Rick Burchett is an American

United States

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 comic book

Comic book

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 artist known for his work on such characters as Batman

Batman

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 and Superman

Superman

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Burchett began his artistic career in St. Louis, Missouri

St. Louis, Missouri

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, and did his early professional comics work at First Comics

First Comics

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, Pacific Comics

Pacific Comics

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, Capital Comics, and AC Comics

AC Comics

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; on titles including Black Diamond, E-Man

E-Man

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, American Flagg!

American Flagg!

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, Great American Western

Great American Western

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, and The Phantom

The Phantom

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. Moving to DC Comics

DC Comics

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 (as well as the DC imprints Impact Comics

Impact Comics

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 and Vertigo), Burchett's first work for the company was on Blackhawk

Blackhawk (comics)

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, followed by titles like Batman

Batman (comic book)

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, The Flash, Superman

Superman (comic book)

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, Black Hood, Wonder Woman

Wonder Woman

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, The Justice League

Justice League

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, and Green Lantern

Green Lantern (comic book)

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Burchett received the Eisner Award

Eisner Award

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 in 1996 with Paul Dini

Paul Dini

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 and Ty Templeton

Ty Templeton

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 for his work on The Batman and Robin Adventures. He shared the Eisner Award again in 1999, with Templeton and Terry Beatty

Terry Beatty

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, for his work on Batman: The Gotham Adventures.

In 2006 he became the ongoing penciller on Marvel Comics

Marvel Comics

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' She-Hulk

She-Hulk

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with writer and former Batman Adventures collaborator Dan Slott

Dan Slott

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. 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

Batman: The Brave and the Bold

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animated television series.