In addition to advertising, Rick grew up on comic books and has created/produced his own comics and eventually collaborated with several different writers on many projects.  Sequential art is dominant in both storyboards and comic books, making him a great fit in either case, as storytelling is one of his strong points. The titles he's either created or worked on include:

"So, You Want To Be A super-Villain?", "The Door", "We Three Kings,", "When Realities Collide", "I Was a Super-Hero Survivor!", "The Dark", "100 Covers", "The Gustave Whitehead Story", and "Mickey & Maj" among others.