Becky Cloonan (June 23, 1980) is an American artist and writer primarily known for her indie work and work for DC Comics. In 2012, she became the first female artist to draw the main Batman title.
Cloonan was born in Pisa, Italy, and went to school at New York's School of Visual Arts. The first comic she drew was Channel Zero: Jennie One, written by Brian Wood, and she has collaborated with Wood on several other comics, including Demo, which was nominated for two Eisner awards in 2005 for Best Limited Series and Best Single Issue or One-Shot.
Her first solo work, East Coast Rising Volume 1, was released by Tokyopop in 2006 and was also nominated for an Eisner in 2007 for Best New Series. She was the artist for Vertigo book American Virgin, written by Steven S. Seagle, as well as the 2013 Dark Horse comic The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys, written by Gerard Way and Shaun Simon. In 2016, she wrote a science fiction comic, Southern Cross, for Image Comics.
In 2021, she became the co-writer for the DC Infinite Frontier relaunch of Wonder Woman, alongside her longtime writing partner Michael Conrad and artist Travis Moore. Her run starts at Wonder Woman #770.
- Meathaus #6-8
- nebuli
- 5
- MINIS
- Bury Your Treasure
- Pixu #1-2
- By Chance or Providence: Stories by Becky Cloonan
- Wolves
- The Mire
- Demeter
- 9-11 Volume 1: "Untitled" (writer/artist)
- MySpace Dark Horse Presents #16: "I See the Devil in My Sleep" (writer/artist)
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Tales of the Vampires: "The Thrill" (writer)
- The Guild: Zaboo: "Zaboo's Escape" (artist)
- Conan the Barbarian vol. 2 (artist)
- "Queen of the Black Coast" (in #1-3, 2012)
- "Border Fury, Part One" (in #7, 2012)
- The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys #1-6 (artist)
- American Virgin (artist)
- Batgirls (2021) #1 - present (co-writer with Michael Conrad)
- Demo Volume II #1-6 (artist)
- Northlanders #35-36: "The Girl in the Ice"
- Beyond the Fringe #5-6: "Ghost Writer"
- Batman vol. 2 #12: "Ghost in the Machine" (artist)
- Swamp Thing vol. 5 Annual #1: "Rotworld: Secrets of the Dead" (artist)
- American Vampire Anthology #1: "Greed" (artist)
- Batman: Black and White vol. 2 #6: "Bruce" (artist)
- Gotham Academy (co-writer with Brendan Fletcher)
- Detective Comics #1000: "The Batman's Design"
- Doom Patrol: Weight of the Worlds #5 (artist)
- Wonder Woman:
- Wonder Woman #770-present (co-writer with Michael Conrad)
- Trial of the Amazons (co-writer)
- Wonder Woman: Black and Gold #1: "The Wager" (writer and artist)
- Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons #2 (variant artist)
- Marvel Knights: Strange Tales II #3: "King Crab!" (writer/artist)
- Nation X #2: "Cajun Justice!" (writer/artist)
- Osborn #5 (artist)
- The Punisher vol. 11 (writer)
- Marvel Monsters (artist)
- Bizarre Adventures: "Eveline O'Reilly" (co-writer alongside Michael Conrad/artist)
- Robert E. Howard's Dark Agnes (writer)
- Channel Zero: Jennie One (artist)
- Demo #1-12 (artist)
- Southern Cross #1-16 (writer)
- East Coast Rising (writer/artist)
- X-O Manowar: Unconquered (co-writer)
