Rafer Roberts Archives

Knave, Sean Konot, Piotr Kowalski, Ilias Kyriazis, Jonathan Lang, Christine Larsen, Janet Lee, John Lees, Fabian Lelay, Shawn Lee, Cath Lobo, Marissa Louise, Andrew MacLean, Andy MacDonald, James Maddox, Ariana Maher, Ryan Maniulit, Shaun Manning, Shanna Matuszak, Hannah Means-Shannon, Oliver Mertz, Joe Mulvey, Andrea Mutti, Micah Myers, Mike Norton, Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou, Eric Palicki, Chas! Pangburn,[...]

The color work is once again vibrant and appealing, suiting the tone perfectly. Modern Fantasy #3 is another fantastically charismatic comic book from the team of Rafer Roberts and Kristen Gudsnuk These two creators have crafted something wonderful with this series, and it's quickly climbing to be one of my favorite books from Dark Horse This[...]

Sage and her friends go out to save the boyfriend of Wizard Lizard, Fentax. Sage may be able to live out her Modern Fantasy after all. Is it a good read?

Modern Fantasy finds a girl named Sage thirsting for adventure in a fantasy world that has gone corporate and mundane. Is it a good read?

The creator-owned comic is written by Rafer Roberts with art by Kristen Gudsnuk Here's how the press release describes it: Modern Fantasy follows three friends, new to the big city, as they struggle to keep their crappy day jobs and pay off their student loans A young Ranger woman, her drug-dealing reptilian wizard roommate, and her boisterous[...]

And as far as Bleeding Cool has been able to ascertain, neither writer Rafer Roberts nor artist Francis Portela have had any undisclosed contact with Russian diplomat Sergey Kislyak. Check out the solicit and the preview pages below Rai: The History of the Valiant Universe #1 is in stores next week. RAI: THE HISTORY OF THE VALIANT UNIVERSE[...]

A&A: The Adventures of Archer & Armstrong wraps up this week with issue #12 by Rafer Roberts and Mike Norton and I'll be honest, the only thing I won't miss about this series is the title Damn I hate long titles This whole series has been a great big ball of silly fun and I'm[...]

So let's take a quick look at #11 by Rafer Roberts, Mike Norton and Ryan Lee. So many things are going on at once that you almost need a scorecard Armstrong and his estranged wife Andromeda are trying to track down where the 1% has take Gub-Gub… not because they're particularly fond of him, but because[...]

Last night I got to sit down and read the first issue of the new Harbinger Renegade series by Rafer Roberts and Darick Robertson I'll admit going in that I wasn't as up-to-date on the Harbinger series as I am some of the other Valiant titles But that's okay as it starts off with a[...]

Tomorrow sees the release of A&A: The Adventures of Archer & Armstrong #6 by Rafer Roberts and Mike Norton This is the first part of the new Next Stop: Clowntown arc and I just finished reading it… and damn its silly fun. Our two heroes are on the road, heading to find Andromeda… Armstrong's wife that[...]

You might notice some minor changes in the character being written by Jody Houser and Rafer Roberts and being drawn by Robert Gill… like the fact that it's 1,985 years in the future and Shadowman is now a woman… which would make you think a title change would be in order, but Valiant is sticking[...]

Next Stop Clowntown starts in issue #6 and is by writer Rafer Roberts and artist Mike Norton. They've got lions They've got bears Oh, and malformed mutant clones too! Oh my! Valiant's mismatched pair of conspiracy-smashing heroes thought they'd stumbled into an ordinary roadside funfair…but now Archer & Armstrong are about to become the star attractions of[...]

Now, the series is focused on the burgeoning romantic ties between Archer and Faith. The series by Rafer Roberts and Mike Norton is refreshing and different than anything else on the shelves. Here is some preview art form A&A: The Adventures of Archer & Armstrong #5 on sale July 20th. [...]

Valiant has sent over an early look at A&A: The Adventures Of Archer & Armstrong #3 by Rafer Roberts and David Lafuente This may be one of the funniest and most insane comic series of the year. On May 11th, Archer and Armstrong awake inside the insane maze of fine wines and lost treasures that Bacchus[...]

The issue has writer Rafer Roberts being joined by artist Mike Norton (Whose B-day is today) and will come out on the same day as the new on-going Faith series.   With Armstrong on the road, Archer is taking some much-needed personal time…and bringing his long-distance romance with Los Angeles's number-one superhero off of FaceTime and into[...]

The first issue just hit shelves yesterday, now we see what's next from writer Rafer Roberts and artist David Lafuente. On April 13th, "IN THE BAG" continues here as Valiant's greatest mis-adventurers do the unthinkable and hit rock bottom…inside Armstrong's bottomless satchel! Imprisoned by Bacchus, the self-appointed god of inebriation, Archer and Armstrong's only shot at[...]

Having her get involved with the likable Archer is a nice touch. The cover was not released on line, only the folks at C2E2 got to see it unless someone grabbed a cell phone shot… it's for the fifth issue of the new series The series is by Rafer Roberts and David Lafuente.   [...]

Based on a script by Rafer Roberts, we have the pencils of David Lafuente along with inks by Ryan Winn, colors by Brian Reber and letters by Dave Lanphear The issue ships on March 16th (which means its final order cut-off is probably about now) and features covers by Lafuente, Kano, Trevor Hairsine, Clayton Henry,[...]

Valiant is making their Free Comic Book Day offering even bigger. The Valiant: 4001 A.D. FCBD Special has been bumped up to 40 pages to include a new

Writer Rafer Roberts is hitting the road for his new series A&A: The Adventures of Archer & Armstrong In an 11-date signing tour, Rafer will travel from New York to North Carolina to promote his new Valiant comic The tour begins on March 16, the day A&A #1 is set to hit comic shops[...]

Written by Rafer Roberts and drawn by David Lafuente, the new series starts of with Archer having to go into Armstrong's bag to rescue his partner from Bacchus Pretty straight forward there…   After following Armstrong into the depths of his infinite satchel in a search for booze, Archer and his partner, history's most inebriated immortal, have[...]

Artist Rafer Roberts took to his tumblr page to share his process for doing his recently announced A&A: The Adventures of Archer & Armstrong #1 cover that features Obadiah Archer, Aram Anni-Padda and Davey the Mackerel. Since my variant cover of A&A #1 was revealed here (and is in the current issue of Previews) I thought some folks[...]

Rafer Roberts (Plastic Farm) and David Lafuente (Ultimate Spider-Man) are teaming up to bring back Valiant's beloved odd couple, Archer & Armstrong Here we have an advanced preview of A&A: The Adventures of Archer & Armstrong #1… MEET ARMSTRONG: Since the ancient city of Ur, this immortal adventurer has spent the last 7,000 years drinking and[...]

Archer & Armstrong are getting a new on-going series from Valiant and it's going to be from the creative minds of Rafer Roberts (Plastic Farm) and David Lafuente (Ultimate Spider-Man) The new series, called A&A: The Adventures of Archer & Armstrong kicks off with a storyline called In The Bag where Archer has to descent[...]

Valiant has sent out an advanced preview of Bloodshot #25, a 48-page anniversary special that includes the work of Peter Milligan, Lewis LaRosa, Howard Chaykin, Duane Swierczynski, Manuel Garcia, Justin Jordan, Rafer Roberts and more. The book will feature covers by LaRosa, Al Barrionuevo, Rafael Albuquerque, Bryan Hitch and Don Perlin. Bloodshot #25 arrives in stores on November[...]