| Ron Randall | |
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 Ron Randall at Stumptown Comics Fest 2007 | |
| Born | November 22, 1956 |
| Area(s) | Writer, Penciller, Inker |
Notable works | Trekker Arak, Son of Thunder Justice League International The Warlord |
Ron Randall (born November 22, 1956) [1] is an American comic book artist best known as the creator of the character Trekker.
A graduate of The Kubert School, [2] Ron Randall's first published comic book work was a two-page backup story titled "Killers Above -- Killers Below!" which was written by Robert Kanigher and appeared in Unknown Soldier #243 (September 1980). [3] Randall then drew several stories for the Sgt. Rock title with Joe Kubert, [4] as well as for many of DC's mystery titles. He and writer Gary Cohn co-created the "Barren Earth" feature as a backup in The Warlord #63 (November 1982) and it was spun off into a four-issue limited series in 1985. [3] Randall became the artist on the Arak, Son of Thunder series with issue #26 (October 1983). [3] He collaborated with writer Greg Potter on the "Me & Joe Priest" graphic novel [5] and drew a few issues of Alan Moore's Swamp Thing run. [3] Randall introduced his creation Trekker , a 23rd-century female bounty hunter named Mercy St. Clair, in Dark Horse Presents #4 (January 1987). [6] The character is not named for fans of the Star Trek franchise. [7]
Randall illustrated the Endless Quest book Conan the Outlaw (1984) and the Dungeons & Dragons adventures To Find a King (1985) and The Bane of Llywelyn (1985).
In 1992, he and writer Gerard Jones became the creative team on the Justice League Europe title. [8]
He is a member of Periscope Studio in Portland, Oregon. [9] In September 2011, Randall launched Trekkercomic.com, a website collecting all of the previously published Trekker material. Upon completion of the posting of older material, Randall began to present new Trekker stories on the site. [7] Trekker appeared in print again beginning with the story "The Train to Avalon Bay Part 1" in Dark Horse Presents vol. 2 #24 published in May 2013. [3] [10] The Trekker Omnibus collecting the character's appearances was published by Dark Horse in August 2013. [11] [12]
In 2012, Randall was commissioned by H&R Block to illustrate the tax liabilities of Batman and Spider-Man. [13]
I attended the Joe Kubert School in New Jersey, where I learned from many masters of the trade.
My first comics work was a few short stories in the back of the old Sgt. Rock. Many, many years ago. What I most remember was the rare and priceless opportunity to work one-on-one with Joe Kubert himself as he took me through the steps of layouts, pencils and inks on these short tales.
With the [Justice League] titles spearheaded by Superman mainstay Dan Jurgens, writer Gerard Jones and artists Rick Burchett and Ron Randall jumped on board as well to help revitalize the franchise.
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