Rick Remender
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| Rick Remender | |
 Rick Remender at Heroes Con 2006 |
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| Nationality | American |
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| Area(s) | Writer |
| Notable works | Fear Agent The End League |
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Rick Remender is an American comic book writer and artist who resides in Portland, Oregon. He is best known for his creator-owned work on Marvel Comics' Punisher series, Fear Agent, "The End League", "Gigantic", "Night Mary", "XXXombies", "Black Heart Billy", Strange Girl, and Sea of Red.
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[edit] Biography
Before working in the comic book industry Rick worked in animation on such films as The Iron Giant, Anastasia, Titan A.E. and The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle.
He has illustrated album covers for punk bands such as NOFX, Pitch Black, Lagwagon and No Use for a Name.
In 2005 he illustrated the comic book adaptation of the movie Man With the Screaming Brain, which was published by Dark Horse Comics.
In 2006 he illustrated the series The Last Christmas, which was written by Brian Posehn with Gerry Dugan and inked by Hilary Barta.
On January 8, 2007 it was announced on his column Against The Grain that he would be teaming up with French artist Paul Renaud for a Red Sonja one-shot published by Dynamite Entertainment titled "Vacant Shell".[1] He is also working on the horror anthology comics Crawl Space with Kieron Dwyer, which will include stories like "XXXombies".[2]
Remender is currently working on the Dark Horse Comics series The End League,[3] as well as launching a giant robot series Gigantic,[4][5] he will also be relaunching Fear Agent[6] and starting a new series at Image Comics called Sorrow[7].
In 2008, he became co-author of Punisher War Journal with #19 and will become the sole writer after Matt Fraction leaves the title. IDW Publishing also released a "master edition" of Black Heart Billy.[8]
In April 2009, Remender signed an exclusive writing contract with Marvel Comics[9] and because of this had to conclude both his creator-owned series for Dark Horse, The End League Fear Agent.[10]
[edit] Bibliography
- Sea of Red (with Salgood Sam & Kieron Dwyer, Image Comics, 2005)
- Strange Girl (with Eric Nguyen, Image Comics, 2005)
- Fear Agent (with Tony Moore, Image Comics and Dark Horse Comics, 2005-ongoing)
- Red Sonja: "Vacant Shell" (with Paul Renaud, one-shot, Dynamite Entertainment, 2007)
- Crawl Space (with Kieron Dwyer, Image Comics, 2007-ongoing)
- Sorrow (with co-author Seth Peck and art by Francesco Francavilla, Image Comics, August 2007-ongoing)
- The End League (with Mat Broome, Dark Horse Comics, January 2008-ongoing)
- Gigantic (with Eric Nguyen, Dark Horse Comics, October 2008, limited series)
- Punisher (with Jerome Opeña, Marvel Comics, Jan 2009, ongoing series)
[edit] Trivia
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- He penciled the final mock comic book cover in the opening sequence of Ultraviolet.
- He taught animation and comic art part time at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco.
[edit] Notes
- ^ There's Just Something About Sonja: Remender Talks "Vacant Shell", Comic Book Resources, January 26, 2007
- ^ ZOMBIE PORN: Remender has "XXXombies" in his "Crawl Space", Comic Book Resources, September 28, 2007
- ^ Remender & Canete On "The End League", Comic Book Resources, October 6, 2008
- ^ The Ultimate Gladiator: Remender talks "Gigantic", Comic Book Resources, June 9, 2008
- ^ Getting 'Gigantic' With Rick Remender, Newsarama, October 30, 2008
- ^ Remender's Fear Agent: Open Wound as Lead Character, Comics Bulletin, November 4, 2007
- ^ Rick Remender: Where Fear Meets Sorrow, Comics Bulletin, July 31, 2007
- ^ Rick Remender: The Secret Origin of Black Heart Billy, Newsarama, October 2, 2008
- ^ Remender Signs Exclusive, Marvel.com, April 5, 2009
- ^ Manning, Shaun (June 25, 2009). "Remender on the End of the End League". Comic Book Resources. http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=21769. Retrieved on 2009-06-26.
[edit] References
- Rick Remender at the Comic Book DB
