Pat Broderick
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Pat Broderick (born November 26, 1953) is an American comic book artist known for his work on the Micronauts. Broderick also pencilled the four-part Batman: Year Three storyline, written by Marv Wolfman, which detailed the first meeting of Batman and Tim Drake. Broderick was therefore the first artist to draw future Robin Tim Drake, introduced as a young witness to the murder of Grayson's parents years earlier.
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Biography
Early career
Fresh from high school in Tampa, Florida, Broderick flew to New York in the early 1970s to compete in DC Comics' junior bullpen program, a nationwide art and writing contest held at the July 4th convention at the Commodore Hotel. Presenting his work to DC editors Sol Harrison and Joe Orlando, Broderick was almost immediately placed in the junior bullpen program. During this period, Broderick also worked for Neal Adams' and Dick Giordano's Continuity Associates, as a member of the Crusty Bunkers.
Marvel
In 1975, after sporadic work with DC and Marvel, Broderick joined the team at Atlas Comics. His time at Atlas was short-lived, and Broderick soon found himself back at Marvel, working on various titles for their black-and-white line, Curtis Magazines. This led to successful runs on Captain Marvel and then Micronauts.
DC
In 1982, Broderick abruptly left Marvel for DC. As he said in a 2003 interview, "In 1982, Jim Shooter had all but informed me that, in his opinion, my art sucked and that I would never get another raise there, regardless of how well my books were selling. So one quick phone call to DC and I was in." During his time at DC, Broderick worked on Firestorm, Captain Atom, Batman: Year Three, Swamp Thing, and Green Lantern.
Back to Marvel
After ten years at DC, Broderick's relationship with that company soured. According to him, he "was being abused by [his] editors, Andy Helfer and Kevin Dooley, and was really just fed up with their attitude."[2] Shooter no longer being involved with the company, Marvel offered him work again and Broderick returned, where he worked as the regular penciller first on Alpha Flight and then on Doom 2099.
Advertising
In 1995, comics work began to dry up. As Broderick had had his hands in advertising for the previous ten years, he turned to it full time, moving to Dallas to head up the in-house creative department at Tracy Locke and Partnership. The company handled packaging, print, and television ads for Pepsi, Frito-Lay, Pizza Hut, Federal Express, Harrah's Casinos, and Hasbro. That led to design work for DNA Productions on the 2001 movie, Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius.[2]
Later career
In 2003, Broderick returned to comics with the short-lived Future Comics. He was scheduled to work on the title Peacekeepers, but it was never published, and Future went out of business shortly thereafter. In 2004, Devil's Due Publishing revived Micronauts, with Broderick returning to the title. He drew ten issues before it was cancelled.[3]
In 2003, Broderick was a member of the animation department faculty at Tampa's International Academy of Design and Technology.
Art style
Borderick is known for his detailed, expressive art, and his characters' large eyes. There is some resemblance between Broderick's art and Michael Golden's late 1970s style. (Broderick has acknowledged his admiration of Golden's work.)
Through his career, Broderick has often teamed with inker Bruce Patterson on such titles as Alpha Flight, Green Lantern, Detective Comics, Legion of Super-Heroes, and Captain Planet and the Planeteers.
