Rob Williams is a Welsh comics writer, working mainly for 2000 AD. He is currently writing books for DC Comics and its Vertigo imprint.
| Rob Williams | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Welsh |
| Area(s) | Writer |
Notable works | Cla$$war Low Life Judge Dredd Suicide Squad |
| robwilliamscomics | |
Career
editWilliams started out as a freelance journalist and creator of corporate videos.[1] He decided to try comics writing resulting in Cla$$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
edit- 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):
- "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 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)
- Mega-City Undercover (160 pages, Rebellion Developments, January 2008, ISBN 1-905437-52-8) 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 No. 240, January 2006)
- "Eats, Shoots & Kills" (in Judge Dredd Megazine #287–289, August–October 2009)
- The Ten-Seconders:
- "The American Dream" (with Mark Harrison, in 2000 AD #1469–1479, January–March 2006)
- "Make. Believe" (with Dom Reardon (1–3) and Shaun Thomas (4–6) and Ben Oliver (7–13), in 2000 AD #1578–1588, March–May 2008)
- 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
edit- ^ 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
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rob Williams.
- Official website
- Rob Williams at the Grand Comics Database
- Rob Williams at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
- Rob Williams at 2000AD online
- Q&A thread on 2000 AD forum
Interviews
edit- 2005 Interview by 2000ADReview
- Podcast Interview by The Legion of Dudes on RoboCop, Star Wars and more.
- 2014 Interview by Pop Culture Bandit on Doctor Who: The 11th Doctor series.