Frank Quitely

Frank Quitely
Quitely at the New York Comic Con, 14 October 2011
Born	Vincent Deighan 1968 Glasgow, Scotland
Nationality	Scottish
Area(s)	Penciller, Inker
Notable works	All-Star Superman The Authority Flex Mentallo New X-Men We3
Awards	Eisner Award, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009 Harvey Award, 2007, 2008, 2009

Vincent Deighan (born 1968), better known by the pen name Frank Quitely, is a Scottish comic book artist. He is best known for his frequent collaborations with Grant Morrison on titles such as New X-Men, We3, All-Star Superman, and Batman and Robin, as well as his work with Mark Millar on The Authority and Jupiter's Legacy.

Vincent Deighan studied at the Glasgow School of Art.

Deighan worked up the Scottish underground comics title Electric Soup in 1990, writing and drawing The Greens, a parody of The Broons strip published by D. C. Thomson. It was in working on this book that he adopted the pseudonym of Frank Quitely (a spoonerism of "quite frankly"), as he did not want his family to know it was his work, worried that they may have found it upsetting.

Initially Electric Soup was only distributed locally in Glasgow, then it was picked up by John Brown Publishing for widespread national UK distribution. This brought Quitely's work to the attention of Judge Dredd Megazine editor David Bishop. He was given work on Shimura, written by Robbie Morrison, and Missionary Man, by Gordon Rennie, quickly rising to prominence. He drew various stories in Paradox Press' series of The Big Book Of graphic novels, as well as work in Dark Horse Presents for Dark Horse Comics.