Denys Cowan

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En example of Cowan's artwork: The Question #34 (January 1990); DC Comics.
En example of Cowan's artwork: The Question #34 (January 1990); DC Comics.

Denys Cowan is an American comic book artist and television producer. He gained prominence as the primary artist on The Question, an acclaimed comic book series published by DC Comics for 36 issues from 1987 on, written by Dennis O'Neil. He also worked with writer Sam Hamm on the Batman story arc Blind Justice. He was also the penciller on the latter half of the 1990 Deathlok miniseries, written by Dwayne McDuffie and Gregory Wright and published by Marvel Comics, and on the subsequent regular title of the same name.

Cowan was one of the founders of Milestone Media, and later worked as a producer on the animated series Static Shock, based on the Milestone character. More recently, he's been a producer on The Boondocks. Cowan is currently Senior Vice President of Animation for Black Entertainment Television (BET).

Along with inker Rick Magyar, Cowan was nominated for an Eisner Award in both 1988 and 1989 for Best Art Team for his work on The Question. He is a graduate of the High School of Art and Design in New York City.


Preceded by
Jim Starlin
Firestorm penciller
1981
Succeeded by
Pat Broderick
Preceded by
Kerry Gammill
Power Man and Iron Fist penciller
1982–1983
Succeeded by
Ernie Chan
Preceded by
Dan Reed
(in 1981)
The Question penciller
1987–1992
Succeeded by
Rick Burchett
(in 1995)
Preceded by
None
Doctor Zero penciller
1988
Succeeded by
Dan Spiegle
Preceded by
Jerry Bingham
(in 1980)
Black Panther penciller
1988
Succeeded by
Gene Colan
(in 1989)
Preceded by
Eduardo Barreto
Detective Comics penciller
1989
Succeeded by
Norm Breyfogle
Preceded by
Jackson Guice
Deathlok penciller
1990–92
Succeeded by
Walter McDaniel
Preceded by
None
Hardware penciller
1993–94
Succeeded by
Humberto Ramos
Preceded by
?
Steel penciller
1997–98
Succeeded by
None
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