Category Archives: Birthdays

Happy Birthday, Steve Ditko!

Posted on November 2, 2015 by Steven

He’s one of the founding fathers of modern superhero comics—along with giants like Jack Kirby, John Buscema, and Wally Wood—but he’s also an extremely private, fairly reclusive man who’s been referred to as the J. D. Salinger of comics. Today, … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday, Bob Larkin!

Posted on July 10, 2015 by Steven

Today, our friend Bob Larkin—living art legend whose paintings have graced the covers of Marvel Comics, Warren Publishing magazines, and my very own Saga of Pandora Zwieback novels—turns 66, and is still producing incredible images, even as younger generations of … Continue reading →

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Happy 85th Birthday, Frank Thorne!

Posted on June 16, 2015 by Steven

Today, comic-art legend Frank Thorne (Marvel Comics’ Red Sonja; Atlas Comics’ Son of Dracula; and creator of Ghita of Alizaar, Lann, and Danger Rangerette) turns 85! As readers of this blog probably know, Thorne is not only one of my … Continue reading →

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Happy 75th Birthday, Alex Nino!

Posted on May 1, 2015 by Steven

Today, comic-art legend Alex Nino (DC’s Black Orchid, Tarzan, and Thriller; Marvel’s Savage Sword of Conan the Barbarian; contributing designer on Mulan, Treasure Planet, and The Real Ghostbusters) turns 75! Yesterday I was telling you about our collaboration on the … Continue reading →

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Alex Nino: Superhero Artist?!

Posted on April 30, 2015 by Steven

Alex Nino, one of the great Filipino comic book artists and an all-around great guy, turns 75 tomorrow, and as you can tell from the photo above (taken at the 2004 San Diego Con) I once got to meet him. … Continue reading →

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To Thomas, On His 78th Birthday

Posted on April 15, 2015 by Steven

Tom Sutton was one of horror comics’ grand masters. Had he not passed away in 2002, today would have been his 78th birthday. I’d like to tell you about my encounters with this artist I’d long admired—he was, as the … Continue reading →

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Happy 65th Birthday, Bob Larkin!

Posted on July 10, 2014 by Steven

“You may not know the name off the top of your head but if you’ve been reading Marvel comics, or SF and fantasy paperbacks, for any length of time at all then you’ve seen Bob Larkin’s work…. Once I learned … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday, Frank Thorne!

Posted on June 16, 2014 by Steven

He wasn’t the first artist to draw Red Sonja, Hyborean Age “she-devil with a sword” and equal to Conan the Barbarian, or the first to render her in her iconic chainmail “bikini,” but Frank Thorne was certainly the one who … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday, Harlan Ellison®!

Posted on May 27, 2014 by Steven

He’s one of the most revered—and sometimes controversial—writers of speculative fiction (and God help you if you call him just “a science-fiction writer”); a man who trademarked his name (hence the registration mark in the header up top), and whose … Continue reading →

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