Ron Randall

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Ron Randall
Ron Randall at Stumptown Comics Fest 2007
Born (1956-11-22) November 22, 1956 (age 67)
NationalityAmerican
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.

Career[edit]

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]

Bibliography[edit]

CrossGen[edit]

Crystal Productions[edit]

  • Silence & Co. (2013)

Dark Horse Comics[edit]

DC Comics[edit]

Paradox Press[edit]

Vertigo[edit]

Eclipse Comics[edit]

  • Airboy #14–15, 19–24, 27–32 (1987)
  • Scout #10 (1986)

Marvel Comics[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Miller, John Jackson (June 10, 2005). "Comics Industry Birthdays". Comics Buyer's Guide. Iola, Wisconsin. Archived from the original on February 18, 2011. Retrieved December 12, 2010.
  2. ^ Randall, Ron (March 30, 2011). "About Ron Randall". Ron Randall.com. Archived from the original on July 1, 2012. Retrieved July 15, 2012. I attended the Joe Kubert School in New Jersey, where I learned from many masters of the trade.
  3. ^ a b c d e Ron Randall at the Grand Comics Database
  4. ^ Nichols, Bill (2012). "Comic Pro Spotlight: Ron Randall". Comicrelated.com. Archived from the original on June 26, 2012. Retrieved 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.
  5. ^ Potter, Greg; Randall, Ron (1985). Me & Joe Priest. DC Comics. ISBN 0-930289-04-8.
  6. ^ Trekker appearances at the Grand Comics Database
  7. ^ a b Offenberger, Rik (September 24, 2011). "Ron Randall talks about Trekker". First Comics News. Archived from the original on October 27, 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2012.
  8. ^ Manning, Matthew K. (2010). "1990s". In Dolan, Hannah (ed.). DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle. London, United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. p. 252. ISBN 978-0-7566-6742-9. 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.
  9. ^ "Ron Randall". Periscope Studio.com. Archived from the original on February 24, 2012. Retrieved July 15, 2012.
  10. ^ Ron, Randall. "About Trekker". Trekkercomic.com. Archived from the original on May 29, 2013. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
  11. ^ MacDonald, Heidi (April 23, 2013). "Trekker omnibus is coming with intro by Gail Simone". ComicsBeat.com. Archived from the original on April 26, 2013. Retrieved June 27, 2013.
  12. ^ Randall, Ron (2013). Trekker Omnibus. Dark Horse Comics. p. 328. ISBN 9781616552114.
  13. ^ "Who pays more taxes, Spider-Man or Batman?". The Beat. July 5, 2012. Archived from the original on July 20, 2012. Retrieved July 15, 2012.

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Preceded by Arak, Son of Thunder penciller
1983–1984
Succeeded by
Preceded by The Warlord penciller
1986–1987
Succeeded by
Preceded by Justice League Europe /
Justice League International penciller

1992–1994
Succeeded by