Bill Vallely

Bill Vallely
Born September 24, 1952 (1952-09-24) (age 59)
Occupation Comic book/television writer

Bill Vallely (born September 24, 1952[1]) is a professional illustrator and writer that has spent twenty years working mostly as a freelance artist. He has worked in various media, including comics, animation, documentaries, text books and script writing.[2]

He has written and drawn for many comic books including for Marvel Comics,[3] DC Comics, Valiant Comics, Omni Comix, Archie Comics, Harvey Comics, Hanna Barbera,[4] and Nintendo Comics System.[5][6] He has illustrated children's books for Laredo Press,[7] and worked on several animated children's television programs including Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers, The Smurfs, Bad Dog, and Tricksters.[4]

He wrote and created medical illustrations for documentaries on Lifetime Television, wrote science text books for children with Inkwell Press, and designed sets for National Touring Companies of Lincoln Center.[4] He was also responsible for co-writing the script of the episode "Tinker, Tenor, Doctor, Spy" of Star Trek: Voyager.[1][8] He additionally worked on some episodes of Brotherly Love and My Wife and Kids with his brother Jim Vallely.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Bill Vallely at the Internet Movie Database
  2. ^ Vallely, Bill. "Comic Book Creator: Make your own comic". Archived from the original on 2007-10-13. http://web.archive.org/web/20071013070024/http://mycomicbookcreator.com/tutorials/. Retrieved 2007-10-24. 
  3. ^ "Marvel Saga, The #1". The Grand Comics Database Project. 1985. http://www.comics.org/details.lasso?id=211524. Retrieved 2007-10-24. "Marvel; Bill Vallely (Design) (Script)" 
  4. ^ a b c "About the Art Director". North County Humane Society. Archived from the original on 2008-05-10. http://web.archive.org/web/20080510173313/http://www.nchumane.org/games/spaynow/info.html. Retrieved 2008-08-31. 
  5. ^ "Super Mario Bros. #2". The Grand Comics Database Project. 1990. http://www.comics.org/details.lasso?id=293773. "The Kingdom Enquirer ... Credits: Bill Vallely ... Koopa's High School Yearbook ... Credits: Bill Vallely" 
  6. ^ "Nintendo Comics System - Super Mario Bros.". http://www.trsrockin.com/ncs_smb.html. Retrieved 2007-08-31. 
  7. ^ Annette Sultemeier; Bill Vallely (1998). Miss Molly's Secret Adventure. Laredo Pub Co. ISBN 0966242602. 
  8. ^ "Hollywood". Vallely Genealogy. January 2004. http://www.vallely.com/hollywood.htm. Retrieved 2007-08-31. "My name is Bill Vallely, and I've written an episode of "Star Trek: Voyager" and about a billion comics."