Richard Piers Rayner

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Richard Piers Rayner
NationalityEnglish
AreaPenciller, Artist
Notable works
Road to Perdition
Hellblazer
AwardsRuss Manning Promising Newcomer Award (1989)

Richard Piers Rayner (/ˈrnər/) is an English comic book artist. He is best known for his work on Road to Perdition.

Biography

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Richard Piers Rayner began his professional comic career in 1988, illustrating for DC Comics and Marvel Comics. His works include Hellblazer,[1] Swamp Thing, L.E.G.I.O.N., Doctor Fate, and Doctor Who. His most notable work is Road to Perdition, written by Max Allan Collins, which was adapted into a film in 2002, starring Tom Hanks, and directed by Sam Mendes.[2][3]

He is also a frequent contributor to the DC publications, Paradox Press, and is artist in residence at Middlesbrough FC.[4] In November 2008 he wrote and illustrated Middlesbrough FC - The Unseen History.

Awards

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Bibliography

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His comics work includes:

  • Hellblazer #10-16 (with Jamie Delano, Vertigo, 1988-1989)
  • The Big Book Of (Paradox Press):
    • Big Book of Urban Legends
    • Big Book of Weirdos
    • Big Book of Death
    • Big Book of Conspiracies
    • Big Book of Freaks
    • Big Book of Little Criminals
    • Big Book of Losers
    • Big Book of the Weird Wild West
    • Big Book of Grimm
  • Road to Perdition (with Max Allan Collins, 204 pages, Pocket Books, June 1998, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)., Titan Books, August 2002, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)., Simon & Schuster, July 2002, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)., Paradox Press, April 2005, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).)[6]

Notes

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  1. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  2. ^ [1], Lambiek Comiclopedia (retrieved 17 September 2007)
  3. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  4. ^ http://www.mfc.co.uk/page/ClubFeature/0,,1,00.html Richard's Artistic Eye
  5. ^ Comic-Con International official site: The Russ Manning Most Promising Newcomer Award Archived 2009-12-29 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Road to Perdition details at DC Comics.com

References

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