Ron Randall Explained

Birth Date:22 November 1956
Nationality:American
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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.

Career

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). Randall then drew several stories for the Sgt. Rock title with Joe Kubert,[3] 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. Randall became the artist on the Arak, Son of Thunder series with issue #26 (October 1983). He collaborated with writer Greg Potter on the "Me & Joe Priest" graphic novel[4] and drew a few issues of Alan Moore's Swamp Thing run. Randall introduced his creation Trekker, a 23rd-century female bounty hunter named Mercy St. Clair, in Dark Horse Presents #4 (January 1987).[5] The character is not named for fans of the Star Trek franchise.[6]

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.[7]

He is a member of Periscope Studio in Portland, Oregon.[8] 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. 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.[9] The Trekker Omnibus collecting the character's appearances was published by Dark Horse in August 2013.[10] [11]

In 2012, Randall was commissioned by H&R Block to illustrate the tax liabilities of Batman and Spider-Man.[12]

Bibliography

CrossGen

Crystal Productions

Dark Horse Comics

DC Comics

Paradox Press

Vertigo

Eclipse Comics

Marvel Comics

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: John Jackson Miller. Miller. John Jackson. Comics Industry Birthdays. Comics Buyer's Guide. June 10, 2005. Iola, Wisconsin. December 12, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20110218031356/http://cbgxtra.com/knowledge-base/for-your-reference/comics-industry-birthdays. February 18, 2011. dead. mdy-all.
  2. Web site: About Ron Randall. Ron. Randall. March 30, 2011. Ron Randall.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20120701203559/http://ronrandall.com/blog/?page_id=6. July 1, 2012. live. mdy-all. July 15, 2012. I attended the Joe Kubert School in New Jersey, where I learned from many masters of the trade..
  3. Web site: Comic Pro Spotlight: Ron Randall. Bill. Nichols. 2012. Comicrelated.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20120626104512/http://comicrelated.com/news/14301/ron-randall. June 26, 2012. live. mdy-all. July 15, 2012. 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..
  4. Book: Potter, Greg. Greg Potter

    . Me & Joe Priest. Greg Potter. Randall, Ron . 1985. DC Comics. 0-930289-04-8.

  5. http://www.comics.org/search/advanced/process/?target=sequence&method=icontains&logic=False&keywords=&order1=date&order2=series&order3=&start_date=&end_date=&title=&feature=&job_number=&pages=&script=&pencils=Ron+Randall&inks=&colors=&letters=&story_editing=&genre=&characters=Trekker&synopsis=&reprint_notes=&story_reprinted=None&notes=&pub_name=&pub_notes=&brand=&brand_notes=&indicia_publisher=&is_surrogate=None&ind_pub_notes=&series=&series_notes=&tracking_notes=&issue_count=&issues=&volume=&issue_title=&variant_name=&issue_date=&indicia_frequency=&price=&issue_pages=&format=&issue_editing=&isbn=&barcode=&issue_notes=&issue_reprinted=None&is_indexed=None Trekker appearances
  6. Web site: Ron Randall talks about Trekker. Rik. Offenberger. September 24, 2011. First Comics News. https://web.archive.org/web/20141027025216/http://www.firstcomicsnews.com/?p=32630. October 27, 2014. live. mdy-all. July 15, 2012.
  7. Book: Manning, Matthew K.. Dolan. Hannah. 1990s. DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle. Dorling Kindersley. 2010. London, United Kingdom. 978-0-7566-6742-9. 252. 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..
  8. Web site: Ron Randall. Periscope Studio.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20120224152016/http://periscopestudio.com/ron-randall/. February 24, 2012. live. mdy-all. July 15, 2012.
  9. Web site: About Trekker. Randall. Ron. August 2011. Trekkercomic.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20130529221003/http://trekkercomic.com/sample-page/. May 29, 2013. live. mdy-all. June 13, 2013.
  10. Web site: Trekker omnibus is coming with intro by Gail Simone. Heidi. MacDonald. Heidi MacDonald. April 23, 2013. ComicsBeat.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20130426010120/http://comicsbeat.com/trekker-omnibus-is-coming-with-intro-by-gail-simone/. April 26, 2013. live. mdy-all. June 27, 2013.
  11. Book: Randall, Ron. Trekker Omnibus. Dark Horse Comics. 2013. 328. 9781616552114.
  12. Web site: Who pays more taxes, Spider-Man or Batman?. July 5, 2012. The Beat. https://web.archive.org/web/20120720022922/http://www.comicsbeat.com/2012/07/05/who-pays-more-taxes-spider-man-or-batman/. July 20, 2012. live. mdy-all. July 15, 2012.

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