Richard Piers Rayner () is an English

comic book artist A cartoonist is a visual artist who specializes in both drawing and writing cartoons (individual images) or comics (sequential images). Cartoonists differ from comics writers or comics illustrators/artists in that they produce both the literary ...

. He is best known for his work on '' Road to Perdition''.

Biography

Richard Piers Rayner began his professional comic career in 1988, illustrating for

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and

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. His works include ''

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'', '' Swamp Thing'', '' L.E.G.I.O.N.'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. His most notable work is '' Road to Perdition'', written by

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, which was adapted into a film in 2002, starring

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, and directed by

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. He is also a frequent contributor to the DC publications,

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, and is artist in residence at

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. In November 2008 he wrote and illustrated Middlesbrough FC - The Unseen History.

Awards

* 1989: Won the " Russ Manning Promising Newcomer"

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Bibliography

His comics work includes: *''

'' #10-16 (with

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, 1988-1989) *''

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'' (

): **''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

, 204 pages,

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, June 1998, ,

Titan Books Titan Publishing Group is the publishing division of the British entertainment company Titan Entertainment, which was established as Titan Books in 1981. The books division has two main areas of publishing: film and television tie-ins and cine ...

, August 2002, ,

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, July 2002, ,

, April 2005, )''Road to Perdition'' details
at DC Comics.com

Notes

References

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External links

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