Simon Roy

Canadian comic book writer and artist
Simon Roy
BornVictoria, British Columbia
Area(s)Cartoonist
Notable works
Jan's Atomic Heart, Prophet

Simon Roy is a Canadian comic book writer and artist. From 2012 to 2016 he was one of the artists and co-plotters on Brandon Graham's relaunch of Extreme Studios' Prophet.[1][2]

Bibliography

Self-published on the web

  • The Cosmonauts (w/a, 2007)
  • Homesick (w/a, 2008)
  • Мотобол (w/a, 2008)
  • Shipwrecked with Dan the Gorilla (w/a):
    • Originally an unfinished 24-hour webcomic, 2008.
    • Redrawn and published at Study Group Comics, 2012.
  • Murder Book (tpb, 184 pages, Dark Horse, 2015, ISBN 1-6165-5681-1) includes:
    • "Catching Up" (a, with Ed Brisson, 2010)
    • "Skimming the Till" (a, with Ed Brisson, 2010)
  • Группа Крови (Blood Group) (w/a, 2010)
  • Man in the 51st Millenium (w/a, 2010)
  • Barfight (w/a, for Arthur, 2010)
  • Homeward Bound (w/a, for Study Group Comics, 2012)
  • 8.30 AM, April 3rd 1996 (w/a, for Study Group Comics, 2012)

Image Comics

  • Prophet (w/a, with Brandon Graham (comics) and various artists, Extreme Studios, 2012–2016) collected as:
    • Remission (collects #21-26, tpb, 136 pages, 2012, ISBN 1-6070-6611-4)
    • Brothers (collects #27-31 and 33, tpb, 172 pages, 2013, ISBN 1-6070-6749-8)
    • Empire (collects #32 and 34-38, tpb, 128 pages, 2014, ISBN 1-6070-6858-3)
    • Joining (collects #39-45 and Strikefile #1-2, tpb, 168 pages, 2015, ISBN 1-6321-5254-1)
    • Earth War (collects Earth War #1-6, tpb, 168 pages, 2016, ISBN 1-6321-5836-1)
  • Jan's Atomic Heart and Other Stories (104 pages, 2014, ISBN 1-6070-6936-9).
  • The Field #1-4 (a, with Ed Brisson, 2014) collected as The Field (tpb, 104 pages, 2014, ISBN 1-6321-5106-5)
  • Island #2, 5, 8: "Habitat" (w/a, anthology, 2015–2016) collected as Habitat (tpb, 96 pages, 2016, ISBN 1-6321-5885-X)
  • Thought Bubble Anthology #5: "Songs" (a, with Brandon Graham, 2017)
  • Protector (Later renamed to First Knife[3]) (w, with Daniel Bensen and Artyom Trakhanov, 136 pages, 2020, ISBN 9781534316423)
  • Griz Grobus (200 pages, 2024, ISBN 9781534397866)

Other publishers

  • Jan's Atomic Heart (w/a):
    • Originally a graphic novel from New Reliable Press (48 pages, 2009, ISBN 0-9738-0795-4).
    • Reprinted by Image in Jan's Atomic Heart and Other Stories (104 pages, 2014, ISBN 1-6070-6936-9).
  • Heavy Metal vol. 34 #9: "Good Business" (w/a, anthology, Metal Mammoth, 2011)[4]
  • Dark Horse:
    • Dark Horse Presents: "Tiger Lung" (w/a, with Jason Wordie, anthology):
      • "Beneath the Ice" (in vol. 2 #21-23, 2013) collected as Tiger Lung (hc, 88 pages, 2014, ISBN 1-6165-5543-2)
      • "The Guide" (in vol. 3 #6, 2014)
      • Originally an unfinished story called Dead Lands (2010).
    • Halo: Tales from the Slipspace: "Hunting Party" (with J. D. Goff, anthology graphic novel, 128 pages, 2016, ISBN 1-5067-0072-1)
  • Think of a City page 43 (w/a, Internet art project, 2015)
  • Captain Canuck vol. 2 #5: "Double Star Crossed, Part One" (a, with Ed Brisson, co-feature, Chapter House, 2015)
  • 2000 AD #2053: "Judge Dredd: Adaptive Optics" (a, with Arthur Wyatt, anthology, Rebellion, 2017)
  • Star Trek: Waypoint #5: "Come Away, Child" (w/a, co-feature, IDW Publishing, 2017)
  • Cayrels Ring #1, 3 (a, with Shannon Lentz and various artists, Kickstarter, 2018–2019)

Covers only

  • Godzilla: The Half-Century War #5 (IDW Publishing, 2013)
  • Sabertooth Swordsman #5 (Dark Horse, 2013)
  • Panels for Primates #1 (Monkeybrain, 2013)
  • Undertow #1 (Image, 2014)
  • Spread #1 (Image, 2014)
  • Cluster #1 (Boom! Studios, 2015)
  • Ancient Noise #1 (Kickstarter, 2016)
  • Robotech #8 (Titan, 2018)
  • The Spider King #3 (IDW Publishing, 2018)
  • The Season of the Snake #1 (Statix Press, 2018)
  • The Gravediggers Union #7 (Image, 2018)

References

  1. ^ Hudson, Laura (October 18, 2011). "Prophet: Brandon Graham and Simon Roy's Extreme Studios Comic". ComicsAlliance. Archived from the original on October 20, 2011.
  2. ^ "Graham & Roy on Endings & Earth Wars". Image.
  3. ^ "EYE-MELTING ACTION SERIES PROTECTOR TO BE RETITLED FIRST KNIFE & COLLECTED INTO TRADE PAPERBACK THIS OCTOBER". Image Comics. Retrieved 2021-03-24.
  4. ^ In 2017, the story was adapted into a short film.

Interviews

  • Vasseur, Richard (July 6, 2009). "Simon Roy: Creator, Writer & Artist of Jan's Atomic Heart". Jazma Online.
  • de Valming, Kevin (October 14, 2009). "Profiling Simon Roy of Jan's Atomic Heart". The Fabler. Archived from the original on June 26, 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  • Harper, David (August 28, 2012). "Artist August: Simon Roy". Multiversity Comics.
  • Holder, Lyndsey (December 2, 2012). "Interview: Simon Roy". Innsmouth Free Press.
  • Ingram, Ryan (February 26, 2013). "Prophet, Zoology & Ice Age Mysticism with Simon Roy". Comic Book Resources.
  • Meylikhov, Matthew (February 18, 2014). "Simon Roy Uncovers Jan's Atomic Heart and Other Stories". Multiversity Comics.
  • Ingram, Ryan (March 19, 2014). "Simon Roy's Jan's Atomic Heart Explodes Back to Life". Comic Book Resources.
  • Simon, Phillip (December 3, 2014). "Interview with Tiger Lung Writer Simon Roy". Dark Horse.
  • Ingram, Ryan (March 25, 2015). "Digging Deep into the Ice Age Shamanism of Tiger Lung with Simon Roy". The Snipe.

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