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

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and animator.

Newspaper strips

Hoberg began his career in

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s in the mid-1970s, working for

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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

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on ''

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'' strip (1981–1982).

Comic books

Between 1977 and 1979, Hoberg contributed artwork for

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' ''The Invaders'', ''

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'', '' Savage Sword of Conan'', '' Star Wars'', and '' What If...?''. In the 1980s, Hoberg mainly drew for such

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titles as ''

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'', '' Batman'', '' The Brave and the Bold'', '' Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew!'', '' Checkmate'', '' Green Arrow'', ''

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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

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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

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

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

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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,

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, Marvel Productions, Marvel Films,

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, Cartoon Network, Film Roman,

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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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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero'', '' Jem'', ''

Defenders of the Earth ''Defenders of the Earth'' is an American animated television series produced in 1986, featuring characters from three comic strips distributed by King Features Syndicate—Flash Gordon, The Phantom, Mandrake the Magician, and Mandrake's assistan ...

'', ''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, ''

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''. 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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'' 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

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

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'' #267 (1984) * '' The Brave and the Bold'' #198–199 (1983) * '' Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew!'' #11, 15–20 (1983) * '' Checkmate'' #13, 16, 19 (1989) * '' DC Challenge'' #8 (1986) * '' DC Comics Presents'' #61, 86 (1983–1985) * '' Detective Comics'' #773–775 (2002) * '' Green Arrow'' #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) * '' New Gods'' vol. 3 #16, 19–22, 26–28 (1990–1991) * ''

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'' #1–4 (1988) * ''

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'' vol. 2 #1–3 (1992)

Disney Comics

* '' Roger Rabbit'' #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

* ''

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/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) * '' Strangers'' #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) * '' Iron Man'' #209 (1986) * ''

'' #21 (1977) * '' Savage Sword of Conan'' #23 (1977) * ''

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'' vol. 2 #39 (2007) * '' Star Wars'' #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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Rick Hoberg
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