| 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 an English comic book artist. He is best known for his work on Road to Perdition.
Biography[edit]
Richard Piers Rayner began his professional comic career in 1988, illustrating for DC Comics and Marvel Comics. His works include Hellblazer,[1] Swamp Thing, L.E.G.I.O.N., Doctor Fate, and Doctor Who. His most notable work is Road to Perdition, written by Max Allan Collins, which was adapted into a film in 2002, starring Tom Hanks, and directed by Sam Mendes.[2][3]
He is also a frequent contributor to the DC publications, Paradox Press, and is artist in residence at Middlesbrough 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 (with Jamie 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 (with Max Allan Collins, 204 pages, Pocket Books, June 1998, ISBN 0-671-00921-4, Titan Books, August 2002, ISBN 1-84023-534-9, Simon & Schuster, July 2002, ISBN 0-7434-4224-5, Paradox Press, April 2005, ISBN 1-56389-449-1)[6]
Notes[edit]
- ^ Irvine, Alex (2008), "John Constantine Hellblazer", in Dougall, Alastair (ed.), The Vertigo Encyclopedia, New York: Dorling Kindersley, pp. 102–111, ISBN 978-0-7566-4122-1, OCLC 213309015
- ^ [1], Lambiek Comiclopedia (retrieved 17 September 2007)
- ^ "Spielberg artist moves goalposts for new book - Scarborough Evening News". www.scarborougheveningnews.co.uk. Archived from the original on 4 December 2008.
- ^ http://www.mfc.co.uk/page/ClubFeature/0,,1,00.html Richard's Artistic Eye
- ^ Comic-Con International official site: The Russ Manning Most Promising Newcomer Award Archived 2009-12-29 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Road to Perdition details at DC Comics.com
References[edit]
- Richard Piers Rayner at the Grand Comics Database
- Richard Piers Rayner at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
External links[edit]
- Richard Piers Rayner at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
- Richard Piers Rayner on Lambiek's Comiclopedia
