In 1970, Byrne enrolled at the Alberta College of Art and Design in Calgary. Besides Kirby, Byrne was also influenced by the naturalistic style of Neal Adams. Jack Kirby’s work in particular had a strong influence on Byrne and he has worked with many of the characters Kirby created or co-created. He later commented that "the book had an 'edge' like nothing DC was putting out at the time". His first encounter with Marvel Comics was in 1962 with Stan Lee and Jack Kirby’s Fantastic Four #5. According to Byrne himself, he was not an academically gifted student. When he was eight years old he left England with his parents and moved to Canada. In Britain, he was able to read domestic comics such as Eagle as well as reprints of DC Comics. While living there, he was first exposed to the American superheroes that would dominate his professional life through reruns of American programs such as The Adventures of Superman. Byrne was born in West Bromwich, West Midlands, England where along with his parents (Frank and Nelsie) he lived with his maternal grandmother.
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