Geof Darrow
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| Born | Geofrey Darrow October 21, 1955 Cedar Rapids, Iowa |
| Notable works | Hard Boiled Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot |
Geofrey "Geof" Darrow (October 21, 1955) is a comic artist and designer born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States. He is known for having an extremely high level of detail in his work.
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[edit] Career
He was a student at Hanna-Barbera cartoon studios after studying at the American Academy of Arts in Chicago. In the early 80s he worked in character design for the Super Friends, Richie Rich, and Pac-Man television series.
In 1982, he met French comic book writer and artist Moebius during the making of the film Tron. Two years later, the two collaborated on a portfolio of prints named La Cité Feu, later reprinted for the English speaking market as City of Fire.
In 1986, Geof produced "Comics and Stories" starring his own character Bourbon Thret for french publisher Editions Aedena. Work from this book would eventually end up in the back of issue 3 of Shaolin Cowboy. As the cowboy's earlier adventures.
In 1990, Darrow collaborated with writer and artist Frank Miller on the comic book Hard Boiled, a 3-part mini-series. Loosely based on Philip K. Dick's short story The Electric Ant, the book is an exploration of the mind and world of its protagonist, Nixon.
In 1993 and 1994, Darrow provided art for the role-playing game line Underground, published by Mayfair Games. Inc.[1]
Darrow and Miller worked together again on Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot in 1996, a far more family-oriented work, in which the protagonists save Tokyo from destruction by a giant lizard. The story was later developed into an animated series by Sony entertainment, first aired in 1999.
Darrow was credited as 'Conceptual Designer' on all three Matrix movies. His visual style is most prominent in the scene of Neo's awakening from his biomechanical sleep. The insect-like machine that attacks Neo is a classic Darrow mechanoid made up of tubes, viewscreens and riveted joints. He has also contributed to both volumes of The Matrix comics, a series of short Matrix-inspired comic stories.
Darrow has also contributed covers to a number of other comics, including Concrete, Transmetropolitan and Andrew Vachss' Cross.
Darrow has lately been working on his self-penned series, Shaolin Cowboy (published by Burlyman Entertainment), featuring Darrow's trademark ultra-violence, irony and meticulous level of detail.
Darrow is also the co-creator of the series Doc Frankenstein, written by the Wachowski Brothers, with art by Steve Skroce, also published by Burlyman Entertainment.
Outside of comic books and film, Darrow has also done some artwork for the Magic: The Gathering trading card series.
Darrow also mentioned in a recent interview that he was making Shaolin Cowboy into an animated feature film. To be produced by Circle of Confusion and animated by Madhouse.
[edit] Awards
- 1991 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards — Nominee — Best Artist
- 1991 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards — Winner — Best Writer/Artist: (with Frank Miller for Hard Boiled - Dark Horse)
- 1996 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards — Winner — Best Penciller/Inker: (for Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot - Dark Horse/Legend)
- 2006 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards — Winner — Best Writer/Artist: (for Shaolin Cowboy - Burlyman Entertainment)
[edit] Charity work
Darrow serves on the national advisory board of PROTECT: The National Association to Protect Children.
[edit] Bibliography
- La Cité Feu (1984) with Moebius. Reproduced as 'City of Fire'.
- Bourbon Thret (1986), a (french) limited edition comes with the "Darrow magazine, 25 pages of "overwhelming testimonies" : mostly illustrated private jokes from French comic artists.
- Dark Horse Presents #19(1988): Sead, a 9 page Bourbon Thret story + Cover.
- Cheval Noir #4(1990): Geof Darrow...The Myth, 1 page "story" about Geof's Career, by Geof.
- Hard Boiled with Frank Miller (1990).
- Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot (1996)
- Doc Frankenstein (2004)
- Shaolin Cowboy (2005)
[edit] Selected artwork
- Andrew Vachss' CROSS cover gallery (1995-1996)
- Another Chance To Get It Right covers/illustrations (1993/2003)
- Hard Looks cover/illustrations (2002)
- Metamorphosis original artwork (animation)
- The Zero original artwork (flash movie)
- Honey's Butterfly original artwork (2005)
[edit] Notes
[edit] References
- Geof Darrow at the Grand Comic-Book Database
- Geof Darrow at the Comic Book DB
[edit] External links
- Burlyman Entertainment, publishers of Shaolin Cowboy and the Matrix comics
- Unofficial fan site with good examples of artwork
- Page devoted to Darrow, on writer Andrew Vachss site.
- Entertainment Weekly article on Geof Darrow, 24 September 1999
- Geof Darrow at the Internet Movie Database
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