Moray Rhoda is well-known on the independent/underground scene in South Africa. He was one of the founding members of the Igubu Comic Book Collective and was the man behind Insurrection studios in the early 2000s, but is probably best-known for producing Velocity Graphic Novel Anthology in partnership with Neville Howard and a host of the best artists from Australia and South Africa (and other international artists).
In 2006 Moray Rhoda and Grant Muller organised the Comics Brew Festival, a sponsored event that showcased invited foreign artists in local exhibitions and workshops. As part of this (and with the aim of promoting local artists) they produced The Outline Comic and a supporting launch and exhibition at the Alliance Francaise in Cape Town. At the same time Moray was also employed by Media24 to run the art studio of Beat Comics, art directing Mzansi Beats, Unicity and Kasiwash comics.
Moray was a contributing member to SECTOR, South Africa’s now cancelled bi-monthly comic, The Lil5 comic and the Velocity Graphic Anthology. Moray, Neville and Ray Witcher hosted the first SA comic panel at San Diego Comic Con in 2013 (and a follow up panel in 2014, with Daniël Hugo replacing Ray). Moray assisted with the organisation of Open Book Comics Fest between 2012 – 2017 and organised SA Comics presentations at Design Indaba in 2015. Most recently Moray has been a presenter at Fancon 2017/2018 as well as at the Comic Con Jhb and at Comic Con Cape Town in 2023 and in 2024 as a presenter and interviewer.
Moray has qualifications in Graphic Design and Visual Communication Design, and has worked in advertising, media and publishing for more than 20 years. From 2016 to 2024 Moray lectured as part of the Multimedia and Animation department at CityVarsity Cape Town, and has branched out as a freelance illustrator.