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Science fiction writer and editor Judith Merril, born Judith Josephine Grossman one hundred years ago today on January 21, 1923.
#JudithMerril #sciencefictionauthors #sciencefiction #amreading
Sixty-one years ago this week, Atlas Comics published issue #1 of The Fantastic Four. The publisher later changed its name to Marvel Comics, and the entire industry rocketed back into high gear after faltering for a decade.
#FantasticFour #MarvelComics #comicbooks #amreading
Ten years ago, the International Association of Art designated Leonardo da Vinci’s birthday (April 15) as World Art Day to promote creativity worldwide — not just on canvas but in every medium and form.
So go make something today!
#worldartday #leonardodavinci #art #amwriting
Veteran comic book artist John Romita (Sr.) celebrates his 92nd birthday today. Romita drew Spider-Man for Marvel Comics throughout the late ‘60s and early ‘70s. He also co-created two of Marvel’s most high-profile characters, Wolverine and The Punisher.
#JohnRomita #SpiderMan
Michael Lee Aday (born Marvin Lee Aday), better known as Meat Loaf (1947-2022)
#MeatLoaf #MeatLoafRIP #BatOutOfHell
Norman Saunders, born January 3, 1907. Illustrator of hundreds of pulp magazine, paperback and comic book covers from the 1930s to the 1950s. He later illustrated Topps trading cards in the ‘60s and ‘70s.
#normansaunders #americanillustrators #pulpartists
Burne Hogarth, born Spinoza Bernard Ginsburg on December 25, 1911. Artist and art educator who drew the Tarzan newspaper strip for 12 years (1937-1945; 1947-1950).
#BurneHogarth #Tarzan #comicstripartists #comicstripart
John Buscema, born December 11, 1927. American comic book artist whose enormous body of work — most of it generated under the Marvel Comics banner from the late 1960s to the late ‘90s — spanned more than fifty years.
#JohnBuscema #MarvelComics #ComicBookArtists #ComicBookArt
Walter M. Baumhofer, born November 1, 1904. American illustrator and pulp fiction cover artist from the 1920s to the early 1960s.
#waltermbaumhofer #americanillustration #pulpfictionart #pulpart