Roger Langridge

Roger Langridge (born 14 February 1967) is a New Zealand comics writer, artist and letterer, currently living in Britain.

Biography

Langridge originally came to public prominence most notably with the '' Judge Dredd Megazine'' series ''The Straitjacket Fits'' (written by David Bishop), a surreal, hallucinatory, convention-bending strip set in an insane asylum with a cast of characters who realised they were in a comic strip and burst from the edge of the frame. He had previously been a regular artist for the 1988 issues of the Auckland University Students' Association's magazine Craccum.

His cartoon style proved perfect for the series and he continued to work for the ''Megazine'', in addition to a series of comedy books dedicated to his Buster Keaton-inspired character ''Fred the Clown'', which he wrote and drew as a webcomic before self-publishing the material as small press titles. These were collected as a single volume by Fantagraphics Books in 2004. His work on Fred the Clown was nominated for two Eisner Awards, a Harvey Award, a Reuben Award and an Ignatz Award. Langridge also does illustration work.

He has also provided artwork for Shaenon Garrity's '' Smithson'' webcomic.

Langridge has provided the Fin Fang Four, with Scott Gray, first for ''Marvel Monsters'', then a series of short stories and in late 2008 as a digital comic on Marvel Digital Comics Unlimited.

He was the writer, and usually the cartoonist for, Boom! Studios' ''The Muppet Show'' comics (2009–12).

In 2012, he scripted for IDW a four-issue ''Popeye, so successful that even before the second issue it was expanded into an "ongoing" series, according to Langridge.The Orbiting Pod #65: Roger Langridge, 11 May 2012.

For ''Doctor Who Magazine'' he did one-panel humorous images for the "Review" section. He also does a weekly illustration for the UK TV magazine '' Inside Soap''.

Bibliography

Comics

Comic work includes:
*''Razor'' #8 '' Associates in "Searching"'' (with writer Cornelius Stone, 1988)
*''Art d'Ecco'' (with Andrew Langridge, in ''Art d'Ecco'' #1–4, Fantagraphics, 1990–1992)
*'' Zoot!'' (with Andrew Langridge – six-issue series, Fantagraphics, 1993–1994)
*'' Knuckles the Malevolent Nun'' (with co-creator Cornelius Stone, in ''Knuckles'' No. 1 & 2, 1991 and '' A1'' (Series 1) No. 5, 1991)
* "Frankenstein Meets Shirley Temple" (in '' A1'' (Series 2) #1–4, 1992)
*'' Judge Dredd'':
** "Sponts A-Go-Go" (with Chris Standley and Paul Peart, ''Judge Dredd Lawman of the Future'' No. 14, 1996)
** "Medusa" (with Alan Barnes and Paul Peart, ''Judge Dredd Lawman of the Future'' #19–20, 1996)
*'' The Straitjacket Fits'' (with David Bishop):
** "The Straitjacket Fits" (in '' Judge Dredd Magazine'' #1.09–1.20, 1991–1992)
** "The Final Fit" (in ''Judge Dredd Yearbook 1993'' 1992)
* ''Fred the Clown'', Les Cartoonistes Dangereux, 1999
* "The Story of a Nut Gone Bad..." (in '' Flinch No. 13, DC, 2000'')
* ''Fred the Clown'' #1–5, self-published, 2001–2002.
*''Batman'': "Auteurism" (with John Arcudi, in '' Legends of the Dark Knight'' #162–163, DC, 2003)
* " Abe Sapien Star of the B.P.R.D." (with John Arcudi, in '' Hellboy: Weird Tales'', No. 4, Dark Horse, 2003)
*'' Whatever Happened To?'': "Cookie" (with Simon Spurrier, in ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' #2.17, 2004)
*'' Fett Club'' (with Kevin Rubio, in '' Star Wars Tales 24'', Dark Horse, 2005)
* A story in the '' Bizarro World'' anthology, DC, 2005.
*''Marvel Monsters'': " Fin Fang Four" (with Scott Gray, 2005)
* "Moleman's Christmas" (with Shaenon Garrity, in '' Marvel Christmas Special'' No. 1, Marvel, 2006)
* "How Fin Fang Foom Saves Christmas " (with Scott Gray, in '' Marvel Christmas Special 2006'' No. 1, Marvel, 2007)
* "Return of the Fin Fang Four: Shrink Rap" (with Scott Gray, in '' Avengers Giant-Size'' No. 1, Marvel, 2008)
* ''The Muppet Show'' (Boom Studios, 2009)
* ''Thor: The Mighty Avenger'' (Marvel, 2010)
* ''Muppets Presents: Family Reunion'' (Marvel, 2011)
* '' John Carter of Mars: A Princess of Mars'' #1–5 (Marvel, 2011)
* '' Snarked!'' #0,1–12 (Boom! Studios, 2011–2012)
* ''Popeye

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