Billy Tan

Malaysian comic book artist

Billy Tan
Tan at the Big Apple Convention in Manhattan, October 17, 2009
Born	Billy Tan Mung Khoy
Nationality	Malaysian
Area(s)	Artist
Children	Gavin Tan (son)
www.billytanart.com

Billy Tan Mung Khoy, commonly known as Billy Tan, is a Malaysian comic book artist.

Early life

Billy Tan was born in Malaysia and moved to the United States when he was 18,^[1] in 1989 to study business at the University of Kentucky. He began working as a penciler for Image Comics in the 1990s.^[2]

Career

Tan became the regular artist of the Marvel Comics series Uncanny X-Men in 2006. In 2008, he was invited to draw the New Avengers issues #41 and 43-44 that tied into the "Secret Invasion" storyline, before being offered to replace Leinil Francis Yu as the new regular artist on the title.^[3]

Tan took over the flagship Green Lantern title as ongoing penciller beginning with issue #21. He works together with writer Robert Venditti, who replaced Geoff Johns as series writer.^[4]

Bibliography

Image

21 #1-2 (full art); #3 (along with Marc Silvestri) (1996)
Codename: Stryke Force #9-13 (1994–95)
Cyberforce/Stryke Force: Opposing Forces #1-2 (1995)
Darkness/Tomb Raider Special, one-shot (2005)
Ripclaw #3 (1995)
Spirit of the Tao #2 (1998)
Tales of the Witchblade #2-4, 6 (1997–98)
Tomb Raider #7, 11-12 (2000–01)
Tomb Raider: Arabian Nights, one-shot (2004)
Tomb Raider/Darkness Special, one-shot (2001)
Witchblade #36 (1999), #100 (1-page, among other artists) (2006)
Witchblade: Obakemono, one-shot (2002)

Marvel

Dark Reign: The List: Daredevil, one-shot (2009)
Marvel Knights Spider-Man #13-18 (2005)
New Avengers #41, 43-44, 46-54 (2008–09)
New Avengers Finale (2-pages among other artists) (2010)
Shadowland, miniseries, #1-5 (2010)
Star Trek/X-Men, one-shot (among other artists) (1996)
Thor #604-609 (2010)
Ultimate Comics Fallout #5 (2011)
Uncanny X-Men #469-471, 475-476, 478-479, 481-482, 484-486, 492-494 (2006–08)
X-23, miniseries, #1-6 (2005)
Uncanny X-Force #8-10 (2011)
X-Men: Legacy #209 (2008)
Ultimate Comics: The Ultimates #13 (2012)
A+X #3 (2012)

Image/Marvel

Elektra/Cyblade, one-shot (1997)

DC Comics

Green Lantern vol 5. #21-26, 28-29, 31-35, 39-42, 44-50, 52, Annual #3 (2013-2016)
New Superman #7-8,11-14

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References

^ "Interview : Billy Tan". Times Out Shanghai.
^ Siow, Catherine. "Fantasy come true Archived 2005-12-17 at the Wayback Machine." All Malaysia.info (May 31, 2003).
^ WWC: Avenging Art: Tan, Banning & Brevoort Talk, Newsarama, June 29, 2008
^ Gallaher, Valerie (February 20, 2013). "Exclusive Interview: Robert Venditti and Billy Tan on 'Green Lantern'". MTV Geek.
^ "Photo".