Roger Slifer
Roger Slifer (born November 11, 1954 - March 30, 2015 ) was an American comic book writer . He was best known as co-creator of the cartoon character Lobo .
Life and work
Slifer began working as a full-time comic book writer in the 1970s. During these years he wrote, among other things, for the superhero comic Iron Man appearing at Marvel Comics , before moving to Marvel's rival publisher DC-Comics in the early 1980s .
At DC Comics, Slifer wrote stories for the science fiction series Omega Men, among other things . During this time, together with his illustrator and co-author Keith Giffen , he created - in Omega Men # 3 - the figure of the antihero Lobo, who turned out to be so popular that those responsible at DC Comics made it the title hero of their own comics and web cartoons did. Slifer's popularity as a science fiction author was later reflected in the character Slifer the sky dragon named after him in the famous trading card game Yu-Gi-Oh! low. Since the mid-1980s Slifer worked for television, where he wrote stories for the children's series Jem and the Holograms , among other things .
In June 2012, Slifer was hit by a car in Santa Monica and suffered serious injuries from which he did not recover until his death.
Web links
- Roger Slifer in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Slifer, Roger |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American comic book writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 11, 1954 |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 30, 2015 |