From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rob Williams is a
Welsh
comics writer , working mainly for
2000 AD . He is currently writing books for
DC Comics and its
Vertigo imprint.
Career
Williams started out as a freelance journalist and creator of corporate videos.
[1] He decided to try comics writing resulting in
Cla$$war , published by
Com.x and illustrated by several artists, including
Trevor Hairsine and
Travel Foreman . Publishing began in 2002 and, after a three-year hiatus from the publisher a complete collection was released in 2009.
[2]
The comic series was read by
Andy Diggle , who was the editor of
2000 AD at the time and contacted Williams,
[1] resulting in a number of comics: the two-part
Asylum , with
Boo Cook , the ongoing
Low Life ,
[3] initially with
Henry Flint
[4] and one-offs like
Breathing Space with
Laurence Campbell .
[5]
He would again team up with Campbell for the 2006
Wolverine Christmas Special
[6] and later a
PunisherMAX one-shot.
[7] Williams would then go on to get other work for
Marvel Comics , including a story in the
Dark X-Men : The Beginning anthology, a
Captain Britain story in
Deadpool Team Up and a
Ghost Rider one-shot that ties into the
Daredevil storyline
Shadowland .
[8]
[9] He returned to Ghost Rider with a new
eponymous
ongoing series , launched as part of the "
Fear Itself " storyline,
[10] for which he also wrote the
Uncanny X-Force mini-series.
[11]
[12] Other Marvel comics announced around the same time include
The Iron Age metaseries,
[13]
[14]
[15]
Skaar : King of the
Savage Land limited series,
[16] and takes over the writing of the
Daken : Dark Wolverine ongoing series.
[17]
[18] Following that slew of announcements, on 22 April 2011 he announced that he had signed an exclusive contract with Marvel.
[15]
Williams has also written comics based on a number of
intellectual properties , including stories for
Star Wars Tales and
Star Wars: Rebellion
[19] comics from
Dark Horse , and, with the same publisher, writing
Indiana Jones and the Tomb of the Gods .
[20]
[21] For
Dynamite Entertainment he is writing
RoboCop ,
[22]
[23] with artist
Fabiano Neves .
[24]
Bibliography
Cla$$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
1-60743-816-X )
Asylum (with
Boo Cook , tpb, April 2007,
ISBN
1-904265-67-7 ):
"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 ):
Low Life :
Mega-City Undercover (160 pages,
Rebellion Developments , January 2008,
ISBN
1-905437-52-8 ) 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)
"Hostile Takeover" (with D'Israeli, in 2000 AD #1700–1709, 2010)
"The Deal" (with D'Israeli, in 2000 AD #1750-1761, 2011)
"
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 No. 240, January 2006)
"Eats, Shoots & Kills" (in Judge Dredd Megazine #287–289, August–October 2009)
The Ten-Seconders :
Wolverine No. 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 )
[25]
[26]
Judge Dredd :
"The Biographer" (with Boo Cook, in 2000 AD #1537, 2007)
"Ownership" (with
Richard Elson , in 2000 AD #1587–1588, 2008)
"Out Law" (with
Guy Davis , in Judge Dredd Megazine No. 296, March 2010)
[27]
[28]
"The Slow Walk" (with Boo Cook, in 2000 AD #1698, August 2010)
"The Walking Dredd" (with
Brendan McCarthy , in Judge Dredd Megazine No. 311, June 2011)
Indiana Jones and the Tomb of the Gods (with
Steve Scott , 5-issue limited series, Dark Horse, 2008)
"Dark
Daken " (with
Paco Diaz , in
Dark X-Men : The Beginning No. 2, Marvel Comics, September 2009)
Ghostbusters : Past, Present And Future (with
Diego Jourdan Pereira ,
IDW Publishing , December 2009)
RoboCop (with artist
Nick Barrucci , 6-issue limited series,
Dynamite Entertainment , January–August 2010)
PunisherMAX : Get Castle (with Laurence Campbell,
one-shot ,
MAX , March 2010)
The Grievous Journey of Ichabod Azrael (with Dom Reardon, in 2000 AD #1677–1688, March–June 2010)
Deadpool Team Up No. 893, 897 (with
Matteo Scalera , Marvel Comics, May 2010, January 2011)
"Survivors" (with
Doug Braithwaite , in X-Men:
Curse of the Mutants – X-Men vs. Vampires No. 1, 2-issue mini-series, Marvel Comics, September 2010)
"Canada, Man!" (with
Philip Bond , in
Deadpool #1000, Marvel Comics, October 2010)
Shadowland :
Ghost Rider (with
Clayton Crain , one-shot, Marvel Comics, November 2010)
Heroic Age : One Month To Live No. 2 (with pencils by
Shawn Moll /
Koi Turnbull , 5-issue limited series, Marvel Comics, November 2010, collected in hardcover, 128 pages, January 2011,
ISBN
978-0-7851-4903-3 )
"Silence" (with
Pablo Peppino , in
Tomb of Terror , one-shot, Marvel Comics, December 2010)
What If? : Wolverine: Father (with
Greg Tocchini , one-shot, Marvel Comics, February 2011)
"Spikes" (with
Rebekah Isaacs , in
Captain America and
Falcon , one-shot, Marvel Comics, May 2011)
[29]
"Can't Get the Service" (with pencils by
Lee Garbett , in
The Amazing Spider-Man #658–660, Marvel Comics, June–July 2011)
Skaar: King of the Savage Land (with pencils by
Brian Ching , 5-issue limited series, Marvel Comics, June–September 2011)
Daken: Dark Wolverine #9.1- (with
Matteo Buffagni ,
ongoing series , Marvel Comics, July 2011 – present)
Terminator/Robocop : Kill Human (with
PJ Holden , 5-issue limited series, Dynamite Entertainment, July–November 2011, tpb, 104 pages, March 2012,
ISBN
1-60690-260-1 )
The Iron Age No. 1, 3 (with
Ben Oliver and
Roberto De La Torre , 3-issue mini-series, Marvel Comics, August–October 2011)
Ghost Rider #0.1-9 (with
Matthew Clark , ongoing series, Marvel Comics, August 2011 – May 2012)
Fear Itself :
Uncanny X-Force (with
Simone Bianchi , 3-issue mini-series, Marvel Comics, September 2011 – November 2011)
[11]
Think of a City page 20 (with
Simon Gane , Internet art project, 2014)
Avenging Spider-Man Annual No. 1
References
^
a
b
It's a Droids Life: Rob Williams , 2000 AD online, 28 May 2008
^
"Cla$$war & the Resurrection of Com.X" .
