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16/06/2025

Ross Andru (15 June 1927 – 9 November 1993, USA) was a life-long comics creator and occasional publisher, who collaborated with his childhood friend Mike Esposito throughout his career.

In 1948, he began assisting Burne Hogarth on the ‘Tarzan’ syndicated strip. By 1950, he and Esposito began freelancing and also created their first company together, MR Publications.

In 1952, they began a long association with DC Comics. They were regular artists on the war books, producing hundreds of stories for editor Robert Kanigher.

In 1958, Kanigher, Andru, and Esposito revised “Wonder Woman” and her supporting cast, including a new origina story, ushering her into the Silver Age.

Other characters that Andru co-created or introduced include ‘Gunner and Sarge’ in “All-American Men of War” (1959), ‘Suicide Squad’ in “The Brave and the Bold” (1959), ‘The War That Time Forgot’ in “Star Spangled War Stories” (1960), and ‘Metal Men’ in “Showcase” (1962).

In 1967, Andru and Esposito moved from “Wonder Woman” to “The Flash”, which they drew until 1970. With Kanigher again, they created ‘Rose & The Thorn’ in “Superman’s Girl Friend, Lois Lane” (1970).

During the 1970s, Andru moved from DC to Marvel, where he was inked by artists such as Frank Giacoia and Dave Hunt as well as Esposito.

Andru penciled “The Amazing Spider-Man” (1973–1978), during which he and writer Gerry Conway introduced ‘The Punisher’. In 1976, he and Conway created “Superman vs. The Amazing Spider-Man”, a tabloid-size book that was the first crossover of characters from both DC and Marvel.

In 1978, he returned to DC. He was an editor through 1986, with significant runs on “Weird Western Tales” and “Jonah Hex” (1978–1984) and on “Warlord” (1981–1986).

He also drew some 300 covers between 1978 and 1987, typically inked by Dick Giordano.

He returned to collaborating with Esposito on “Zen, Intergalactic Ninja” (Archie) in 1993, which he was working on when he died.

Andru was inducted into the Will Eisner Awards Hall of Fame in 2007.

At Comiclopedia — https://www.lambiek.net/artists/a/andru_ross.htm
At Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Andru
In the GCD — https://tinyurl.com/y76rf9g3

WONDER WOMAN #93 (1957)

30/05/2025

Artist Brandon Hendricks of Greenville, SC will be on hand at the Tryon Comics & Art Expo on June 7th at Tryon Fine Arts Center!

30/05/2025

Aaron McGruder (born 29 May 1974, USA) is a writer, lecturer, producer, screenwriter, and cartoonist.

He is well-known for the syndicated comic strip ‘The Boondocks’ (1996–2006). He was the executive producer and head writer of the animated adaptation “The Boondocks” (2005–2010) and has written for other animated shows as well.

At Comiclopedia — https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/mcgruder_aaron.htm
At Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_McGruder
In the GCD — https://tinyurl.com/y7kabw6d
In the IMDb — https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1412298/

25/05/2025

The next project is going to be announced at !!! Its gonna be something fun indeed!

07/05/2025

05/05/2025

15/02/2025

Art Spiegelman (born 15 February 1948, USA) is a cartoonist, editor, and comics advocate best known for his graphic novel “The Complete Maus: A Survivor’s Tale” (Pantheon, 1992).

His work as co-editor on the comics magazines “Arcade” and “Raw” has been influential. From 1992 he spent a decade as contributing artist for “The New Yorker”, where he made several high-profile and sometimes controversial covers.

Editor and colorist Françoise Mouly (born 24 October 1955) is his wife and writer Nadja Spiegelman (born 13 May 1987), their daughter.

At Comiclopedia — https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/spiegelman.htm
At Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Spiegelman
In the GCD — https://tinyurl.com/y9xcexvv (some explicit images)

MAUS: A SURVIVOR'S TALE #1 (1986)

15/11/2024

This fully painted DEATH'S HEAD II promo poster by Liam Sharp is one of my grails. Love the colouring and the X-Men, and DH!
-Venkman007

09/10/2024

Matt Wagner (born 9 October 1961, USA) is a comic book creator and editor, best known for his personal creations ‘Mage’ and ‘Grendel’. His first publication was the first appearance of ‘Grendel’, in “Comico Primer” #2 (1982).

In addition to his own characters, he has worked on comics featuring ‘The Demon’ and ‘Batman’ as well as such titles as “Sandman Mystery Theatre” at DC Comics.

In 1991, he illustrated part of the ‘Season of Mists’ story arc in Neil Gaiman’s “The Sandman” series.

Other projects include “Madame Xanadu” for the Vertigo imprint and numerous comics covers, including painted covers for “Green Arrow”.

At Comiclopedia — https://www.lambiek.net/artists/w/wagner_matt.htm
At Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Wagner
In the GCD — http://ow.ly/nMP030fJovy

GRENDEL #1 (1983)

09/05/2024

Jean Giraud (8 May 1938 – 10 March 2012, France) was a popular and prolific comics creator who is equally known for work under his own name and under the pen name ‘Moebius’.

He is widely known for the ‘Blueberry’ western series that he created with writer Jean-Michel Charlier. The character first appeared in ‘Fort Navajo’ in “Pilote” (1963), a magazine that Charlier had recently co-founded.

Blueberry quickly became the central character of the feature, which took his name with the third story and which they continued until 2007.

The collaborators also created “La Jeunesse de Blueberry” (“Young Blueberry”, 1968–1970, collected 1975–1979) to tell his back-story and Giraud wrote “Marshal Blueberry” (1991–2000) for artist William Vance.

As ‘Moebius’, he is known for science-fiction and fantasy artwork with a surreal, compelling style. His works here include ‘Arzach’ (1975) and ‘The Airtight Garage of Jerry Cornelius’ (1976–1979).

He collaborated with filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky on ‘The Incal’ (1980–1985). He has done design and storyboard work on films from “Alien” (1979) to “The Fifth Element” (1997).

From 1984 to 1989, he lived in California and was active in the USA comics market. Marvel published English editions of much of his existing work under its Epic Comics imprint. He created and drew “Silver Surfer: Parable” with script by Stan Lee, also at Epic (1988–1989).

Giraud received a plethora of honors in his career, beginning with a Prix Phénix in 1969, a National Cartoonists Society award in 1972, and a 1973 Shazam Award, all for “Lieutenant Blueberry”.

He received the Yellow Kid at Lucca multiple times, as well as many prizes at Angoulême, Eisner and Harvey awards, Haxtur and Adamson awards.

He received a World Fantasy Award for his art in 1997 and was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2011.

At Comiclopedia — https://www.lambiek.net/artists/g/giraud.htm
At Wiklipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Giraud
‘Jean Giraud’ in the GCD — https://tinyurl.com/y9luzxps
‘Moebius’ in the GCD — https://tinyurl.com/yda8spwf
In the IMDb — https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0320786/

MOEBIUS #3 (1987)