Greg LaRocque
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Greg LaRocque (born February 24, 1954)[1] is an American comics artist best known for his work on the Legion of Super-Heroes and The Flash.
Born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, LaRocque worked as an assistant teacher at the Professional Institute of Art while still a teenager. He started his art career in the advertising field.[2]
Comics career
Greg LaRocque began his comics career at DC Comics and his first published work was the story "That Which Conquers All" in Mystery in Space #115 (Jan. 1981). This was followed by a series of OMAC back-up stories in The Warlord #42–47 (Feb.–July 1981). His first work for Marvel Comics appeared in Power Man and Iron Fist #73 (Sept. 1981).[3] He drew several issues of Marvel Team-Up including the last issue of the series.[4] He and writer Louise Simonson then launched a new Spider-Man title, Web of Spider-Man, in April 1985.[5] After returning to DC Comics, LaRocque became prominent for his work illustrating the Legion of Super-Heroes. He stated in a 2013 interview that "I decided to leave Marvel for personal reasons, and the first person I called was [editor] Karen Berger. She handed me the next available Legion script, and the day I handed in the work she offered me the book."[6] He drew The Flash with writer William Messner-Loebs from issue #15 (Aug. 1988) through #79 (Aug. 1993). A career highlight was redesigning the Flash's costume.[2] LaRocque and Messner-Loebs introduced Linda Park as a supporting character in the series in The Flash vol. 2 #28 (July 1989)[7] and reintroduced the Pied Piper as a reformed villain and established the character as gay, in issue #53 (Aug. 1991).[8]
Exiled Studio released LaRocque's creator owned material in the three-issue mini-series The Exiled, followed by CryBaby, Exiled Studio's first color comic book. The CryBaby story arc was concluded in the 80-page graphic novel Extinction. LaRocque's The Dreaming graphic novel was published by Exiled Studio in 2009.[9]
LaRocque's work among the independent companies includes London Night Studios, Peregrine Entertainment, Realm Press, Catfish Comics, and Avatar Press. In 2010 he helped launch the revival of Dave Cockrum's Futurians with a cover for David Miller Studio. LaRocque's fantasy art was exhibited at Gallery Provocateur in Chicago[10] to coincide with his appearance at the 2010 Chicago ComicCon. He returned to DC Comics in 2011 to draw the DC Retroactive: The Flash - The '80s one-shot.[3][11]
Bibliography
Alternative Comics
- 9–11 Emergency Relief (2002)
DC Comics
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- The Big Book of Conspiracies (1995)
- The Big Book of Hoaxes (1996)
- DC Retroactive: The Flash – The '80s #1 (2011)
- Fighting American #1–6 (1994)
- The Flash vol. 2 #15–18, 20–22, 24–28, 30–59, 62–65, 67–71, 73–79, Annual #2–3 (1988–1993)
- Ghosts #98, 103 (1981)
- Justice League America Annual #7 (1993)
- Justice League Quarterly #13 (1993)
- Justice League Task Force #9, 16 (1994)
- Legion of Super-Heroes vol. 3 #15, 17–48, Annual #3 (1985–1988)
- Mystery in Space #115 (1981)
- Primal Force #7 (1995)
- Secrets of Haunted House #33–34, 36, 41, 46 (1981–1982)
- Showcase '95 #3 (Eradicator) (1995)
- Steel #17 (1995)
- The Unexpected #207 (1981)
- The Warlord #42–47 (OMAC back-up stories) (1981)
- Weird War Tales #95, 104 (1981)
- Who's Who in the DC Universe #2–3, 10, 16 (1990–1992)
- Who's Who in the DC Universe Update 1993 #1 (1992)
- Who's Who in the Legion of Super-Heroes #1–7 (1988)
- Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #7, 11, 13–14, 19, 21, 24–25 (1985–1987)
- Who's Who: Update '87 #1–3, 5 (1987)
- Who's Who: Update '88 #3–4 (1988)
Exiled Studio
- The Exiled #1 (1998)
London Night
- Razor: Uncut #39–40, 42 (1997)
Marvel Comics
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- The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #15 (1981)
- The Avengers #222–223, 225–226 (1982)
- Bizarre Adventures #32 (1982)
- The Incredible Hulk vol. 2 #279 (1983)
- Marvel Comics Presents #55 (Collective Man) (1990)
- Marvel Graphic Novel #16 ("The Aladdin Effect") (1985)
- Marvel Super-Heroes vol. 2 #11, 13–14 (1992–1993)
- Marvel Team-Up #137–138, 141–148, 150 (1984–1985)
- Micronauts #37 (1982)
- Moon Knight #21–22 (1982)
- Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe #5, 10 (1983)
- Power Man and Iron Fist #73, 91, 103–104, 106, 108–113 (1981–1985)
- Rom #25, Annual #1 (back-up stories) (1981–1982)
- The Spectacular Spider-Man #60, 63, 83, 124 (1981–1987)
- Thor #323 (1982)
- Web of Spider-Man #1–5 (1985)
- What If...? #32, 35 (1982)
References
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- ↑ Manning "1980s" in Gilbert (2012), p. 147: "Spider-Man swung into the pages of an all-new ongoing series in this first issue by writer Louise Simonson and penciler Greg LaRocque."
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External links
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- Greg LaRocque at Mike's Amazing World of Comics
- Greg LaRocque at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators
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