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'''Rob Williams''' is a British [[comic book]] writer, working mainly for ''[[2000 AD (comics)|2000 AD]]''.
'''Rob Williams'''


==Biography==
==Biography==
Actor:


Williams started out as a freelance journalist and creator of corporate videos.<ref name=droidslife>[http://www.2000adonline.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=22645#p390182 It's a Droids Life: Rob Williams], 2000 AD online, May 28, 2008</ref> He decided to try comcis writing resulting in ''[[Cla$$war]]'', published by [[Com.x]] and illustrated by several artists, including [[Trevor Hairsine]] and [[Travel Foreman]]. It started published in 2002 and, after a three-year hiatus from the publisher a complete collection was released in 2009.<ref>[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=20413 Cla$$war & the Resurrection of Com.X], [[Comic Book Resources]], March 12, 2009</ref>
1. The Maiden Heist (2009)
2. The Game Plan (2007) (McIlrevy #55 Boton Rebels


The comic series was read by [[Andy Diggle]], who was the editor of ''[[2000 AD (comics)|2000 AD]]'' at the time and contacted Williams,<ref name=droidslife /> resulting in a number of series, first the two-part ''[[Asylum (2000 AD)|Asylum]]'', with [[Boo Cook]] and then ongoing ''[[Low Life (comics)|Low Life]]'',<ref name=sfxrob>{{cite web |first= |url=http://www.sfx.co.uk/2008/03/02/interview_going_underground_in_mega_city_one/ |title=Interview: going underground in Mega-City One |publisher=''[[SFX (magazine)|SFX]]'' |date=March 2, 2008 |accessdate=March 11, 2010 }}</ref> initially with [[Henry Flint]].<ref>[http://www.comicon.com/ubb/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=322823#Post322823 Henry Flint Lowlife at 2000AD], Comicon.com, February 11, 2004</ref> and He would also produce one-offs there like ''[[Breathing Space (comics)|Breathing Space]]'' with [[Laurence Campbell]],<ref>[http://www.comicsbulletin.com/features/112354523697083.htm Rob Williams & Laurence Campbell Get A little Breathing Space], [[Comics Bulletin]], August 8, 2005</ref> who he would work with again on the 2006 [[Wolverine (comics)|Wolverine]] Christmas Special.<ref>[http://www.comicon.com/ubb/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=365566#Post365566 Rob Williams Pits Wolverine Against Christmess!], Comicon.com, December 11, 2006</ref> Williams has also written for the ''[[Star Wars Tales]]'' and ''[[Star Wars Rebellion: My Brother, My Enemy|Star Wars: Rebellion]]''<ref>[http://www.comicon.com/ubb/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=360980#Post360980 Rob Williams' Star Wars' Rebellion], Comicon.com, May 10, 2006</ref> comics from [[Dark Horse Comics|Dark Horse]], and another project is also with them, writing ''[[Indiana Jones and the Tomb of the Gods]]''.<ref>{{cite news | author = Chris Arrant | title = Rob Williams on Indiana Jones and the Temple of the Gods | publisher = [[Newsarama]] | date = April 11, 2008 | url = http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=153283 | accessdate=2008-04-11}}</ref><ref>[http://www.comicon.com/ubb/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=371688#Post371688 Williams' & Indiana Jones' New Adventure], Comicon.com, May 23, 2008</ref> For [[Dynamite Entertainment]] he is writing ''[[RoboCop (comics)|RoboCop]]'',<ref>{{cite web |first=Matt |last=Brady |url=http://www.newsarama.com/comics/060910-Robocop.html |title=RoboCop Returns to Comics with Dynamite |publisher=[[Newsarama]] |date=June 10, 2009 |accessdate=2009-06-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Matt |last=Brady |url=http://www.newsarama.com/comics/060916-Robocop-Williams.html |title=Man and Machine - Rob Williams on Dynamite's RoboCop |publisher=[[Newsarama]] |date=June 16, 2009 |accessdate=2009-06-17}}</ref> with artist [[Fabiano Neves]].<ref>{{cite web |first=Matt |last=Brady |url=http://www.newsarama.com/comics/060911-Nick-Robocop.html |title=Nick Barrucci on RoboCop & Writer Rob Williams |publisher=[[Newsarama]] |date=June 11, 2009 |accessdate=2009-06-17}}</ref>
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==Bibliography==
1. Coons (2008) (swing: grip/electric)


Comics work includes:
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* ''[[Asylum (2000 AD)|Asylum]]'' (with [[Boo Cook]], tpb, April 2007, ISBN 1904265677):
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** "Asylum" (in ''[[2000 AD (comics)|2000 AD]]'' #1313-1321, October 2002)
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** "Asylum 2" (in ''2000 AD'' #1406-1414, 2004)
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*''[[Family (comics)|Family]]'' (with [[Simon Fraser (comics)|Simon Fraser]], in ''[[Judge Dredd Megazine]]'' #201-207, January-July 2003)
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* "[[Ghosts of Hoth]]" (with [[Cary Nord]], in ''[[Star Wars Tales 17]]'', October 2003)
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*''[[Nomad (Star Wars Tales)|Nomad]]'' (with [[Brandon Badeaux]]):
** "Nomad, Chapter one" (in ''[[Star Wars Tales 21]]'', 2004)
** "Nomad, Chapter two" (in ''[[Star Wars Tales 22]]'', 2005)
** "Nomad, Chapter three" (in ''[[Star Wars Tales 23]]'', 2005)
** "Nomad, Chapter four" (in ''[[Star Wars Tales 24]]'', 2005)

