Rick Spears
Rick Spears is an American comic book writer, best known for Teenagers from Mars and The Pirates of Coney Island.
Early life
Both Spears and his main collaborator Rob G. grew up in Richmond, Virginia, although they first met only after moving to New York City:Career
In 2001, Spears and Rob G. began self-publishing their debut series Teenagers from Mars. In 2003, the pair produced a short Batman story for DC Comics. Upon completing Teenagers from Mars, they formed Gigantic Graphic Novels to collect the issues and release their first graphic novel, Dead West, following up with the 5-issue mini-series Repo, published by Image Comics. Other work from Spears includes the Black Metal trilogy of graphic novels with artist Chuck BB, a variety of short stories for Marvel and the graphic novel adaptation of the film Jennifer's Body.Early work
- Teenagers from Mars #1–8 collected as Teenagers from Mars
- * In order to release the collected edition of Teenagers from Mars, Spears founded his own publishing house called Gigantic Graphic Novels.
- * Gigantic only managed to put out three more releases before ceasing operation:
- ** Dead West
- ** Rotting in Dirtville
- ** Hellcity Volume 1
- Detective Comics #785–788: "The Dogcatcher"
- Métal Hurlant vol. 2 #12: "A Call to Arms"
- * Collected in Métal Hurlant Volume 1
- * Collected in Métal Hurlant: Selected Works
- ''Filler''
[|Image] Comics
- Put the Book Back on the Shelf: "The State I Am In"
- 24Seven Volume 1: "The Chelsea" and "Transformer"
- The Pirates of Coney Island #1–6
- * The series went on hiatus before the last two issues were finished; in a 2012 interview, Lolos mentioned he was no longer involoved with the project.
- * A collected edition was solicited for a 2012 release but subsequently cancelled: The Pirates of Coney Island
- Repo #1–5 collected as ''Repo''
Oni Press
- Black Metal :
- *Black Metal
- *Black Metal: The False Brother
- *Black Metal: Darkness Enthroned
- *Black Metal Omnibvs
- The Darkest Hour
- The Auteur :
- *The Auteur #1–5 collected as The Auteur: Presidents Day
- *The Auteur: Sister Bambi #1–5 collected as The Auteur: Sister Bambi
- ''My Riot''
Marvel Comics
- Astonishing Tales: Boom Boom and Elsa: "Super Boys!"
- * First published in print as a co-feature in Marvel Heartbreakers
- * Collected in Bloodstone and the Legion of Monsters
- Immortal Weapons #3: "Urban Legend" collected in Immortal Iron Fist: The Complete Collection Volume 2
- Iron Man: Iron Protocols: "His Girl Friday" collected in Iron Man: Tales of the Golden Avenger
- Daredevil: Black and White: "Secrets and Lies"
- Deadpool Team-Up #885: "Guest Starring: Hell Cow" collected in Deadpool Team-Up: BFFs
- Wolverine #1000: "Last Ride of the Devil's Brigade" collected in Wolverine: Prehistory
- AXIS: Carnage #1–3 collected in ''AXIS: Carnage and Hobgoblin''
Other publishers
- Postcards: True Stories That Never Happened: "Operation Torch"
- Fear Agent #23: "Heath20"
- * Collected in Fear Agent Library Edition Volume 2
- * Collected in Fear Agent: The Final Edition Volume 4
- ''Jennifer's Body''