Patrick Zircher () is an American

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 ...

and

penciller A penciller (or penciler) is an artist who works on the creation of comic books, graphic novels, and similar visual art forms, with a focus on the initial pencil illustrations. In the American comic book industry, the penciller is the first step ...

Career

Zircher's early career as an illustrator began with production of several completed works for '' Villains and Vigilantes'', '' Champions'' and other pen-and-paper role-playing games, as well as work for independent comic book publishers. He illustrated a number of projects for

Caliber Comics Caliber Comics or Caliber Press is an American comic book publisher founded in 1989 by Gary Reed. Featuring primarily creator-owned comics, Caliber published over 1,300 comics in the decade following its inception and is ranked as one of Americ ...

including ''Dragon Star II'', ''Jason and the Argonauts'' (under the Tome Press banner), and his own creator owned series, ''Samurai 7'' (released under Caliber's Gauntlet imprint). Following this he went on to work largely for

Marvel Comics Marvel Comics is a New York City–based comic book publishing, publisher, a property of the Walt Disney Company since December 31, 2009, and a subsidiary of Disney Publishing Worldwide since March 2023. Marvel was founded in 1939 by Martin G ...

on titles including ''

Iron Man Iron Man is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Co-created by writer and editor Stan Lee, developed by scripter Larry Lieber, and designed by artists Don Heck and Jack Kirby, the character first appearan ...

'', '' Thunderbolts'' and ''

New Warriors The New Warriors are a fictional superhero team appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. They traditionally consisted of teenage and young adult heroes, and were often seen to serve as a junior counterpart to Avengers (comics) ...

''. He also did a considerable amount of work for DC, primarily on ''

Nightwing Nightwing is a superhero alias used by multiple characters in American comic books published by DC Comics. The most prominent bearer is Dick Grayson, the original Robin, who adopts the Nightwing identity to assert his independence from Batman. ...

'' and on '' Shadowman'' for

Valiant Comics Valiant Comics is an American comic books, comic book publisher, the first incarnation of which was founded in 1989 by former Marvel Comics editor-in-chief Jim Shooter along with lawyer and businessman Steven Massarsky. In 1994, the company was ...

Bibliography

DC Comics

*''

Action Comics ''Action Comics'' is an American comic book/Comic anthology, magazine series that introduced Superman, one of the first major superhero characters. The publisher was originally known as Detective Comics Inc., which later merged into National ...

'' #957–958, 963–964, 969–970, 973–974, 979–980, 984 (2016–2017) *''

Birds of Prey Birds of prey or predatory birds, also known as (although not the same as) raptors, are hypercarnivorous bird species that actively predation, hunt and feed on other vertebrates (mainly mammals, reptiles and smaller birds). In addition to speed ...

'' #13 (along with

Greg Land Greg Land (born 1956) is an American Comic book creator, comic book artist, best known for his work on books such as ''Uncanny X-Men'', ''Birds of Prey (comics), Birds of Prey'', and ''Fantastic Four (comic book), Fantastic Four''. Career Greg La ...

) (2000) *'' Darkstars'' #8-9 (1993) *''

Detective Comics ''Detective Comics'' (later retitled as ''Batman Detective Comics'') is an American comic book series published by Detective Comics, later shortened to DC Comics. The first volume, published from 1937 to 2011 (and later continued in 2016), is ...

'' #784-786 (2003) *''

The Flash The Flash is the name of several superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Harry Lampert, the original Flash first appeared in ''Flash Comics'' #1 (cover date, cover-dated Jan ...

'' vol. 4 #23.1, 27-28 (2013-2014) *''

Green Arrow Green Arrow is a superhero who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Mort Weisinger and designed by George Papp, he first appeared in ''More Fun Comics'' No. 73 on September 19, 1941 (cover dated November 1941), th ...

'' vol. 4 # 41–46, 48 (2015) *''Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps'' #30-31 (2017) *'' Justice League Quarterly'' #10 (1993) *''

'' vol. 2 #42-44, 47, 77, 86–91, 93 (2002–04) *''Nightwing'' vol. 4 #53 (2018) *''The Silencer'' #8-10 (2018) *''

Suicide Squad The Suicide Squad is an antihero/supervillain team appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The first version of the Suicide Squad debuted in ''The Brave and the Bold'' #25 (September 1959) and the second and modern version, cre ...

'' vol. 3 #20-22, 24-26 (2013-2014) *''

Superman Superman is a superhero created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster, which first appeared in the comic book ''Action Comics'' Action Comics 1, #1, published in the United States on April 18, 1938.The copyright date of ''Action Comics ...