*''[[Low Life (comics)|Low Life]]'':
** ''Mega-City Undercover'' (160 pages, [[Rebellion Developments|Rebellion]], January 2008, ISBN 1905437528) collects:
*** "Paranoia" (with [[Henry Flint]], in ''2000 AD'' #1387-1396, 2004)
*** "Heavy Duty" (with Henry Flint, in ''2000 AD'' #1397-1399, 2004)
*** "Rock and a Hard Place" (with [[Simon Coleby]], in ''2000 AD'' #1425-1428, 2005)
*** "He's making a list..." (with Simon Coleby, in ''2000 AD'' prog 2006, 2005)
*** "Con Artist" (with Simon Coleby, in ''2000 AD'' #1484-1490, 2006)
*** "Baby Talk" (with Simon Coleby, in ''2000 AD'' #1521-1524, 2007)
** "War without Bloodshed" (with [[Rufus Dayglo]], in [[Judge Dredd Megazine]], #271-274, 2008)
** "Creation" (with [[D'Israeli]], in ''2000 AD'' #1624-1631, 2009)

* "[[Lucky (comic)|Lucky]]" (with [[Michel Lacombe]], in ''[[Star Wars Tales 23]]'', 2005)
* "[[Marked (comic)|Marked]]" (with [[Cully Hamner]], in ''[[Star Wars Tales 24]]'', 2005)
*''[[Breathing Space (comics)|Breathing Space]]'' (with [[Peter Doherty (comics)|Peter Doherty]] (#1451-1452), [[Laurence Campbell]] (pencils #1453-1459) and [[Lee Townsend (comics)|Lee Townsend]] (inks #1453-1459), in ''2000 AD'' #1451-59, 2005)
*''[[Star Wars: Rebellion (comics)|Star Wars: Rebellion]]: [[Star Wars Rebellion: My Brother, My Enemy|My Brother, My Enemy]]'' (with [[Michel Lacombe]], 5-issue mini-series, Dark Horse, 2006)

* ''[[Meet Darren Dead]]'' (with [[John Higgins (comics)|John Higgins]]):
** "Meet Darren Dead" (in ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' #240, 2006)
** "Eats, Shoots & Kills" (in ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' #287-ongoing, 2009)

*''[[The Ten-Seconders]]'':
** "The American Dream" (with [[Mark Harrison]], in ''2000 AD'' #1469-1479, 2006)
** "Make. Believe" (with [[Dom Reardon]] (1-3) and [[Shaun Thomas]] (4-6) and [[Ben Oliver]] (7-13), in ''2000 AD'' #1578-1588, 2008)

* ''[[Wolverine (comics)|Wolverine]]'' #49 (with [[Laurence Campbell]], Special Double-Sized X-Mas Special, 2006, [[Marvel Comics]], collected in ''Wolverine: Blood and Sorrow'', June 2007, ISBN 0-7851-2607-4) <ref>[http://www.marvel.com/catalog/?id=5675 Wolverine #49] at Marvel.com</ref><ref>[http://www.marvel.com/catalog/?id=6922 ''Blood and Sorrow''] at Marvel.com</ref>

*''[[Judge Dredd]]'':
** "Ownership" (with [[Richard Elson]], in ''2000 AD'' #1587-1588, 2008)
** "Out Law" (with [[Guy Davis (comics)|Guy Davis]], in ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' #296, March 2010)<ref>{{cite web |first=Shaun |last=Manning |url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=24972 |title=Davis & Williams on "Judge Dredd" |publisher=[[Comic Book Resources]] |date=February 24, 2010 |accessdate=March 1, 2010 }}</ref>

*''[[Indiana Jones and the Tomb of the Gods]]'' (with [[Steve Scott (comics)|Steve Scott]], 5-issue mini-series, Dark Horse, [[2008 in comics|2008]])
* "Dark [[Daken]]" (with [[Paco Diaz]], in ''[[Dark X-Men]]: The Beginning'' #2, Marvel Comics, September 2009)
*''[[Ghostbusters (comics)|Ghostbusters]]: Past, Present And Future'' (with [[Diego Jourdan Pereira]], [[IDW Publishing]], December 2009)
*''[[RoboCop (comics)|RoboCop]]'' (with artist [[Nick Barrucci]], [[Dynamite Entertainment]], 2010-ongoing)

==Notes==
{{Reflist}}

==References==
{{Refbegin}}
*{{gcdb|type=writer|search=Rob+Williams|title=Rob Williams}}
*{{comicbookdb|type=creator|id=6044|title=Rob Williams}}
*[http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=droid&page=profiles&choice=ROBW Rob Williams] at 2000AD online
{{Refend}}

==External links==
*[http://www.robwilliamscomics.co.uk Official website]
*[http://www.2000adreview.co.uk/features/interviews/2005/williams/robwilliams1.shtml 2005 Interview by 2000ADReview]
*[http://www.comicsbulletin.com/reviews/107083147470353.htm Cla$$war, Book One review], [[Comics Bulletin]], December 2003
*[http://www.2000adonline.com/?zone=fan&page=messagethread&choice=22645 Q&A thread on 2000 AD forum]
*[http://www.hhwlod.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=515:lod-068-the-legion-of-dudes-robocast&catid=55:lod Podcast Interview by The Legion of Dudes] on RoboCop, Star Wars and more.

