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==Notes== |
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Revision as of 17:23, 22 February 2010
Rob Williams | |
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Nationality | British |
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, initially with Henry Flint.[3] and He would also produce one-offs there like Breathing Space with Laurence Campbell,[4] who he would work with again on the 2006 Wolverine Christmas Special.[5] Williams has also written for the Star Wars Tales and Star Wars: Rebellion[6] comics from Dark Horse, and another project is also with them, writing Indiana Jones and the Tomb of the Gods.[7][8] For Dynamite Entertainment he is writing RoboCop,[9][10] with artist Fabiano Neves.[11]
Bibliography
Comics work includes:
- Cla$$war (with artist by Trevor Hairsine (#1-3) and Travel Foreman (#4-6), 6-issue limited series, Com.x, January 2002-2004, tpb, 2003, collects Cla$$war #1-3, hardcover, 210 pages, 2009, ISBN 160743816X)
- 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)
- Family (with Simon Fraser, in Judge Dredd Megazine #201-207, January-July 2003)
- "Ghosts of Hoth" (with Cary Nord, in Star Wars Tales 17, October 2003)
- 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:
- 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-ongoing, 2008)
- Mega-City Undercover (160 pages, Rebellion, January 2008, ISBN 1905437528) collects:
- "Lucky" (with Michel Lacombe, in Star Wars Tales 23, 2005)
- "Marked" (with Cully Hamner, in Star Wars Tales 24, 2005)
- Breathing Space (with Peter Doherty (#1451-1452), Laurence Campbell (pencils #1453-1459) and Lee Townsend (inks #1453-1459), in 2000 AD #1451-59, 2005)
- Star Wars: Rebellion: My Brother, My Enemy (with Michel Lacombe, 5-issue mini-series, Dark Horse, 2006)
- 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)
- The Ten-Seconders:
- "The American Dream" (with Mark Harrison, in 2000 AD #1469-1479, 2006)
- "Make. Believe" (with Dom Reardon, in 2000 AD #1578-ongoing, 2008)
- 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) [12][13]
- Judge Dredd: "Ownership" (with Richard Elson, in 2000 AD #1587-1588, 2008)
- Indiana Jones and the Tomb of the Gods (with Steve Scott, 5-issue mini-series, Dark Horse, 2008)
- "Dark Daken" (with Paco Diaz, in Dark X-Men: The Beginning #2, Marvel Comics, September 2009)
- Ghostbusters: Past, Present And Future (with Diego Jourdan Pereira, IDW Publishing, December 2009)
- RoboCop (with artist Nick Barrucci, Dynamite Entertainment, forthcoming)
Notes
- ^ a b It's a Droids Life: Rob Williams, 2000 AD online, May 28, 2008
- ^ Cla$$war & the Resurrection of Com.X, Comic Book Resources, March 12, 2009
- ^ Henry Flint Lowlife at 2000AD, Comicon.com, February 11, 2004
- ^ Rob Williams & Laurence Campbell Get A little Breathing Space, Comics Bulletin, August 8, 2005
- ^ Rob Williams Pits Wolverine Against Christmess!, Comicon.com, December 11, 2006
- ^ Rob Williams' Star Wars' Rebellion, Comicon.com, May 10, 2006
- ^ Chris Arrant (April 11, 2008). "Rob Williams on Indiana Jones and the Temple of the Gods". Newsarama. Retrieved 2008-04-11.
- ^ Williams' & Indiana Jones' New Adventure, Comicon.com, May 23, 2008
- ^ Brady, Matt (June 10, 2009). "RoboCop Returns to Comics with Dynamite". Newsarama. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
- ^ Brady, Matt (June 16, 2009). "Man and Machine - Rob Williams on Dynamite's RoboCop". Newsarama. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
- ^ Brady, Matt (June 11, 2009). "Nick Barrucci on RoboCop & Writer Rob Williams". Newsarama. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
- ^ Wolverine #49 at Marvel.com
- ^ Blood and Sorrow at Marvel.com
References
- Rob Williams at the Grand Comics Database
- Rob Williams at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
- Rob Williams at 2000AD online
External links
- Official website
- 2005 Interview by 2000ADReview
- Cla$$war, Book One review, Comics Bulletin, December 2003
- Q&A thread on 2000 AD forum
- Podcast Interview by The Legion of Dudes on RoboCop, Star Wars and more.