Bill Oakley

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Bill Oakley (April 1, 1964 – February 16, 2004) was a comic book letterer. After learning his trade at the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art, he became employed at Marvel Comics under fellow letterer Jim Novak. His first work on the US Marvel Transformers series, and indeed some of his earliest work, was the fill-in issue "Plight of the Bumblebee!". Oakley continued to letter for Marvel, on titles such as Comet Man, The Avengers and various X-Men titles, and served as the primary letterer on The Transformers from #37 until #51. Working freelance, he also lettered for D.C., on Action Comics, Superman, and a whole host of other titles. He served as main letterer on The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. When he was stricken with cancer, he was forced to letter comics from his hospital bed to pay for his treatment, as the medical insurers refused to cover him.

He should not be confused with the Simpsons writer of the same name.

Lettering

• "Plight of the Bumblebee!"
• "Toy Soldiers!"
• "Trial by Fire!"
• "The Desert Island of Space!"
• "Pretender to the Throne!"
• "Totaled!"
• "People Power!"
• "The Cosmic Carnival"
• "Monstercon from Mars!"
• "Ca$h and Car-nage!"
• "Club Con!"
• "The Flames of Boltax!"
• "Cold War!"
• "The Man in the Machine!"

Gallery

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Extended Bill Oakley gallery

External links

• Bill Oakley's profile on Wikipedia
• Obituary thread on the Comicon forum