Rosearik Rikki Allen Simons AKA Rikki Simons (born September 8, 1970 in Fontana, California), is an American voice actor, writer, graphic novelist, and artist.
He is known as the voice of the robot GIR on "Invader ZIM", the writer and co-artist of the graphic novel series "ShutterBox" (published by Tokyopop; 6 volumes, of which 4 are completed), ' (2 volumes, published in color originally by Sirius Entertainment and then republished in black and white by Tokyopop), and the illustrated novel "Ranklechick and His Three-Legged Cat" (self-published through Lulu.com). He also co-created and wrote the ' comic series.
In addition to his graphic novel and novel work, Simons also paints backgrounds for animation, including "Invader ZIM" and "Jackie Chan Adventures". He painted both issues of Jhonen Vasquez’s comic "I Feel Sick".
Rikki works with his wife, illustrator Tavisha Wolfgarth-Simons[ [http://www.tavicat.com/rikki_bio.html rikki_bio ] ] and is a frequent guest panelist on the video game and geek culture podcast, [http://www.weeklygeekshow.com/ The Weekly Geek] .]Catch phrase popularization
Simons is probably best known for singing the "Invader ZIM" song known as "The Doom Song". Many of his popular lines from "Invader Zim" were re-mixed into the main theme by the electro group known as the Bass Kittens, which gained some degree of popularity.Fact|date=March 2008
External links
* [http://www.rikkisimons.com/ Rikki Simons's Official Site]
* [http://sadcircusbythesea.typepad.com/ Rikki Simons's Old Official Blog]
* [http://rikkisimons.livejournal.com/ Rikki Simons's LiveJournal]
* [http://www.newsarama.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=36508/ Rikki Simons's Newsarama Interview]
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* [http://www.rhumbaghost.com/forsadcircus/rankle01s_ebook.pdf The First Chapter of Ranklechick and His Three-Legged Cat]
* Rikki Simons's character design from "Invader ZIM": by Aaron A.: [http://www.roomwithamoose.com/pictures/official/cameo_rikki.jpg] , by Aaron A. and John Fountain: [http://www.rhumbaghost.com/ZIM_Web-Pages/Image109.html]
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