Larry Hama

Larry Hama
Hama in his home office in late 2015
Born	(1949-06-07) June 7, 1949 (age 67) Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
Nationality	American
Area(s)	Writer, Penciller, Editor
Notable works	G.I. Joe Bucky O'Hare Wolverine

Larry Hama (born June 7, 1949, in Manhattan) is an American comic book writer, artist, actor, and musician who has worked in the fields of entertainment and publishing since the 1960s.

During the 1970s, he was seen in minor roles on the TV shows M*A*S*H and Saturday Night Live, and appeared on Broadway in two roles in the original 1976 production of Stephen Sondheim's Pacific Overtures.

He is best known to American comic book readers 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 toyline. He has also written for the series Wolverine, Nth Man: the Ultimate Ninja, and Elektra. He created the character Bucky O'Hare, which was developed into a comic book, a toy line and television cartoon.

Larry Hama was born June 7, 1949, in Manhattan. As a child growing up in Queens, Hama studied Kodokan Judo and later studied Kyūdō (Japanese archery) and Iaido (Japanese martial art swordsmanship). 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. He was in the same graduating class as Frank Brunner and Ralph Reese.