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Comic book writers, artists, editors, and others associated with the Golden Age of comic books, the seminal period from the 1930s creation of the first newsstand comics to the decline of superhero comics' popularity in the late-1940s/early-1950s.
Ken Bald - American illustrator and comic book artist; Roberto Baldazzini - Italian illustrator and comic book artist; Cyrus Leroy Baldridge - American artist, illustrator, author and adventurer
The Golden Age of Comic Books was a period in the history of American comic books, generally thought of as lasting from the late 1930s until the late 1940s or early 1950s. During this time, modern comic books were first published and enjoyed a surge of popularity; the archetype of the superhero was created and defined; and many of the most ...
An event cited by many as marking the beginning of the Golden Age was the 1938 debut of Superman in Action Comics #1, [2] [3] published by Detective Comics [4] (predecessor of DC Comics). Superman's popularity helped make comic books a major arm of publishing, [ 5 ] which led rival companies to create superheroes of their own to emulate ...
2.6.2 Golden Age/Silver Age (1930s c . 1970) 2.6.3 Bronze Age and Modern Age. 2.6.4 OEL manga. ... List of 20th century women artists; List of feminist comic books;
Arthur Rackham is widely regarded as one of the leading illustrators from the 'Golden Age' of British book illustration which roughly encompassed the years from 1890 until the end of the First World War. During that period, there was a strong market for high quality illustrated books which typically were given as Christmas gifts.
Many Golden Age writers and artists were science-fiction fans or professional science-fiction writers who incorporated SF elements into their comic-book stories. [43] Science was a common explanation for the origin of heroes in the Silver Age. [44] The Silver Age coincided with the rise of pop art, an artistic movement that used popular ...
Dalby wrote Gordon Browne was one of the greatest illustrators of the Golden Age, both in terms of quality and quantity. His sheer prolificity, averaging six books a year for nearly half a century, may have undervalued his reputation, but there is no doubt his innumerable vivid and painstakingly accurate drawings were always successful and much ...