Bob Hall (comics)

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Bob Hall
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Hall at GalaxyCon Richmond in 2026
BornRobert Hall
(1944-10-16) October 16, 1944 (age 81)
AreaWriter, Penciller, Editor
Notable works
Shadowman
West Coast Avengers
http://www.bobhall.com

Robert "Bob" Hall (born 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.

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Biography

Education

Hall studied theatre at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, where he earned a bachelor's and master's degree. [2] Moving to New York City in the early 1970s, he took courses at John Buscema's school of comic art and The New School. [3]

Comics

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.

Theatre

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]

Personal life

Hall resides in Lincoln, Nebraska. [10] He has previously lived in England and Ireland. [3]

Bibliography

DC Comics

Marvel Comics

Valiant Comics

References

  1. ↑ Miller, John Jackson (June 10, 2005). "Comics Industry Birthdays". Comics Buyer's Guide . Iola, Wisconsin. Archived from the original on February 18, 2011. Retrieved December 12, 2010.
  2. ↑ Hall, Bob (2009). "Comics Work". BobHall.com. Archived from the original on August 18, 2013. Retrieved February 5, 2012.
  3. 1 2 "Bob Hall". Lambiek Comiclopedia. December 23, 2006. Archived from the original on September 24, 2012. Retrieved February 4, 2012.
  4. ↑ Bob Hall at the Grand Comics Database
  5. ↑ Walker, Karen (July 2013). "'We'll Keep on Fighting 'Til the End': The Story of the Champions". Back Issue! (65). Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing: 20–23.
  6. ↑ Carson, Lex (August 2013). "Bring Together the Bad Guys: Super-Villain Team-Up". Back Issue! (66). Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing: 40–41.
  7. ↑ Aushenker, Michael (August 2013). "That Other Spider-Man Title...Marvel Team-Up Offered an Alternative Spidey Experience". Back Issue! (66). Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing: 20–22.
  8. ↑ Manning, Matthew K. (2012). "1970s". In Gilbert, Laura (ed.). Spider-Man Chronicle Celebrating 50 Years of Web-Slinging. London, United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. p. 104. ISBN   978-0756692360. 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.
  9. ↑ Bob Hall (editor) at the Grand Comics Database
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Hall, Bob (2009). "Theatre Work". BobHall.com. Archived from the original on November 14, 2012. Retrieved February 5, 2012.
  11. ↑ "Bullpen Bulletins" Marvel Team-Up #69 (May 1978).