Rick Hoberg

Rick Hoberg
Born Richard Renick Hoberg
(1952-06-07) June 7, 1952
Belton, Texas
Nationality American
Area(s) Penciler
Notable works
 Green Arrow
The Strangers
Awards Inkpot Award (1984)

Rick Hoberg (born June 7, 1952 in Belton, Texas) is an award-winning American comic book artist and animator.

Newspaper strips

Hoberg began his career in the mid-1970s, working in comic books, for Russ Manning on Tarzan comic books for overseas distribution (1975–1976) and later assisted Manning on the Star Wars comic strip (1979–1980).[1] Hoberg also ghosted Sunday pages for Fred Kida on the Spider-Man strip (1981–82).

Comic books

Between 1977 and 1979, Hoberg contributed artwork for Marvel Comics' The Invaders, Kull the Destroyer, Savage Sword of Conan, Star Wars, and What If...?.[1] In the 1980s, Hoberg mainly drew for such DC Comics titles as All-Star Squadron, Batman, The Brave and the Bold, Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew!, Checkmate, Green Arrow, Green Lantern, and Justice League of America Annual.[2] Writer Dennis Mallonee and Hoberg developed the format for Marvel's Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe series.[3] They later co-created Eternity Smith, and from 1986 to 1988 Hoberg penciled that title, first for Renegade Press and then for Hero Comics. Hoberg also worked on DNAgents and Surge at Eclipse Comics (1984–86).[1][2]

In the 1990s, Hoberg spent a long stint as the penciller on Green Arrow. With writer Steve Englehart, Hoberg co-created The Strangers for Malibu Comics and penciled the title from 1993–1995. Hoberg also penciled select issues of DC's New Gods in 1990–1991 and Roger Rabbit for Disney (1990–91).[2] Since the mid-1990s, Hoberg's comics work has been sporadic.

In 2002-2003, Hoberg worked with Stefano Gaudiano on the art for the Batman Family series for DC Comics.[4]

Animation

Besides his comics work, Hoberg has been active in animation since 1978 as a storyboard artist, model designer, and layout man for Hanna-Barbera,[1] Ruby Spears, Filmation, Marvel Productions, Marvel Films, Dic, Universal, Disney, Cartoon Network, Film Roman, Warner Bros, and many other studios. Among the many animated series Hoberg has contributed to are Godzilla, Superfriends, Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends, The Incredible Hulk, G.I. Joe, Jem, Defenders Of The Earth, Spider-Man, Justice League, X-Men, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Hoberg also served as a director/producer for Marvel Productions, where he co-created the first X-Men cartoon, Pryde of the X-Men. Recent animation work includes Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, Ultimate Spider-Man, War of the Worlds: Goliath, and Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H..

Live action

Hoberg has done some live action film work as well on movies such as Cyborg, and TV miniseries like Stephen King's It.

Other projects

In addition, Hoberg has drawn line artwork for the official Star Wars style guide for Lucasfilm over the years.[1]

Hoberg is currently the Lead Cinematic Storyboard Artist at 343 Industries for Halo.

Education

Hoberg received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, Irvine.[1]

Bibliography

Dark Horse Comics

DC Comics

Malibu Comics

Marvel Comics

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Rick Hoberg". Lambiek Comiclopedia. May 23, 2008. Archived from the original on September 19, 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 Rick Hoberg at the Grand Comics Database
  3. ↑ Offenberger, Rik (May 2, 2010). "Publisher Profile: Heroic Publishing’s Dennis Mallonee". Firstcomicsnews. Archived from the original on April 9, 2012. Rick Hoberg and I had been working under license from Marvel to put together an illustrated history of the Marvel Universe (which was much less complex in the late 1970s), but for various reasons that project never came together.
  4. ↑ Manning, Matthew K.; Dougall, Alastair, ed. (2014). "2000s". Batman: A Visual History. Dorling Kindersley. p. 263. ISBN 978-1465424563. After teasing the character Tracker in Detective Comics #773 (October 2002), and Bugg in Detective Comics #774, writer John Francis Moore and artists Rick Hoberg and Stefano Gaudiano launched this eight-issue miniseries.

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Preceded by
Richard Howell and Mike Machlan		 All-Star Squadron artist
1984 		Succeeded by
Arvell Jones
Preceded by
Shawn McManus		 Green Arrow artist
1991–1993 		Succeeded by
Bill Marimon
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