Rick Hoberg

Richard Renick Hoberg (; born June 7, 1952) is an American comics artist and animator.

Newspaper strips Hoberg began his career in comic books in the mid-1970s, working for Russ Manning on Tarzan 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 Fred Kida on The Amazing Spider-Man strip (1981–1982). 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 Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe series. They later co-created Eternity Smith, and from 1986 to 1988 Hoberg penciled that title, first for Renegade Press and then for Hero Comics. Hoberg also worked on DNAgents and Surge at Eclipse Comics (1984–1986).

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,

Live action Hoberg has done some live action film work as well on movies such as Cyborg 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.