Kieron Gillen

"I’ve always been interested in how the antagonists and villains work, and what makes people bad, and all these kinds of things."

- Kieron Gillen

Kieron Gilenn is a British author and former computer games and music journalist. His 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 and the Divine.