Walt Simonson

Walter Simonson born September 2 1946 is an American comic book writer and artist best known for a run on Marvel Comics Thor from 1983 to 1987 during which he created the character Beta Ray Bill He is also known for the creatorowned work Star Slammers which he inaugurated in 1972 as a Rhode Island School of Design thesis He has also worked on other Marvel titles such as XFactor and Fantastic Four on DC Comics books including Detective Comics Manhunter Metal Men and Orion and on licensed properties such as Star Wars Alien Battlestar Galactica and Robocop vs Terminator Simonson has won numerous awards for his work and has influenced artists such as Arthur Adams and Todd McFarlane He is married to comics writer Louise Simonson with whom he collaborated as a penciller on XFactor from 1986 to 1989 Description above from the Wikipedia article Walter Simonson licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia