Rob Worley facts for kids

Rob Worley is an American writer and editor. He is famous for creating the comic book series Scratch9. This comic was even nominated for a special award called an Eisner Award in 2011.

Rob Worley's Journey in Comics and Books

Starting with Comics2Film

In 1997, Rob Worley started a website called Comics2Film. This website was a big deal because it was the very first one to share news about movies based on comic books. It helped fans keep up with their favorite comic characters coming to the big screen.

Writing for Marvel Comics

In 2003, Rob became one of the first writers for Marvel Comics' special line called Epic. He wrote a story called Young Ancient One. This story was a prequel to the popular Doctor Strange comics. It showed what happened before the main adventures of Doctor Strange. This story was published in 2004.

Working on Advent Rising

Rob also worked with Bill Jemas, who used to be the president of Marvel Comics. In 2005, they teamed up to create a comic book series called Advent Rising: Rock the Planet. Many talented artists like Arthur Dela Cruz and Cliff Richards helped bring this comic to life. The series had five issues and was published from 2005 to 2006.

Translating Comics

From 2005 to 2006, Rob also helped translate comic stories for a company in Italy called Narwain. He worked on several titles, changing them from Italian to English. This included comics like Free Fall and Tales from a Forgotten Planet.

Becoming a Novelist

In 2006, Rob joined a company called Komikwerks as their Director of Web Development. He helped them improve their websites for new books and their existing web comics. Before this, he had already written two novels for young readers for their Actionopolis imprint. In September 2006, his first novel, Heir to Fire, was published.

The Success of Scratch9

On October 22, 2008, Rob's graphic novel The Revenant was published.

Later, Rob created his own comic book series for all ages called Scratch9. It was published as a four-issue mini-series by Ape Entertainment from 2010 to 2011. Jason T. Kruse was the main artist, and Mike Kunkel drew the covers for the first two issues. Scratch9 was very popular and was nominated for several awards, including a 2011 Eisner Award for Best Publication for Kids. This is a really big award in the comic book world!

The Scratch9 comic series returned in 2013 with a new publisher, Hermes Press.