In the series he often uses literary devices characteristic of 19th century popular literature. Holmes, Lizzie Borden, Charles Guiteau and Jack the Ripper. The series chronicles such 19th century criminals as H. His most extensive project is his ongoing non-fiction [[Comic bo series, A Treasury of Victorian Murder. Geary has drawn a variety of solo comic books and graphic novels for various publishers, including an adaptation of Great Expectations for the revived Classics Illustrated series and a kid-oriented Flaming Carrot spinoff. This creates a constant impression of jumping from one image to another. Most comics artists will draw several consecutive sequential panels of the same characters in the same setting: Geary, uniquely, almost never devotes two consecutive panels to the same locale or character.

Even more distinctive is Geary's method of panel art. His drawings typically consist of stark clean black lines against a white background, with a total absence of half-tone or shading. Geary's distinctive cartooning style evolved from his early imitations of Edward Gorey. Geary was initially introduced to comics readers with his contributions to the Heavy Metal and National Lampoon magazines. Rick Geary was born on Februin Kansas City, Missouri. Rick Geary (born February 25, 1946) is an American cartoonist and illustrator, who wrote and pencilled ' Luke Skywalker: Detective' from Star Wars Tales 20.

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