Here’s the latest installment of Maggie Thompson’s ongoing look at important beginnings, middles and ends, this time for June 22-28, 2018...
190 years ago June 22, 1828 “Harlot’s Progress” by William Hogarth and “Monkeyana, or The Gambler’s Progress” by Thomas Landseer appear in William Innell Clement’s Bell’s Life in London #330.
125 years ago June 24, 1893 Roy Disney is born. With his brother Walt, he co-founds the company now known as The Walt Disney Company, names Walt Disney World, and serves as the firm’s CEO, president, and chairman.
90 years ago June 22, 1928 Arthur Burdett Frost dies at age 77. The Life writer-artist was especially known for such works as Stuff and Nonsense and illustrations of Joel Chandler Harris’ “Uncle Remus” stories.
90 years ago June 24, 1928 Artist Jesse Santos is born. He begins his comics work in 1946 in Halaklak, the first Filipino comic book, and co-creates DI 13. He also works for Western/Gold Key on such series as Dagar and Doctor Spektor.
90 years ago June 25, 1928 Artist Alex Toth is born. His comics career begins at Heroic, and he goes on to Golden Age work on DC superheroes including Flash, Green Lantern, and Atom, then moves to Standard Comics. While he works in animation for years, he also continues his comic book career, including art for Zorro.
90 years ago June 25, 1928 Pierre Culliford is born. Under the pen name of “Peyo,” he creates Schtroumpfs (also known as Smurfs).
90 years ago June 27, 1928 Golden and Silver Age comic book and newspaper strip artist Joe Giella is born.
85 years ago June 26, 1933 Researcher Jerry Bails is born. The groundbreaking comics fan founds such publications as Alter Ego (1961) and the amateur publishing association CAPA-alpha (1964). Called the “Father of Comics Fandom,” he publishes 1960s fanzines, sets up annual comics awards, and publishes research on comic book creators.
70 years ago June 24, 1948 Writer Alan N. Zelenetz is born. The movie producer also co-creates Alien Legion.
65 years ago June 22, 1953 Award-winning writer-artist Al Gordon is born.
65 years ago June 25, 1953 Artist Jerry Bingham is born.
65 years ago June 28, 1953 Colorist Adrienne Roy is born.
55 years ago June 24, 1963 Artist Mike Wieringo is born. He is best known for his work on Flash and Fantastic Four and as co-creator of Tellos.
55 years ago June 24, 1963 Artist Denis Rodier is born. His work includes DC’s The Demon and Death of Superman.
25 years ago June 25, 1993 Spanish artist and animator Arturo Moreno dies at age 84. He co-founded Diarmo Films and such series as Punto Negro en el País del Juego.
15 years ago June 28, 2003 Cartoonist-editor Guy Bara dies at age 79. He created Max, L’Explorateur, whose adventures appeared in a number of European newspapers.
10 years ago June 27, 2008 Pixar’s WALL-E opens, co-written and directed by Andrew Stanton. It grosses $23.2 million on its opening day.
10 years ago June 27, 2008 Writer-artist Michael Turner dies of cancer at age 37. Known for his work on Witchblade, Fathom, and Superman/Batman, he was president of Aspen MLT.
