Darren Close

{{short description|Australian comics creator|bot=PearBOT 5}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

{{confusing|date=August 2014}}

Darren Close is an Australian comics creator. He has primarily self-published comics about his character Killeroo{{cite web|url=http://www.comicvine.com/killeroo/4005-75424/ |title=Killeroo (Character) |publisher=Comic Vine |date= |accessdate=2014-08-17}}{{cite web|url=http://www.scaryminds.com/reviews/2011/comic057.php |title=Scaryminds Reviews Darren Close's Killeroo Book One |publisher=Scaryminds.com |date=2011-06-28 |accessdate=2014-08-17}}{{cite web|url=http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/4614761 |title=Killeroo / [Darren Close] | National Library of Australia |publisher=Catalogue.nla.gov.au |date= |accessdate=2014-08-17}} for the last 20 years, most recently the GANGWARS anthology{{cite web|url=http://australiancomicsjournal.com/?p=396 |title=Killeroo: Gangwar |publisher=Australiancomicsjournal.com |date=2012-05-31 |accessdate=2014-08-17}} He also founded the OzComics website, which later became a weekly drawing challenge on Facebook.{{cite web|author=emmetocuana |url=http://www.bandtheg.com/2012/04/darren-close-killeroo-and-ozcomics.html |title=Beardy And The Geek: Darren Close, Killeroo and OzComics |publisher=Bandtheg.com |date=2012-04-01 |accessdate=2014-08-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819125632/http://www.bandtheg.com/2012/04/darren-close-killeroo-and-ozcomics.html |archivedate=2014-08-19 }}{{cite web|author=Kathy Evans |url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/comic-book-heroes-fighting-to-bitter-end-20120626-210dc.html |title=Comic book heroes fighting to bitter end |publisher=Sydney Morning Herald |date=2012-06-27 |accessdate=2014-08-17}} 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.{{cite web|author=Kathy Evans |url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/comic-book-heroes-fighting-to-bitter-end-20120626-210dc.html#ixzz3AXDiWS5F |title=Comic book heroes fighting to bitter end |publisher=Sydney Morning Herald |date=2012-06-27 |accessdate=2014-08-17}}