Geof Darrow

Geof Darrow
Darrow at the 2011 New York Comic Con.
Born	Geofrey Darrow (1955-10-21) October 21, 1955 (age 61) United States
Nationality	American
Area(s)	Penciller, Artist, Inker
Notable works	Hard Boiled Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot Shaolin Cowboy

Geofrey "Geof" Darrow (born October 21, 1955) is an American comic book artist, best known for his work on Hard Boiled; The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot, which was adapted into an animated television series of the same name, and Shaolin Cowboy.

Darrow was a student at Hanna-Barbera cartoon studios after studying at the American Academy of Arts in Chicago. In the early 1980s he worked in character design for the Super Friends, Richie Rich, and Pac-Man television series.

In 1982, he met French comic book writer and artist Moebius who was working on the film Tron. Two years later, the two collaborated on a portfolio of prints named La Cité Feu, later reprinted for the English-speaking market as City of Fire.

Geof has stated in interviews that he considers Hergé, Jack Kirby (who he worked with at Hanna-Barbera), Osamu Tezuka, and Jean Giraud (Moebius) as his artistic influences.

In 1986, Geof produced "Comics and Stories," a collection of stories starring his own character Bourbon Thret, for French publisher Editions Aedena. It contains several pin ups colored by Moebius, Tanino Liberatore and Francois Boucq.

Moebius introduced Darrow to Frank Miller which led to a friendship and eventually two collaborations. In 1990, Darrow and Miller collaborated on the comic book Hard Boiled, a 3-part mini-series, for which they won the 1991 Eisner Award for Best Writer/Artist.