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Hall Of Fame<\/h1>\n\n\n
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FAQ<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
HALL OF FAME<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
HISTORY<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
PAST RECIPIENTS<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
PAST JUDGES<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
WILL EISNER<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
BACK<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Since the founding of the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards (and their previous incarnation, the Kirby Awards), the following individuals have been inducted into the Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"Neal
Photo by Seth Kushner<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Neal Adams<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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1941- 2022<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Neal Adams\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0work on such titles as\u00a0Batman, Deadman,<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Green Lantern\/Green Arrow<\/em>\u00a0brought not only a more realistic look to comics but took many liberties with page layout and cover design. In addition, his studio, Continuity Associates, served as a spawning ground for new talents in the field. Adams is also an outspoken advocate for creator rights in the comics industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 1998<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Charles
Photo: Alfred Gescheidt<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Charles Addams<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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1912\u20131988<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Cartoonist Charles \u201cChas\u201d Addams<\/strong> is best known for his macabre humor, exemplified in the Addams Family cartoons, which gave rise to the TV series and films. Addams became a freelance cartoonist in the early 1930s. He sold his first drawing to the New Yorker<\/em> in 1932. His cartoons ran regularly in the magazine from 1938 up until his death. Addams drew more than 1,300 cartoons over the course of his life. Those that did not appear in The New Yorker<\/em> were often in Collier’s<\/em> and TV Guide<\/em>. In 1961, Addams received, from the Mystery Writers of America, a Special Edgar Award for his body of work. His cartoons appeared in book collections, calendars, and other merchandising.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2018<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Murphy<\/figure>
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Murphy Anderson<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1926\u20132015<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Murphy Anderson<\/strong>\u2019s name is synonymous with the Silver Age of comics at DC. Teaming with Carmine Infantino in the late 1950s and early 1960s, he brought a distinctive look to the company\u2019s science fiction titles, especially Adam Strange in Mystery in Spac<\/em>e. He is also known for drawing Hawkman, Atom, Green Lantern, and Atomic Knights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 1999<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Ross<\/figure>
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Ross Andru<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1927\u20131993<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Artist Ross Andru<\/strong> is best known for his collaborations with inker Mike Esposito and for co-creating the Metal Men (with Robert Kanigher) and the Punisher (with Gerry Conway). Andru and Esposito began collaborating at DC Comics in the early 1950s, on war comics (Our Army at War, Our Fighting Forces, Star Spangled War Stories<\/em>), The Flash, Metal Men, <\/em>and a memorable run on the Silver Age era of Wonder Woman <\/em>(1958\u20131967).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2007<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Jim<\/figure>
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Jim Aparo<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1932\u20132005<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Jim Aparo<\/strong>\u2019s first comic book work was at Charlton in the late 1960s. He worked on several genres there and was eventually recruited by editor Dick Giordano for a move to DC Comics in the late 1960s, where he handled such features as Aquaman<\/em> and Phantom Stranger<\/em> before landing the art chores on DC\u2019s premiere team-up book The Brave and the Bold<\/em> (starring Batman). He then co-created (with Mike W. Barr) Batman and the Outsiders<\/em>, which he drew from 1983 to 1985. Aparo went on to draw stories for Batman<\/em> (most notably \u201cA Death in the Family\u201d storyline), Detective, <\/em>and other DC titles into the late 1990s. For most of his career, Aparo not only pencilled his work but inked and lettered it as well.e. He is also known for drawing Hawkman, Atom, Green Lantern, and Atomic Knights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2019<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Sergio<\/figure>
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Sergio Aragon\u00e9s<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1937\u2013<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Sergio Aragon\u00e9s<\/strong> has been called everything from \u201cthe Fastest Cartoonist in the World\u201d to \u201cthe Most Beloved Man in Comics.\u201d Besides having drawn cartoons for MAD<\/em> magazine for nearly 50 years, Sergio is the creator of the long-running series Groo the Wanderer<\/em> and has produced such other works as Mighty Magnor<\/em>, Fanboy<\/em>, and Actions Speak<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2002<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Ruth<\/figure>
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Ruth Atkinson<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1918\u20131997<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Ruth Atkinson was one of the many female comics artists who worked for publisher Fiction House. She pencilled and inked such features as Clipper Kirk, Skull Squad, and Suicide Smith. She became the company’s art director, a job which she quit because it did not leave her time to draw. She became a freelancer, creating the first issues of Millie the Model <\/em>and Patsy Walker<\/em> (co-created with Stuart Little) for Stan Lee at Timely\/Marvel. Atkinson later drew for some of the first romance comics, including Lev Gleason Publications’ Boy Meets Girl <\/em>and Lover’s Lane, <\/em>through the early 1950s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2021<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Dick
Photo by Jackie Estrada<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Dick Ayers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1924\u20132014<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Dick Ayers<\/strong> has had a career spanning seven decades and over 50,000 pages. He started out in comics in 1947 and worked at Magazine Enterprises, Charlton Comics, and Timely\/Atlas, where he was known for his art on such western titles as Rawhide Kid, Two-Gun Kid, <\/em>and Ghost Rider<\/em> (which he co-created). He became part of the famous Marvel Comics Bullpen in the 1960s and 1970s, working on such titles as The Incredible Hulk, Captain America, <\/em>and Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2007<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Jerry
Photo by Jackie Estrada<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Jerry Bails <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1933\u20132006<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Known as the “Father of Comic Book Fandom,” Jerry Bails was one of the first to approach comic books as a subject worthy of academic study, and he was a primary force in establishing 1960s comics fandom. He was the founding editor of the fanzines Alter-Ego, The Comicollector<\/em>, and On the Drawing Board<\/em>, the forerunner to the long-running newszine The Comic Reader<\/em>, designed to showcase the latest comic news. He then headed the drive to establish the Academy of Comic-Book Fans and Collectors. Another important contribution was his Who’s Who of American Comic Books, <\/em>published in four volumes during 1973\u20131976.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2023<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Matt
Photo courtesy Fred Robinson and Matthew D. Baker<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Matt Baker<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1921\u20131959<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Best known for his romance and “good girl” comics, Matt Baker<\/strong> started his career in 1944 working for Fox, Fiction House, and Atlas. He is mostly remembered for his work on the Phantom Lady<\/em> series and the daily Flamingo<\/em> comic strip. Baker was the artist on the arguably first \u201cgraphic novel,\u201d Arnold Drake\u2019s It Rhymes with Lust. <\/em>He was one of the industry’s first major African American comic book artists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2009<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Carl
Photo by Jackie Estrada<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Carl Barks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1901\u20132000<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Known affectionately as \u201cthe Duck Man,\u201d Carl Barks<\/strong> wrote and drew hundreds of memorable stories about Donald Duck and his various relatives (most notably Uncle Scrooge, whom Barks created) in comic books from the 1940s to the early 1960s. In retirement, Barks created a number of oil paintings and lithographs featuring the Disney duck characters that achieved high value among collectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 1987<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Lynda<\/figure>
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lyNDA BarRY<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1956\u2013<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Lynda Barry<\/strong> is the creator behind the seminal comic strip Ernie Pook’s Comeek<\/em>, which was syndicated across North America in alternative weeklies from 1979 to 2008. She is the author of The Freddie Stories,<\/em> One! Hundred! Demons! (which won the 2003 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album)<\/em>, The! Greatest! of! Marlys!<\/em>, Cruddy: An Illustrated Novel<\/em>, and The Good Times Are Killing Me<\/em>, which was adapted as an off-Broadway play and won the Washington State Governor’s Award. She has written two bestselling and acclaimed creative how-to graphic novels: Picture This <\/em>and What It Is,<\/em> which won the 2009 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work and the R. R. Donnelly Award for highest literary achievement by a Wisconsin author.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2016<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Alison
Photo by Jackie Estrada<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Alison Bechdel<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1960\u2013<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Alison Bechdel<\/strong> began her comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For<\/em> in 1983 and it soon became a mainstay in gay and alternative news weeklies; it ran for 25 years, with Bechdel self-syndicating the strip and eventually publishing it on the Internet. In the 1985 strip \u201cThe Rule,\u201d a character states that she will watch a movie only if it has at least two women who talk to each other about a topic other than men. In the 21st century those guidelines became known as the Bechdel Test, a shorthand method to illustrate the dramatic gender disparity in Hollywood. In 2006 Bechdel published the graphic memoir Fun Home<\/em>, a coming-of-age story that detailed her relationship with her father, a closeted gay man with an obsessive eye for decorative detail, and her own emerging lesbian consciousness. The critically acclaimed work was named a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and it won the Eisner for best reality-based work. In October 2013 Fun Home<\/em> was brought to the stage and won a string of awards during its Off-Broadway run. The musical made its Broadway debut in April 2015 and went on to win five Tony Awards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2020<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"C.C.
Photo by Jackie Estrada<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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C. C. Beck<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1910\u20131989<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Charles Clarence Beck<\/strong> gave the distinctive cartoony look to Captain Marvel when he drew the character for Fawcett. In his later years, he became a beloved curmudgeon in the comics field, and he worked on DC\u2019s first revival of the character (as Shazam!<\/em>) in the early 1970s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 1993<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Karen<\/figure>
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Karen Berger<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1958\u2013<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Karen Berger<\/strong> entered the comics profession in 1979 as an assistant to editor Paul Levitz at DC. She later became Levitz’s editor when he was writing Legion of Super-Heroes<\/em>. She soon became editor of House of Mystery<\/em> and Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld<\/em>.  Berger was instrumental in nurturing Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing<\/em> and later helped bring Neil Gaiman’s work to a mass audience with The Sandman<\/em>. The success of these titles led to the creation of the mature-reader Vertigo line in 1993. Titles she shepherded under that imprint include Fables<\/em>, Hellblazer<\/em>, 100 Bullets<\/em>, Preacher<\/em>, V for Vendetta<\/em>, and Y: The Last Man<\/em>. She received the Eisner Award for Best Editor in 1992, 1994, and 1995. In 2013 she stepped down from her post as executive editor & senior vice president of DC Entertainment\u2019s Vertigo imprint. In 2017 Dark Horse Comics announced that she would be heading the imprint Berger Books, which launched in 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2018<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Since the founding of the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards (and their previous incarnation, the Kirby Awards), the following individuals have been inducted into the Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"Otto
Portrait by Bill Schelly<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Otto Binder<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1911\u20131974<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

In comics, Otto Binder<\/strong> is best known as the chief writer for various Captain Marvel titles, helping create the mythology of The Big Red Cheese. Between 1943 and 1951 he wrote nearly 800 stories for Captain Marvel<\/em>, Marvel Family<\/em>, Captain Marvel Jr<\/em>., and related titles. In addition, he wrote some 2,000 other stories in nearly 200 different titles during comics\u2019 Golden Age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2004<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Charles<\/figure>
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Charles Biro<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1911\u20131972<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Charles Biro<\/strong> is credited with creating the crime comics genre back in 1942 with the seminal title Crime Does Not Pay<\/em>, for which he drew 57 covers as well as writing dozens of stories. A consummate storyteller, Biro also wrote and created \u201cCrimebuster\u201d for Boy Comics<\/em> and \u201cThe Little Wise Guys\u201d for Lev Gleason\u2019s Daredevil<\/em> series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2002<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Bill<\/figure>
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Bill Blackbeard<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1926\u20132011<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Writer\/editor\/archivist Bill Blackbeard<\/strong> co-edited The Smithsonian Collection of Newspaper Comics, <\/em>published in 1977. In the 1960s Blackbeard formed the San Francisco Academy of Comic Art. His collection (now housed at Ohio State University\u2019s Cartoon Research Library) consists of clipped comic strips, whole comics pages, and complete Sunday sections. These archives have been used for award-winning collections of Popeye, Krazy Kat, The Katzenjammer Kids, Yellow Kid,<\/em> and other classic newspaper strip reprints.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2011<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Vaughn<\/figure>
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Vaughn Bod\u00e9<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1947\u20131975<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

