Here’s the latest installment of Maggie Thompson’s ongoing look at important beginnings, middles and ends, this time for February 16-22, 2018...
125 years ago February 20, 1893 Legal expert, editor, and psychologist Elizabeth Holloway is born. She helps her husband, William Moulton Marston, in the creation of the Wonder Woman character.
105 years ago February 21, 1913 Writer, director, animator, and producer Joe Oriolo is born. He owns Felix the Cat Studios and produces Mighty Hercules cartoons.
100 years ago February 19, 1918 Cartoonist Ted Miller is born. The creator of Sunny Climes works for WHDH as a station artist and weatherman.
95 years ago February 17, 1923 Rick Hackney is born. He co-creates the Sir Bagby comic strip with his brother Bill.
85 years ago February 17, 1933 Blondie Boopadoop marries Dagwood Bumstead in Chic Young’s Blondie strip.
80 years ago February 17, 1938 Cartoonist and caricaturist Bill Crowley is born.
75 years ago February 19, 1943 Hergé’s Tintin story “Red Rackham’s Treasure” (“Le Trésor de Rackham le Rouge”) begins in Le Soir.
65 years ago February 19, 1953 Ocean Comics Publisher Bob Palin is born.
60 years ago February 16, 1958 Award-winning artist John Totleben is born. His work includes Saga of the Swamp Thing and Miracleman, and he co-creates the anthology Taboo with Stephen Bissette.
60 years ago February 17, 1958 Editorial cartoonist Robert Moore Brinkerhoff dies at age 77. He created, wrote, and drew Little Mary Mixup.
55 years ago February 18, 1963 Writer-artist Mark Bodé is born. The son of Vaughn Bodé is known for his work on Cobalt-60, Miami Mice, and The Lizard of Oz as well as work on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and as a tattoo artist.
50 years ago February 21, 1968 Writer Joseph M. Monks is born. He co-creates the horror anthology Cry for Dawn.
50 years ago February 22, 1968 New Yorker cartoonist Peter Arno dies at age 64 of emphysema. His work included the classic “Well, back to the old drawing board.”
25 years ago February 21, 1993 Harvey Kurtzman dies of liver cancer at age 68. The career of the writer-artist-editor included (but was not limited to) being part of Will Eisner’s Spirit studio, creating such E.C. series as Frontline Combat and Mad, editing (and writing much of) Help!, and creating Little Annie Fanny.
