Richard Horie

Richard Horieis an Americancomics creatorwho has worked on many titles, mostly as a penciller and colorist, but also as writer and inker.

Richard Horie
Nationality	American
Area(s)	Writer, penciller, inker and colorist

Biography

Richard Horie has worked in almost every field as a comics creator, from writer and penciller to inker and colorist, the latter of which he (with wife Tanya) is perhaps now best known. Richard, according toThe BestauthorHeidi MacDonaldonce worked forDisneyin some capacity,but his first known comics credits appear in the mid-1990s forImage Comics. In October 1992, he wrote and pencilled part ofBrigade#2, alongside writersHank KanalzandEric Stephenson,writer/artistRob Liefeldand pencillerMarat Mychaels.He penciled and inked for Stephenson several times over the next year, on titles includingSupreme,variousYoungbloodtitles,Brigade,BloodstrikeandDeathmate.He provided inks for an issue ofJim Valentino'sShadowHawk,and was one of several writers and artists to contribute to the "Extreme" preview created forHero Illustratedmagazine, touting Liefeld's Image imprintExtreme Studios.Richard's work for Extreme continued along similar lines to his earlier image work, pencilling issues ofBloodstrike,Brigade,Chapel,ProphetandOperation Knightstrikeamongst others.

When Rob Liefeld split from Image Comics, many of his "Extreme" creators moved with him to work under theMaximum Pressbanner, and Richard Horie was one such individual. Providing pencils forRobert Napton's "Battlestar Galactica" in Maximum Press'sAsylum#2 and #3, Horie was also one of many pencillers to work onAlan Moore's reinvention of Liefeld's universe, providing pencils forSupreme#44 (Maximum Press), and color (with wife Tanya) for a back-up toSupreme#54 (Awesome). The two also added color toJeph Loeb's take on the Fighting American in theAwesome Holiday Special(1997), and inked and colored the Liefeld/LoebRe:Gex#1.

Now focusing solely on coloring, the two coloredMike Deodato Jr.'s pencils and inks for a couple of issues ofChaos! Comics'Lady Death,as well asCovenandJada Pinkett Smith'sMenacefor Awesome, before coming to work almost-exclusively forDC Comicsin December, 1998.

Coloring

In recent years, (from approximately November/December 1997), he and his wife Tanya have focused primarily on coloring comics together. Initially, the two worked on a handful of comics published by Rob Liefeld'sAwesome Entertainment(where Richard had previously penciled/inked issues of various titles) until Christmas 1998, whereupon they moved almost-completely to coloring comics in the DC Universe. They settled mainly atDC,for whom they have coloured four-five monthly comics fairly consistently for the past 8 years. The two particularly colored long runs on DC's flagshipSupermantitle (from #152), continuing with it when it was retitled back toAdventures of Superman(for its 'Issue #600' anniversary).

The two also provide color for a multitude of covers, mostly monthly, but also including collected editions - most notably several volumes of DC's "Showcase Presents..." series of black & white reprints, where they have provided color over the artwork ofJim Aparo,Ross Andruand others. Recently, their work can be seen throughout many titles associated with DC's 2005/2006 eventsInfinite Crisisand52,and lately on the build-up toFinal CrisistitleCountdown to Adventureand theVertigoseriesUn-men.

Partial bibliography

Writer

• Brigade#2 (1992)
• Extreme Hero(1994)

Penciler

• Asylum#2-3 (1995)
• Battlestar Galactica: Journey's End#3 (1996)
• Bloodstrike#7-10, 17 (1993)
• Brigade#2, 4, 13 (1992)
• Brigade Sourcebook(1994)
• ChapelVol. 2#3-5, 7 (1995)
• Deathmate Red(1993)
• Extreme Hero(1994)
• Glory and Friends Lingerie Special#1 (1995)
• Operation Knightstrike#1-3 (1995)
• Prophet#8 (1995)
• Supreme: The New Adventures#44 (1996)
• Team Youngblood#12 (1993)
• X-Force/Youngblood#1 (1996)
• Youngblood#14 (1995)
• Youngblood Battlezone#1 (1993)
• Youngblood Strikefile#7, 9, 11 (1993)

Inker

• ChapelVol. 2#3 (1995)
• Phantom Force#2 (1993)
• Re:Gex#1 (1998) – with Tanya Horie
• ShadowHawk(1992)
• Supreme#4 (1992)
• Youngblood Strikefile#8 (1993)

Colorists (Richard and Tanya Horie)

• 52#17 (2006)
• Action Comics#811, 852
• All Flash#1 (2007)
  • The Flash: The Fastest Man Alive#3-9, 11-13 (2006)
  • The Flash#233-237 ()
• Aquaman#50 - 60
• Ascension#15, 21(1997)
• Awesome Holiday Special#1 (1997)
• Batman#566
• Batman: Harley Quinn#1 (1999)
• Black Canary Wedding Planner#1 (2007)
• Cable#71 (1993)
• Checkmate#1-3 (2006)
• Countdown To Adventure#1, 3-7 (2007)
• The Coven#6 (1997)
• The Coven: Fantom Special#1 (1998)
• The Darkness317-18, 25, 27, (1996)
• Fade From Blue#1-10 (2002) – cover only
• Fantastic Four: Fireworks#1-3 (1999)
• Green Lantern 80-Page Giant#2 (1998)
• Guide to the DC Universe Secret Files2002
• Hellhole#2 (1999)
• HumanKind#1-5 (2004)
• Infinite Crisis#7 (2005)
• Ion#8-12 (2006)
• JSA#86-87
• Lady Death#6-8 ()
• Legends of the DC Universe 3-D Gallery(1998)
• Legion of Super-Heroes#12 (2005)
• Menace#1 (1998)
• Meridian#31, 37-38 (2000)
• Mystic#40 (2000)
• Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere#1-9 (2005)
• Nightwing#128-130 (1996)
• Outsiders#20 (2003)
• Rann-Thanagar War#6 (2005)
• Re:Gex#0-1 (1998)
• Ruse#20 (2001)
• Secret Origins 80-Page Giant#1 (1998)
• Superboy's Legion#1-2 (2001)
• Superman#152-168, 170-175, 177-201
  • The Adventures of Superman#600, 612-638, 640-646, 648-649
• Superman & Savage Dragon: Metropolis(1998)
• Superman 10-Cent Adventure(2003)
• Superman Returns Prequel#3 (2006)
• Superman Secret Files and Origins2005 (2006)
• Superman vs. Darkseid: Apokolips Now!(2003)
• Superman: Emperor Joker#1 (2000)
• Superman: Lex 2000(2001)
• Superman: The Man of Steel#120, 123-133 ()
• Supreme#54 (1997)
• Teen Titans#31, 33-44, 46-49 (2003)
• Teen Titans and Outsiders Secret Files and Origins 2005(2005)
• The Un-Men#1-8 (2007)
• Wonder Woman#197-219, 221-226 ()

External links

• Richard Horieat theGrand Comics Database
• Richard Horieat the Comic Book DB (archived fromthe original)
• Tanya Horie at ComicVine
• Richard and Tanya Horie at ComicVine
• DC Database: Richard Horie- thus far sparse
• DC Database: Tanya Horie- thus far sparse