Richard Renick Hoberg (; born June 7, 1952) is an American

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and

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Newspaper strips

Hoberg began his career in

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s in the mid-1970s, working for Russ Manning on ''

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'' 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 ''

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'' strip (1981–1982).

Comic books

Between 1977 and 1979, Hoberg contributed artwork for

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' ''The Invaders'', '' Kull the Destroyer'', '' Savage Sword of Conan'', ''

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'', and '' What If...?''. In the 1980s, Hoberg mainly drew for such

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titles as ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', 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 ''

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'' 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

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(1984–1986). In the 1990s, Hoberg spent a long stint as the penciller on ''

''. With writer

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, Hoberg co-created '' The Strangers'' for

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and penciled the title from 1993 to 1995. Hoberg also penciled select issues of DC's ''

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'' in 1990–1991 and ''Roger Rabbit'' for

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(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

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Ruby-Spears Ruby-Spears Productions (also known as Ruby-Spears Enterprises) was an American entertainment production company founded by veteran writers and '' Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!'' creators, Joe Ruby and Ken Spears, in 1977, before closing in 1996. S ...

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, and many other studios. Among the many animated series Hoberg has contributed to are ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends'', '' The Incredible Hulk'', '' G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero'', '' 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 '' Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes'', ''

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'', '' 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 ''

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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

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for ''

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''.

Education

Hoberg received a

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from the

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Awards

Hoberg received an

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in 1984.

Bibliography

Acclaim Comics

* ''Bar Sinister'' #1–4 (1995)

Dark Horse Comics

* ''Classic Star Wars: A New Hope'' #2 (1994) * ''Classic Star Wars: The Early Adventures'' #4–5, 9 (1994–1995)

DC Comics

* ''

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'' #572 (1985) * ''

'' #16–18, 31–35, 38–39, 57, ''Annual'' #3 (1982–1986) * ''

'' #380–382, 384–385 (1985) * '' Batman and the Outsiders Annual'' #1 (1984) * '' Batman: Family'' #1–6, 8 (2002–2003) * '' Blackhawk'' #267 (1984) * ''

'' #198–199 (1983) * ''

'' #11, 15–20 (1983) * ''

'' #13, 16, 19 (1989) * '' DC Challenge'' #8 (1986) * ''

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'' #61, 86 (1983–1985) * ''

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'' #773–775 (2002) * ''

'' #37–38, 44–45, 49–50, 53–60, 63–66, 69–72, 75–78 (1990–1993) * ''

'' #162–163 (1983) * '' Justice League of America Annual'' #1, 3 (1983–1985) * ''

'' vol. 3 #16, 19–22, 26–28 (1990–1991) * '' Power Girl'' #1–4 (1988) * ''

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'' vol. 2 #1–3 (1992)

Disney Comics

* ''

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'' #1–3 (1990) * ''Roger Rabbit's Toontown'' #3 (1991)

Eclipse Comics

* '' The New DNAgents'' #11 (1986) * ''Surge'' #1–2, 4 (1984–1985) * ''Three Dimensional DNAgents'' #1 (1986)

Heroic Publishing

* '' Champions/Flare Adventures'' #11 (1993) * ''Eternity Smith'' #1–9 (1987–1988) * ''

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'' #5 (1991)

Malibu Comics

* ''Night Man: The Pilgrim Conundrum Saga'' #1 (1995) * ''

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'' #1–8, 10–12, 14–18, 23–24 (1993–1995) * ''Strangers: The Pilgrim Conundrum Saga'' #1 (1995) * ''Ultraverse Premiere'' #0 (1993)

Marvel Comics

* '' Invaders'' #35 (1978) * ''

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'' #209 (1986) * '' Kull the Destroyer'' #21 (1977) * '' Savage Sword of Conan'' #23 (1977) * ''

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'' vol. 2 #39 (2007) * ''

'' #6 (1977) * '' What If...?'' #6–7, 10, 16 (1977–1979)

Renegade Press

* ''Eternity Smith'' #1–5 (1986–1987)

References

External links

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