Larry Hama.

Larry Hama (born June 7, 1949) is a Japanese American writer, artist, actor and musician who has worked in the fields of entertainment and publishing since the 1960s. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 463 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1275 × 1650 pixel, file size: 190 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Template:Fairusein/Larry Hama This work is a copyrighted publicity photograph. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 463 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1275 × 1650 pixel, file size: 190 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Template:Fairusein/Larry Hama This work is a copyrighted publicity photograph. ... June 7 is the 158th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (159th in leap years), with 207 days remaining. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ... Serving from 1999 to 2003, Army General Eric Shinseki of Hawaii became the first Asian American military chief of staff. ...

He is best known as a writer and editor for Marvel Comics, where he wrote the licensed comic book series G.I. Joe, A Real American Hero!, based on the Hasbro action figures. He has also written for the series Wolverine, Nth Man: the Ultimate Ninja, and Elektra, and he created the character Bucky O'Hare, which was developed into a comic book, a toy line and a television cartoon. During the 1970s, he was seen in minor roles on the TV shows M*A*S*H and Saturday Night Live, and he appeared on Broadway in two different roles in the original 1976 production of Stephen Sondheim's Pacific Overtures. Marvel Comics (Stan Lee is behind many of the superheros) is an American comic book line published by Marvel Publishing, Inc. ... A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... 1960s Action Soldier Adventure Team circa 1973 G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero is a line of military-themed action figures produced by the toy company Hasbro. ... Hasbro (NYSE: HAS) is an American toy and game company. ... An action figure is a posable plastic figurine of an action hero, superhero or a character from a movie or television program. ... For other uses, see Wolverine (disambiguation). ... Elektra Natchios, usually known only by her first name Elektra, is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe. ... Bucky OHare and crew in the comic book (art by Michael Golden) Bucky OHare was created by comic writer Larry Hama in the late 1970s. ... A teddy bear A Toy is an object used in play. ... M*A*S*H was an American television series developed by Larry Gelbart and inspired by the 1961 novel Catch-22, the 1968 Richard Hooker novel M*A*S*H: A Novel About Three Army Doctors and its sequels; and—primarily—the 1970 film MASH. It is the most well... Saturday Night Live (SNL) is a weekly late night 90-minute American comedy-variety show based in New York City which has been broadcast live by NBC on Saturday nights since October 11, 1975. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Pacific Overtures was an ambitious 1976 musical by Stephen Sondheim, with a libretto by John Weidman, and additional material by Hugh Wheeler, set in 1853 Japan. ...

Early life and career

Larry Hama is a third-generation American, born in Manhattan, New York City, New York, and raised in Queens. He "played Kodokan Judo as a kid" and later studied Kyudo (Japanese archery) and Iaido (Japanese martial art swordsmanship) [1]. Planning to become a painter, Hama attended Manhattan's High School of Art and Design, where one instructor was former EC Comics artist Bernard Krigstein. Hama sold his first comics work to the fantasy film magazine Castle of Frankenstein when he was 16 years old. After high school, Hama took a job drawing shoes for catalogs, and then served in the United States Army Corps of Engineers from 1969 to 1971, during the Vietnam War, an experience that would inform his editing of the 1986-93 Marvel Comics series The 'Nam. Upon his discharge, Hama became active in the Asian community in New York City. Manhattan is a borough of New York City, USA, coterminous with New York County. ... New York, NY redirects here. ... NY redirects here. ... Queens Borough in New York City, in yellow Queens is one of the five boroughs of New York City, USA. Geographically the largest borough in the city, Queens is home to many immigrants and two of New Yorks major airports. ... The Kodokan Institute is the headquarters of the Judo World. ... Judo ), meaning gentle way, is a modern Japanese martial art (gendai budō) and combat sport, that originated in Japan in the late nineteenth century. ... A full draw, called kai. Kyūdō ), literally meaning way of the bow, is the Japanese art of archery. ... In Target Archery, the object is to hit targets such as this to score points. ... Respect shown to the sword (To-ne-rei) before and after practice. ... Budo (武道) is a term for Japanese martial arts. ... Swordsman redirects here. ... The High School of Art and Design is a Career and Technical Education high school located at 1075 Second Avenue, between 56th and 57th Streets in Manhattan, New York City, New York. ... Entertaining Comics was headed by William Gaines but is better known by its publishing name of EC Comics. ... Bernard Krigstein, or B. Krigstein, (1919–1990) was an American artist and illustrator best known for his groundbreaking work in comic books. ... For other definitions of fantasy see fantasy (psychology). ... Film is a term that encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture industry. ... Castle of Frankenstein was a fantasy film magazine, distributed by Kable News and published in New Jersey from 1962 to 1975 by Calvin Thomas Becks Gothic Castle Publishing Company. ... United States Army Corps of Engineers logo The United States Army Corps of Engineers, or USACE, is made up of some 34,600 civilian and 650 military men and women. ... Combatants Republic of Vietnam United States Republic of Korea Thailand Australia New Zealand The Philippines National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam Democratic Republic of Vietnam People’s Republic of China Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea Strength US 1,000,000 South Korea 300,000 Australia 48,000... The Nam was an historical fiction serial published in comic book form, detailing the U.S. War in Viet Nam from the perspective of active-duty soldiers involved in the conflict. ...

