I am a creative professional with over 20 years of experience in marketing, illustration web and user experience design. I also write about art and comics for various media publications.
Illustrations
Design
Writing
The Comics Journal. A review of Paper Girls Book One
Mental Floss. An archive of my weekly comics column.
Medium.com. My "Daily Comic Panel Slow Read" series
Mental Floss. The 30 Most Interesting Comics of 2016
Mental Floss. My interview with Margaret Atwood
Mental Floss. 10 Great Kids Comics For Early Readers
Mental Floss. 10 More Great Kids Comics For Early Readers
Mental Floss. 8 Memorable Comics Screw-Ups
Mental Floss. My interview with Chuck Palahniuk and the team behind Fight Club 2
Mental Floss. 13 Most Interesting Time Travel Stories in Comics
Mental Floss. 12 Comic Book Fashion Icons of the 1980s
Mental Floss. Everything You Need to Know to Get Caught up on Superman Comics
Mental Floss. 25 Graphic Novelists Talk About Their Favorite Children's Books.
Mental Floss. My interview with Scott McCloud
Mental Floss. Everything You Need To Know to Get Caught Up On Judge Dredd
Mental Floss. My interview with Mike Mignola.
Mental Floss. All You Need to Know To Get Caught Up on X-Men Comics
Mental Floss. Everything You Need to Know To Get Caught Up on Batman Comics.
Press, Interviews and Links
HOW Magazine. I was interviewed about the state of today's comic books and comic book movies.
CNN. My graphic novel, Nathan Sorry, was featured in an article about self-publishing comics.
The Verge. Nathan Sorry was featured in The Verge's article on Comixology launching their Submit program for self-publishers.
Scholastic. I was interviewed about my Animal Alphabet flash cards.
Comixology. You can purchase digital editions of the first two volumes of Nathan Sorry.
The Comics Decoder. I was interviewed about my graphic novel and about comics in general.
CLTPlus. I was interviewed by this Charlotte-focused online magazine.
HeroesCon Star Wars Panel. I moderated a panel about Marvel's new Star Wars panel in 2015.
HeroesCon Cover Design Panel. An audio podcast recording of a panel I moderated at HeroesCon in 2015.
ComicsAlliance. My Q*Bert Alphabeast illustration was chosen in their Best Art Ever (This Week) weekly feature in 2012.
Forbidden Planet UK. My graphic novel, Nathan Sorry, was chosen as one of the best comics of the year in 2010.
Four Colours & The Truth. Nathan Sorry was chosen as one of the best comics of the year in 2011.
BJ Shea's Geek Nation. I was interviewed for a radio show/podcast about comics.
To contact me about my work, request a copy of my design portfolio or to talk to me about reviewing a comic book or graphic novel, please send an email to rich at richbarrett dot com.