Khary Randolph

Boston born and Brooklyn based, Khary Randolph graduated from the School of Visual Arts in 2000 with a BFA in Cartooning & Illustration.

In the years since, he has won multiple awards and worked on properties from some of the biggest media companies in the world, such as Marvel Comics, DC Comics, 20th Century Fox, ABC, ESPN, Cartoon Network, Upper Deck, Coca-Cola, M&M/Mars & Sony.

Khary got his start in the comic book industry in 2003 on Spider-Man: Legend of the Spider-Clan. Since then, he has had several multi-issue runs on books such as New Mutants, Starborn, Charismagic, Tech Jacket, We Are Robin, and Mosaic. He has also been a prolific cover illustrator, having provided covers for every major publisher on books such as Static Shock, Batman Beyond, Spider-man, Harley Quinn, Black Panther, G.I. Joe, and Teen Titans.

In animation, he got his start doing turnarounds for The Boondocks. He then graduated to doing design and storyboarding work for such shows as Wolverine & The X-Men, Hellboy, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Voltron, Chaotic and He-Man & The Masters of The Universe.

In 2007 he worked on Upper Deck’s All-Star Vinyl line, designing toys based on sports superstars such as Muhammad Ali, Tiger Woods, Kobe Bryant, David Ortiz and Michael Jordan.

In 2015, in conjunction with Brooklyn Brewery and Reed Exhibitions, he created and designed a character called the Brooklyn Defender as the official beer and mascot of New York Comic Con. The beer was highly successful and sold all over the world.

In 2019 he had his first gallery showing, BLACK/EXCELLENCE: The Art of Khary Randolph, at New York City College of Technology.

He is currently the co-creator and artist of EXCELLENCE, published monthly from Image/Skybound, as well as the cover artist for the award winning series (and soon to be a motion picture from Warner Bros) BLACK and its forthcoming sequel WHITE, from Black Mask Studios.