Richard Piers Rayner
| Richard Piers Rayner | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | English |
| Area(s) | Penciller,Artist |
Notable works | Road to Perdition Hellblazer |
| Awards | Russ Manning Promising Newcomer Award(1989) |
Richard Piers Rayner(/ˈreɪnər/) is anEnglishcomic book artist.He is best known for his work onRoad to Perdition.
Biography
[edit]Richard Piers Rayner began his professional comic career in 1988, illustrating forDC ComicsandMarvel Comics.His works includeHellblazer,[1]Swamp Thing,L.E.G.I.O.N.,Doctor Fate,andDoctor Who.His most notable work isRoad to Perdition,written byMax Allan Collins,which was adapted intoa filmin 2002, starringTom Hanks,and directed bySam Mendes.[2][3]
He is also a frequent contributor to the DC publications,Paradox Press,and is artist in residence atMiddlesbrough FC.[4]In November 2008 he wrote and illustrated Middlesbrough FC - The Unseen History.
Awards
[edit]- 1989: Won the "Russ Manning Promising Newcomer"Eisner Award[5]
Bibliography
[edit]His comics work includes:
- Hellblazer#10-16 (withJamie Delano,Vertigo,1988-1989)
- The Big Book Of(Paradox Press):
- Big Book of Urban Legends
- Big Book of Weirdos
- Big Book of Death
- Big Book of Conspiracies
- Big Book of Freaks
- Big Book of Little Criminals
- Big Book of Losers
- Big Book of the Weird Wild West
- Big Book of Grimm
- Road to Perdition(withMax Allan Collins,204 pages,Pocket Books,June 1998,ISBN0-671-00921-4,Titan Books,August 2002,ISBN1-84023-534-9,Simon & Schuster,July 2002,ISBN0-7434-4224-5,Paradox Press,April 2005,ISBN1-56389-449-1)[6]
Notes
[edit]- ^Irvine, Alex(2008), "John Constantine Hellblazer", in Dougall, Alastair (ed.),The Vertigo Encyclopedia,New York:Dorling Kindersley,pp. 102–111,ISBN978-0-7566-4122-1,OCLC213309015
- ^[1],LambiekComiclopedia (retrieved 17 September 2007)
- ^"Spielberg artist moves goalposts for new book - Scarborough Evening News".scarborougheveningnews.co.uk.Archived fromthe originalon 4 December 2008.
- ^http:// mfc.co.uk/page/ClubFeature/0,,1,00.htmlRichard's Artistic Eye
- ^Comic-Con International official site: The Russ Manning Most Promising Newcomer AwardArchived2009-12-29 at theWayback Machine
- ^Road to Perditiondetailsat DC Comics
References
[edit]- Richard Piers Raynerat theGrand Comics Database
- Richard Piers Raynerat the Comic Book DB (archived fromthe original)
External links
[edit]
- Richard Piers Raynerat the Comic Book DB (archived fromthe original)
- Richard Piers RayneronLambiek's Comiclopedia
