Editing Rick Burchett

{{short description|American comic book artist|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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| birth_name    = Richard Burchett
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| notable works = ''[[The Batman Adventures]]''<br>''[[Blackhawk (DC Comics)|Blackhawk]] ''
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'''Rick Burchett''' (born March 9, 1952)<ref name="CBG">{{cite web|last=Miller|first=John Jackson|url=http://cbgxtra.com/knowledge-base/for-your-reference/comics-industry-birthdays|title=Comics Industry Birthdays|work=[[Comics Buyer's Guide]]|date=June 10, 2005|access-date=December 12, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110218031356/http://cbgxtra.com/knowledge-base/for-your-reference/comics-industry-birthdays|archive-date=February 18, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> is an American [[comic book]] artist known for his work on such characters as [[Batman]] and [[Superman]].

==Career==
Burchett began his artistic career in [[St. Louis, Missouri]],<ref>[http://lambiek.net/artists/b/burchett_rick.htm "Rick Burchett"]. [[Lambiek Comiclopedia]]. Retrieved March 31, 2013.</ref> and did his early professional comics work at [[First Comics]], [[Pacific Comics]], [[Capital Comics]], and [[AC Comics]]; on titles including ''[[Black Diamond (comics)|Black Diamond]]'', ''[[E-Man]]'', ''[[American Flagg!]]'', ''[[Great American Western]]'', and ''[[The Phantom]]''. Moving to [[DC Comics]] (as well as the DC imprints [[Impact Comics]] and [[Vertigo Comics|Vertigo]]), Burchett's first work for the company was on ''[[Blackhawk (DC Comics)|Blackhawk]]'', followed by titles like ''[[Batman (comic book)|Batman]]'', ''[[Flash (comic book)|The Flash]]'', ''[[Superman (comic book)|Superman]]'', ''[[Black Hood]]'', ''[[Wonder Woman]]'', ''The [[Justice League]]'', and ''[[Green Lantern (comic book)|Green Lantern]]''.

Around 1985, Burchett and artist Don Secrease met a young aspiring artist and fellow St. Louis citizen named [[Jim Lee]], and convinced him that he needed to show his portfolio to editors in person, prompting Lee's decision to attend a New York comics convention,<ref name=stlmag>{{cite news|url=http://www.stlmag.com/media/St-Louis-Magazine/July-2010/Comic-Genius/ |title=Comic Genius |author=Kerman, Byron |newspaper=[[St. Louis Magazine]] |date=July 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807171733/http://www.stlmag.com/St-Louis-Magazine/July-2010/Comic-Genius/ |archive-date=August 7, 2011 }}</ref> where he met editor [[Archie Goodwin (comics)|Archie Goodwin]].<ref name=Icons>Lee, Jim; Baker, Bill Baker. ''Icons: The DC Comics & Wildstorm Art of Jim Lee'' Titan Books, 2010, pp. 8 and 10</ref>

Burchett received the [[Eisner Award]] in 1996 with [[Paul Dini]] and [[Ty Templeton]] for his work on ''[[The Batman and Robin Adventures]]''.<ref>[http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/eisner96.php "1996 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees and Winners,"] HahnLibrary.net.</ref> He shared the Eisner Award again in 1999, with Templeton and [[Terry Beatty]], for his work on ''[[Batman: The Gotham Adventures]]''.<ref>[http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/eisner99.php "1999 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees Winners"]. HahnLibrary.net.</ref>

In 2006 he became the ongoing penciller on [[Marvel Comics]]' ''[[She-Hulk]]'' with writer and former ''[[Batman Adventures]]'' collaborator [[Dan Slott]]. As of 2011, he is the artist for ''The All-New Batman: The Brave and the Bold'', the comic book tie-in to the  ''[[Batman: The Brave and the Bold]]'' animated television series. Also in 2011, Burchett became the artist for the ongoing webcomic ''Lady Sabre and the Pirates of the Ineffable Aether'', written by [[Greg Rucka]].<ref>[http://www.ineffableaether.com/ ''Lady Sabre and the Pirates of the Ineffable Aether'']</ref>  In 2017, he rejoined Ty Templeton in creating a new DC digital comic, ''[[Harley Quinn and Batman]]''.<ref>[http://www.dccomics.com/blog/2017/07/05/an-animated-new-comic-for-harley-quinn-and-her-best-pal%E2%80%A6batman "An Animated New Comic for Harley Quinn and Her Best Pal... Batman,"] DC Comics, July 5, 2017.</ref>

In 2017 Burchett replaced [[Chuck Ayers]] as the penciller on the syndicated comic strip ''[[Funky Winkerbean]]'', debuting with the May 25 installment.<ref name= "sierrab">{{cite news |url= http://kingfeatures.com/2017/03/tom-batiuk-picks-new-artists-for-his-comics/ |title=Tom Batiuk Picks New Artists for His Comics |work=[[King Features Syndicate]] |date=March 29, 2017 |access-date=September 5, 2017}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Burchett continues to live in the St. Louis area.<ref name=stlmag/>

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