Kenneth Rocafort Explained

Birth Place:Mayagüez, Puerto Rico[1]
Nationality:Puerto Rican
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Notable Works:Madame Mirage
Superman
Astonishing Tales: Wolverine/Punisher
Red Hood and the Outlaws
Teen Titans
The Ultimates

Kenneth Rocafort (born 1983)[2] is a Puerto Rican illustrator of comic books, known for his work on titles including Superman, Red Hood and the Outlaws, Astonishing Tales: Wolverine/Punisher, Teen Titans, The Ultimates, and his most recent graphic novel GROKEN.

Career

Kenneth Rocafort has worked in various fields of the entertainment industry such as theatre, video game box art, storyboard for advertisement, comics, magazine, card game and toy box art. He was in charge of set design and preparation of the stage for diverse theatrical works inside and outside the University of Puerto Rico and he sometimes also designed the wardrobe. In animation field, he has worked in the area of storyboard and character design. He illustrated the toy boxes for G.I. Joe vehicles (R.O.C.C. and R.H.I.N.O.) for Hasbro and he also drew the box-cover for the PS2 video game Samurai Western.

He first started in comics in 2006, with Top Cow, doing a fill-in issue of the Marc Silvestri-illustrated Hunter-Killer series, before moving on to Paul Dini's Madame Mirage series.[1]

In 2011, Rocafort began work with DC comics. From 2011 to 2012, he was the artist on DC's new Red Hood and the Outlaws. The series was generally received mixed reviews, drawing particular ire for its confused continuity and accusations that its depiction of Starfire was sexist.[3]

In 2012, he worked on Superman (post New 52) with writing by Scott Lobdell.[4]

From 2014 to 2015, he worked on the new Teen Titans series (being relaunched with a new issue 1), written by Will Pfeifer.[5] Some promotional art for the series produced some debate over sexism in comics.[6]

In 2015, he began work on the All-New All-Different Marvel series, Ultimates, with writer Al Ewing.[7]

His father and older brother both work as graphic designers.[8]

Rocafort, Justin Jordan, and Dan DiDio launched the Sideways series in 2018 as part of DC's "Dark Matter" line.[9] [10]

In January 2021 he launched a crowdfunding campaign for his own graphic novel, GROKEN, the first publication from his independent label Mitografia.[11]

Bibliography

DC

Marvel

Top Cow

Wi~Fi Digital Press

Other work

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kenneth Rocafort. 2010. topcow.com. 1 May 2015.
  2. Web site: Kenneth Rocafort. wizardworld.com. 2014. 6 May 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140502004634/http://www.wizardworld.com/kennethrocafort.html. 2 May 2014. dead.
  3. Web site: Schedeen. Jesse. Red Hood and the Outlaws #1 Review Jason Todd assembles his own team of rogue heroes.. IGN. 24 October 2011.
  4. Web site: Bryan. Young. 6 November 2012 . An Interview With Superman's New Writer! . huffingtonpost.com. 1 May 2014.
  5. Web site: Joshua . Yehl. 8 April 2014. DC Comics Will Relaunch Teen Titans in July. ign.com. 30 April 2014.
  6. Web site: Janelle. Asselin. Anatomy of a Bad Cover: DC's New "Teen Titans" #1. 11 April 2014 . 7 May 2014.
  7. Web site: Ewing and Rocafort's "Ultimates" Stand Guard Against Alien Empires & Cosmic Entities . Richards . Dave . July 30, 2015 . . July 30, 2015.
  8. Web site: Chris . Arrant. 10 September 2008. Talking to Artist Kenneth Rocafort. 1 May 2015.
  9. Web site: Full Details of DC's New Dark Matter Line. Albert. Ching. 20 April 2017. Comic Book Resources. https://web.archive.org/web/20170614152919/http://www.cbr.com/dc-comics-dark-matter-line-details/. 14 June 2017. live. dmy-all.
  10. Web site: DC Comics superstars unite for new Dark Matter line. Christian. Holub. 20 April 2017. Entertainment Weekly. https://web.archive.org/web/20170701190953/http://ew.com/books/2017/04/20/dc-comics-superstars-unite-for-new-dark-matter-line/. 1 July 2017. live. dmy-all. A teleporting teenager changed by the events of that book [''Dark Nights: Metal''] will go on to star in Sideways, which debuts in September. That book will be co-written by DC Publisher Dan DiDio and Justin Jordan and illustrated by Kenneth Rocafort..
  11. Web site: Kenneth Rocafort's Avant-Garde Fantasy "GROKEN" Now on Indiegogo . The Splintering . 30 January 2021.
  12. Web site: Melissa . Grey . 6 February 2013 . Looking for love in almost all the wrong places . uk.ign.com . 1 May 2015.
  13. Web site: Stewart . Loud. 6 February 2012 . MARVEL'S ASTONISHING TALES #1-6 review . punishercosplayandcomics.blogspot.co.uk. 1 May 2014.
  14. Web site: The Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators: Astonishing Tales(II). 2009. 1 May 2014.

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