The Long, Strange Career Of James Holmes’s Courtroom Artist

Bill Robles, the courtroom artist who sketched James Holmes this week, has also sketched Charles Manson, K. Fed and Rodney King.

1. James Holmes, suspected Aurora theater shooter

Image by Bill Robles / AP

Image by Bill Robles / AP

Image by Bill Robles / AP

Jared Loughner, Tucson shooter

Image by Bill Robles / AP

Image by Bill Robles / AP

Image by Bill Robles / Reuters

6. Michael Jackson, at his 2005 sexual molestation trial

Image by Bill Robles / AP

Image by Bill Robles / AP

Image by Bill Robles / AP

9. Lindsay Lohan, repeat offender

Image by Bill Robles / AP

10. Rodney King, police brutality victim who sparked Los Angeles riots

Image by Bill Robles / AP

11. Whitey Bulger, Boston mob boss

Image by Bill Robles / AP

12. Kevin Federline, ex-husband of Britney Spears

13. Paris Hilton, another repeat offender

Image by Bill Robles / AP

14. Robert Blake, acquitted murder suspect and actor

Image by Bill Robles / AP

15. The O.J. Simpson Jury

Bill Robles

16. Imelda Marcos, Filipino politician

Image by Bill Robles / AP

17. Chi Mak, engineer who conspired to export secret defense technology to China

18. Sohiel Omar Kabir, alleged terrorism plot ringleader

Bill Robles

19. Charles Manson, cult leader

On the cover of an upcoming book featuring Robles’ work.