Darick Robertson

Darick W. Robertson is an American artist best known for his work

Darick Robertson
as a comic book illustrator on series he co-created, notably
Transmetropolitan (1997–2002) and The Boys (2006–2012; 2020).

Robertson has illustrated hundreds of comics in his twenty plus

years in the industry. His body of work ranges from science fiction
characters of his own creation to work on renowned classic
characters from Marvel and DC Comics.

Contents [hide]
1 Early life
2 Career
2.1 DC and Marvel Comics
2.2 Malibu and Acclaim
2.3 Transmetropolitan
2.4 Return to Marvel
2.4.1 X-Men
Robertson at San Diego Comicon in 2009 [1]
2.5 The Boys
Copyright Darick Robertson/Aaron Munter
2.6 Conan the Barbarian 2009
2.7 HAPPY! Born Darick W. Robertson
2.8 Ballistic November 10, 1967
2.9 Oliver Area(s) Writer, Penciller, Inker
2.10 No More Heroes III Notable Space Beaver
works Transmetropolitan
2.11 Space Bastards
Punisher: Born
3 Personal life
Wolverine
4 Bibliography
The Boys
5 References HAPPY!
6 External links Awards Eisner nominations for
6.1 Interviews Transmetropolitan and The
Boys
http://www.darickrobertson.com
Early life [ edit ]

Robertson was introduced to comics at an early age. He read Gold Key Comics found at the local barbershop
and before long his father drove him to Palo Alto where young Robertson could buy weekly comics such as Flash
and Spider-Man.[2] By fifth grade the young artist was already stapling together homemade comics to show to his
friends.[3] Darick Robertson cites Paul Smith, George Pérez, José Luis García-López, Neal Adams, Joe Kubert
and Bernie Wrightson as early formative influences on his craft, and states it was Brian Bolland's work on
Camelot 3000 that defined for him what a comic artist could aspire to.[4][5] Robertson also cites Frank Miller as a
hero, and hopes to eventually emulate Miller's success as both an artist and a writer.[6]

Career [ edit ]

Robertson created his first comic book at the age of 17 while still in school and also working as a bill collector.
Many small-press black and white books featuring anthropomorphic heroes were seeing sudden critical and

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commercial success in the wake of Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Robertson
had "always loved this idea of stuffed animals fighting [so] they bleed and stuff comes out of them when they die."
As a result, he created Space Beaver, “a cute little beaver…running around shooting people."[2]

Robertson showed his new work, drawn on typing paper in ball-point pen, to Michio Okamura, an inker working
as a security guard in the same building as the collection agency. Okamura inked Reggie Byers's Shuriken for
Victory Comics,[7] and introduced Darick to the use of Bristol Board, ink pens, and zip-a-tone. Okamura sent
Robertson's pages to Victory Comics, who agreed to publish Space Beaver, but not to compensate Robertson.
Robertson then took the finished pages to Tibor Sardy, owner of Peninsula Comics in San Mateo California. After
seeing Robertson's work, the comic store owner agreed to pay Robertson and publish Space Beaver under the
name Ten-Buck Comics.[4] Robertson would now spend every day after work and school drawing the book, which
would run for 11 issues. Years after the series ended people still ask Robertson to confirm he was the creator of
Space Beaver. Robertson's father carried a worn copy of Space Beaver #1 folded into his coat pocket to show
his friends what his son had created.[8]

In 2000 Larry Young acquired permission to publishSpace Beaver and AiT/Planet Lar released two trades
collecting the entire run.[9]

DC and Marvel Comics [ edit ]

After Robertson launched his career with Space Beaver, he began to regularly attend comic conventions seeking
advice and professional connections. As a result, by age 21,[10] Robertson landed his first work for a major
publisher illustrating Justice League Quarterly #4 at DC Comics. He would then illustrate a run of Justice League
Europe working alongside writer J. M. DeMatteis and artist/writer Keith Giffen.[11] Over time Robertson would
develop his craft finishing Giffen's panel breakdowns on a JLE/JLA crossover entitled "Breakdowns". Robertson
worked on JLE issues 26, and 30–35. Later in his career Robertson would return to the Justice League to work
with Mark Waid on Justice League: A Midsummer's Nightmare.

