Robert Q. Atkins, also known as "Professor Addy" or "Ratkins", is an American comics artist.

Atkins graduated from Jacksonville High School in Jacksonville, Illinois, and has attended Illinois State University, where he acquired a bachelor's degree in fine arts; attended MacMurray College, and then went on to the Savannah College of Art and Design, where he earned an MFA in Sequential Art.

[1][3] Additionally, he was the art director for the video game Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K.

[5] He has also created packaging artwork for Nerf Blaster Zombie Strike and Hot Wheels toy cars.

[1] Atkins says he started reading comic books in high school, and he appreciates the "freedom he gets as an artist".