Rick Hoberg
Richard Renick Hoberg (; born June 7, 1952) is an American comics artist and animator. Newspaper strips. Hoberg began his career in comic books in the mid-1970s, working for Russ Manning on "Tarzan" comic books for overseas distribution (1975–1976) and later assisted Manning on the "Star Wars" comic strip (1979–1980). Hoberg also ghosted Sunday pages for Fred Kida on "The Amazing Spider-Man" strip (1981–1982). 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...?". 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". He was one of the contributors to the "DC Challenge" limited series in 1986. Writer Dennis Mallonee and Hoberg developed the format for Marvel's "Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe" series. 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 (1984–1986). 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 (1990–1991). 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. 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, Ruby-Spears, Filmation, Marvel Productions, Marvel Films, DIC Entertainment, Universal Studios, The Walt Disney Company, Cartoon Network, Film Roman, Warner Bros., and many other studios. Among the many animated series Hoberg has contributed to are "Godzilla", "Super Friends", "Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends", "The Incredible Hulk", "", "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". Other animation work includes "", "Ultimate Spider-Man", "", 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. He 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. Awards. Hoberg received an Inkpot Award in 1984.