Bob McLeod began his career working in the production department of
Marvel Comics in 1973 on a recommendation from
Neal Adams. He began penciling and inking for Marvel's
Crazy Magazine, doing several movie satires and the "Teen Hulk" strip. He was a member of The
Crusty Bunkers inkers while working at Adams'
Continuity Studios, and he became an inker at Marvel and
DC Comics on many series, including
The Incredible Hulk,
Conan the Barbarian,
Legion of Super Heroes,
Detective Comics,
Wonder Woman, and
The New Titans, as well as penciling
Star Wars and several
Spider-Man fill-ins for Marvel. McLeod drew the graphic novel and the first three issues of
New Mutants and
inked a number of subsequent issues. The graphic novel's production overlapped with his honeymoon. The title ended up missing its shipping slot because editor
Louise Simonson chose to keep her promise to McLeod that he could ink it himself. In a 2008 interview, McLeod looked back on
The New Mutants as "one of the most frustrating experiences of my career", recounting having to ink the graphic novel while on his honeymoon and later give up doing pencils on the regular series because he could not keep up with the monthly pace at the time and felt he was producing substandard work. In 1987, he inked
Mike Zeck's pencils on the "
Kraven's Last Hunt" storyline in the
Spider-Man titles. At DC Comics, he was the artist on Superman in
Action Comics in the early 1990s including the "Dark Knight Over Metropolis" story arc. McLeod helped writer Louise Simonson and artist
Jon Bogdanove launch a new Superman title,
Superman: The Man of Steel in July 1991. With writer
Roger Stern, McLeod contributed to such Superman tales as the 1991 story wherein Clark Kent finally revealed his identity as Superman to
Lois Lane and the "Panic in the Sky" crossover in 1992. There were several issues of
The Phantom comic book drawn by McLeod for the Swedish publisher
Egmont. He has written and illustrated a children's book,
Superhero ABC, which was published by HarperCollins in 2006 and received starred reviews from
School Library Journal and
ABA Booklist. He also edited
TwoMorrows Publishing's
Rough Stuff magazine which featured interviews and art by top creators in the comics field. McLeod also taught part-time at the
Pennsylvania College of Art and Design in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and currently works on various commercial projects. McLeod was the keynote speaker for the 2012
Inkwell Awards Awards Ceremony at
HeroesCon. In 2018, McLeod received the Inkwell Awards
Joe Sinnott Hall of Fame Award for his many years of inking. ==Bibliography==