Rob Williams (comics)

Rob Williams

Williams at the 2011 New York Comic Con.
Nationality British
Area(s) Writer
Notable works Cla$$war
Low Life
Official website

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

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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. 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]

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 April 22nd 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

References

  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. http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=20413. 
  3. ^ "Interview: going underground in Mega-City One". SFX. March 2, 2008. http://www.sfx.co.uk/2008/03/02/interview_going_underground_in_mega_city_one/. Retrieved March 11, 2010. 
  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. ^ Arrant, Chris (December 15, 2009). "The Punisher Hops the Pond for Rob Williams' GET CASTLE". Newsarama. http://www.newsarama.com/comics/091215-rob-williams-punisher-getcastle.html. 
  8. ^ Strom, Marc (May 14, 2010). "Shadowland: Back With a Vengeance". Marvel.com. http://marvel.com/news/comicstories.12522.shadowland~colon~_back_with_a_vengeance. Retrieved May 14, 2010. 
  9. ^ Richards, Dave (May 17, 2010). "Williams Drives the Ghost Rider into "Shadowland"". Comic Book Resources. http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=26253. Retrieved March 22, 2011. 
  10. ^ Ching, Albert (March 19, 2011). "C2E2 2011: Rob Williams and Matthew Clark Revive GHOST RIDER". Newsarama. http://www.newsarama.com/comics/rob-williams-matthew-clark-ghost-rider-110319.html. Retrieved March 21, 2011. 
  11. ^ a b "Fear Itself: Uncanny X-Force". Marvel.com. April 12, 2011. http://marvel.com/news/story/15615/fear_itself_uncanny_x-force. 
  12. ^ Ching, Albert (April 15, 2011). "Rob Williams Leads the UNCANNY X-FORCE Team Into FEAR ITSELF". Newsarama. http://www.newsarama.com/comics/uncanny-x-force-fear-itself-110415.html. Retrieved May 19, 2011. 
  13. ^ Beard, Jim (March 18, 2011). "C2E2: The Iron Age". Marvel.com. http://marvel.com/news/story/15426/c2e2_the_iron_age. Retrieved May 14, 2010. 
  14. ^ Richards, Dave (March 20, 2011). "C2E2: Williams Goes Back to the Future with "The Iron Age"". Comic Book Resources. http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=31388. Retrieved March 22, 2011. 
  15. ^ a b Phegley, Kiel (April 22, 2011). "Marvel's Next Big Thing: The Iron Age". Comic Book Resources. http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=32001. Retrieved April 22, 2011. 
  16. ^ Mahadeo, Kevin (January 10, 2011). "Skaar: King of the Savage Land". Marvel.com. http://marvel.com/news/story/14966/skaar_king_of_the_savage_land. Retrieved March 22, 2011. 
  17. ^ Ching, Albert (March 2, 2011). "Rob Williams Takes Over DAKEN - And Takes Him to LA". Newsarama. http://www.newsarama.com/comics/rob-williams-daken-dark-wolverine-110302.html. Retrieved March 22, 2011. 
  18. ^ Richards, Dave (May 19, 2011). "Rob Williams Is Rockin' With "Daken"". Comic Book Resources. http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=32409. Retrieved May 19, 2011. 
  19. ^ Rob Williams' Star Wars' Rebellion, Comicon.com, May 10, 2006
  20. ^ Chris Arrant (April 11, 2008). "Rob Williams on Indiana Jones and the Temple of the Gods". Newsarama. http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=153283. Retrieved April 11, 2008. 
  21. ^ Williams' & Indiana Jones' New Adventure, Comicon.com, May 23, 2008
  22. ^ Brady, Matt (June 10, 2009). "RoboCop Returns to Comics with Dynamite". Newsarama. http://www.newsarama.com/comics/060910-Robocop.html. Retrieved June 17, 2009. 
  23. ^ Brady, Matt (June 16, 2009). "Man and Machine - Rob Williams on Dynamite's RoboCop". Newsarama. http://www.newsarama.com/comics/060916-Robocop-Williams.html. Retrieved June 17, 2009. 
  24. ^ Brady, Matt (June 11, 2009). "Nick Barrucci on RoboCop & Writer Rob Williams". Newsarama. http://www.newsarama.com/comics/060911-Nick-Robocop.html. Retrieved June 17, 2009. 
  25. ^ Wolverine #49 at Marvel.com
  26. ^ Blood and Sorrow at Marvel.com
  27. ^ Manning, Shaun (February 24, 2010). "Davis & Williams on "Judge Dredd"". Comic Book Resources. http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=24972. Retrieved March 1, 2010. 
  28. ^ "Script to page - Judge Dredd - Out Law". 2000 AD Review. May 16, 2010. http://www.2000adreview.co.uk/site/index.php/Articles/Script-to-page-Judge-Dredd-Out-Law.html. Retrieved May 28, 2010. 
  29. ^ Richards, Dave (February 3, 2011). "Williams Soars with "Captain America and Falcon"". Comic Book Resources. http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=30630. Retrieved March 22, 2011. 

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