Over his long career, Norem also illustrated covers for novels and gaming books, as well as movie posters, baseball programs, and trading cards.

In addition, he produced illustrations for such magazines such as Reader's Digest, Field and Stream, Ski, Real West, and Discover.

His Transformers work consisted of four Marvel Big Looker storybooks (published 1984–1986), some of which were later adapted into "read along" storybooks: Battle for Cybertron, The Great Car Rally, Car Show Blow Up, and The Story of Wheelie, The Wild Boy of Quintesson Norem also provided art for several scary stories featured in Scholastic's Thrills & Chills magazine for young readers, which ran from 1994 to 1996.

[6] Norem also painted movie posters for Conforte Graphics; package designs and artwork for Mego Toys, Mattel, and Hasbro; murals for the Military Museum of Southern New England, in Danbury, Connecticut;[1] and two New York Yankees program covers.

"[1] According to posts on Facebook accounts attributed to Norem family-members, the artist died in Danbury, Connecticut[7] on June 19, 2015, shortly after undergoing surgery.