Rick burchett

Rick Burchett is an American comic book artist .

Life and work

Burchett began working as a full-time comic book artist in the late 1980s and early 1990s. After some early work for smaller publishers such as AC Comics, First Comics, Pacific and Capital, Burchett began drawing in 1993 for DC Comics, a company belonging to entertainment giant Time Warner . His first job for DC was illustrating some of the stories for the Blackhawk adventure series .

In the mid-1990s, Burchett's greatest artistic and commercial success to date followed when he took over the drawings for the comic book The Batman and Robin Adventures , an adaptation of the popular cartoon series Batman: The Animated Series . His work on the Adventures proved so popular with critics and readership that Burchett - together with the authors Paul Dini and Ty Templeton , whose scripts he implemented - received the renowned Eisner Award , which is considered the most important American comic prize. Burchett later also oversaw the follow-up series to The Batman and Robin Adventures , Batman: The Gotham Adventures .

In later years, Burchett, whose drawing style is characterized by a tendency towards a reductionist, detail-avoiding clarity and gentle angularity in the drawing of figures, took over drawing jobs for series such as Superman, The Flash , Green Lantern , Wonder Woman and Justice League for DC, She-Hulk for Marvel Comics , as well as projects such as American Flagg and Great American Western.

Authors with whom Burchett worked particularly frequently include, in addition to Templeton and Dini, Greg Rucka and Dan Slott, among others . A frequent graphic collaborator was the Indian ink Terry .

Awards

• 1996 Eisner Award (Best Title for Younger Readers / Best Comics Publication for a Younger Audience) for The Batman and Robin Adventures together with Paul Dini and Ty Templeton