Born on January 4th, 1967 in Seoul, Korea, Bob relocated to the USofA after only a few
weeks. Bob soon discovered comics and became a 'Marvel zombie' at the age of nine.
This led to the never-ending accumulation of a vast comic book collection but, most
notably, the success at eventually acquiring the entire run of AVENGERS, inspired by the
art of George Perez. This work motivated him to learn the craft and develop the skills of
sequential art storytelling with the goal of becoming a professional comic book artist.
Bob, his brother Mike, and his friends, all of whom shared a similar interest, formed the
homemade 'Torpedo Comics' which allowed them the practice necessary in the early
years, lasting until the sophomore year of high school, when life REALLY got in the way.
Bob later attended UMass Dartmouth taking up illustration as his major. After scoring
well on his senior project, a sci-fi/ fantasy/ horroranthology told with sequential art
storytelling as a graphic novel, Bob graduated(and got married!) in 1990 with a BFA in
Illustration. After two years of collecting numerous rejection letters for his pencilling and
inking samples, Bob broke into the biz professionally thanks to the efforts of Bernie
Wrightson and Jim Starlin. After several years of attending the annual Wrightson
Halloween bash(a tradition begun after interviewing Bernie over the phone for a college
project and being invited to attend)Bob had displayed his inking samples to Jim, Bernie's
pal, and Jim convinced his editor to hire Bob as Terry Austin's! replacement on
WARLOCK AND THE INFINITY WATCH in 1992.
After two years on his first comic title Bob moved on to other projects and has done
work in some capacity at Marvel every year since. He has also had runs on various titles
working for the likes of Penny-Farthing Press, Malibu, First Salvo, Wildstorm, and Acclaim
Comics as well as occasional projects for DC Comics and other publishers
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