In a career that barely spanned two decades, Vaughn Bod\u00e9<\/strong> produced a phenomenal body of work. Among his publications are the self-published Das Kampf, <\/em>which was one of the first underground comics in 1963. He was the editor of Gothic Blimp Works<\/em>, the first weekly underground comic published in the 1960s. His \u201cCheech Wizard\u201d appeared in National Lampoon<\/em> from 1971 to 1975.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2006<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Brian
Photo by Jackie Estrada<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Brian Bolland<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1951\u2013<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Brian Bolland is a British comic book artist originally known for his work on Judge Dredd.<\/em> He was one of the first British artists to be recruited by DC Comics in the early days of what became known as “the British Invasion,” which revolutionized the industry in the 1980s. One of his earliest works for DC was Justice League of America<\/em> #200 in 1982, though he is better remembered for the 12-issue limited series Camelot 3000<\/em>, DC’s first ever “maxi-series.” He also drew the Batman graphic novel The Killing Joke<\/em>, written by Alan Moore, and a Judge Dredd\/Batman team-up, also by Moore. In recent years, he has concentrated mainly on providing cover art, most of it for DC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2023<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Wayne<\/figure>
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Wayne Boring<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1905\u20131987<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Wayne Boring<\/strong> was one of the best-known and most influential Superman artists. He started out as an art assistant in the Siegel & Shuster studio in 1937. After Superman became a hit, Boring became the artist for the syndicated newspaper strip and was hired by DC in 1942 to draw Superman comics, which he did for nearly 20 years, aided by inker Stan Kaye. Many credit Boring with establishing the iconic look of Superman during the character\u2019s most popular period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2007<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Alberto<\/figure>
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Alberto Breccia<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1919\u20131993<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Breccia was an Argentinean artist who worked from the 1940s through the 1980s. Starting out in commercial illustration for magazines, juvenile tales, and genre stories, His first major character, a detective named Sherlock Time, appeared in the late 1950s and was written by H\u00e9ctor German Oesterheld, who would become a long-time collaborator. Their \u201cmasterpiece\u201d is considered Mort Cinder<\/em>, produced from 1962 to 1964. Breccia worked with and was influenced by Hugo Pratt and was made a member of the \u201cVenice Group\u201d that Pratt and other European artists created. One of Breccia\u2019s last works was a series called Perramus, <\/em>a critique of life under dictatorship, that was begun when Argentina was still under the control of the dictatorship that was very likely responsible for the disappearance of Oesterheld. This act of artistic courage led to an award from Amnesty International in 1989.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2021<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Nell<\/figure>
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Nell Brinkley<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1886\u20131944<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Nell Brinkley<\/strong> was an American illustrator and comics artist who was sometimes referred to as the “Queen of Comics” during her nearly four-decade career working with New York newspapers and magazines. Her comics are a luxuriously rendered visual chronicle of woman\u2019s progress over the decades, from her Victorian-era heroines to her Deco-styled independent working women. Her iconic Brinkley Girl, celebrated in song and on stage, surpassed the Gibson Girl in popularity. Her creative legacy can be seen in the work of artists from Dale Messick, Ramona Fradon, and Marie Severin to Trina Robbins, as well as in shoujo manga.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2020<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"John<\/figure>
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John Broome<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1886\u20131944<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

John Broome<\/strong> is best known as a writer for DC, where he worked from 1946 to 1970 on such titles as the Silver Age Green Lantern<\/em> and Flash <\/em>series as well as several Justice Society of America stories. He created many DC characters and institutions, including the 1940s Atomic Knights, the Silver Age Flash Rogues Gallery of supervillains, the (Green Lantern) Guardians of the Universe, and the Elongated Man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2008<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Marjorie<\/figure>
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Marjorie (\u201cMarge\u201d) Henderson  Buell<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1904\u20131993<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

In 1935 Marge<\/strong>\u2019s single-panel gag cartoon \u201cLittle Lulu\u201d first appeared in The Saturday Evening Post. <\/em>Marge continued producing this hugely popular cartoon featuring the mischievous kid through 1944, when it went on to become a weekly comic strip. Buell stopped drawing Little Lulu<\/em> in 1947, but although the work was done by others, she kept creative control. Little Lulu became<\/em> a successful series of animated cartoons and a popular comic book for Dell\/Gold Key (done by other cartoonists, most notably John Stanley). Lulu (drawn by Marge) was the mascot for Kleenex tissues from 1952 to 1965.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2015<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Carl<\/figure>
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Carl Burgos<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1916\u20131984<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Carl Burgos<\/strong> joined the Harry Chesler shop in 1938. He spent most of 1938 and 1939 writing and drawing features like \u201cIron Skull\u201d and \u201cStoney Dawson\u201d for the Centaur group. Burgos moved to Lloyd Jacquet’s Funnies, Inc. studio, and together with Bill Everett<\/a> began working at Timely’s Marvel Comics. While Everett created the Sub-Mariner strip, Burgos created the flaming android known as the Human Torch. The fiery character caught on and was appearing in his own book by autumn 1940. Burgos left the strip and comics in 1942 and, besides an occasional reappearance in color comics, spent most of the next 25 years in advertising art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2016<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"John
Photo by Jackie Estrada<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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John Buscema<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1927\u20132002<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Fan favorite artist John Buscema<\/strong> is probably best known for his work at Marvel, drawing The Silver Surfer<\/em> and Conan the Barbarian, <\/em>plus pretty much every other character the company produced from the 1960s through the 1990s. He influenced many an aspiring penciller with his art in Stan Lee\u2019s How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2002<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Ernie<\/figure>
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Ernie Bushmiller<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1905\u20131982<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Ernie Bushmiller<\/strong> got his start as a cartoonist when he took over the Fritzi Ritz<\/em> comic strip in 1925. In 1933, he added Fritzi\u2019s niece Nancy to the strip. The character became so popular that Ernie changed the name of the strip to Nancy<\/em> in 1938. Ernie continued to do the newspaper strip (with the help of various assistants) until his death at the age of 77.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2011<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"John
Photo by Jackie Estrada<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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John Byrne<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1950\u2013<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Writer\/artist John Byrne<\/strong> is best known for his long run on Uncanny <\/em>
X-Men<\/em> (beginning with writer Chris Claremont in 1977), including the classic \u201cDays of Future Past\u201d and \u201cDark Phoenix\u201d story arcs. During that time he created Alpha Flight, Proteus, and Kitty Pryde. This work was followed by a five-year run (1981\u20131986) on Fantastic Four<\/em> along with the Alpha Flight <\/em>series. In 1986 he revamped Superman for DC and worked on various Superman titles for two years, after which he returned to Marvel to write and draw such titles as The Sensational She-Hulk, Namor the Sub-Mariner, <\/em>and West Coast Avengers.<\/em> In the 1990s he produced the creator-owned series Next Men<\/em> for Dark Horse. He continues to produce work for IDW and other publishers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2015<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"E.<\/figure>
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E. Simms Campbell<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1906\u20131971<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

E. Simms Campbell<\/strong> was an indispensable part of Esquire<\/em> magazine\u2019s birth in the early 1930s. He established its visual style and invented the original \u201cEsky\u201d mascot character. And, in the words of its founding editor Arnold Gingrich, his full-page color cartoons \u201ccatapulted the magazine\u2019s circulation from the start.\u201d Campbell may also be the first African American illustrator not only to break the color line in mass-market publications but to earn widespread public acclaim as well. During his art career, Campbell produced cartoons for a variety of magazines such as Life<\/em>, Cosmopolitan<\/em>, and nearly every issue of Esquire<\/em> until his early-1960s hop over to Playboy<\/em>. He did covers for Judge<\/em> and The New Yorker <\/em>and created woodcut-style illustrations for a Langston Hughes young adult novel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2020<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Since the founding of the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards (and their previous incarnation, the Kirby Awards), the following individuals have been inducted into the Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"Milton<\/figure>
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Milton Caniff<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1907\u20131988<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

A pioneer in the action\/adventure comic strip, Milton Caniff<\/strong> influence generations of artists with his storytelling and chiaroscuro art on Terry and the Pirates.<\/em> He also set precedent by leaving Terry to create a strip that he could own himself: Steve Canyon.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 1988<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Al
\u00a9 Capp Enterprises, Inc.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Al Capp<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1909\u20131979<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Cartoonist Al Capp<\/strong> added to American pop culture and our language through his clever and popular newspaper strip Li\u2019l Abner,<\/em> which ran for 43 years. Capp delighted funnypapers fans with his creations: the Yokum family of Dogpatch, U.S.A., the Schmoo, Sadie Hawkins Day, Kickapoo Joy Juice, Joe Bfstplk, Fearless Fosdick, Lower Slobbovia, and much, much more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2004<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Nick<\/figure>
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Nick Cardy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1920\u20132013<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Nick Cardy<\/strong> began in comics in 1939 at the Eisner\/Iger Studio. He then joined Will Eisner at his Tudor City Studio to draw \u201cLady Luck,\u201d among other assignments. In the 1960s Nick he had long and influential runs on Aquaman<\/em> and then Teen Titans<\/em>. In 1969 he drew the short-lived but highly regarded Bat Lash<\/em> series. In the early 1970s he drew a number of popular stories for Brave & the Bold<\/em> and was the chief cover artist for DC, drawing numerous covers for Superman<\/em>, Action Comics<\/em>, Flash<\/em>, Secret Origins<\/em>, The Witching Hou<\/em>r, and many more titles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2005<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Howard
Photo by Jackie Estrada<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Howard Chaykin<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1950\u2013<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

After working as an assistant for the likes of Gil Kane, Wally Wood, Neal Adams, and Gray Morrow, in the early 1970s Howard Chaykin became a freelancer for such publishers as Marvel, DC, Warren, and Heavy Metal<\/em>. In 1974, he created \u201cCody Starbuck\u201d for Star*Reach<\/em>. Chaykin pioneered the graphic novel with Alfred Bester\u2019s The Stars My Destination<\/em> and Samuel R. Delaney\u2019s Empire,<\/em> among others. In 1977, prior to the movies, he drew the first Star Wars<\/em> comics with scripts by Roy Thomas. In 1983, he created the hit series American Flagg!<\/em> at First Comics. His 1980s output included Black Kiss<\/em> (Vortex), The Shadow<\/em> and Blackhawk<\/em> (DC) and his postmodern graphic novel Time2<\/em> at First. Subsequent projects have included Twilight, Power and Glory, American Century, Mighty Love, The Divided States of Hysteria,<\/em> and Hey, Kids! Comics!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2022<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Chris
Photo by Tony Amat<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Chris Claremont<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1950\u2013<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Writer Chris Claremont<\/strong> is well known for his 17-year run on Uncanny X-Men, <\/em>for which he created or co-created such characters as Rogue, Phoenix, Mystique, Sabretooth, and Gambit. His story arcs in collaboration with John Byrne included such classics as \u201cDark Phoenix\u201d and \u201cDays of Future Past.\u201d His Wolverine <\/em>minseries with artist Frank Miller inspired the storyline for the 2013 film The Wolverine.<\/em> The 1991 X-Men<\/em> #1 spinoff issue, which Claremont co-wrote with Jim Lee, remains the bestselling comic book of all time. In the 1990s Claremont wrote a variety of titles for several publishers, including his own Sovereign Seven<\/em> for DC, as well as some prose novels. He returned to Marvel in 1998 as editorial director and the regular writer of Fantastic Four.<\/em> Today he continues to write novels and to work for Marvel, writing such titles as X-Women<\/em> and Nightcrawler.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2015<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Dave<\/figure>
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Dave Cockrum<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1943\u20132006<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Comics artist Dave Cockrum was known for his inventive costume designs. A prolific fanzine artist, he began his professional career in 1971 doing work for Warren Publishing, followed in 1972 by the Western strip “Shattuck” for Wally Wood. He soon found inking work as Murphy Anderson\u2019s assistant on DC\u2019s Superman and Superboy titles and then became the artist on the \u201cLegion of Super-Heroes\u201d feature. After he left DC for Marvel, he and Len Wein co-created the new X-Men, including such characters as Storm, Nightcrawler, and Colossus. He also co-created the Spider-Man character Black Cat with Marv Wolfman. Cockrum left a staff position at Marvel in 1979 but continued to freelance for Marvel, DC, and other companies, which included a return to the X-Men in 1981. He produced his own title, The Futurians, i<\/em>n 1983, first for Marvel, then published by Lodestone\/Deluxe, where he also worked on the mid-80s revival of T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents<\/em>. From 1995 to 2000, he was the regular artist on Soulsearchers<\/em> and Company<\/em> for Claypool Comics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2021<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Gene<\/figure>
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Gene Colan<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1926\u20132011<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Gene Colan<\/strong> began working in comics in 1944. He came into prominence in the 1960s as part of the Marvel Silver Age crew, drawing Daredevil, Dr. Strange, Sub-Mariner, Captain America,<\/em> and other titles before going on to famed runs on Tomb of Dracula<\/em> and Howard the Duck.<\/em> In the 1980s, Gene worked on a number of titles at DC, including Night Force<\/em> and Nathaniel Dusk.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2005<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"L.B.
Photo by Jackie Estrada<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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L.B. Cole<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1926\u20132011<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

One of the most versatile cover artists in the history of comics, Leonard Brandt Cole<\/strong> worked in a wide range of styles and in just about every genre, from funny animals to romance to war as well as science fiction and horror. His striking colors and appealing (if sometimes bizarre) designs have made Golden Age comics with his covers highly collectible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 1999<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Jack<\/figure>
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Jack Cole<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1918\u20131958<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Jack Cole<\/strong> was one of the most innovative cartoonists in the history of comics. In addition to creating Plastic Man,<\/em> he gave a distinctive look to superhero, crime, and horror series for Harry A. Chesler, Busy Arnold, MLJ, and other Golden Age publishers. He eventually left comics in the early 1950s to draw \u201cFemales by Cole\u201d for Playboy, <\/em>and a syndicated comic strip, Betsy and Me.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 1999<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Richard<\/figure>
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Richard Corben<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1940\u20132020<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

In the late 1960s Richard Corben<\/strong> published his own underground comic book, Fantagor<\/em>, and contributed to the underground magazines Slow Death <\/em>and Skull.<\/em> In the 1970s he drew regularly for Eerie, Creepy, <\/em>and Vampirella.<\/em> But it was his color stories in Heavy Metal<\/em> that brought him a huge fan following, with such series as \u201cBloodstar,\u201d \u201cMutantworld,\u201d and \u201cDen.\u201d Since then he had done work for Marvel, DC, IDW, and most notably Dark Horse, drawing the Eisner Award\u2013winning Hellboy<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2012<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Johnny
Photo courtesy Fantagraphics<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Johnny Craig<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1926\u20132001<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Johnny Craig<\/strong> is best known for his work on the horror and crime titles at EC Comics in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Although he created some of the most notorious and gory covers for such titles as Vault of Horror<\/em> and Crime Suspenstories,<\/em> aficionados laud him for this well-crafted crime stories, which he both wrote and drew, in Shock Suspenstories, Crime Suspenstories,<\/em> and Extra.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2005<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Reed<\/figure>
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Reed Crandall<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1917\u20131982<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Reed Crandall<\/strong> started with the Eisner\/Iger Studio, where he worked primarily on titles for Quality Comics, including Hit, Crack, Smash, <\/em>and Uncle Sam<\/em> (which became Blackhawk<\/em>), where he drew such features as \u201cThe Ray,\u201d \u201cDollman,\u201d and \u201cFirebrand.\u201d In the late 1940s Crandall began working at EC, drawing everything from horror and suspense to science fiction. In the 1960s he produced a series of highly acclaimed stories for Warren\u2019s Creepy <\/em>and Eerie.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2009<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Roy<\/figure>
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Roy Crane<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1901\u20131977<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Roy Crane<\/strong> was a major innovator of the adventure strip with his creations Wash Tubbs, Captain Easy,<\/em> and Buz Sawyer.<\/em> His use of chiaroscuro and his storytelling techniques have influenced countless artists in both comics strips and comic books. Eerie.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2001<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"R.<\/figure>
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R. Crumb<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1943\u2013<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Immortalized in the film Crumb,<\/em> the legendary underground cartoonist Robert Crumb<\/strong> created lasting cultural icons in the form of Mr. Natural, Fritz the Cat, and \u201cKeep on Truckin\u2019.\u201d Today he continues to turn out his idiosyncratic and beautifully drawn work from his home in France, which he shares with wife, cartoonist Aline Kominsky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 1991<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Howard
Photo by Jackie Estrada<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Howard Cruse<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1944\u20132019<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Howard Cruse<\/strong> first appeared on the national comics scene with his underground strip Barefootz<\/em> in 1972. In 1979 he began editing Gay Comix<\/em>, an anthology featuring comix by openly gay and lesbian cartoonists. In 1983 Cruse introduced his comic strip Wendel<\/em> to the pages of The Advocate<\/em>, the national gay newsmagazine, where it appeared regularly until 1989. His 1995 graphic novel Stuck Rubber Baby<\/em> (published by Paradox Press) won Eisner and Harvey Awards and went on to be translated into numerous languages around the world; it was republished by Vertigo in 2010, and a 25th anniversary edition was published in 2020 by FirstSecond. Howard passed away in November 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2020<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Since the founding of the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards (and their previous incarnation, the Kirby Awards), the following individuals have been inducted into the Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"Jack
Photo by Jackie Estrada<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Jack Davis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1924\u20132016<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps best known for his wild and vivid art for the early MAD<\/em>, Jack Davis<\/strong> was also a staple of EC\u2019s horror and war titles, from Vault of Horror<\/em> and Tales from the Crypt<\/em> to Two-Fisted Tales<\/em>. He went on to a career as a commercial illustrator, creating movie posters as well as covers for record albums and for such magazines as Time<\/em> and TV Guide<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2003<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Dan
Photo by Jackie Estrada<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Dan DeCarlo<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1919\u20132001<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Dan DeCarlo<\/strong> defined the \u201chouse style\u201d at Archie Comics with his rendition of the teen characters, especially the \u201cgals.\u201d In his 40+ years as an Archie freelancer, Dan also created Josie (of Josie and the Pussycats<\/em> fame) and co-created Sabrina the Teenage Witch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2002<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Kim
Photo by Jackie Estrada<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Kim Deitch<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1944\u2013<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Pioneer underground cartoonist Kim Deitch\u2019s best-known character is Waldo the Cat, a fictional 1930s-era animated cat who stars in the seminal Boulevard of Broken Dreams, Shroud of Waldo, Alias the Cat, <\/em>and various other strips and books. Kim\u2019s other works include Shadowlands, Reincarnation Stories, Beyond the Pale,<\/em> and Deitch\u2019s Pictorama,<\/em> a collaboration with brothers Simon and Seth. Art Spiegelman has called Deitch \u201cthe best kept secret in American comics.\u201d Deitch was co-founder of the Cartoonists Co-op Press (1973\u20131974) and has taught at the School for Visual Arts in New York. He received Comic-Con\u2019s Inkpot Award in 2008.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2024<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Tony<\/figure>
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Tony DeZuniga<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1932\u20132012<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Tony DeZuniga was the first Filipino comic book artist whose work was accepted by American publishers and was instrumental in recruiting many other Filipino artists to enter the U.S. comics industry in the early 1970s. He is best known for co-creating Jonah Hex and Black Orchid. DeZuniga divided his time between DC and Marvel, drawing not only Jonah Hex and Conan but also many other well-known characters, including Doc Savage, Thor, The X-Men, Swamp Thing, Batman, Dracula, Iron Man, Doctor Strange, Red Sonja, The Punisher, and Spider-Man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2023<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Rudolph<\/figure>
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Rudolph Dirks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1877\u20131968<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

In 1897 Rudolph Dirks<\/strong>\u2018 editor at the New York Journal<\/em> asked him to create a strip that could compete with the popularity of The Yellow Kid<\/em> by Outcault, which was published in a rival newspaper, The New York World.<\/em> Dirks came up with The Katzenjammer Kids,<\/em> which was one of the first strips to use a permanent cast, a frame sequence, and speech balloons. Dirks took the strip to the New York World<\/em> under the title Hans und Fritz<\/em>, later renamed The Captain and the Kids.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2012<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Steve<\/figure>
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Steve Ditko<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1927\u20132018<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The reclusive and enigmatic Steve Ditko<\/strong> co-created Spider-Man with Stan Lee and was an integral part of Marvel\u2019s Silver Age in the 1960s, where he also co-created the psychedelic Dr. Strange. At DC, he created The Creeper<\/em>, Hawk and Dove<\/em>, The Question, <\/em>and other titles. His distinctive style on Dr. Strange and numerous horror and SF books for other companies (especially Charlton) influenced hundreds of artists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 1994<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Arnold<\/figure>
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Arnold Drake<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1924\u20132007<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Arnold Drake<\/strong> was a writer best known for creating Deadman and Doom Patrol for DC Comics. He also wrote issues of Marvel Comics\u2019 X-Men<\/em> in the 1960s and created The Guardians of the Galaxy<\/em> with artist Gene Colan. Drake is also notable for co-creating It Rhymes with Lust<\/em> (with Matt Baker), perhaps the first American graphic novel ever published, in 1953.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2008<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Mort<\/figure>
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Mort Drucker<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1929\u20132020<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

After freelancing on mystery, war, and space titles for DC and Atlas during the 1950s, Mort Drucker<\/strong> found his way to MAD<\/em> magazine, where he has specialized in movie and television satires and parodies for over 50 years. Drucker has also done work in commercial art, doing animation for television, movie posters, and covers and illustrations for magazines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2011<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Marie<\/figure>
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Marie Duval<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1847\u20131890<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMarie Duval\u201d<\/strong> was born Isabelle Emilie Louisa Tessier in Marleybone, London in 1847. Tessier was one of the first female cartoonists in Europe. Her fame rests on her contributions to the Ally Sloper <\/em>comic pages created with her husband Charles Henry Ross in the comic periodical Fun<\/em>, and reprinted in a shilling book, Ally Sloper: A Moral Lesson<\/em> in November 1873. This work is often called \u201cthe first British comic book.\u201d The idea of a recurring, familiar cartoon character appears to have begun with Ally Sloper.<\/em> The wildly popular character (a hard-drinking working class shirker) is thought to have inspired both Charlie Chaplin\u2019s Tramp persona and W. C. Fields. Besides Ally Sloper, <\/em>Marie Duval drew a range of comic fantasies (\u201ccaricatures\u201d) for the magazine Judy,<\/em> a Victorian rival to Punch<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2022<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Kevin<\/figure>
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Kevin Eastman<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1962\u2013<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Writer\/artist\/publisher Kevin Eastman<\/strong> co-created Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles<\/em> with Peter Laird. The duo published the comic themselves starting in 1984, under the imprint Mirage Studios. The Turtles quickly made the leap to other media and went on to star in multiple movies, animated TV series, and toy lines over the years. In 1990 Eastman founded Tundra Publishing, which funded and published creator-owned comics by talent such as Alan Moore, Melinda Gebbie, Eddie Campbell, and Mike Allred, until 1993. Eastman also owned Heavy Metal<\/em> magazine for more than 20 years, until 2014, and he continued to serve as its publisher until 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2022<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Will<\/figure>
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Will Eisner<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1917\u20132005<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

In his more than 50 years in the comics industry, Will Eisner<\/strong> did it all. He was a pioneer in the Golden Age, involved in the creation of characters such as Sheena, Blackhawk, and Uncle Sam. His weekly newspaper insert, The Spirit, was unique not only for its format and great art\/storytelling but also for the fact that Eisner owned it himself. Later in his career, Eisner created award-winning graphic novels and wrote and illustrated books about graphic storytelling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 1987<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Will
Photo by Tom Deleon<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Will Elder<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1921\u20132008<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Will Elder<\/strong> began his comics career in 1946, sharing a studio with Harvey Kurtzman. He was one of the original artists of Kurtzman’s MAD<\/em> from its first issue in October\/November 1952. At MAD<\/em> he was noted for his zany humor and the extra jokes he would work into story backgrounds. He also worked with Kurtzman on Trump, Humbug,<\/em> and Help! <\/em>magazines before embarking on their longtime collaboration, \u201cLittle Annie Fanny,\u201d for Playboy,<\/em> which lasted from 1962 to 1988.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2003<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Mike<\/figure>
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Mike Esposito<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1927\u20132010<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Inker Mike Esposito<\/strong> is known for his longtime collaboration with penciler Ross Andru., <\/em>In the early 1950s the young men started their own studio to work primarily on such DC war titles as Our Army at War, Fighting Forces,<\/em> and Star Spangled War Stories<\/em>. They went on to have successful runs on DC\u2019s Metal Men <\/em>and Wonder Woman. <\/em>In the mid-1960s Esposito began inking for Marvel, then went on to become an inker and then editor at Archie Comics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2007<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Orrin<\/figure>
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Orrin C. Evans<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1902\u20131971<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Orrin C. Evans<\/strong> was a Philadelphia newspaper reporter who, with two partners, published the first all-black comic book in 1947. All-Negro Comics<\/em> was a 48-page newsstand comic consisting of a variety of strips (from hard-boiled crime to fantasy to humor) that featured black characters created by black writers and artists. Although only one issue was published, its existence was a historic achievement. Evans returned to newspapers shortly after the end of All-Negro Comics<\/em>, serving as editor of the Chester Times<\/em> and the Philadelphia Bulletin,<\/em> director of the Philadelphia Press Association, and an officer of the Newspaper Guild of Greater Philadelphia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2014<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Bill
Photo courtesy Fantagraphics<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Bill Everett<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1917\u20131973<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Starting with the first issue of Marvel Mystery Comics<\/em> in 1939, Bill Everett<\/strong> created the Sub-Mariner and drew the character\u2019s most memorable stories for Timely (which later became Marvel). A fan favorite artist of the Golden Age, Everett returned to Marvel briefly in the 1960s, where he drew the first issue of Daredevil <\/em>and worked on his signature creation, Sub-Mariner, once again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2000<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Lee<\/figure>
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Lee Falk<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1911\u20131999<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Lee Falk<\/strong> created Mandrake the Magician<\/em> as a newspaper strip in 1934 (with art by Phil Davis) and The Phantom<\/em> in 1936 (with art by Ray Moore). He continued to write both series until his death in 1999. The characters have been featured in serials, films, and comic books, and the strips continue today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2013<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Since the founding of the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards (and their previous incarnation, the Kirby Awards), the following individuals have been inducted into the Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"Al\u00a0Feldstein\"<\/figure>
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Al Feldstein<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1925\u20132014<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Al Feldstein<\/strong> served as editor, writer, and artist for EC Comics beginning in 1947. He wrote most of what are considered the \u201cclassic\u201d EC stories for the horror and science fiction titles, along with producing covers and interior art. He took over as editor of MAD<\/em> magazine in 1956, which he shepherded until his retirement in 1984. Still active as an artist, Feldstein is now a well-known painter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2003<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Lou<\/figure>
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Lou Fine<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1915\u20131971<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Lou Fine<\/strong> is known as one of the best artists to work in the Golden Age of comics. His career began at the Eisner\/Iger Studio, where he specialized in covers for Fox Features titles. For Quality, he drew such features as \u201cThe Black Condor\u201d and \u201cUncle Sam,\u201d and he drew The Spirit<\/em> for Will Eisner during Eisner\u2019s stint in the service. His most highly regarded efforts were his art on \u201cThe Ray\u201d in Smash Comics<\/em> and his covers for Hit Comics<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2005<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Bill
Art by Jerry Robinson<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Bill Finger<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1914\u20131974<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

One of the unsung heroes of the Golden Age, Bill Finger,<\/strong> along with Bob Kane, co-created Batman. Besides writing the first Batman stories and the first Robin story, he is credited with dreaming up such villains as the Penguin and Catwoman. He also wrote the first Green Lantern story and is the namesake of Comic-Con International\u2019s Bill Finger Award for Excellence in Comic Book Writing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 1999<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Creig
Photo by Jackie Estrada<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Creig Flessel<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1912\u20132008<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Creig Flessel drew the covers of many of the first American comic books, including the pre-Batman Detective Comics<\/em> #2\u2013#17 (1937\u20131938). As a writer\/artist, Flessel created the DC character the Shining Knight, in Adventure Comics<\/em> #66 (Sept. 1941). He drew many early adventures of the Golden Age Sandman and has sometimes been credited as the character’s co-creator. When editor Vin Sullivan left DC Comics and formed his own comic book publishing company, Magazine Enterprises, Flessel signed on as associate editor. He continued to draw comics, often uncredited, through the 1950s, including Superboy stories in both that character’s namesake title and in Adventure Comics<\/em>, and anthological mystery and suspense tales in American Comics Group (AGC’s) Adventures into the Unknown<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2024<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Harold<\/figure>
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Harold R. Foster<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1892\u20131992<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

For decades Harold R. Foster<\/strong> produced gorgeous Sunday comic strips of Tarzan<\/em> and his own creation, Prince Valiant, <\/em>which he wrote and illustrated for almost 40 years. He is lauded by all as one of the great artists of the comic strip field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 1998<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Gardner
Photo by Jackie Estrada<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Gardner Fox<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1911\u20131986<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Gardner Fox<\/strong> was the first \u201cfull-time professional\u201d comic book writer, with a career that spanned 34 years, from 1938 to 1972. In all, he churned out more than 4,000 scripts for DC, where he created the Flash, Sandman, Dr. Fate, Hawkman, Adam Strange, the Justice Society, and the Justice League, and he wrote for numerous other titles, from Batman<\/em> to the Atom<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 1999<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Ramona<\/figure>
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Ramona Fradon<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1927\u2013<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Working in what was primarily a men\u2019s industry, Ramona Fradon<\/strong> drew comics for DC in the 1950s and 1960s, with a memorable run on Aquaman.<\/em> She also co-created Metamorpho.<\/em> After a hiatus in the late 1960s, she returned to DC to draw such titles as Plastic Man<\/em>. She left DC in 1980 to bring her distinctive style the Brenda Starr<\/em> newspaper strip, which she continued to draw until her retirement in 1995.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2006<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Frank<\/figure>
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Frank Frazetta<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1928\u20132010<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Although he worked on both comic books (EC Comics stories and covers) and comic strips (Li\u2019l Abner, Johnny Comet<\/em>), Frank Frazetta<\/strong> is best known for his book and magazine covers (Tarzan<\/em>, Creepy, Eerie<\/em>, and especially Conan<\/em>) and movie posters. His style has influenced untold numbers of fantasy painters and illustrators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 1995<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"A.<\/figure>
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A. B. Frost<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1851\u20131928<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The work of illustrator\/cartoonist Arthur Frost was published in three albums: Stuff and Nonsense<\/em> (1884), The Bull Calf and Other Tales <\/em>(1892), and Carlo<\/em> (1913). Because of his skills in depicting motion and sequence, Frost was a great influence on such early American newspaper comics artists as Richard Outcault, Rudolph Dirks, Jimmy Swinnerton, and Fred Opper. His work appeared in magazines such as Harper’s Weekly <\/em>and Punch.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2024<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Neil
Photo by Jackie Estrada<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Neil Gaiman<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1960\u2013<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Highly successful author Neil Gaiman broke into comics in 1986 with some short \u201cFuture Shock\u201d strips for 2000 AD. <\/em>But he really attracted notice with his and Dave McKean\u2019s graphic novel Violent Cases, <\/em>published in 1987. DC brought him on to write the limited comics series Black Orchid,<\/em> which was followed in 1989 by the groundbreaking series The Sandman<\/em> for DC\u2019s Vertigo line; the series lasted 75 issues, through 1996, and had several spinoffs and one-shots. Gaiman\u2019s other comics work has included the series Death, Marvel 1602,<\/em> and Miracleman,<\/em> as well as the <\/em>graphic novels Signal to Noise, Mr. Punch, <\/em>and How to Talk to Girls at Parties. <\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2021<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"William<\/figure>
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William Gaines<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1922\u20131992<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Although most people probably think of MAD<\/em> magazine when they think of Gaines (he was the publisher of the humor magazine from its inception until his death), William Gaines<\/strong> had his greatest influence in founding and publishing the EC Comics line, from Tales From the Cryp<\/em>t to Weird Science<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 1993<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Max<\/figure>
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Max Gaines<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1894\u20131947<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