After breaking in at DC, Robertson's first work at Marvel was Wolverine (volume 1) issue #54. Robertson would
then have his first extended monthly run working with Fabian Nicieza on Marvel's New Warriors[3] after Mark
Bagley departed the book, a run Robertson recalls with pride.[10] According to Nicieza, readers immediately took
to Robertson's art despite its sharp stylistic differences from Bagley's.[12] Robertson worked on New Warriors for
two years, from issue 26 until issue 50, including writing for New Warriors Annual #3 and #4.[13] While at Marvel,
Robertson would also have a chance to work on his first iconic character – Spider-Man. Robertson illustrated
Deadpool #50 and 51, which featured the first appearance of Kid Deadpool (aka Poolboy). Robertson illustrated
"Spider-man: the Power of Terror",[14] "Spider-Man: The Final Adventure"[15] and a Spider-Man story written by
Stan Lee and inked by George Pérez. This story is found collected in Best of Marvel 1995. Robertson would also
add additional writing credits working on Spectacular Spider-Man Super Special #1[3] and Spider-Man Team-Up
#5.[16]

Malibu and Acclaim [ edit ]

Robertson's career continued as a key creator on Malibu Comics's Ultraverse comic line. It was also his first foray
into creating new characters for an existing business. At Malibu Robertson co-created and designed the
character Nightman, and both wrote and created the character Ripfire.[17] This brought about some frustration,
however, as Malibu promised Robertson the rights in Nightman only to renege and sell the character to Marvel.
Nightman eventually produced toys and a TV show, and Robertson later described the experience as “a sore
spot.” However, while still at Malibu, Robertson met future DC and Wildstorm editor Hank Kanalz as well as a
then obscure British comic writer, Warren Ellis.

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While working on a short run of Malibu's Ultraforce, Kanalz paired Robertson with emerging British comic writer
Warren Ellis. Robertson enjoyed working with Ellis and contacted the writer explaining,"I had the greatest time
working on the [scripts]; they were funny and violent but, interesting… you ever want to work on a monthly project
together, I'm all over it." Ellis agreed.[2] When the Malibu Comics work ended, New Warriors writer and then
Acclaim Comics Editor Fabian Nicieza approached Robertson about re-teaming with Ellis on a Solar, Man of the
Atom special. The special became a science fiction heavy work including a two-page spread of a secret Vatican
library. After the special was complete, Robertson received a phone call from Ellis asking up on that offer to work
together on a monthly book.

Transmetropolitan [ edit ]
Main article: Transmetropolitan

Transmetropolitan was created for DC's new Science Fiction imprint Helix. Robertson's immediate response to
Ellis’ pitch was to tell the British writer "that sounds great, I told you I'd want to work with you anytime you could."
The future collaborators began to brainstorm on finer points of the new work, including arriving at the new name
for the books lead. Helix editor Stuart Moore had worried the original name of Caleb Newcastle was "too British",
so the collaborators settled on Spider Jerusalem.[2]

Robertson now faced a difficult choice in turning down the opportunity to draw Spider-Man monthly. A close friend
pointed out to Robertson that choosing Transmetropolitan would mean he has a book that was always his, while
choosing Spider-Man could make Robertson just another Spider-Man artist.[5] Recalling his experiences with
Malibu, Robertson chose the project where he would own the work. Ironically, despite Ellis's enthusiasm for
Robertson's work, and the hard choice he made turning down Spider-Man, Robertson had difficulty overcoming
an initial editorial perception that he was a superhero artist. Yet after a number of concept sketches and taking a
firm stand, and submitting the first four pages of pencils for the first issue, Robertson was confirmed as the
book's artist. Robertson described the Transmetropolitan process as "a real collaboration […] unlike anything I've
ever worked on before because there are things that I added that were never a part of the script." Notable
contributions from Robertson include the idea of television buy bombs and the notorious Sex Puppets.[2]
Robertson even modeled Spider's ex-wife on his own wife, operating under the request that if she was drawn into
the book, she didn't want the character to be anything like herself.[10] Robertson is also behind the creation of
Transmetropolitan's iconic gecko eating two headed cat. Robertson drew the cat into an alley panel after
considering what strays might exist in the future. After seeing the sketch co-creator Ellis declared "let's make it
[Spider's] pet."[10]

