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

19 Minute Yoga

19 Minute Yoga

NASCAR (Summer 2017)

NASCAR (Summer 2017)

Purrmojis

Purrmojis

NASCAR The Chase

NASCAR The Chase

Alphabeasts

Alphabeasts

Columbia University Emojis

Columbia University Emojis

AlphaBands

AlphaBands

Indiemark

Indiemark

Barnard College B-mojis

Barnard College B-mojis

Alphabooks

Alphabooks

Brush Fairy

Brush Fairy

Charlotte Magazine

Charlotte Magazine

NAACHO

NAACHO

Animal Alphabet

Animal Alphabet

Design

North Inlet Group

North Inlet Group

Banking with Ally

Banking with Ally

The Johnny Mercer Foundation

The Johnny Mercer Foundation

World Trade Financial Group

World Trade Financial Group

Maxworth Consulting Group

Maxworth Consulting Group

USA Today

USA Today

Approved Transmit

Approved Transmit

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.