Born and raised in Aotearoa/New Zealand, Richard began writing and publishing comics at 7, By the time he left for America at 30 he had over 200 titles to his name. His work ranged from children’s books like Gorillas In Our Midst, My Grandpa is a Dinosaur and If I Had an Elephant, to graphic novels and ongoing comics like Ghost Ghost and Blastosaurus.
Arriving in America with a big box of cash, a plastic skeleton and 12 pairs of shoes, Richard soon found himself living in a converted shopping mall in the center of Hollywood with no real plan other than to just keep making stuff. He landed a publishing deal his first week, then another in his second and has since put out several more books including a rebooted Blastosaurus, the middle-grade horror series Black Sand Beach, the ongoing mature comic Haunted Hill and a myriad of other books for publishers large and small.
Richard splits his time between his home in Hollywood and his spare home in Canada where he keeps his husband and dogs. He works 18 to 20 hours every day, his back always hurts and what tiny amount of vision he has is going to be gone soon, so he has to get a lot of work done right away.