High-school classmate Ralph Reese, who had become an assistant to famed EC and Marvel artist Wally Wood, helped Hama get a similar job at Wood's Manhattan studio. Hama assisted on Wood's comic strips Sally Forth and Cannon, which originally ran in Military News and Overseas Weekly and were later collected in a series of books. During this time, he also had illustrations published in such magazines as Esquire and Rolling Stone, and he and Reese collaborated on art for a story in the underground comix-style humor magazine Drool #1 (1972). Through contacts made while working for Wood, Hama began working at comic-book and commercial artist Neal Adams' Continuity Associates studio; with other young contemporaries there, including Reese, Frank Brunner and Bernie Wrightson, Hama became part of the comic-book inking gang credited as the "Crusty Bunkers". His first known work as such is on the Alan Weiss-penciled "Slaves of the Mahars" in DC Comics' Weird Worlds #2 (November 1972). Ralph Reese is an American artist who attended the High School of Art and Design before beginning his art career as an assistant to Wally Wood during the mid-1960s. ... Wallace Wally Wood (born June 17, 1927, Menahga, Minnesota, United States; died November 2, 1981), was an American writer-artist best known for his work in EC Comics and Mad. ... Sally Forth is a comic strip created by Greg Howard in 1982. ... George Lois cover design for Esquire (May 1969) Esquire is a magazine for men owned by the Hearst Corporation. ... This article is about the magazine. ... Mr. ... Drawing is one way of making an image: it is the process of making marks on a surface by applying pressure from or moving a tool on the surface. ... Neal Adams (born June 6, 1941, Governors Island, Manhattan, New York City) is an American comic book and commercial artist best known for his highly naturalistic style of illustration. ... Continuity Comics was a short-lived independent comic book company formed by Neal Adams in the 1980s. ... American comic book artist, particularly known for his work at Marvel Comics in the 1970s. ... Swamp Thing, created by Bernie Wrightson. ... The inker is one of the two line artists in a traditional comic book, or graphic novel. ... This page may meet Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ... DC Comics is one of the largest American companies in comic book and related media publishing. ...

