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| Rob Worley | |
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| Nationality | American |
| Area | Writer |
Notable works | Scratch9,Advent Rising: Rock the Planet |
| http://www.robworley.com | |
Rob Worley is an American writer and editor. He is the creator of the comicScratch9, which was nominated for anEisner Award in 2011.
Worley foundedComics2Film in 1997, the first website dedicated to tracking news aboutcomic book movies.[citation needed]
Worley was picked up as one of the first writers for Marvel Comics'Epic imprint when it launched in 2003. His project,YoungAncient One (aDoctor Strange prequel) was published as one third of the single-issueEpic Anthology Presents in February 2004.
Worley continued to work with former Marvel President and360ep founding partnerBill Jemas. In 2005, they collaborated onAdvent Rising: Rock the Planet alongsideArthur Dela Cruz, Cliff Richards,Dennis Crisotomo,Cris Delara andSimon Bowland, supervised byAdvent creatorDonald Mustard. The comic was published as a five-issue series which ran from October 2005 to November 2006.
From 2005 to early 2006 he contributed short comics stories to various anthologies published by Italy'sNarwain publishing. From October 2005 to April 2006 Worley served as an English language translator on several titles, includingFree Fall,Tales from a Forgotten Planet andBluff.
After writing two novels for their young readers imprint,Actionopolis, Worley joinedKomikwerks as the Director of Web Development in January 2006. He was instrumental in helping them ramp up the web presence for the new book line as well as enhancing the existingweb comics site. In September 2006 the first of those novels,Heir to Fire was published, his first published novel.
Worley sold Comics2Film toDemand Media in February 2008. In September of that year the site's content was absorbed intoMania.com where Worley continued on as a contributor.
October 22, 2008 saw the publication of his new graphic novelThe Revenant.[1]
Worley's creator-owned, all-ages comic bookScratch9 was published as a four-issue mini-series from September 2010 to January 2011 byApe Entertainment.Jason T. Kruse was the primary artist withMike Kunkel providing the cover art for the first two issues.[2] The book was nominated for several awards including a 2011Eisner Award in theBest Publication for Kids category.
The comic returned in 2013 with new publisherHermes Press
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