Bob Hall (comics)

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.

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

  • Batman #559 (1998)
  • Batman: DOA #1 (1999)
  • Batman: I, Joker #1 (1998)
  • Batman: Joker Time #1–3 (2000)
  • Chase #5 (1998)
  • House of Mystery #296 (1981)
  • Weird War Tales #100, 103, 108–109 (1981–1982)

Marvel Comics

Valiant Comics

  • Armed and Dangerous #1–4 (1996)
  • Armed and Dangerous Hell's Slaughterhouse #1–4 (1996–1997)
  • Shadowman #0, 10–12, 14-16, 19, 22, 26–43 (1993–1995)
  • Bob Hall at Comicvine
  • Bob Hall at Mike's Amazing World of Comics
  • Bob Hall at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators

References

  1. John Jackson Miller. Comics Industry Birthdays Comics Buyer's Guide, June 10, 2005, retrieved December 12, 2010^
  2. Bob Hall. Comics Work BobHall.com, 2009, retrieved February 5, 2012^
  3. Bob Hall Lambiek Comiclopedia, December 23, 2006, retrieved February 4, 2012^
  4. Bob Hall at the Grand Comics Database^
  5. Karen Walker. 'We'll Keep on Fighting 'Til the End': The Story of the Champions Back Issue!, TwoMorrows Publishing, July 2013^
  6. Lex Carson. Bring Together the Bad Guys: Super-Villain Team-Up Back Issue!, TwoMorrows Publishing, August 2013^
  7. Michael Aushenker. That Other Spider-Man Title...Marvel Team-Up Offered an Alternative Spidey Experience Back Issue!, TwoMorrows Publishing, August 2013^
  8. Matthew K. Manning. Spider-Man Chronicle Celebrating 50 Years of Web-Slinging Dorling Kindersley, 2012^
  9. {{gcdb|type=editor|search= Bob+Hall|title= Bob Hall (editor)}}^
  10. Bob Hall. Theatre Work BobHall.com, 2009, retrieved February 5, 2012^
  11. "Bullpen Bulletins" Marvel Team-Up #69 (May 1978).^