Robin Riggs is a

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-born

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. The majority of his published work has involved working as an inker for

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and

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Career

Riggs' first professional comics work was as a result of winning the "

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" in the 1980s for lettering; prior to that, he had already been working as a

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for several years. Early work consisted of inking a lot of the

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titles during their expansion into the American market, including both ''

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'' series His 2008 projects include providing the art for a five-issue "Sir Apropos of Nothing" story written by

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and published by

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Personal life

Riggs is married to Elayne Riggs, who has appeared with her husband at conventions.David, Peter (19 May 2000)
"Getting by with a little help from his friends…"
''Comics Buyer's Guide'' #1383. Archived at peterdavid.net. 7 March 2000.

Bibliography

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Captain Planet and the Planeteers ''Captain Planet and the Planeteers'' is an American animated environmentalist superhero television series created by Barbara Pyle and Ted Turner and developed by Pyle, Nicholas Boxer, Thom Beers, Andy Heyward, Robby London, Bob Forward and Cas ...

'' #6 (inks, with author Pat Kelleher and pencils by Dave Taylor,

, 1992) *''

'' (

): ** ''Codename: Genetix'' (1993) ** ''Genetix'' (1993–1994) *''

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II'' #5, 14 (

, 1993, 1994) *''

Super Soldiers ''Super Soldiers'' was a comic book published by the Marvel UK imprint of Marvel Comics in 1993. Part of the shared Marvel Universe setting, it centered on a team of superhuman British soldiers, with some plot aspects drawing on the background ...

'' #8 (

, 1993) *''

Cyberspace 3000 ''Cyberspace 3000'' is a comic book that was published by the Marvel UK imprint of Marvel Comics from 1993 to 1994. The series follows the adventures of the 31st century spaceship Sol III, which has fled Earth with a cargo of refugees. Although ...

'' #6 (

, 1993) *''

Death Wreck Dagger Dagoth Dagoth is a demon who has clashed with Doctor Strange. Daken Dakimh the Enchanter Damballah Daniel Whitehall Daniel Whitehall is a British intelligence agent also known as the Kraken. An elite assassin and member of the t ...

'' #1 (

, 1994) *''

X-Men Unlimited ''X-Men Unlimited'' was the title of three comic book series published by Marvel Comics. The purpose of this title was to run stories that fit between the main X-Men comics. The stories included all characters (heroes and villains) from the X-tit ...

'' #5-7 (Marvel Comics, 1994) *''

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'' #425-432, 436–446 (Marvel Comics, 1995–1996) *''

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: Louder Than Words'' #65 (with

Leonard Kirk Leonard Kirk is an American-born comic book artist living in Canada. He has worked on such properties as ''Supergirl (comic book), Supergirl'', ''Justice Society of America, JSA'', ''Star Trek'', ''Batman (comic book), Batman'', and ''Witchblade' ...

DC Comics, 2002) *''

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: Raise the Flag'' (DC Comics, 2007–2008) *'' Tangent: Superman's Reign'' #2-5 (DC Comics, 2008)

Notes

References

External links

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Robin Riggs' online portfolio
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