Writing for Wired magazine, Cory Doctorow called Transmetropolitan "the graphic novel of the decade."[18]
Notable fans of Transmetropolitan include Patrick Stewart, Robin Williams,[19] and writer/director Darren
Aronofsky.[17][20] Robertson called working on Transmetropolitan a rewarding experience, citing the critical
acclaim, continued popularity of the characters[21] and unique fandom. Robertson expresses fond memories of
Ellis's scripts but he has no desire to return to Transmetropolitan. When the book ended he found no longer
operating under the book's constant tight deadlines was a great relief.[5]

After DC shut the Helix label down, Transmetropolitan moved to Vertigo, with issue 7, where it ran for 60 issues.

Return to Marvel [ edit ]

In 2002, after Transmetropolitan ended, Robertson found his schedule opening up again for new projects. Former
Transmetropolitan editor Axel Alonso approached Robertson with the opportunity for an exclusive deal at Marvel
Comics. Robertson was instrumental in Marvel's launch of the Marvel MAX mature imprint. Alongside writer
Garth Ennis, who Robertson had met through Warren Ellis, Robertson worked on Fury, a hard-edged modern

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take on the seminal Marvel comics spy character Nick Fury[3] which Rolling Stone hailed as "cool comic of the
year".[citation needed] Robertson and Ennis developed a solid working partnership and would re-team again on a
number of projects including a follow-up miniseries depicting Nick Fury during World War II entitled Fury:
Peacemaker. Darick also illustrated Spider-Man: Sweet Charity with veteran television writer Ron Zimmerman.
Robertson referred to the book as "his best Spider-Man work to date."[3]

Robertson soon collaborated again with Garth Ennis, illustrating the Ennis's 2002 run on the Marvel Knights
Punisher series, in which Wolverine was mutilated by little people The next major collaboration between
Robertson and Garth Ennis was Punisher: Born. Originally planned as Punisher: The War Where I Was Born, for
the Ultimate line, the book instead became the new origin of Marvel's signature vigilante, and the starting point
for Ennis's run the Punisher series published under Marvel's MAX imprint.[6]

X-Men [ edit ]

Next, in 2003, Robertson was offered the opportunity to re-launch

Wolverine alongside writer Greg Rucka. Robertson, a fan of Wolverine
since discovering the character at age 12, accepted the offer, citing a
desire to work on the high-profile X-Man for a long time.[5] The new
Wolverine series launched at number one in Diamond Comics May 2003
sales charts selling over 160,000 copies.[22]

Some controversy emerged during Robertson and Greg Rucka's run in

regards to a mandate to replace Wolverine's classic squat design, which
Robertson sought to develop and refine, with a design based on the 20th
Century Fox X-Men movie franchise look of Wolverine portrayed by
Hugh Jackman. Robertson states the Marvel request made him
unhappy, but it was a company-wide choice and did not require his work
Image of Nightcrawler by Darick to mimic the appearance of the actor exactly.[23] Darick Robertson
Robertson
worked on Wolverine (Volume 3) for 14 issues.

Following his work on Wolverine, Darick Robertson moved directly to

another high-profile X-Men project. Robertson, a stated lifelong fan of X-Man character Nightcrawler, was
nominated by Marvel Editor Cebulski, Robertson's collaborator on X-Men Unlimited, as the artist for the fan-
favorite character's first ongoing series. Robertson, who had once dressed as the teleporting X-Man for
Halloween, said at the time, "I never imagined I'd be so lucky as to move onto a Nightcrawler series on the heels
of Wolverine, so in some ways it's still a childhood dream manifesting."[23]

Working with series writer and playwright Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Robertson aimed to bring the classic
swashbuckler aspects of the character back to the forefront as well as explore deeper spiritual aspects of the
Catholic hero. In addition to pencils Robertson took the series as an opportunity to further develop his craft in
inking his own work. Nightcrawler ran 12 issues.[23]

The Boys [ edit ]

Main article: The Boys (comics)

While Robertson expressed disappointment in not being able to continue working on childhood favorites for
Marvel, with the cancellation of Nightcrawler and his departure from Wolverine, Robertson took the opportunity to
resign from his exclusivity at Marvel and reunite with Garth Ennis on a project proposed 4 years before.[17] This
project would be a super hero satire called The Boys.

