Bill Vallely | |
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Born | September 24, 1952 |
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]
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My name is Bill Vallely, and I've written an episode of "Star Trek: Voyager" and about a billion comics.