'' #584 (2000) *''

Titans In Greek mythology, the Titans ( ; ) were the pre-Twelve Olympians, Olympian gods. According to the ''Theogony'' of Hesiod, they were the twelve children of the primordial parents Uranus (mythology), Uranus (Sky) and Gaia (Earth). The six male ...

'' #13 (2000) *''Trinity'' vol. 2 #17-18, 21-22 (2017-2018) *'' Young Justice'' #22 (2000) *'' The New 52: Futures End'' #1, 6, 9, 13, 17, 22, 25, 29, 34, 40, 44 (2014)

Marvel Comics

*'' Avengers'', vol 3, #55 (2002) *''

Black Panther A black panther is the Melanism, melanistic colour variant of the leopard (''Panthera pardus'') and the jaguar (''Panthera onca''). Black panthers of both species have excess black pigments, but their typical Rosette (zoology), rosettes are al ...

'', vol. 2, #59-60 (2003) *''

Cable & Deadpool ''Cable & Deadpool'' was a comic book series published by Marvel Comics beginning in 2004. The title characters, Cable (comics), Cable and Deadpool (comics), Deadpool, share the book's focus. The series was launched following the cancellation of ...

'' #3-24, 50 (2004–06) *''

Captain America Captain America is a superhero created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby who appears in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in '' Captain America Comics'' #1, published on December 20, 1940, by Timely C ...

'', vol. 3, #23 (1999) *'' Captain Marvel'', vol. 2, #14, 35 (2001–02) *'' Civil War: The Initiative'' (

) (2007) *'' Dr. Strange, Sorcerer Supreme'' #83 (1995) *''

Hulk The Hulk is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in the debut issue of ''The Incredible Hulk (comic book), The Incredible Hulk ...

'', vol. 3, #36, 42-46 (2011) *''

'', vol 3, #6, 12, 16, 20 (1998–99) *''Iron Man'', vol. 4, #7-14 (2006–07) *''Iron Man/Captain America'' '98, one shot (1998) *''Iron Man: The Iron Age'', miniseries, #1-2 (1998) *'' Ms. Marvel'', vol. 2, #12 (along with Roberto de la Torre) (2007) * ''

Mystery Men ''Mystery Men'' is a 1999 American superhero comedy film directed by Kinka Usher (in his feature-length directorial debut), written by Neil Cuthbert, loosely based on Bob Burden's '' Flaming Carrot Comics'', starring Ben Stiller, Hank Azaria, ...

'', 5-issue limited series with David Liss (August–November 2011, tpb: hardcover , soft cover ) *''

'' #55-75 (1995–96) *''

Secret Avengers ''Secret Avengers'' is an American comic book Ongoing series, series published by Marvel Comics featuring a fictional black operation, black ops superhero team of the same name. The series started with Ed Brubaker on writing duties, depicting a b ...

'' #21.1 (2012) *'' Star Trek: Early Voyages'' #1-8, 13-15 (1997–98) *''Star Trek: Telepathy War'' (1997) *'' Terror Inc.'', miniseries, #1-5 (2007–08) *''

Thor Thor (from ) is a prominent list of thunder gods, god in Germanic paganism. In Norse mythology, he is a hammer-wielding æsir, god associated with lightning, thunder, storms, sacred trees and groves in Germanic paganism and mythology, sacred g ...

: Ages of Thunder'' (along with Khari Evans) (2008) *''Thor: Man of War'' (along with Clay Mann) (2009) *''Thor: Reign of Blood'' (along with Khari Evans) (2008) *'' Thunderbolts'' #45, 49, 51–58, 60–65, 67 (2000–02) *''

Venom Venom or zootoxin is a type of toxin produced by an animal that is actively delivered through a wound by means of a bite, sting, or similar action. The toxin is delivered through a specially evolved ''venom apparatus'', such as fangs or a sti ...

: Along Came a Spider'', miniseries, #1-3 (1996) *''

Web of Spider-Man ''Web of Spider-Man'' is the name of two different monthly comic book series starring Spider-Man that have been published by Marvel Comics since 1985, the first volume of which ran for 129 issues between 1985 and 1995, and the second of which ran ...

Super-Special'' (

Black Cat A black cat is a Cat, domestic cat with black fur. They may be a specific Purebred, breed, or a common domestic cat of no particular or mixed breed. Most black cats have golden iris (anatomy), irises due to their high melanin pigment content. Bl ...

) #1 (1995) *'' X-Men 2: The Movie'' (2003)

Other publishers

*'' Green Hornet'' #16-17, 19, 22–24, 26–28, 31, 34-37 (NOW Comics, 1992–94) *'' Vampirella Monthly'' #13-14 (Harris, 1999) *'' Shadowman'' #1-6 (2012-2013)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zircher, Patrick Living people American comics writers American comics artists Marvel Comics writers DC Comics people American role-playing game artists Year of birth missing (living people)