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Ennis had the project in mind for a number of years, and The Boys would permit Darick extensive creative control
with the opportunity to produce an original work where he could design the characters, create the covers, and
continue inking his own material.[24] The Boys, far from a simple story poking fun at superheroes would be an
"allegory about absolute power corrupting absolutely."[25] To promote The Boys launch, and acting alongside
comic store Isotope, Robertson gave away 10 original sketches of The Boys cast kicking the ass of the winner's
choice of superhero.[26][27]

In response to this project DC/Wildstorm offered Darick an exclusive contract which would also see him working
on Batman and the re-launch of The Authority. However, after six issues under the DC/Wildstorm imprint the
publisher elected to cancel the book despite critical acclaim and fan buzz. Robertson stated "it became obvious
that DC was not the right home for The Boys,"[28] though he thanked Scott Dunbier and Ben Abernathy at
Wildstorm for their support.[28] After DC released the rights for the book back to the creators, Robertson was
granted an exception to his exclusivity deal so he could continue working on projects for DC, Wildstorm and
Vertigo while The Boys found a new publisher.[29]

The Boys did not lack a home long as it was soon after picked up by Dynamite Entertainment in February
2007.[30] In 2008 The Boys was nominated for an Eisner Award for Best Continuing Series as well as a GLAAD
Media Award,[31] and is now under development through Kickstart Entertainment and Original Film for Columbia
Pictures.[32] Subsequently, Columbia put The Boys into turnaround and it was picked up by Paramount
Pictures[33] Darick left the monthly art chores on The Boys with issue 43.[34] Darick focused his attention on the
six issue origin story "Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker" that focused on the BOYS central character Billy
Butcher.[35] The collected 6 issues made the New York Times bestseller list in April 2012. [1] In November
2012, the final issue of The BOYS was released with issue #72. Robertson returned to draw the finale with art
assistance from Richard P. Clark.[36]

Conan the Barbarian [ edit ]

Robertson wrote and drew The Weight of the Crown, a Conan the Barbarian one-shot for Dark Horse comics,
released in January 2010, as well as a 16-page prequel to the story, originally published by Dark Horse Presents
entitled "The Mad King Of Gaul".

He also wrote: The CBLDF Presents Liberty Annual 2010 (2010) Annual 2010, The CBLDF Presents: Liberty
Comics (2008), Annual 2010 (Conan Variant), Malibu Signature Series (1993)

1. 2, Mantra (1993) #10 - 'The coming of the inquisitors', Marvel Knights: Millennial Visions (2002)#1,
MySpace Dark Horse Presents (2007) TPB vol. 05 - 'Volume Five', #28

The New Warriors (1990) Annual 03 & Annual 04, Power Rangers (1995), Ripfire (1995) #0 - 'Genesis', Rune
(1994) #3 - 'The Spoils of War', Space Beaver (1986) #1 - #11, Spider-Man (1990) Super Special 1, Spider-Man
Team-Up (1995) #5, Spiderman/New Warriors: Fuerzas de la Oscuridad (1994)#4, - 'La Insoportable Oscuridad
del Ser', Ultraverse Premiere (1993).

