a British comic-book author and former video game and music journalist.

As a video game journalist, Kieron Gillen is most famous for being the co-founder of Rock Paper Shotgun, and authoring the "New Game Journalism manifesto."

Gillen's first comic-book project was the 2006 Image Comics series Phonogram, drawn by regular collaborator Jamie McKelvie. In 2009, Gillen began writing for Marvel Comics. He has written for Thor (volume 3), Uncanny X-Men (volumes 1 and 2) and Iron Man (volume 5). His most popular work for the company was Journey into Mystery, focusing on the misadventures of Kid Loki, and the subsequent Young Avengers (volume 2), drawn by McKelvie. Gillen and McKelvie are currently collaborating on another creator-owned comic published by Image, The Wicked + The Divine.

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