In 1933, Max Gaines<\/strong> devised the first four-color, saddle-stitched newsprint pamphlet, a precursor to the color-comics format that became the standard for the American comic book industry. He was co-publisher (with Jack Liebowitz) of All-American Publications, a seminal comic book company that introduced such enduring fictional characters as Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, and Hawkman. He went on to found Educational Comics, producing the series Picture Stories from the Bible<\/em>. He authored one of the earliest essays on comic books, a 1942 pamphlet titled Narrative Illustration: The Story of the Comics.<\/em> After Gaines’ death (in a motorboating accident) in 1947, Educational Comics was taken over by his son Bill Gaines, who transformed the company (now known as EC Comics) into a pioneer of horror, science fiction, and satirical comics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2022<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Jose<\/figure>
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Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1948\u2013<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez<\/strong> was born in Spain and began drawing comics professionally in Argentina at age 13. In the 1960s, he drew romance titles for Charlton Comics. He came to the U.S. in 1974 and started working for DC Comics, drawing series such as Superman, Batman, Hawkman, Tarzan, <\/em>and Jonah Hex<\/em>. His other notable work includes Atari Force, Deadman, New Teen Titans, <\/em>and On the Road to Perdition<\/em>. Since 1982, Garcia-Lopez has designed and pencilled the definitive versions of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and many other characters for various DC Comics style guides, which are created for licensees only. His style guide art has been seen on countless DC Comics licensed products and is still being used today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2019<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Steve
Photo by Jackie Estrada<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Steve Gerber<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1947\u20132008<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Writer Steve Gerber,<\/strong> best known for co-creating Howard the Duck, wrote such titles as The Defenders, Man-Thing, Omega the Unknown, <\/em>and Guardians of the Galaxy <\/em>for Marvel and was one of the founders of the Malibu Comics Ultraverse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2010<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Dave<\/figure>
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Dave Gibbons<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1949\u2013<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Dave Gibbons<\/strong> started out in underground comics in the UK in the early 1970s. His work appeared to the first issue of 2000 AD<\/em> in 1977, and he served as the lead artist on Doctor Who Weekly\/Monthly<\/em> for over 60 issues. His best-known work appeared in 1986: DC\u2019s Watchmen,<\/em> with writer Alan Moore. Gibbons both drew and lettered the landmark miniseries, later collected into a bestselling graphic novel that has been lauded as one of the top works in comics history. Gibbons\u2019s other works include Frank Miller\u2019s Give Me Liberty<\/em> and Martha Washington Goes to War, <\/em>the Eisner Award\u2013winning graphic novel The Originals,<\/em> and Green Lantern Corps <\/em>for DC. In 2014 he was appointed the UK’s first Comics Laureate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2018<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Dick
Photo by Jackie Estrada<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Dick Giordano<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1932\u20132010<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

DC, Marvel, and Dell. He also served as editor-in-chief at Charlton and as executive editorial director of DC Comics, where he was the guiding force behind Watchmen<\/em> and Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, among other projects<\/em><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2010<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Jean
Photo by Jackie Estrada<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Jean \u201cMoebius\u201d Giraud<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1938\u20132012<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Jean Giraud<\/strong> first came to the attention of Americans as the artist on the western graphic novel series Lt. Blueberry<\/em>. In 1975, he founded Metal Hurlant<\/em> (which became Heavy Metal<\/em> in the U.S.). His signature art style on such SF\/fantasy series as Airtight Garage<\/em> and Arzach<\/em> (which he created under the name Moebius), has been highly influential on a wide variety of artists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 1998<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Since the founding of the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards (and their previous incarnation, the Kirby Awards), the following individuals have been inducted into the Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"Rube<\/figure>
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Rube Goldberg<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1882\u20131970<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Reuben \u201cRube\u201d Goldberg<\/strong> was a cartoonist best known for his creation of the \u201cRube Goldberg machine,\u201d a contraption that performs a simple action in a convoluted way. Golberg drew a number of syndicated strips, including Mike and Ike (They Look Alike)<\/em>, Boob McNutt<\/em>, Foolish Questions<\/em>, and The Weekly Meeting of the Tuesday Women’s Club<\/em>. The cartoons that brought him lasting fame involved a character named Professor Lucifer Gorgonzola Butts. In that series, Goldberg drew labeled schematics of the comical “inventions” that would later bear his name. Goldberg was a founding member and the first president of the National Cartoonists Society and is the namesake of the Reuben Awards, which the NCS gives to the Cartoonist of the Year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2016<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Stan
Photo by Bruce Guthrie<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Stan Goldberg<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1932\u20132014<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Stan Goldberg started his career in 1949 at the age of 16 as a staff artist for Timely (now Marvel), where he was in charge of the color department. Goldberg continued to color Marvel comics until 1969, creating the color designs for many Silver Age characters, including Spider-Man, The Fantastic Four, and The Hulk. He also drew such Marvel titles as Millie the Model <\/em>and Patsy Walker.<\/em> After leaving Marvel he drew some of DC\u2019s teen titles, including Date with Debbie, Swing with Scooter, <\/em>and Binky, <\/em>and began a 40-year career at Archie Comics, with his work appearing in such titles as Archie and Me, Betty and Me, Everything\u2019s Archie, Life with Archie, Archie\u2019s Pals n Gals, Laugh, Pep, and Sabrina The Teenage Witch.<\/em> From 1975 to 1980 Goldberg drew the Archie<\/em> Sunday newspaper strip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2021<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Archie<\/figure>
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Archie Goodwin<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1937\u20131998<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Archie Goodwin<\/strong> is considered by all to have been the \u201ceditor\u2019s editor.\u201d He left his mark first as editor (and chief writer) of Creepy <\/em>and Eerie <\/em>for Warren in the 1960s, then went on to edit the Epic line of creator-owned projects at Marvel. He then moved on to DC, where he served as editor of a variety of Batman titles until his death in 1998.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 1998<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Ren\u00e9<\/figure>
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Ren\u00e9 Goscinny<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1926\u20131977<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

One of the most famous of all European comics writers, Ren\u00e9 Goscinny<\/strong> began his career as the scriptwriter for the popular western strip Lucky Luke.<\/em> In 1959 co-founded the influential comics weekly Pilote,<\/em> for which he and artist Albert Uderzo created a new series, Asterix the Gaul.<\/em> This strip became wildly successful in France and achieved popularity around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2005<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Floyd
Photo by Jackie Estrada<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Floyd Gottfredson<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1905\u20131986<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

