10 Facts About Geof Darrow

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

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Geofrey Darrow was born on October 21,1955, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

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Geof Darrow sought out all available Blueberry volumes, gradually moving to other European works, such as Jean-Claude Mezieres' Valerian and Greg and Hermann's Bernard Prince.

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The meeting with Les Humanoides Associes resulted in Geof Darrow's first published comics work which was the debut of his character Bourbon Thret.

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Miller and Geof Darrow started developing the concept into their next project, The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot.

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Between 1993 and the series' first issue, released in 1995, the characters of Big Guy and Rusty appeared in a number of Geof Darrow-illustrated posters and pin-ups, occasionally crossing over with other creator-owned characters such as Spawn and Ash.

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Geof Darrow spent a year living in Japan and working on the production which was halted after the American financiers, The Weinstein Company, backed out.

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Outside of comics and film, Geof Darrow has contributed artwork to a number of trading card series, including Magic: The Gathering, Star Wars Galaxy, Witchblade, The Shadow and Madman, as well as promotional posters, CD covers and role-playing games.

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Geof Darrow serves on the national advisory board of PROTECT: The National Association to Protect Children.

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Geof Darrow contributed character designs to a number of Hanna-Barbera cartoon shows:.