Kitson's first professional work was Spider-Man for Marvel UK.He also drew many stories for 2000 AD,[1] beginning with a "Future Shocks" tale written by Peter Milligan as well as others by Grant Morrison, and going on to achieve great acclaim with his detailed work on Judge Anderson written by Alan Grant.[2]
Kitson provided illustrations for "Osgood Peabody's Big Green Dream Machine", a Superman text story written by Grant Morrison which appeared in the 1986 British Superman Annual.[3] His first American work for DC Comics was a Batgirl Special published in 1988.
named Golgoth who had defeated all superheroes and conquered the world.
The series was originally published by Gorilla Comics, a company formed by Waid, Kurt Busiek and several others, but the company folded after only two issues were published.[11] Empire was completed under the DC Comics label in 2003 and 2004.[4] In 2002 he began a run on The Titans[12] and in 2004, he and Waid relaunched Legion of Super-Heroes.[13][14] for DC Comics and continued on it for two and a half years ending with issue No. 31.[4]
Kitson has worked with Marvel Comics since 2007 on titles including The Order, Secret Invasion: Fantastic Four, and The Amazing Spider-Man.[15] In addition, he has worked on The Incredible Hulk, an Iron Man miniseries, and FF.[4] In 2017, Kitson and Mark Waid collaborated on an Avengers limited series.[16] That same year, Kitson drew a Wonder Woman/Tasmanian Devil one-shot for DC Comics.[17]
5.Matthew K. Manning. Batman: A Visual History Dorling Kindersley, 2014^
6.Matthew K. Manning. DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle Dorling Kindersley, 2010^
7.Manning "1990s" in Dolan, p. 269: "Longtime writer/editor and Azrael co-creator Denny O'Neil picked up the pieces of the life of former Batman Jean-Paul Valley in a new ongoing effort, aided by artist Barry Kitson."^
9.Manning "1990s" in Dolan, p. 275: " The behind-the-scenes talent on the monumental issue appropriately spanned several generations of the Man of Tomorrow's career. Written by Dan Jurgens, Karl Kesel, David Michelinie, Louise Simonson, and Roger Stern, the one-shot featured the pencils of John Byrne, Gil Kane, Stuart Immonen, Paul Ryan, Jon Bogdanove, Kieron Dwyer, Tom Grummett, Dick Giordano, Jim Mooney, Curt Swan, Nick Cardy, Al Plastino, Barry Kitson, Ron Frenz, and Dan Jurgens."^
10.Manning "1990s" in Dolan, p. 282: "It was up to writers Mark Waid and Brian Augustyn and artist Barry Kitson to fill in the blanks. With their twelve-issue maxiseries JLA: Year One, the trio examined the early days of the team...JLA: Year One proved a success, and cleaned up decades of convoluted comic history."^
14.Cowsill, Alan "2000s" in Dolan, p. 318: "Top writer Mark Waid and artist Barry Kitson joined forces to relaunch one of DC's best-loved super-teams."^
