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Darren Close

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Darren Close is an Australian comics creator. He has primarily self-published comics about his character Killeroo[1][2][3] for the last 20 years, most recently the GANGWARS anthology[4] He also founded the OzComics website, which later became a weekly drawing challenge on Facebook.[5][6] Among other achievements, the website held an auction to raise funds to help Gary Friedrich, co-creator of the supernatural motorcyclist, Ghost Rider, after he was countersued by publisher Marvel when he tried to regain rights to the character.[7]

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  1. ^ "Killeroo (Character)". Comic Vine. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  2. ^ "Scaryminds Reviews Darren Close's Killeroo Book One". Scaryminds.com. 28 June 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  3. ^ "Killeroo / [Darren Close] | National Library of Australia". Catalogue.nla.gov.au. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  4. ^ "Killeroo: Gangwar". Australiancomicsjournal.com. 31 May 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  5. ^ emmetocuana (1 April 2012). "Beardy And The Geek: Darren Close, Killeroo and OzComics". Bandtheg.com. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  6. ^ Kathy Evans (27 June 2012). "Comic book heroes fighting to bitter end". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  7. ^ Kathy Evans (27 June 2012). "Comic book heroes fighting to bitter end". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 17 August 2014.