Rosearik Rikki Simons

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Rosearik Rikki Simons
Born	Rosearik Rikki Simons September 8, 1970 (1970-09-08) (age 39) Fontana, California, U.S.
Occupation	Voice actor, colorist, mechanical illustrator
Spouse(s)	Tavisha Wolfgarth (1994–present)

Rosearik Rikki Allen Simons AKA Rikki Simons (born September 8, 1970 in Fontana, California), is an American voice actor, writer, graphic novelist, and artist.^[1]

He is known as the voice of the robot GIR on Invader ZIM, the writer and co-artist of the graphic novel series ShutterBox (published by Tokyopop; 6 volumes, of which 4 are completed), Super Information Hijinks: Reality Check! (2 volumes, published in color originally by Sirius Entertainment and then republished in black and white by Tokyopop), and the illustrated novel Ranklechick and His Three-Legged Cat (self-published through Lulu.com). He also co-created and wrote the Robotech: Clone comic series.

In addition to his graphic novel and novel work, Simons also paints backgrounds for animation, including Invader ZIM and Jackie Chan Adventures. He painted both issues of Jhonen Vasquez’s comic I Feel Sick.

Rikki works with his wife, illustrator Tavisha Wolfgarth-Simons^[1] and is a frequent guest panelist on the video game and geek culture podcast, The Weekly Geek.

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b} rikki_bio

[edit] External links

• Official website
• Rikki Simons's Old Official Blog
• Rikki Simons's LiveJournal
• Rikki Simons's Newsarama Interview
• Rosearik Rikki Simons at the Internet Movie Database
• The First Chapter of Ranklechick and His Three-Legged Cat
• Rikki Simons's character design from Invader ZIM: by Aaron A.: [1], by Aaron A. and John Fountain: [2]