Kenneth Rocafort

Kenneth Rocafort (born 1983) is a Puerto Rican illustrator of comic books, known for his work on titles including ''Superman'', '' Red Hood and the Outlaws'', '' Astonishing Tales: Wolverine/Punisher'', '' ''Teen Titans'''', '' ''The Ultimates'''', and his most recent graphic novel ''GROKEN''.

Career

Kenneth Rocafort has worked in various fields of the entertainment industry such as theatre, video game box art, storyboard for advertisement, comics, magazine, card game and toy box art. He was in charge of set design and preparation of the stage for diverse theatrical works inside and outside the University of Puerto Rico and he sometimes also designed the wardrobe. In animation field, he has worked in the area of storyboard and character design. He illustrated the toy boxes for G.I. Joe vehicles (R.O.C.C. and R.H.I.N.O.) for Hasbro and he also drew the box-cover for the PS2 video game ''Samurai Western''.

He first started in comics in 2006, with Top Cow, doing a fill-in issue of the Marc Silvestri-illustrated ''Hunter-Killer'' series, before moving on to Paul Dini's ''Madame Mirage'' series.

In 2011, Rocafort began work with DC comics. From 2011 to 2012, he was the artist on DC's new '' Red Hood and the Outlaws.'' The series was generally received mixed reviews, drawing particular ire for its confused continuity and accusations that its depiction of Starfire was sexist.

In 2012, he worked on ''Superman'' (post New 52) with writing by Scott Lobdell.

From 2014 to 2015, he worked on the new ''Teen Titans'' series (being relaunched with a new issue 1), written by Will Pfeifer. Some promotional art for the series produced some debate over sexism in comics.

In 2015, he began work on the All-New All-Different Marvel series, ''Ultimates,'' with writer Al Ewing.

His father and older brother both work as graphic designers.

Rocafort, Justin Jordan, and Dan DiDio launched the '' Sideways'' series in 2018 as part of DC's "Dark Matter" line.

In January 2021 he launched a crowdfunding campaign for his own graphic novel, ''GROKEN'', the first publication from his independent label Mitografia.

Bibliography

DC

* ''Superman'' #709 (May 2011) (cover only)
* ''Action Comics'' #901–904 (2011) Collected as a trade paperback,
* ''T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents'' #5 (May 2012) (cover only)
* ''The New 52 FCBD Special Edition'' #1 (June 2012)
* ''Red Hood and the Outlaws'' #1–14, 0 (2011–2013) Also collected as 2 trade paperbacks, Vol. 1: ''Redemption'' () and Vol. 2: ''The Starfire'' ()
* ''Red Hood and the Outlaws'' vol. 2 #8, 11 (2017)
* ''Superman Annual'' #1 (October 2012)
* ''Superman'' vol. 2 #0, 13–19, 22–23, 25–27 (2012–2014)
* ''Superman'' vol. 3 #1–11 variant covers (2016)
* ''Threshold'' #1 (variant cover) (March 2013)
* ''Batman'' #9 vol. 2 (January 2013)
* '' Young Romance: The New 52 Valentine's Day Special'' #1 (April 2013)
* ''Justice League'' #18 (variant cover) (May 2013)
* '' Superboy'' vol. 5 #20, 25 (2013–2014)
* ''Batman/Superman'' #1 (variant covers) (August 2013)
* ''Action Comics Annual'' #2 (December 2013)
* ''Supergirl'' #25, 30 (2014)
* ''Batman Black and White'' #4 (February 2014)
* ''Superman: Lois Lane'' #1 (April 2014)
* ''Batman/Superman Annual'' #1 (May 2014)
* ''Teen Titans'' vol. 4 #30 (June 2014)
* ''Teen Titans'' vol. 5 #1–9 (2014–2015) Also collected as 2 trade paperbacks, Vol. 1: ''Blinded by the Light'' () and Vol. 2: ''Rogue Targets'' ()
* ''Titans'' vol. 3 #12 (2017)
* '' Sideways'' #1–13 (2018–2019)
* ''Red Hood:Outlaw'' #37–39 (2019)
* ''From Beyond the Unknown Giant'' #1 (February 2020)
* ''Detective Comics'' vol. 1 #1025–1026, 1029 (with Peter J. Tomasi, DC Comics, August–October 2020)

Marvel

* '' Astonishing Tales: Wolverine/Punisher'' (2008) #1–6 (2008–2009)
* ''Astonishing Tales'' vol. 2 #1–6 (2009)
* ''Avengers'' #0 (October 2015) (cover only)
* '' The Ultimates'' vol. 4 #1–5, 7–11 (2015–2016)
* ''Inhumans vs. X-Men'' #0 (November 2016)

Top Cow

* ''Hunter-Killer'' #9–12 (2006–2007)
* ''Madame Mirage'' (May 2007) First Look - 'Who is Madame Mirage'
* ''Madame Mirage'' #1–6 (2007) Collected into a trade paperback in July 2008 ()
* ''Broken Trinity Prelude'' (May 2008) July 2008
* ''Pilot Season: The Core'' #1 (September 2008) Collected in ''Pilot Season 2008'' in 2009 ()
* '' Cyblade'' #1 'Waking Life' (October 2008) (cover only)
* ''CyberForce / Hunter-Killer First Look'' (May 2009)
* ''CyberForce / Hunter-Killer'' #1–5 (2009–2010) Collected as a trade paperback (160 pages, 2010, )
* ''Velocity'' #1–3 (2010) Collected into a trade paperback in August 2010 ()
* ''Artifacts'' #1 (July 2010)

Wi~Fi Digital Press

* ''Darion #1 #2'' (2005–2008) Republished in 2010 by Javier Sama

Other work

* ''Victory'' #2 (September 2004 for Image Comics) (cover art)
* '' The Cadre'' #1 - 'When Dreams Are Born' (Jun 2005 for Nifty Comics)
* ''Grimm Fairy Tales'' (2005) #23 (Feb 2008 for Zenescope Entertainment)
* ''Forty-Five'' (December 2009 for Com.x with various other artists)
* ''Blood & Stone'' (October 11th, 2019 for Mitografia) Written by Luke Stokes
* ''GROKEN'' (January 2021 for Mitografia)

See also

* List of Puerto Rican writers
* List of Puerto Ricans
* Puerto Rican literature
*Puerto Rican comic books
*American comic books

References

External links

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DC Comic work by Kenneth

Marvel Profile

Comic Vine Profile

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1983 births
Living people
People from Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
Puerto Rican comics artists