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Creator: Alex Jay’s Comic Book and Comics-Related Logos, Lettering and...
Published works are presented in more or less alphabetical order. Inmost cases, the first appearance of the works are shown. Following the titles are the people who commissioned the work, the publisher...
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Street Scene: Iceberg Drive Inn
•U T A H•222 UT-34 Street, St. George(Next post on Monday: Tom Palmer, Artist and Inker)
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Comics: Tom Palmer, Artist and Inker
Thomas John “Tom” Palmer was born on July 13, 1941, in Queens, New York, New York, according to the New York, New York Birth Index at Ancestry.com. His parents were Leo Palmer and Frances Maute who...
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Lettering: Trylon and Perisphere Variations
Further ReadingThe 1939 New World World’s Fair‘The World of Tomorrow’: Scenes From the 1939 New York World’s FairWelcome to the Fair! The 1939 and 1964 New York World's FairsThe World of Tomorrow:...
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Comics: Artist Lily Renée in the 1940s and Early 1950s
Lily Renée Willheim was born on May 12, 1921, in Vienna, Austria, according to her Declaration of Intention naturalization application at Ancestry.com. Lily’s parents were Rudolph Willheim (1891–1958)...
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Comics: Bob Lander, Letterer and Inker
Bob Lander was born Robert Charles Cohen on August 15, 1920, in Jersey City, New Jersey, according to his World War II draft card. However, census records had Charles as his first name. He was the...
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Comics: Comic Book Trademarks, Part 13
Images from the 1951 Official Gazette of the United States Patent OfficeRelated PostsComic Book Trademarks, Part 1Comic Book Trademarks, Part 2Comic Book Trademarks, Part 3Comic Book Trademarks, Part...
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Comics: Chuck Cuidera, from 1915 to 1952, and Blackhawk
Charles Nicholas “Chuck” Cuidera was born on September 23, 1915, in Newark, New Jersey, according to his World War II draft card. Cuidera’s Social Security application said his parents were Leonard...
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Comics: Leroy Lettering, Robert N. MacLeod, Lou Cameron and His Wife, Phil
The Keuffel & Esser Company invented a mechanical lettering tool called Leroy. The date of the invention is unclear. The History of Cartography, Volume 6: Cartography in the Twentieth Century...
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Creator: Percy Grassby, Designer, Engraver and Calligrapher
Percy Alfred Elisha Grassby was born on July 12, 1882, in Dunstable, [Bedfordshire], England. His full name was transcribed in the Manitoba, Marriage Index, 1881–1937 at Ancestry.com. Grassby’s birth...
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Comics: Comic Book Trademarks, Part 14
Images from the 1952 Official Gazette of the United States Patent OfficeRelated PostsComic Book Trademarks, Part 1Comic Book Trademarks, Part 2Comic Book Trademarks, Part 3Comic Book Trademarks, Part...
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Happy Halloween
Current Literature, January 1908(Next post on Monday: Ray Holloway, Letterer)
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Comics: Ray Holloway, Letterer
Raymond Alphonso “Ray” Holloway was born on June 8, 1920, in Columbus, Ohio, according to his World War II draft card. His parents were John Holloway and Mable Akers. In the 1930 United States Census,...
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Lettering: RKO-Radio Pictures Advertisements in the Motion Picture Herald
May 16, 1931(Next post on Monday: Comic Book Trademarks, Part 15)
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Comics: Comic Book Trademarks, Part 15
Images from the 1953 Official Gazette of the United States Patent OfficeRelated PostsComic Book Trademarks, Part 1Comic Book Trademarks, Part 2Comic Book Trademarks, Part 3Comic Book Trademarks, Part...
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Creator: Neal Adams’ Mercury Tracer Advertisements
Discover, July 1996Scientific American, August 1996Entertainment Weekly, September 6, 1996Related PostsNeal Adams’ Ring of the NibelungNeal Adams MonstersThe New Superadventure Colorforms SetThe...
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Comics: Veda Lufkin, Artist, Letterer and Teacher
Veda Lufkin was born Thada Lucille Benbrook on March 8, 1919, in Rosebud, Montana, according to the Montana County Births at Ancestry.com. However, the spelling of her middle is Luceil at Find a Grave....
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Comics: A Few Details About Artist Vic Carrabotta and His Wife, Connie Zeagler
At Ancestry.com, there is no New York City birth record for Victor S. Carrabotta on June 24, 1929. There is a New York State birth record for Salvatore V. Carabatto on June 24, 1929 in Eastchester,...
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Comics: Claire S. Moe, Artist
Claire Stalder Moe was born in either 1892, 1893 or 1897, in Rüegsau, Bern, Switzerland. The birth years are based on passenger and census records. Her birthplace was noted on Swiss Overseas Emigration...
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Creator: A Few Details About Artist, Animator and Director Bessie Mae Kelley
Bessie Mae Kelley was born Elizabeth Mae Kelley. The date of her birth is unclear: November 1889 in the 1900 United States Census; November 10, 1890, Minnesota Death Index; November 10, 1897, Social...
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