Comic Book Resources . 12 March 2009.
^
"Interview: going underground in Mega-City One" .
SFX . 2 March 2008. Retrieved 11 March 2010 .
^
Henry Flint Lowlife at 2000AD
Archived 5 June 2011 at the
Wayback Machine ,
Comicon.com , 11 February 2004
^
Rob Williams & Laurence Campbell Get A little Breathing Space
Archived 1 October 2009 at the
Wayback Machine ,
Comics Bulletin , 8 August 2005
^
Rob Williams Pits Wolverine Against Christmess! , Comicon.com, 11 December 2006
^ Arrant, Chris (15 December 2009).
"The Punisher Hops the Pond for Rob Williams' GET CASTLE" .
Newsarama .
^ Strom, Marc (14 May 2010).
"Shadowland: Back With a Vengeance" .
Marvel.com . Retrieved 14 May 2010 .
^ Richards, Dave (17 May 2010).
"Williams Drives the Ghost Rider into "Shadowland" " .
Comic Book Resources . Retrieved 22 March 2011 .
^ Ching, Albert (19 March 2011).
"C2E2 2011: Rob Williams and Matthew Clark Revive GHOST RIDER" .
Newsarama . Retrieved 21 March 2011 .
^
a
b
"Fear Itself: Uncanny X-Force" .
Marvel.com . 12 April 2011.
^ Ching, Albert (15 April 2011).
"Rob Williams Leads the UNCANNY X-FORCE Team into FEAR ITSELF" .
Newsarama . Retrieved 19 May 2011 .
^ Beard, Jim (18 March 2011).
"C2E2: The Iron Age" .
Marvel.com . Retrieved 14 May 2010 .
^ Richards, Dave (20 March 2011).
"C2E2: Williams Goes Back to the Future with "The Iron Age" " .
Comic Book Resources . Retrieved 22 March 2011 .
^
a
b Phegley, Kiel (22 April 2011).
"Marvel's Next Big Thing: The Iron Age" .
Comic Book Resources . Retrieved 22 April 2011 .
^ Mahadeo, Kevin (10 January 2011).
"Skaar: King of the Savage Land" .
Marvel.com . Retrieved 22 March 2011 .
^ Ching, Albert (2 March 2011).
"Rob Williams Takes Over DAKEN – And Takes Him to LA" .
Newsarama . Retrieved 22 March 2011 .
^ Richards, Dave (19 May 2011).
"Rob Williams Is Rockin' With "Daken" " .
Comic Book Resources . Retrieved 19 May 2011 .
^
Rob Williams' Star Wars' Rebellion
Archived 5 June 2011 at the
Wayback Machine , Comicon.com, 10 May 2006
^ Chris Arrant (11 April 2008).
"Rob Williams on Indiana Jones and the Temple of the Gods" .
Newsarama . Archived from
the original on 10 March 2010. Retrieved 11 April 2008 .
^
Williams' & Indiana Jones' New Adventure , Comicon.com, 23 May 2008
^ Brady, Matt (10 June 2009).
"RoboCop Returns to Comics with Dynamite" .
Newsarama . Retrieved 17 June 2009 .
^ Brady, Matt (16 June 2009).
"Man and Machine – Rob Williams on Dynamite's RoboCop" .
Newsarama . Retrieved 17 June 2009 .
^ Brady, Matt (11 June 2009).
"Nick Barrucci on RoboCop & Writer Rob Williams" .
Newsarama . Retrieved 17 June 2009 .
^
Wolverine #49 at Marvel.com
^
Blood and Sorrow at Marvel.com
^ Manning, Shaun (24 February 2010).
"Davis & Williams on "Judge Dredd" " .
Comic Book Resources . Retrieved 1 March 2010 .
^
"Script to page – Judge Dredd – Out Law" . 2000 AD Review. 16 May 2010. Archived from
the original on 27 May 2010. Retrieved 28 May 2010 .
^ Richards, Dave (3 February 2011).
"Williams Soars with "Captain America and Falcon" " .
Comic Book Resources . Retrieved 22 March 2011 .
External links
Interviews
Preceded by
Wolverine writer 2006
Succeeded by
International National Other