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Revision as of 04:29, 27 March 2010

For other people named Robert Williams, see Robert Williams (disambiguation).
Rob Williams
NationalityBritish
Area(s)Writer
Notable works
Cla$$war
Low Life

Rob Williams is a British comic book writer, working mainly for 2000 AD.

Biography

Williams started out as a freelance journalist and creator of corporate videos.[1] He decided to try comcis writing resulting in Cla$$war, published by Com.x and illustrated by several artists, including Trevor Hairsine and Travel Foreman. It started published in 2002 and, after a three-year hiatus from the publisher a complete collection was released in 2009.[2]

The comic series was read by Andy Diggle, who was the editor of 2000 AD at the time and contacted Williams,[1] resulting in a number of series, first the two-part Asylum, with Boo Cook and then ongoing Low Life,[3] initially with Henry Flint.[4] and He would also produce one-offs there like Breathing Space with Laurence Campbell,[5] who he would work with again on the 2006 Wolverine Christmas Special.[6] Williams has also written for the Star Wars Tales and Star Wars: Rebellion[7] comics from Dark Horse, and another project is also with them, writing Indiana Jones and the Tomb of the Gods.[8][9] For Dynamite Entertainment he is writing RoboCop,[10][11] with artist Fabiano Neves.[12]

Bibliography

Comics work includes:

  • Asylum (with Boo Cook, tpb, April 2007, ISBN 1904265677):
    • "Asylum" (in 2000 AD #1313-1321, October 2002)
    • "Asylum 2" (in 2000 AD #1406-1414, 2004)
  • Low Life:
    • Mega-City Undercover (160 pages, Rebellion, January 2008, ISBN 1905437528) collects:
      • "Paranoia" (with Henry Flint, in 2000 AD #1387-1396, 2004)
      • "Heavy Duty" (with Henry Flint, in 2000 AD #1397-1399, 2004)
      • "Rock and a Hard Place" (with Simon Coleby, in 2000 AD #1425-1428, 2005)
      • "He's making a list..." (with Simon Coleby, in 2000 AD prog 2006, 2005)
      • "Con Artist" (with Simon Coleby, in 2000 AD #1484-1490, 2006)
      • "Baby Talk" (with Simon Coleby, in 2000 AD #1521-1524, 2007)
    • "War without Bloodshed" (with Rufus Dayglo, in Judge Dredd Megazine, #271-274, 2008)
    • "Creation" (with D'Israeli, in 2000 AD #1624-1631, 2009)
  • Meet Darren Dead (with John Higgins):
    • "Meet Darren Dead" (in Judge Dredd Megazine #240, 2006)
    • "Eats, Shoots & Kills" (in Judge Dredd Megazine #287-ongoing, 2009)

Notes

  1. ^ a b It's a Droids Life: Rob Williams, 2000 AD online, May 28, 2008
  2. ^ Cla$$war & the Resurrection of Com.X, Comic Book Resources, March 12, 2009
  3. ^ "Interview: going underground in Mega-City One". SFX. March 2, 2008. Retrieved March 11, 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  4. ^ Henry Flint Lowlife at 2000AD, Comicon.com, February 11, 2004
  5. ^ Rob Williams & Laurence Campbell Get A little Breathing Space, Comics Bulletin, August 8, 2005
  6. ^ Rob Williams Pits Wolverine Against Christmess!, Comicon.com, December 11, 2006
  7. ^ Rob Williams' Star Wars' Rebellion, Comicon.com, May 10, 2006
  8. ^ Chris Arrant (April 11, 2008). "Rob Williams on Indiana Jones and the Temple of the Gods". Newsarama. Retrieved 2008-04-11.
  9. ^ Williams' & Indiana Jones' New Adventure, Comicon.com, May 23, 2008
  10. ^ Brady, Matt (June 10, 2009). "RoboCop Returns to Comics with Dynamite". Newsarama. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
  11. ^ Brady, Matt (June 16, 2009). "Man and Machine - Rob Williams on Dynamite's RoboCop". Newsarama. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
  12. ^ Brady, Matt (June 11, 2009). "Nick Barrucci on RoboCop & Writer Rob Williams". Newsarama. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
  13. ^ Wolverine #49 at Marvel.com
  14. ^ Blood and Sorrow at Marvel.com
  15. ^ Manning, Shaun (February 24, 2010). "Davis & Williams on "Judge Dredd"". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved March 1, 2010.

References

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