If Carl Barks was Disney\u2019s \u201cDuck Man,\u201d Floyd Gottfredson<\/strong> was Disney\u2019s \u201cMouse Man.\u201d Floyd began writing and drawing the Mickey Mouse<\/em> newspaper strip in 1930, with his classic period going up through 1955. He continued to work on the strip until 1975.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2006<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Chester<\/figure>
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Chester Gould<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1900\u20131985<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Chester Gould<\/strong> is the cartoonist who brought us Dick Tracy, Tess Truehart, Junior, Moon Maid, and the most bizarre set of villains ever to grace a newspaper page, including Flattop, Mumbles, and The Mole. Gould not only produced gritty crime stories on a daily basis, but delighted readers with such scientific innovations as the two-way wrist radio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2001<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Billy<\/figure>
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Billy Graham<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1935\u20131997<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Billy Graham was an African American comic book artist whose earliest work appeared in Warren’s Vampirella<\/em> magazine in 1969. He eventually became art director at Warren, then in 1972 he moved over to Marvel, where he helped create Luke Cage, Hero for Hire<\/em> with John Romita Sr. and George Tuska. From 1973 to 1976, he worked with writer Don McGregor on \u201cBlack Panther\u201d in Jungle Action.<\/em> During the 1980s, he worked with McGregor on the Sabre<\/em> title at Eclipse Comics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2024<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Harold<\/figure>
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Harold Gray<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1894\u20131968<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Harold Gray<\/strong> created Little Orphan Annie<\/em> in 1924 and continued to write and draw the strip for 44 years. In addition to spawning popular songs and catchphrases (\u201cLeaping Lizards!\u201d) and a hit Broadway musical, one of the innovations of the popular strip was that it was told in \u201creal time\u201d: the events in the strip unfolded one day at a time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2009<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Justin<\/figure>
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Justin Green<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1945\u20132022<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Justin Green is most noted for the 1972 underground title Binky Brown Meets the Holy Virgin Mary.<\/em> This <\/em>autobiographical comic book detailed Green’s struggle with a form of OCD known as scrupulosity, within the framework of growing up Catholic in 1950s Chicago. Intense graphic depiction of personal torment had never appeared in comic book form before, and it had a profound effect on other cartoonists and the future direction of comics as literature. The underground comix pioneer was also a contributor to such titles as Bijou Funnies, Insect Fear, Arcade, Young Lust, <\/em>and Sniffy Comics<\/em>. In the 1990s, Green focused his cartooning attention on a series of visual biographies of musicians for Pulse!<\/em>, the in-house magazine for Tower Records. These ran for ten years and were later collected as Musical Legends.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2023<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Bill<\/figure>
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Bill Griffith<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1944\u2013<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Known for his non sequitur\u2013spouting character Zippy the Pinhead, Griffith had his first work published in 1969 in the East Village Other<\/em> and Screw<\/em>. His first major comic book titles included Tales of Toad<\/em> and Young Lust,<\/em> a bestselling series parodying romance comics. He was co-editor of Arcade, The Comics Revue<\/em> for its seven-issue run in the mid-\u201970s. The first Zippy strip appeared in Real Pulp<\/em> #1 (Print Mint) in 1970. The strip went weekly in 1976, first in the Berkeley Barb<\/em> and then syndicated nationally. Today the daily Zippy<\/em> appears in over 200 newspapers worldwide. Most recently, he produced the graphic novel Three Rocks: The Story of Ernie Bushmiller: The Man Who Created Nancy <\/em>(Abrams ComicArts).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2023<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Matt
Photo by Jackie Estrada<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Matt Groening<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1954\u2013<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Matt Groening,<\/strong> creator and executive producer of The Simpsons, <\/em>the longest running primetime animated series in television history, started out as a cartoonist, producing the syndicated weekly strip Life in Hell<\/em> beginning in 1978; he continued the strip until 2012. <\/em>In 1985 he was asked to come up with an animated short to be part of Fox\u2019s Tracey Ullman Show;<\/em> the rest is history. Groening’s other award-winning animated series, Futurama,<\/em> launched 1999 and ran for five seasons. In 1993, he formed Bongo Comics Group, where he serves as publisher of Simpsons Comics, Futurama Comics,<\/em> and dozens of other titles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2016<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Milt
Photo by Lou Jacobs Jr.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Milt Gross<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1895\u20131953<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Milton Gross<\/strong> began his cartooning career in 1915, producing a number of humorous newspaper strips. After serving in World War I, he went on to create strips like Frenchy, Banana Oil, <\/em>and Help Wanted.<\/em> His big break came with Gross Exaggerations<\/em>, a weekly column of prose and cartoons. In 1926 Nize Baby<\/em>, a book collection of some of these columns, appeared and was an instant hit. Under the same title, Gross began a Sunday page feature in 1927. Other books by Gross include Hiawatta, Dunt Esk,<\/em> and the pioneer wordless graphic novel He Done Her Wrong<\/em>. In 1933 Gross was hired by newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst, for whom he produced such strips as Count Screwloose of Tooloose, Dave’s Delicatessen, Otto and Blotto, <\/em>and That’s My Pop!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2017<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Gary
Photo by Jackie Estrada<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Gary Groth<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1954\u2013<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Gary Groth co-founded Fantagraphics Books in 1976 with the publication of The Comics Journal,<\/em> and he was the driving force behind the magazine\u2019s advocacy of comics as an artform. TCJ<\/em> became known, loved, and hated for its advocacy journalism, high-falutin\u2019 criticism, and long-form interviews by Groth of a vast array of artists from Jack Kirby to R. Crumb to Roz Chast. At a time when comics were an object of scorn in mainstream culture, Fantagraphics was preserving and contextualizing the work of historically and aesthetically significant classic cartoonists\u2014republishing George Herriman\u2019s Krazy Kat,<\/em> Charles Schulz\u2019s Peanuts,<\/em> Walt Kelly\u2019s Pogo,<\/em> and Carl Barks\u2019 Disney Duck stories\u2014as well as publishing the early work of \u201cliterary\u201d cartoonists as diverse as the Hernandez Brothers, Daniel Clowes, Aline Kominsky-Crumb, Jim Woodring, Carol Lay, and Joe Sacco. Groth continues to publish a new generation of auteurist cartoonists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2024<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Mark
Portrait by David Banegas<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Mark Gruenwald<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1953\u20131996<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Mark Gruenwald<\/strong><\/strong> was hired by Marvel Comics in 1978 and stayed there until his death. During his tenure, he worked on a variety of books before becoming their executive editor and keeper of continuity for much of the 1980s. Gruenwald is most recognized for his work on a new team of heroes known as the Squadron Supreme. The Squadron\u2019s characters had been around, but Gruenwald decided to focus on a new set of the heroes in an alternate reality. The Squadron Supreme received a 12-issue miniseries and is considered a precursor to highly popular deconstructionist superhero parables like Watchmen<\/em>, Kingdom Come<\/em>, and The Boys<\/em>. Sadly, Gruenwald died of heart failure in 1996. He had long told his wife he wanted his ashes to be a part of his work. When Squadron Supreme <\/em>was collected into a trade paperback, his ashes were mixed into the ink.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2022<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Moto<\/figure>
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Moto Hagio<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1949\u2013<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Moto Hagio<\/strong><\/strong> is one of a group of women who broke into the male-dominated Japanese manga industry and pioneered the sh\u014djo (girls\u2019 comics) movement in the early 1970s. Hagio\u2019s 1974 work Heart of Thomas<\/em> was one of the early entries in the sh\u014dnen-ai (boys in love) subgenre. Hagio\u2019s linework and dramatic imagery have influenced many manga artists, and she helped shape the style of emotional and symbolic backgrounds that many manga artists draw today. Her major works include A Drunken Dream<\/em>, They Were Eleven<\/em>, and Otherworld Barbara<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2022<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Larry<\/figure>
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Larry Hama<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1962\u2013<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Larry Hama<\/strong><\/strong> is best known as the writer of Marvel’s G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, G.I. Joe: Special Missions, <\/em>and Wolverine <\/em>comics in the ’80s and ’90s. He has also written, edited, or drawn for Avengers, Conan, Batman, Wonder Woman, X-Men, Spider-Man,<\/em> and dozens more. His illustrations and cartoons have appeared in National Lampoon, Esquire, New York, <\/em>and Rolling Stone. <\/em>His most recent novel is The Death of Captain America<\/em>. He also scripted Batman Shadow of the Bat <\/em>and Wonder Woman<\/em> for DC Comics’ Convergence Event, as well as Call of Duty: Black Ops III<\/em> for Dark Horse and G.I.<\/em> Joe: A Real American Hero<\/em> for IDW.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2022<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Irwin
Photo by Jackie Estrada<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Irwin Hasen<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1918\u20132015<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Irwin Hasen<\/strong> started in comic books in 1940, working on such features as The Green Hornet, The Fox, Secret Agent Z-2, Bob Preston, Cat-Man and The Flash, through the Harry “A” Chesler shop. He went on to draw several Green Lantern issues for DC and to co-create the character of Wildcat with Bill Finger. After serving in the military in WWII, Hasen returned to DC, where he drew Johnny Thunder, Justice League of America, Wonder Woman, The Flash, and and Green Lantern, among others. He and writer Gus Edson<\/a> collaborated on the Dondi<\/em> newspaper strip from 1955 to 1986.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2014<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Since the founding of the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards (and their previous incarnation, the Kirby Awards), the following individuals have been inducted into the Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"Russ
Photo by Tom Deleon<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Russ Heath<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1926\u20132018<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Russ Heath<\/strong> joined Timely (Marvel) in 1946, where he drew westerns that stood out for their realistic artwork and details. He also drew science fiction stories for Avon, romance stories for Lev Gleason, and Plastic Man for Quality. In the 1950s at DC\/National he drew such features as \u201cGolden Gladiator\u201d and \u201cRobin Hood\u201d in Brave and the Bold.<\/em> But his mostly highly lauded work was for war titles, including Sea Devils, Our Army at War<\/em> (\u201cSgt. Rock\u201d), and G.I. Combat<\/em> (\u201cThe Haunted Tank\u201d).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2004<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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(Georges Remi) Herg\u00e9<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1907\u20132007<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Belgian cartoonist Georges Remi, known by his pen name Herg\u00e9,<\/strong> 
created Tintin <\/em>in 1929 as a comic strip for a weekly newspaper supplement. The adventure series became hugely popular in Europe, and since then 22 Tintin books have been published worldwide. Herg\u00e9\u2019s clean style has influenced hundreds of other cartoonists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2003<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Jaime
Photo by Jackie Estrada<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Jaime Hernandez<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1959\u2013<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Jaime Hernandez<\/strong>, along with his brothers Gilbert and Mario, self-published the first issue of Love and Rockets<\/em> in 1981. It was picked up by Fantagraphics Books in 1982 and ran 50 issues before the brothers took a break to pursue solo projects. Jaime\u2019s L&R titles include Vida Loca: The Death of Speedy Ortiz, Whoa, Nellie!, Maggie and Hopey Color Fun, Penny Century,<\/em> and The Love Bunglers.<\/em> Love and Rockets<\/em> was revived in 2000 and still continues today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2017<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Gilbert\u00a0Hernandez\"
Photo by Jackie Estrada<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Gilbert Hernandez<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1957\u2013<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Gilbert Hernandez<\/strong>, along with his brothers Jaime and Mario, self-published the first issue of Love and Rockets<\/em> in 1981. It was picked up by Fantagraphics Books in 1982 and ran 50 issues before the brothers took a break to pursue solo projects. From 1983 to 1996, Gilbert produced the legendary Palomar saga, collected in such graphic novels as Heartbreak Soup<\/em> and Human Diastrophism<\/em>. Gilbert\u2019s other works include Marble Season, Birdland,<\/em> and Girl Crazy. Love and Rockets<\/em> was revived in 2000 and still continues today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2017<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"George<\/figure>
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George Herriman<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1880\u20131944<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The bizarre triangle of Ignatz Mouse, Krazy Kat, and Offisa Pup sprang from the fertile mind of cartoonist George Herriman,<\/strong> whose imaginative use of the comics page and unique setting have captivated readers for nearly a century. Because of Herriman, a brick isn\u2019t just a brick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2000<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Burne
Photo by Jackie Estrada<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Burne Hogarth<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1911\u20131996<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Artist and educator Burne Hogarth<\/strong> is best known for his beautiful Tarzan<\/em> Sunday newspaper pages from 1937 to 1950. In 1950 he abandoned his own comics production to devote all his time to teaching at the Cartoonists and Illustrators School (later the School of Visual Arts), which he had founded with Silas Rhodes back in 1947. Hogarth taught at this school until 1970 and also authored a series of books on drawing and anatomy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2010<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Jerry<\/figure>
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Jerry Iger<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1903\u20131990<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Jerry Iger<\/strong> was one of the first people involved in the comic book business, founding his own Phoenix Features Syndicate. His strips  published in Famous Funnies<\/em> are among the first ever produced especially for comic books. With Will Eisner, he formed the S. M. Iger Studios in 1937, which eventually became known as the Eisner-Iger Shop. Among their productions were Jumbo, Jungle, Planet, and Wings<\/em> for Fiction House. When Eisner left in 1939, the studio continued as the Iger Shop, which produced titles for such companies as Fox, Quality, and Harvey up until 1955.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2009<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Carmine
Photo by Tom Deleon<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Carmine Infantino<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1925\u20132013<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Carmine Infantino<\/strong>\u2018s art established a distinctive look to DC\u2019s science fiction comics in the late 1950s and early 1960s. His work on the relaunched Silver Age Flash<\/em> is prized by collectors. In the mid-1960s he became DC\u2019s art director and proceeded to use such artists as Joe Kubert, Joe Orlando, and Dick Giordano as editors. He moved on to become DC\u2019s editorial director, publisher, and president; he left DC in 1975.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2000<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Graham
Photo courtesy Fantagraphics<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Graham Ingels<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1915\u20131991<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Graham Ingels<\/strong> is best known for his stories and covers for EC Comics\u2019 horror line: The Haunt of Fear, Tales from the Crypt, <\/em>and The Vault of Horror. <\/em>Ingels was one of the first artists to come to work for EC after Bill Gaines took over the company in 1948. As “Ghastly\u201d Graham Ingels, he became the company\u2019s premiere horror artist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2009<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Jack Jackson<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1941\u20132006<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Jack Jackson,<\/strong> aka \u201cJaxon,\u201d created, wrote, drew, and self-published what comics historians consider one of the first underground comix, God Nose. <\/em>He was art director at Family Dog and a co-founder of Rip-Off Press. He contributed to such underground anthology titles as Skull, Slow Death, <\/em>and Tales of the Leather Nun<\/em>. Jaxon went on to pioneer historical graphic novels with the innovative Comanche Moon<\/em> series for Last Gasp. He continued chronicling his home state\u2019s history via El Alamo, Los Tejanos, <\/em>and Lost Cause.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2011<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Jay<\/figure>
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Jay Jackson<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1905\u20131954<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Jay Paul Jackson was an African American artist who spent many years working for the Chicago Defender,<\/em> in addition to providing illustrations for science fiction magazines such as Amazing Stories<\/em> and Fantastic Adventures.<\/em> Jackson introduced the world to the first black superhero on January 6, 1945 in the \u201cthe oldest, longest continuously running black comic strip,\u201d Bungleton Green<\/em>, in the Chicago Defender<\/em>. Bungleton Green, the name of the character as well as the strip, became the literal embodiment of the black ideal, a man who in all ways was equal, even superior, to the whites whose relentless oppression Jackson constantly fought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2023<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Al\u00a0Jaffee\"
Photo by Len Briggs<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Al Jaffee<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1921\u20132023<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Al Jaffee<\/strong> is best known as the creator of MAD<\/em> magazine\u2019s fold-ins, which he has been doing since 1964, and for \u201cSnappy Answers to Stupid Questions,\u201d a feature that has been collected into over a dozen books. Al is MAD\u2019<\/em>s longest-running contributor, having been there since 1955. Earlier in his career, Al worked for Stan Lee at Timely, where he was in charge of all humor and teen titles as associate editor. He also worked with Harvey Kurtzman on the short-lived Trump<\/em> and Humbug<\/em> humor magazines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2013<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Klaus<\/figure>
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Klaus Janson<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1952\u2013<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Penciler, inker, colorist, and educator Klaus Janson is known for work for Marvel and DC on such comics as Daredevil<\/em>, Dark Knight Returns<\/em>, and Defenders<\/em>. Janson made his professional debut for Marvel in 1973, inking Rich Buckler\u2019s pencils for the \u201cThe Black Panther\u201d in Jungle Action<\/em>. He inked such diverse Marvel titles as Defenders<\/em>, Deathlok<\/em>, Battlestar Galactica<\/em>, and Howard the Duck<\/em>, although his main series was Daredevil<\/em>. He inked for Gene Colan, Gil Kane, Carmine Infantino, and Frank Miller. Later, Janson focused on penciling and inking, rather than inking alone. With Miller, Janson worked on the The Dark Knight Returns<\/em> miniseries. He also worked on The Punisher<\/em> and Spawn<\/em>. He received an Inkpot Award in 2012.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2024<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Tove<\/figure>
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Tove Jansson<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1914\u20132001<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Tove Jansson<\/strong> began her work as a political cartoonist and illustrator in the Garm<\/em> magazine in the 1930s; through these strips, Moomin<\/em> was born. Her first book was published in 1945, featuring her loveable hippopotamus-like characters, The Moomins and the Great Flood. <\/em>She went on to write several more Moomin books as well as her equally popular children\u2019s books. She produced her magnum opus that consisted of 21 long Moomin stories that were broken up as four panel strips from 1954 to1959. Jansson\u2019s work has been translated into 33 languages and they are the most widely translated works of Finnish literature. Not only does she have an amusement park based on her Moomin world but the Finnish put her likeness on a coin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2016<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Jeffery<\/figure>
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Jeffrey Catherine Jones<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1944\u20132011<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Jeff Jones began creating comics in 1964. While attending Georgia State College, Jones met fellow student Mary Louise Alexander, whom he married in 1966. After graduation, the couple moved to New York City but split up in the early 1970s (writer\/editor Louise Jones Simonson was inducted into the Eisner Hall of Fame in 2020). In New York Jones found work drawing for King Comics, Gold Key, Creepy<\/em>, Eerie<\/em>, and Vampirella<\/em>, as well as Wally Wood\u2019s Witzend. <\/em>In the early 1970s when National Lampoon<\/em> began publication, Jones had a strip in it called Idyl<\/em>. From 1975 to 1979 Jones shared workspace with Bernie Wrightson, Barry Windsor-Smith, and Michael Wm Kaluta, collectively named The Studio. By the early 1980s Jones had a recurring strip in Heavy Metal<\/em> titled I’m Age<\/em>. In the late 1990s, Jones started taking female hormones and had sex reassignment surgery. She passed away in May of 2011.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2023<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Jenette<\/figure>
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Jenette Kahn<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1947\u2013<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Jenette Kahn<\/strong> rebranded National Periodical Publications as DC Comics, reviving the floundering company as a proving ground for both experimental titles and reboots of iconic characters. She started as publisher at DC in 1976, at only 28 years old, after having founded the wildly successful kids magazine Dynamite<\/em> for Scholastic. Kahn became president of DC in 1981 and editor-in-chief in 1989. She pushed the boundaries of mainstream comics, publishing work such as Watchmen<\/em> and The Dark Knight Returns<\/em>, and launched the edgier Vertigo line in 1993. She grew the company from 35 employees to 200 (half of them women) and instituted more creator-friendly policies. In 2000 the Library of Congress honored Kahn as a Living Legend for her contributions to America\u2019s cultural heritage. In 2002 she left DC to create her own film production company, Double Nickel, which produced Clint Eastwood\u2019s Gran Torino<\/em> in 2008.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2019<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Since the founding of the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards (and their previous incarnation, the Kirby Awards), the following individuals have been inducted into the Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Carol Kalish<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1955\u20131991<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Carol Kalish<\/strong> served as direct sales manager and vice president of new product development at Marvel Comics from 1981 to 1991. She is credited with pioneering the comics direct market when it was in its adolescence, in part through a program in which Marvel helped pay for comic book stores to acquire cash registers. Beginning in the mid-1980s, Kalish spearheaded the expansion of Marvel’s distribution into previously unexplored retail outlets, including major bookstores such as B. Daltons and Waldenbooks. In 2010 she was posthumously awarded the first ComicsPRO Industry Appreciation Award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2018<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Michael
Photo by Jackie Estrada<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Michael Kaluta<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1947\u2013<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Artist and illustrator Michael Kaluta<\/strong> is best known for his work on The Shadow <\/em>and Elaine Lee\u2019s Starstruck <\/em>and for his cover art. Influenced by art nouveau and the 1930s pulps, he brought a unique look to comics in the 1970s and 1980s. In recent years he has been in demand as a cover artist, including an award-nominated run on DC\/Vertigo\u2019s Madame Xanadu.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2010<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Bob
Photo by Jackie Estrada<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Bob Kane<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1915\u20131998<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Bob Kane<\/strong> entered the comic book industry in 1936 as a freelancer for Jerry Iger\u2019s Wow! What a Magazine!<\/em> At the Eisner-Iger studio, he drew funny animal strips and humor features. His first adventure strip was \u201cRusty and His Pals\u201d for DC\u2019s Adventure Comics.<\/em> In 1939 he collaborated with writer Bill Finger to create a new strip for Detective Comics<\/em>: \u201cThe Bat-Man.\u201d The rest is history!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 1998<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Gil
Photo by Jackie Estrada<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Gil Kane<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1926\u20132000<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As a penciller, Gil Kane<\/strong> lent his distinctive style to numerous DC and Marvel titles beginning in the 1950s, including drawing more than 900 covers for Marvel starting in the late 1960s. His work at DC on such titles as Green Lantern<\/em> and The Atom<\/em> is highly revered by fans, as is his work at Marvel on Amazing Spider-Man,<\/em> and many other titles. In the 1970s, he was Marvel\u2019s main cover artist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 1997<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Robert<\/figure>
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Robert Kanigher<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1915\u20132002<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In the mid-1940s Robert Kanigher<\/strong> wrote the Justice Society of America, Hawkman, Green Lantern,<\/em> and Wonder Woman <\/em>(which he also edited). In 1952 he took over writing and editing the Big Five DC war titles and created Sgt. Rock, Enemy Ace, and The Unknown Soldier (all with Joe Kubert) and The Haunted Tank (with Russ Heath). In the late 1950s and early 1960s he was involved in creating such characters as Viking Prince, the Metal Men, and Poison Ivy. He also scripted the first appearance of the Flash in Showcase<\/em> #4, the comic often credited as launching the Silver Age of Comics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2007<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Jack
Photo by Jackie Estrada<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Jack Katz<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1927\u2013<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Jack Katz began his career at the age of 16, doing art for Archie Comics and Fawcett’s Bulletman, and he worked as an assistant on several strips for King Features in the second half of the 1940s. In the early 1950s, he went to work as a comic book penciler for Marvel\/Atlas Comics and continued into the early 1970s. He did art on many war, mystery, and romance titles, mainly for Marvel but also for Better Publications. Katz was additionally present in DC’s romance titles and in the horror magazines of Warren Publishing and Skywald in the 1970s. Then he dropped out of mainstream comics to devote 12 years to his First Kingdom<\/em> project: a complex science fiction epic that tells of man’s migration into space, the ensuing galactic battles, and the great mystery of mankind’s origin before the fall of civilization. Katz completed this series with issue #24 in 1986.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2023<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Albert<\/figure>
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Albert Kanter<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1897\u20131973<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Albert Lewis Kanter began producing Classic Comics<\/em> for Elliot Publishing Company (later the Gilberton Company) with The Three Musketeers<\/em> in October 1941. Classic Comics<\/em> became Classics Illustrated <\/em>in 1947. Kanter believed he could use the burgeoning medium to introduce young and reluctant readers to \u201cgreat literature.\u201d <\/strong>In addition to Classics Illustrated<\/em>, Kanter presided over its spin-offs Classics Illustrated Junior, Specials<\/em>, and The World Around Us<\/em>. Between 1941 and 1962, sales totaled 200 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2024<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Walt
Photo courtesy Mike Barrier<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Walt Kelly<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1913\u20131973<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Walt Kelly<\/strong> created the denizens of the Okeefenokee swamp, including Pogo Possum, Albert the Alligator, Miz Mamselle Hepzibah, and Porkypine. His Pogo<\/em> was one of the great sophisticated comics strips, imbued with great humor, sublime satire, and transcendental cartooning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 1995<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Frank King<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1883\u20131969<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

