Roger Slifer
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| Roger Slifer | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Writer, Editor, Letterer, Colourist |
Notable works | Omega Men |
Roger Slifer is a writer of comic books, animation, and video games, well-known for a run on Omega Men in the 1980s.
Biography
Slifer started out in comics as an editor at Marvel Comics where he also wrote a number of comic books.
He moved over to DC Comics in the early 1980s and, while working on Omega Men, Slifer co-created the alien mercenary anti-hero Lobo with artist Keith Giffen.
In the mid-eighties, he was Sunbow's supervising producer, story editor and writer for the animated television program Jem and the Holograms. He also produced and story edited many other animated series including G.I. Joe Extreme, Transformers, Street Fighter, Conan, the Adventurer, and Bucky O'Hare. He also co-produced the first season of Yu-Gi-Oh in the United States.
Recognition
An obscure Ghost Rider foe named Inferno (real name Slifer) and the Yu-Gi-Oh! God Card, Slifer the Sky Dragon are named after him (this is parrodied in "Yu-gi-oh the Abridged Series" as the name of the card is changed to "Slifer the Executive Producer".) [1]
- ^ Yugioh Wikia, "Slifer the Sky Dragon" is called "Slifer the Executive Producer", a jab at Slifer's English name being derived from 4Kids executive Roger Slifer.