Christopher Williams,who goes byChrisCross,is acomic bookillustrator,known mostly for his stintspencillingMilestone Comics'Blood SyndicateandHeroes,Marvel Comics'Captain MarvelandSlingersandDC Comics'Firestorm.He created the comic book characterJason RuschwithDan Jolley.
| ChrisCross | |
|---|---|
 ChrisCross at theNew York Comic Conin February 2008. | |
| Born | Christopher Williams |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Artist |
Notable works | Blood Syndicate Captain Marvel Firestorm |
Education and career
editWilliams attendedNew York City'sSchool of Visual Artsin the early 1990s. While doing so, he caught his big break doing work for theDC Comicsimprint,Milestone Comics,which sought to publish a line of comics aimed at attracting a moremulticulturalaudience.
He has also worked on other series such asFirestormandThe Outsidersfor DC comics. In the early 2000s he worked on a series of hardcover graphic novels for international publishing house,Humanoids, Inc.,before returning to the States to continue American comics, starting onMidnighter#11.[1]
Bibliography
editInterior comic work includes:
- Cat and Mouse#13 (withRoland Mann,Tim EldredandSteven Butler,Aircel,1993)
- Blood Syndicate#3, 5–14, 16–17, 19, 21–23, 25-30 (withIvan Velez, Jr.,Milestone,1993–1995)
- Worlds Collide:"Chapter Seven" (with various writers and artists,one-shot,Milestone, 1994)
- Hardware#11: "Shadow and Act" (inks onDenys Cowan,written byDwayne McDuffie,Milestone, 1994)
- Icon#20: "The Big Bang Theory" (with Dwayne McDuffie,Mark D. BrightandJohn Paul Leon,Milestone, 1994)
- Shadow Cabinet#17: "No Difference in the Dark" (inks on John Paul Leon, written byMatt Wayne,Milestone, 1995)
- Man Against Time#4: "The Butterfly Effect" (withBrett LewisandDavid Quinn,Image,1996)
- Heroes#1-4 (with Matt Wayne, Milestone, 1996)
- Xero#1-8, 11 (withChristopher Priest,DC Comics,1997–1998)
- Solar, Man of the Atom: Hell on Earth#1-4 (with Christopher Priest andPatrick Zircher,Acclaim,1998)
- New Year's Evil:Dark Nemesis:"Turncoat!" (withDan Jurgens,one-shot, DC Comics, 1998)
- X-Man#35-38,Annual'98 (withTerry Kavanagh,Marvel,1998)
- Slingers#1-3, 5–6, 9-10 (withJoe Harris,Marvel, 1998–1999)
- Shadowmanvol. 3 #3: "Asylum Seeker" (withDan AbnettandAndy Lanning,Acclaim, 1999)
- Captain Marvelvol. 3 #0-3, 6–10, 12–13, 15–16, 19–25, 27, 29-30, 33 and vol. 4 #1-3, 5 (withPeter David,Marvel, 1999–2003)
- The Craptacular B-Sides#1: "Graduation Day" (withBrian David-Marshall,co-feature, Marvel, 2002)
- X-Men Unlimited#48: "Control" (withChuck Austen,anthology,Marvel, 2003)
- Outsidersvol. 3 #4-6: "Brothers in Blood" (withJudd Winick,DC Comics, 2003–2004)
- JLA#83, 90 (withJoe Kelly,DC Comics, 2003–2004)
- Firestormvol. 3 #1-5 (withDan Jolley,DC Comics, 2004)
- Néféritès: L'Embaumeur(withSylviane CorgiatandPatrick Galliano,graphic novel,Les Humanoïdes Associés,2006)
- Dead High Yearbook:"Chapter Three: Devil Dog of the Damned" (withJennifer Camper,graphic novel,Penguin Books,2007)
- Welcome to Tranquility#8: "Zombie Zeke: Dead End Highway" (withGail Simone,co-feature,Wildstorm,2007)
- Midnighter#11: "Anthem, Part Two" (withKeith Giffen,Wildstorm, 2007)
- Justice League of Americavol. 2 #29: "Star Struck!" (withLen Wein,DC Comics, 2009)
- Gotham Gazette#1-2: "Stephanie Brown" (withFabian Nicieza,co-feature, DC Comics, 2009)
- Final Crisis Aftermath: Dance#1, 3–4, 6 (withJoe Casey,DC Comics, 2009)
- Milestone Forever#2 (with Dwayne McDuffie, John Paul Leon and Denys Cowan, Milestone, 2010)
- Spike: The Devil You Know#1-4 (withBill WilliamsandJosé María Beroy,IDW Publishing,2010)
- Marvel Adventures: Super Heroes#5 (withPaul Tobin,Marvel, 2010)
- T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agentsvol. 3 #2: "Live Fast, Die Young" (withNick SpencerandCAFU,DC Comics, 2011)
- Superman/Batman#81-84: "Sorcerer Kings" (withCullen Bunn,DC Comics, 2011)
- Supergirlvol. 5 #65-67: "This is Not My Life" (withKelly Sue DeConnick,DC Comics, 2011)
- Batwing#4: "Better at Terrible Things" (with Judd Winick, DC Comics, 2012)
- Action Comicsvol. 2 #5-6 (withSholly Fisch,co-feature, DC Comics, 2012)
- Smallville Season 11Chapters 13–15, 19, 21 (withBryan Q. Miller,digital,DC Comics, 2012)
- Superboyvol. 5 #20: "A Wretched H.I.V.E." (withJustin Jordan,among other artists, DC Comics, 2013)
- Green Lantern Corpsvol. 3 #18,Annual#1 (withPeter Tomasi,DC Comics, 2013)
- Bloodshotvol. 3 #0 (withMatt Kindt,Valiant,2013)
- Archer and Armstrongvol. 2 #15-17: "Sect Civil War" (withFred Van LenteandKhari Evans,Valiant, 2013–2014)
- Justice League Dark#23.1: "Twisted" (withDan DiDioandAnn Nocenti,among other artists, DC Comics, 2013)
- Bloodshot and the H.A.R.D. Corps(withJoshua DysartandChristos N. Gage,Valiant):
- "Get Some" (withBart Sears,in #17-19, 2014)
- "Rise and Fall" (withJoseph CooperandValentine De Landro,in #0, 2014)
- Katana#9: "Ghost Warriors" (with Ann Nocenti and Cliff Richards, DC Comics, 2014)
- Green Lantern/New Gods: Godhead(withVan Jensenand Justin Jordan, among other artists, one-shot, DC Comics, 2014)
- Convergence: Justice League of America#1-2: "Heroes Interrupted" (with Fabian Nicieza, DC Comics, 2015)
- Superman/Wonder WomanAnnual#2: "Taking a Breath" (withKeith Champagne,co-feature, DC Comics, 2016)
- Bankshot#1-4 (of 5)[2][3](withAlex De Campi,Dark Horse,2017)
- Kino#5-9 (with Joe Casey andChris Batista(#9),Catalyst Prime,2018)
- Bloodshot: Rising Spirit#7-8 (withEliot Rahal,among other artists, Valiant, 2019)
- Justice League Odyssey#14: "Enemy of My Enemy" (with Dan Abnett and Cliff Richards, DC Comics, 2019)
Covers only
edit- Icon#7-8, 40 (Milestone,1993–1996)
- Blood Syndicate#24, 35 (Milestone, 1995–1996)
- My Name is Holocaust#5 (Milestone, 1995)
- Long Hot Summer#1 (Milestone, 1995)
- Heroes#5-6 (Milestone, 1996)
- Xero#9-10, 12 (DC Comics,1998)
- X-Man#39 (Marvel,1998)
- Slingers#4, 7-8, 11-12 (Marvel, 1998–1999)
- Captain Marvelvol. 3 #5 (Marvel, 2000)
- Black Panthervol. 2 #24 (Marvel, 2000)
- Generation X#74 (Marvel, 2000)
- Noble Causes#3 (Image,2002)
- Captain Marvelvol. 4 #11, 13, 20-25 (Marvel, 2003–2004)
- Firestormvol. 3 #6 (DC Comics, 2004)
- Angel: The Curse#3 (IDW Publishing,2005)
- Spider-Man: The Clone Saga#6 (Marvel, 2010)
- Irredeemable#13 (Boom! Studios,2010)
- Velocityvol. 2 #1 (Top Cow,2010)
- New Crusaders#2 (Red Circle,2012)
- Watson and Holmes#4 (New Paradigm,2013)
- Bloodshot and the H.A.R.D. Corps#16 (Valiant,2013)
- Unity#0, 15 (Valiant, 2014–2015)
- X-O Manowarvol. 3 #33, 46 (Valiant, 2015–2016)
- Accell#5, 8-9 (Catalyst Prime,2017–2018)
- Black Lightning/Hong Kong Phooey#1 (Hanna-Barbera,2018)
- Fallen World#4 (Valiant, 2019)
References
edit- ^Catching up with ChrisCrossArchivedSeptember 11, 2007, at theWayback Machine,Newsarama,September 6, 2007
- ^Arrant, Chris (February 23, 2018)."DeCampi & ChrisCross' BANKSHOT Collection Cancelled Following Delays".Newsarama.Archivedfrom the original on February 24, 2018.
- ^Allen, Todd (March 9, 2018)."When a Comic Gets Cancelled Early – Alex de Campi Posts Script for Bankshot #5".Comics Beat.Archivedfrom the original on June 15, 2018.