Early life Dan Brereton attended the
California College of the Arts and the
Academy of Art College.
Career Comic books He is known for his skills as a painter and his distinctive character designs. His first published work in the comics industry was the story "Lost Causes Chapter 1" in
Merchants of Death #1 (July 1988) published by
Eclipse Comics and he painted the
Black Terror limited series in 1989–1990. Brereton gained further attention for his work on
Batman: Thrillkiller, ''
Superman and
Batman: Legends of the World's Finest
, Giantkiller, and JLA: Seven Caskets
, His most famous work is his own series The
Nocturnals''.
Other work Outside the comic book field, Brereton's work includes the package illustration for a video game called "Machine Head," billboard and advertising art for Rawhide (a
Wild West park in
Scottsdale, Arizona),
concept art for
Pressman Films, the television show
Numb3rs, development for
Walt Disney Television Animation and album covers for the bands
Toto,
Fireball Ministry,
Sote,
Ghoultown, and
Rob Zombie's
Hellbilly Deluxe. ==Awards and nominations==