Riley Rossmo

Riley Rossmo is a Canadian comic book artist and illustrator, known for his work on various Image Comics titles, as well as Marvel Comics' Daken: Dark Wolverine. Originally from Saskatoon, SK, Rossmo now lives in Calgary, AB and is a sessional instructor at the Alberta College of Art and Design.

Biography

Rossmo is a graduate of the Alberta College of Art and Design. His first professional work was producing illustrations for publications such as Avenue, Calgary Inc, WestJet magazine and Scratch.^[1]

His first comic book work was a collaboration with writer Alex Grecian on Seven Sons, a graphic novel based on a Chinese folk legend. In 2007, he started work on Proof, also with Alex Grecian.^[2] Later, he collaborated with writer A.J. Lieberman on Cowboy Ninja Viking (2008–2011). Despite featuring a violent action story about an assassin with multiple personalities, Disney purchased film rights to the story, assigning writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick to write a screenplay.^[3]

In March, 2011, Rossmo's first issue of Green Wake, with writer Kurtis J. Wiebe, was released. For Green Wake Rossmo adopted a limited palette, using different colors to indicate different times or states of reality in the narrative.^[4] Despite critical success, sales flagged after the second issue leading Rossmo and Wiebe to end the series early. They have since announced that they are working together again on a mini-series titled Debris to be published in July, 2012.^[5]

Rebel Blood is a horror comic about an infectious disease outbreak that affects both humans and animals. Published in March, 2012, this was the first comic that credited Rossmo as a writer. Co-written with Alex Link, the remote wilderness setting in the story was influenced by Rossmo's experiences canoeing at Waskesui.^[6]

Rossmo and Alex Link are collaborating again on Drumhellar (originally titled Strangeways), released by Image Comics' Shadowline, with issue 1 released in November 2013.^[7]

Rossmo and writer Ales Kot are working on Wild Children, a graphic novella about students rebelling against their teachers.^[8]

Rossmo has cited Bill Sienkiewicz's illustrations for The New Mutants comic books as a major early influence on his art style.^[9]

Bibliography

AiT/Planet Lar

• Seven Sons (with Alex Grecian, tpb, October 2006, 88 pages, ISBN 978-1-932051-46-9)

Boom Studios

• Curse #1-6 (January 2014-April 2014, with Michael Moreci, Boom Studios)

Image Comics

• Proof (October 2007-2012, with Alex Grecian):
  • Volume 1: Goatsucker (tpb, June 2008, 128 pages, ISBN 978-1-58240-944-3)
  • Book 2: The Company of Men (tpb, December 2008, 128 pages, ISBN 978-1-60706-017-8)
  • Book 3: Thunderbirds Are Go! (tpb, July, 2009, 144 pages, ISBN 978-1-60706-134-2)
  • Book 4: Julia (tpb, July, 2010, 128 pages, ISBN 978-1-60706-285-1)
  • Book 5: Blue Fairies (tpb, December, 2010, 128 pages, ISBN 978-1-60706-348-3)
  • Book 6: Endangered (tpb, June, 2011, 128 pages, ISBN 978-1-60706-391-9)
• Cowboy Ninja Viking (October 2009-2010, with A.J. Lieberman):
  • Volume 1 (collects #1-5, tpb, June 2008, 160 pages, ISBN 978-1-60706-261-5)
  • Volume 2 (collects #6-10, tpb, February 2011, 160 pages, ISBN 978-1-60706-344-5)
  • Deluxe Edition (collects #1-10, hc, October 2013, 304 pages, ISBN 978-1-60706-780-1)
• Green Wake (April 2011-February 2012, with Kurtis J. Wiebe):
  • Volume 1 (collects #1-5, tpb, October 2011, 136 pages, ISBN 978-1-60706-432-9)
  • Volume 2: Lost Children (collects #6-10, tpb, May 2012, 136 pages, ISBN 978-1-60706-525-8)
• Rebel Blood (March 2012-June 2012, with Alex Link):
  • Rebel Blood (collects #1-4, tpb, October 2012, 128 pages, ISBN 978-1-60706-591-3)
• Debris (July 2012-October 2012, with Kurtis J. Wiebe):
  • Debris (Collects #1-4, tpb, February 2013, 128 pages, ISBN 978-1-60706-720-7)
• Bedlam #1-6 (October 2012-April 2013, with Nick Spencer, Image Comics):
  • Volume 1 (collects #1-6, tpb, May 2013, 184 pages, ISBN 978-1-60706-735-1)
• Dia de Los Muertos (February 2013-May 2013, with Alex Link, Christopher Long, Dirk Manning, Jeff Mariotte, Ed Brisson, Joshua Williamson, Kurtis Wiebe, Joe Keatinge and Alexander Grecian):
  • Dia de Lost Muertos (collects #1-3, tpb, November 2013, 128 pages, ISBN 978-1-60706-807-5)

Marvel Comics

• Daken: Dark Wolverine #10-12 (Big Break), #13-15 (Moonwalk) #21-23 (Lost Weekend) (June 2011-May 2012):
  • Big Break (collects #9.1, #10-12, hc, October 2011, 112 pages, ISBN 978-0-78515-673-4)
  • The Pride Comes Before the Fall (collects #13-19, hc, February 2012, 152 pages, ISBN 978-0-78515-235-4)
  • No More Heroes (collects #20-23, tpb, December 2012, 112 pages, ISBN 978-0-78516-089-2)

Notes

References

External links

• Official website