Hama began penciling for comics a year-and-a-half later, making an auspicious debut succeeding character co-creator Gil Kane on the feature "Iron Fist" in Marvel Premiere, taking over with the martial arts superhero's second appearance and his next three stories (#16-19, July-November 1974). He went on to freelance for start-up publisher Atlas/Seaboard (writing and penciling the first two issues of the sword & sorcery series Wulf the Barbarian, writing the premiere of the sci-fi/horror Planet of Vampires); some penciling work on the seminal independent comic book Big Apple Comix #1 (Sept. 1975); and two issues of the jungle-hero book Ka-Zar before beginning a long run at DC Comics. Showcase #22 (Oct. ... Iron Fist (also Daniel Danny Rand or Daniel Thomas Rand-Kai) is a fictional superhero martial artist in the Marvel Comics universe created by Roy Thomas and Gil Kane. ... Marvel Premiere is a comic book anthology series published by Marvel Comics. ... Hawaiian State Grappling Championships. ... For the Aqua Teen Hunger Force episode, see Super Hero (Aqua Teen Hunger Force episode). ... Atlas/Seaboard is the term that comic book historians and collectors use to refer to the short-lived line of comics published as Atlas Comics by Seaboard Periodicals, to differentiate it from Atlas Comics, a former name of Marvel Comics. ... In producing a comic book, the penciller (or penciler) draws the comic based on the script created by the writer. ... The Sword & Sorcery imprint is used by White Wolf to publish its d20 material. ... Sci-fi is an abbreviation for science fiction. ... Horror fiction is, broadly, fiction in any medium intended to scare, unsettle, or horrify the reader. ... Big Apple Comix is an early independent comic book published by Flo Steinberg in 1975. ... Ka-Zar (pronounced KAY-sar) is the name of two jungle-dwelling fictional characters, both published by Marvel Comics. ... DC Comics is one of the largest American companies in comic book and related media publishing. ...

There, Hama became an editor of the DC titles Wonder Woman, Mister Miracle, Super Friends, The Warlord, and the TV-series licensed property Welcome Back, Kotter from 1977-78, then joined Marvel as an editor in 1980. Wonder Woman is a fictional DC Comics superheroine co-created by William Moulton Marston and wife Elizabeth Holloway Marston. ... Mister Miracle is a DC Comics superhero created by Jack Kirby, originally as part of The Fourth World series of titles. ... The title card for the first Super Friends series. ... The Warlord was a sword and sorcery comic book published by DC Comics from 1976 - 1989. ... It has been suggested that List of Welcome Back, Kotter Episodes be merged into this article or section. ...

G.I. Joe

"Silent Interlude" from G.I. Joe #21 (March 1984). Art by Larry Hama (breakdowns) and Steve Leialoha (finishes).

Page two. In 2002, Marvel would publish a month of such pantomime comics, as "'Nuff Said".

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Hama had recently pitched a series, Fury Force (also in the ToyFare interview)^{[citation needed]}, about a daring special mission force. Hama used this concept as the back-story for G.I. Joe. He included military terms and strategies, Eastern philosophy, martial arts and historical references from his own background. Hama also wrote the majority of the G.I. Joe action figures' file cards [2] — short biographical sketches designed to be clipped from the G.I. Joe and COBRA cardboard packaging. This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Many G.I. Joe action figures came with file cards printed at the back of the cardboard they came with. ... The Cobra Organization (officially called Cobra Command) is the fictional nemesis of the G.I. Joe team, and part of a line of action figures sold by Hasbro, G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero. ...

Many of the characters were named after Hama's family, friends, and comrades who died during the Vietnam War, or otherwise had hidden historical references. The Arctic trooper Frostbite was given the name Farley Seward in reference to United States Secretary of State William H. Seward, known for Seward's Folly, the then-infamous purchase of Alaska from Imperial Russia in 1867. Quick Kick, G.I. Joe's Japanese-American martial arts expert, was named "MacArthur S. Ito" after U.S. World War II Gen. Douglas MacArthur and Japanese Lt.-Gen. Takeo Ito, who was convicted of war crimes and sentenced to death in 1946. Other characters were given tongue-in-cheek names: Hovercraft pilot Cutter is Skip A. Stone, named after the pastime of stone skipping. The red line indicates the 10°C isotherm in July, commonly used to define the Arctic region border Satellite image of the Arctic surface The Arctic is the region around the Earths North Pole, opposite the Antarctic region around the South Pole. ... Seal of the United States Department of State. ... William Henry Seward, Sr. ... The Alaska Purchase from Russia by the United States occurred in 1867 at the behest of Secretary of State William Seward. ... Official language(s) English Capital Juneau Largest city Anchorage Area  Ranked 1st  - Total 663,267 sq mi (1,717,855 km²)  - Width 808 miles (1,300 km)  - Length 1,479 miles (2,380 km)  - % water 13. ... Imperial Russia is the term used to cover the period of history from the expansion of Russia under Peter the Great, through the expansion of the Russian Empire from the Baltic Sea to the Pacific Ocean, to the deposal of Nicholas II of Russia, the last tsar, at the start... Hawaiian State Grappling Championships. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Douglas MacArthur (January 26, 1880 - April 5, 1964), was an American general who played a prominent role in the Pacific theater of World War II. He was poised to command the invasion of Japan in November 1945 but was instead instructed to accept their surrender on September 2, 1945. ... Lieutenant-General Takeo Itō, a World War II Japanese infantry officer convicted of war crimes, was born in Fukuoka, Japan. ... BHC SR-N4 The worlds largest car and passenger carrying hovercraft A hovercraft, or air-cushion vehicle (ACV), is a vehicle or craft that can be supported by a cushion of air ejected downwards against a surface close below it, and can in principle travel over any relatively smooth... Stone skipping is a pastime which involves throwing a stone with a flattened surface across a lake or other body of water. ...