With Gasoline Alley<\/em>, Frank King<\/strong> created a neighborhood full of interesting characters who did something no other comics characters did: they aged. He was also a master of the Sunday newspaper page, utilizing it to its full potential by often creating a full-page image and dividing it into panels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2001<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Jack
Photo by Jackie Estrada<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Jack Kirby<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1917\u20131974<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The \u201cKing\u201d of the comic book artists, Jack Kirby<\/strong> was there from the beginning, co-creating Captain America in the Golden Age, whole genres such as romance comics in the 1940s, and the \u201cMarvel Age of Comics\u201d in the 1960s. He gave the distinctive look to such characters as the Fantastic Four, Thor, the Silver Surfer, the Avengers, and hundreds of other characters. In the 1970s he created the \u201cFourth World\u201d for DC, giving birth to such characters as Darkseid, the Demon, and Mr. Miracle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 1987<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Denis
Photo by Tony Amat<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Denis Kitchen<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1947\u2013<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Denis Kitchen<\/strong> started out as an underground cartoonist. After self-publishing his own work in 1969, he founded Kitchen Sink Press in 1970. Under the name of the Krupp Syndicate, he distributed comic strips to almost 50 underground and college newspapers. Over the course of the next few decades Kitchen Sink published such cartoonists as R. Crumb, Art Spiegelman, S. Clay Wilson, Howard Cruse, Harvey Kurtzman, Will Eisner, Al Capp, Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman, Scott McCloud, and dozens more. In 1986 Denis founded the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, and he served as the fund\u2019s president until his retirement in 2004.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2015<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Kazuo Koike<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1936\u2013<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Kazuo Koike<\/strong> is the co-creator and writer of such classic Japanese comics series as Lone Wolf and Cub<\/em>, Samurai Executioner,<\/em> and Crying Freeman<\/em>. He is also an influential educator, having established the Gekikia Sonjuka, a college course that teaches manga, and mentoring a whole new generation of mangaka (comics artists).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2004<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Goseki Kojima<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1928\u20132000<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Goseki Kojima<\/strong> was the co-creator and writer of the classic Japanese manga series Lone Wolf and Cub<\/em> and Samurai Executioner<\/em>. He also produced a number of graphic novels based on Akira Kurosawa\u2019s films.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2004<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Aline Kominsky-Crumb<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1948\u20132022<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Born Aline Goldsmith in 1948, in Long Island, New York, Aline Kominsky moved to San Francisco in 1971 and fell in with the all-female collective that founded Wimmen\u2019s Comix<\/em>, and she contributed stories to the anthology\u2019s inaugural issues. In 1975, she departed Wimmen\u2019s Comix<\/em> and with fellow former contributor Diane Noomin launched Twisted Sisters<\/em>, which would eventually spawn an anthology and a limited series featuring work by many Wimmen\u2019s Comix<\/em> contributors. Kominisky married Robert Crumb in 1978, a few years after the couple began co-creating the comic Dirty Laundry<\/em>, about their life together. Aline drew her own character, \u201cthe Bunch,\u201d later collected into Love That Bunch<\/em>. In 1981 she took the editorial reins of Crumb\u2019s Weirdo <\/em>anthology and remained the series\u2019 editor through its 1993 conclusion. In 1990, the Crumbs moved to a small village in southern France, where they continued to collaborate. Aline\u2019s 2007 memoir, Need More Love<\/em>, earned her critical acclaim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2023<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Warren Kremer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1921\u20132003<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Warren Kremer studied at New York\u2019s School of Industrial Arts and went straight into print services, working for pulp magazines. He gradually took on more comics work in Ace Publications, his first title being Hap Hazard.<\/em> In 1948 Kremer began working for Harvey Comics, where he stayed for 35 years, creating such popular characters as Casper and Richie Rich and working on titles including Little Max, Joe Palooka, Stumbo the Giant, Hot Stuff, <\/em>and Little Audrey.<\/em> <\/strong>In the 1980s, Kremer worked for Star Comics, Marvel\u2019s kids imprint, and contributed to titles like Top Dog, Ewoks, Royal Roy, Planet Terry, <\/em>and Count Duckula.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2024<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Bernard
Photo courtesy Fantagraphics<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Bernard Krigstein<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1919\u20131990<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Although B. Krigstein<\/strong> was not the most prolific artist in the EC Comics stable, he was one of the most influential. His experiments with storytelling and the use of zip-a-tone contributed to his distinctive style. His story \u201cThe Master Race\u201d in EC\u2019s Impact<\/em> #1 is often cited as among the top comics stories ever told. Krigstein went on from comics to become an influential painter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2003<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Joe Kubert<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1926\u20132012<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Having started in comics as a teenager in Will Eisner\u2019s studio, Joe Kubert<\/strong> was involved professionally in comics as an artist and editor for 70 years. He is best known for his work at DC on Hawkman<\/em>, Our Army at War<\/em>, Sgt. Rock, Viking Prince, Enemy Ace<\/em>, and Tarzan<\/em>. His 1996 graphic novel Fax from Sarajevo<\/em> won numerous awards. He is the founder of the Joe Kubert School in New Jersey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 1998<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Since the founding of the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards (and their previous incarnation, the Kirby Awards), the following individuals have been inducted into the Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"Harvey
Photo by Jackie Estrada<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Harvey Kurtzman<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1924\u20131993<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Best known for his wild and wacky humor on the early issue of MAD<\/em> and the other publications he edited (Humbug<\/em>, Help!<\/em>) and for his long-running Playboy<\/em> strip \u201cLittle Annie Fanny,\u201d Harvey Kurtzman<\/strong> also made an indelible mark in comics with the war comics he wrote and edited for EC in the early 1950s. Kurtzman was a major influence on a wide range of writers, artists, filmmakers, and particularly underground cartoonists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 1989<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Oskar Lebeck<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1903\u20131966<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Oskar Lebeck was an illustrator, writer, and editor (mostly of children’s literature) who is best known for his role in establishing Dell Comics during the 1930s and 1940s. Notably, he hired Walt Kelly, who became one of the star creators of the line, best known for originating Pogo while there. Lebeck also selected John Stanley to bring panel cartoon character Little Lulu to comic books. Comic book historian Michael Barrier commented that Dell\u2019s fairy tale, nursery rhyme, and similarly themed titles “represented an effort by Lebeck, who had written and drawn children’s books in the 1930s, to bring to comic books some of the qualities of traditional children’s books, especially through rich and rather old-fashioned illustrations.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2024<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Jim Lee<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1964\u2013<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

