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Rob Curley
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He launched the publishing company Atomic Diner in 2003, publishing Gerry Hunt's In Dublin City and the anthology Naked Lunch. In 2004 he launched his Eagle Award-nominated crime series Freakshow. 2007 saw the release of Atomic Rocket Group 66, a 1950s superhero pastiche.
In 2010 he wrote a preview of Formation Seven, drawn by Gary Gowran, a superhero/spy story set in America during the 1980's, and plotted a preview of Róisín Dubh, a horror story set in 1890's Ireland scripted Maura McHugh and drawn by Stephen Daly - both were published for the 2010 Free Irish Comic Book Day. In 2011 he started laying the foundations for an Irish superhero universe, writing The League of Volunteers, a 1940s team book drawn by Barry Keegan. The first full issue of Róisin Dubh was released, as was the first issue of another series plotted by Curley and scripted by McHugh, Jennifer Wilde, drawn by Stephen Downey. He is working on a one-shot, The Black Scorpion, drawn by Downey.
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PressEdit
- Interview at Octocon 2009
- Interview with Niall Kitson, 4 April 2009
- Interview at The @rcade, 7 February 2011
- Interview at Tastes Like Comics, 21 April 2011
- Quick Questions With, Irish Comic News, 21 June 2011
Online referenceEdit
Rob Curley - 2000AD profile
Rob Curley at the Comic Book DB
