| Bob Hall | |
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 Bob Hall in 2023 | |
| Born | Robert Hall October 16, 1944 |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Writer, Penciller, Editor |
Notable works | Shadowman West Coast Avengers |
| http://www.bobhall.com | |
Robert "Bob" Hall (October 16, 1944) [1] is an American comics artist and writer as well as a playwright and theatre director. He is the co-creator of the West Coast Avengers for Marvel Comics and has worked on such series as Armed and Dangerous and Shadowman , which he both drew and wrote for Valiant Comics.
Hall studied theater at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and earned a bachelor's and master's degree there. [2] Moving to New York in the early 1970s, he took courses at John Buscema's school of comic art and The New School. [3]
Hall began working in the comics industry in 1974 and drew horror stories for Charlton Comics. [4] He soon moved to Marvel Comics and drew The Champions [5] and Super-Villain Team-Up . [6] Hall and writer Chris Claremont collaborated on Marvel Team-Up #74 (October 1978) which featured Spider-Man meeting the cast of NBC's Saturday Night Live [7] [8] Hall briefly worked as an editor for Marvel from 1978 to 1979 [9] under Jim Shooter. Hall later joined Shooter as a writer and penciler at Valiant Comics.
Hall was co-founder of the New Rude Mechanicals, a New York City-based off-off-Broadway theatre company. [10]
In the late 1970s, he co-wrote the script and co-created the set designs for the stage play The Passion of Dracula, [11] which ran for two years off-Broadway in New York City, as well as in London. [10] The Passion of Dracula also screened on Showtime. [10]
Hall is the artistic director of the Flatwater Shakespeare Company of Lincoln, Nebraska, an organization he founded. [10] Previously, he was artistic director of the Nebraska Repertory Theatre [10] for six years, and in 2008 was artistic director of Lincoln's Haymarket Theatre. [10]
Hall resides in Lincoln, Nebraska. [10] He has previously lived in England and Ireland. [3]
The web-slinger found himself sharing the stage with a cast who had dressed as super-heroes to attack the [Silver] Samurai's gang in this quirky tale written by Chris Claremont and penciled by Bob Hall.
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