HAPPY! [ edit ]

In 2012 Image Comics released the four issue mini-series HAPPY! co-created with Eisner Award-winning writer
Grant Morrison.[37] Critically acclaimed [38] and best selling,[39] HAPPY! marks the first collaboration of Image
Comics, Grant Morrison and Darick Robertson. The story centered around a beat down New York Detective
turned hitman, Nick Sax, who awakes from a heart attack to a conversation with a perpetually upbeat "Unipixisus"
(as named by Robertson's son),[40] who calls himself "Happy The Horse" and takes the shape of a little blue
flying donkey with a Unicorn horn. The creature is a little girl's imaginary friend and she is in danger. Only Nick

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Sax can save her as only Nick can see or hear Happy. It's an unusual buddy story and caught the attention of
The RZA and Producer Reginald Hudlin who have expressed their desire to adapt the comic into a film.[41] Harry
Knowles' "Ain't It Cool News" announced Darick Robertson as one of their BEST ARTIST picks for their 9th
Annual AICN COMICS @$$IE AWARDS,[42] citing his work on HAPPY!.

Ballistic [ edit ]

In 2013 Robertson launched the 5-issue series Ballistic, "a psychedelic, transreal, hard sci-fi adventure"[43] with
co-creator and writer Adam Egypt Mortimer,[44] from Black Mask Studios.

The series was well reviewed [45][46][47] but struggled to find an audience on its initial release. A collection is due
in 2015.[45]

Oliver [ edit ]

Oliver is a steampunk-inspired reinterpretation of the classic Oliver Twist, set in a post-apocalyptic London.[48] It
was co-created with writer Gary Whitta based on a screenplay he wrote in 2001. Oliver was published as a four-
issue series by Image Comics in 2015.[49]

No More Heroes III [ edit ]

On September 9, 2020, Grasshopper Manufacture's official Twitter page confirmed that Darick Robertson would
contribute to No More Heroes III's promotional material by providing several illustrations and designed the game's
cover art. Darick is one of the few western guest artists to join the development team of the game.

Space Bastards [ edit ]

In 2021, Darick Robertson drew the series Space Bastards written by Eric Peterson and Joe Aubrey with
additional art by Simon Bisley. The series was collected in two volumes[50]

Personal life [ edit ]

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Bibliography [ edit ]

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Space Beaver (AiT/Planet Lar):

Volume 1 (collects #1-6)
Volume 2 (collects #7-11)
Justice League: A Midsummer's Nightmare
Transmetropolitan (with Warren Ellis):
Volume 0: Tales of Human Waste
Volume 1: Back on the Street
Volume 2: Lust for Life
Volume 3: Year of the Bastard

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 Volume 4: The New Scum
Volume 5: Lonely City
Volume 6: Gouge Away
Volume 7: Spiders Thrash
Volume 8: Dirge
Volume 9: The Cure
Volume 10: One More Time
Fury
Fury: Peacemaker
Punisher, Volume 3: Business as Usual
MAX The Punisher: Born
Wolverine: The Brotherhood
Wolverine: Return of the Native
Astonishing X-Men: Nightcrawler:
Volume 1: The Devil Inside
Volume 2: The Winding Way
The Boys:
Volume 1: The Name of the Game
Volume 2: Get Some
Volume 3: Good for the Soul
Volume 4: We Gotta Go Now
Volume 5: Herogasm
The Exterminators, Volume 4: Crossfire and Collateral
Space Bastards:
Volume 1: Tooth & Mail ISBN 9781643376677[51]
Volume 2: The Cost of Doing Business ISBN 9781643379210[52]

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44. ^ "Void+Void+Void" .
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47. ^ "Aicn Comics Reviews: 7 Against Chaos! Wolverine: Origin Dvd! Ballistic! Sonic the Hedgehog! & More!" .
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49. ^ "Image Comics - Oliver" . 2022-04-28.
50. ^ "Space Bastards" . 2022-04-28.
51. ^ "Humanoids - Space Bastards Volume 1: Tooth & Mail" . 2022-04-28.
52. ^ "Humanoids - Space Bastards Volume 2: The Cost of Doing Business" . 2022-04-28.

External links [ edit ]

Official website
The Official Transmetropolitan Site
Darick Robertson at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original )

Interviews [ edit ]

Grim, Gritty, or Just Plain Happy!? Interviewing Artist Darick Robertson at Pop-topia

Categories: American comics artists People from the San Francisco Bay Area Transmetropolitan
Cyberpunk writers Living people 1967 births

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