Hama earned an unexpected female following for G.I. Joe by writing strong female characters (Cover Girl, Lady Jaye, Scarlett) who fought equally along their male counterparts.[3] The title was also praised for unusually positive representations of minorities in a children's series for the time. Cover Girl, depicted by Tim Seeley of Devils Due Publishing Courtney A. Krieger, better known as Cover Girl, is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero themed toy line of the 1980s, appearing in both the comic books and the cartoons. ... Flint & Lady Jaye Lady Jaye is the code name of Corporal Allison R. Hart-Burnett, a fictional character in the G.I. Joe animated and comic book series of the 1980s. ... Scarlett: counter-intelligence operative and martial artist Scarlett (aka Agent Scarlett) is a fictional main character in the G.I. Joe series and is generally regarded as its leading lady. ...

Hasbro sculptors sometimes used real people's likenesses when designing its action figures. In 1987, Hasbro released the Tunnel Rat[4] action figure. The character is an Explosive Ordnance Disposal specialist, whose likeness was based on Hama. [5] Tunnel Rat is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe series. ... Bomb disposal is the process by which hazardous devices are rendered safe. ...

Other works

From 1986-93, Hama edited the acclaimed comic book The 'Nam, a gritty Marvel series about the Vietnam War. Additionally, he wrote the 16-issue Marvel series Nth Man: the Ultimate Ninja (August 1989 - September 1990), concerning the adventures of John Doe, an American ninja and Special Forces commando in an alternate reality in which World War III is sparked after the world's nuclear weapons stockpiles are all destroyed. Hama also edited a relaunch of Marvel's black-and-white comics magazine Savage Tales, overseeing its change from sword-and-sorcery to men's adventure. The Nam was an historical fiction serial published in comic book form, detailing the U.S. War in Viet Nam from the perspective of active-duty soldiers involved in the conflict. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... For other uses, see Commando (disambiguation). ... Parallel universe or alternate reality in science fiction and fantasy is a self-contained separate reality coexisting with our own. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Savage tales is the title of a black and white magazine-sized comic book anthology series published by Marvel Comics. ... This article is about a fantasy sub-genre. ... The March, 1963 cover of For Men Only promises, among other things, a tale of Swastika Slave Girls in Argentinas No-Escape Brothel Camp! Mens adventure is a genre of pulp magazines that had its heyday in the 1950s and early 1960s. ...

Other comics Hama has written include Wolverine, Before the Fantastic Four: Ben Grimm and Logan, and the X-Men brand extension Generation X for Marvel; and Batman stories for DC Comics. He wrote filecards for Hasbro's line of sci-fi/police action figures, C.O.P.S. n' Crooks and contributed to the relaunch of the G.I. Joe toy line and comic book in 2000. For other uses, see Wolverine (disambiguation). ... The X-Men are a group of comic book superheroes featured in Marvel Comics. ... Generation X was a Marvel Comics superhero team, a 1990s-era X-Men junior team. ... Batman (originally referred to as the Bat-Man and still referred to at times as the Batman) is a DC Comics fictional superhero who first appeared in Detective Comics #27 in May 1939. ... DC Comics is one of the largest American companies in comic book and related media publishing. ... C.O.P.S ’n’ Crooks was a line of action figures produced by Hasbro and sold between 1988 and 1989. ...

While working at Neal Adams' Continuity Associates, Hama developed a series he first created in 1978, Bucky O'Hare, the story of a green anthropomorphic rabbit and his mutant mammal sidekicks in an intergalactic war against space amphibians, which went on to become a comic, cartoon, video game and toy line. Bucky OHare and crew in the comic book (art by Michael Golden) Bucky OHare was created by comic writer Larry Hama in the late 1970s. ... An anthropomorphic character; a cat ascribed human characteristics. ... Genera Pentalagus Bunolagus Nesolagus Romerolagus Brachylagus Sylvilagus Oryctolagus Poelagus Rabbits are small mammals in the family Leporidae of the order Lagomorpha, found in several parts of the world. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into mutation. ... Subclasses Allotheria* Order Multituberculata (extinct) Order Volaticotheria (extinct) Order Palaeoryctoides (extinct) Order Triconodonta (extinct) Order Docodonta (extinct) Prototheria Order Monotremata Theria Infraclass Trituberculata (extinct) Infraclass Marsupialia Infraclass Eutheria The mammals are the class of vertebrate animals characterized by the production of milk in females for the nourishment of young, from... Don Quixote and Sancho Panza unsuccessfully confront windmills. ...

In the mid-1990s, he wrote the graphic novel adaptation of Harold Coyle's novel Team Yankee, about the beginning of a third world war in Western Europe.

In 2006, Osprey Publishing announced that Hama would write its "Osprey Graphic History" series of comic books about historical battles, including the titles The Bloodiest Day - Battle of Antietam and Surprise Attack - Battle of Shiloh (both with artist Scott Moore) and Island of Terror - Battle of Iwo Jima (with Anthony Williams). That same year, Hama returned to his signature characters with the Devils Due Publishing miniseries G.I.Joe Declassified, which chronicled the recruitment of the squad's first members by General Hawk. In May 2007, a regular ongoing series written by Hama and entitled Storm Shadow will come out. One of the Men-at-Arms Series. ... Combatants United States of America Confederate States of America Commanders George B. McClellan Robert E. Lee Strength 87,000 45,000 Casualties 12,401 (2,108 killed, 9,540 wounded, 753 captured/missing) 10,316 (1,546 killed, 7,752 wounded, 1,018 captured/missing) The Battle of Wyatt (also... Combatants United States of America Confederate States of America Commanders Ulysses S. Grant, Don Carlos Buell Albert Sidney Johnston â€ , P.G.T. Beauregard Strength Army of West Tennessee (48,894), Army of the Ohio (17,918) Army of Mississippi (44,699) Casualties 13,047: 1,754 killed, 8,408 wounded... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Combatants United States Empire of Japan Commanders Holland Smith Tadamichi Kuribayashi â€  Strength 110,000 22,000 Casualties 4,197 killed in action,[1] 19,189 wounded,[1] 1,401 died of wounds,[1] 494 missing[1] 20,703 killed,[1] 216 captured[1] The Battle of Iwo Jima was fought... Anthony Williams is a Welsh comic book artist. ... Devils Due Publishing company logo. ... Storm Shadow is an Anglo-French air-launched cruise missile, manufactured by MBDA and used by Britain, France, and Italy. ...

As of 2005, Hama is married and has a teenage daughter.

References

• JoeBattlelines.com: JBL Interview with Larry Hama, Part One (2006)
• Audio interview with Larry Hama from the Comic Book Haters podcast (2006)
• Hama Talks: G.I. Joe: Declassified by Dave Richards
• Comics Interview #37 (month n.a., 1986): Larry Hama interview
• JoeGuide.com: 1998 Larry Hama interview
• UnderGroundOnline.com: Larry Hama interview