DC\u2019s president, publisher, and chief creative officer entered the industry in 1987 as an artist for Marvel, drawing such titles as Alpha Flight<\/em> and The Punisher War Journal<\/em> and gaining popularity on The Uncanny X-Men<\/em>\u2014on which, working with Chris Claremont, he co-created the character Gambit. That led to a 1991 Lee-Claremont spinoff\u2014X-Men<\/em>\u2014with its first issue remaining the bestselling comic book of all time. In 1992, Lee joined other creators to found Image, for which his WildStorm studio provided releases including WildC.A.T.s<\/em> and Gen\u00b9\u00b3<\/em>. In 1998 he took WildStorm to DC, where he drew comics including Batman<\/em> and Superman<\/em>. In 2005, he co-created All Star Batman & Robin, the Boy Wonder<\/em> with Frank Miller. In 2010, Lee and Dan DiDio became DC co-publishers; in 2020, Lee became the sole DC publisher. He was one of the driving forces behind the 2011 DC relaunch and made new costume designs for relaunched series and drew Justice League<\/em>. In 2018, he became DC Chief Creative Officer. He received an Inkpot Award in 1992.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2024<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Stan Lee<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1922\u20132018<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In a career at Marvel Comics spanning more than 60 years, Stan Lee<\/strong> has seen it all. After having been an editor at Timely in the 1940s and 1950s, in the \u201960s he co-created all the Silver Age Marvel characters, wrote all the books, and still had time to commune with readers (\u201cFace front, true believers!\u201d) via \u201cStan\u2019s Soapbox.\u201d He remains active today, with many projects in the works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 1994<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Paul Levitz<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1956\u2013<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Paul Levitz<\/strong> began his career as a comics fan, publishing The Comic Reader<\/em>. He started at DC in 1973 as an assistant editor (to Joe Orlando) and 1978 became editor of the Batman titles. He was an executive at DC for 30 years, ending as president and publisher. As a comics writer, he is best known for Legion of Super-Heroes<\/em>. Most recently, Levitz has worked as a historian (75 Years of DC Comics: The Art of Modern Myth-Making,<\/em> TASCHEN, 2010) and teacher (including the American Graphic Novel at Columbia). His most recent book is Will Eisner: Champion of the Graphic Novel <\/em>(Abrams ComicArts, 2015).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2019<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Harry Lucey<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1913\u20131984<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In the early 1940s Harry Lucey<\/strong> worked in a studio with Bob Montana, and legend has it that he helped Montana create the original Archie gang for MLJ\u2019s Pep<\/em> comics (even contributing Betty\u2019s name). After stints in World War II and as an advertising illustrator, Lucey returned to MLJ in 1949, where he drew Archie comics for the next two decades. The dynamic and expressive style he developed in his Archie stories was highly influential on subsequent artists, most prominently Jaime Hernandez.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2012<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Russ
Self-portrait by Russ Manning<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Russ Manning<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1929\u20131981<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Russ Manning<\/strong> was a giant in both the comic strip and comic book worlds. He drew the Tarzan<\/em> comic for Dell in the 1950s and 1960s, then went on to draw the syndicated Tarzan<\/em> newspaper strip from 1969 to 1972 and the Sunday strip through 1979. He created the comic book series Magnus, Robot Fighter<\/em> for Gold Key in 1963 and continued to write and draw it through 1968. He wrote and drew the syndicated Star Wars<\/em> strip in 1979\u20131980.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2006<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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William Moulton Marston<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1893\u20131947<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In 1940, psychologist William Marston<\/strong> was hired by Max Gaines as a consultant for National Comics (DC). Marston pointed out that DC had no females among its flagship heroes, and he (with his wife Elizabeth) proceeded to create Wonder Woman, who made her debut in All Star Comics<\/em> #8 in December 1941. Wonder Woman was a hit and soon had her own book, which Martson (writing as \u201cCharles Moulton\u201d) wrote up until his death in 1947.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2006<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Don Martin<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1931\u20132000<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMAD<\/em>\u2019s maddest artist\u201d Don Martin<\/strong> delighted decades of readers with his goofy strips featuring oddball characters and demented sound effects. Who could forget Fonebone or Fester Bestertester? And what kind of imaginative mind did it take to add \u201cGlabadap,\u201d \u201cSchloot,\u201d \u201cSklishk,\u201d \u201cSploydoing,\u201d and \u201cThwizzik\u201d to the sound effects lexicon? There could only be one Don Martin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2004<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Frans Masereel<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1889\u20131972<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Frans Masereel is one of the most famous Flemish woodcut artists of his time. Like Lynd Ward, Masereel wrote \u201cnovels without words\u201d and can be seen as a precursor to current graphic novelists. His first “graphic novel” was De Stad<\/em> (1925), in which he described life in the city in 100 engravings. Other books are GeschichteOhne Worte<\/em> and De Idee,<\/em> about an idea that’s being haunted by the police and justice. It became very popular among anti-Nazis. Masereel settled in France after World War II and died in 1972.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2024<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Sheldon Mayer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1917\u20131991<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Sheldon Mayer<\/strong> was at DC from its very beginning, having played a role in convincing Harry Donenfeld to feature Superman in the company\u2019s new title, Action Comics.<\/em> He was not only one of the most revered editors in the history of comics but a cartoonist in his own right, having created Scribbly<\/em> and the much-beloved Sugar and Spike<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2000<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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David Mazzucchelli<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1960\u2013<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

David Mazzucchelli<\/strong> <\/strong>started working in comics in the early 1980s, first at Marvel Comics where he became the regular artist on Daredevil<\/em>. He worked with writer Denny O’Neil and culminated his work on this title with the Daredevil: Born Again<\/em> story arc, written by Frank Miller. He collaborated with Miller again on Batman: Year One<\/em>, considered one of the best Batman stories ever produced. Mazzucchelli moved on to focus on more personal projects, including his own independent anthology, Rubber Blanket,<\/em> and an adaptation of Paul Auster’s City of Glass<\/em>. In 2009, Pantheon Books published Mazzucchelli’s graphic novel Asterios Polyp<\/em>, which won the Los Angeles Times<\/em> Book Prize and three Eisner Awards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2022<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Winsor McCay<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1867\u20131934<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Sheldon Mayer<\/strong> was at DC from its very beginning, having played a role in Winsor McCay<\/strong>\u2018s Dream of the Rarebit Fiend<\/em> and Little Nemo<\/em> set unparalleled standards for fantasy artwork on the Sunday comics page early in the 20th century. McCay was also a pioneer in animation with his \u201cGertie the Dinosaur\u201d short film.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 1998<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Scott McCloud<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1960\u2013<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Scott McCloud came on the comics scene with his series Zot!<\/em>, published by Eclipse Comics from 1984 to 1990. Subsequent comics included Destroy!!<\/em> and The New Adventures of Abraham Lincoln.<\/em> He is best known as the creator of the award-winning Understanding Comics,<\/em> his 1994 treatise on the comics medium done in graphic novel form. He produced two follow-up books: Reinventing Comics<\/em> (2000) and Making Comics<\/em> (2006). His graphic novel The Sculptor<\/em> was released in 2015. McCloud was furthermore one of the early promoters of webcomics and the principal author of the 1988 Creator’s Bill of Rights. He is also the originator of 24-Hour Comics Day, an annual event in which cartoonists finished a complete 24-page comic book in 24 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2021<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Don McGregor<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1945\u2013<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Don McGregor began his comics writing career in 1969, writing horror stories for James Warren’s Creepy, Eerie, <\/em>and Vampirella<\/em>. After working as an editor on several of Marvel Comics\u2019 B&W line of comic\/magazines, in 1973 he was assigned to write the Black Panther in Marvel’s Jungle Action <\/em>comics. The “Panther’s Rage” series was the first mainstream comic to have an essentially all-black cast of characters. Don also wrote Killraven, Luke Cage, Power Man, <\/em>and Morbius, The Living Vampire<\/em> in that time period. In the middle of the 1970s he created the historically important graphic novel Sabre<\/em>, with art by Billy Graham. During the early 1980s, Don\u2019s works included Detectives Inc. <\/em>for Eclipse, and he <\/em>worked with Gene Colan on Ragamuffins<\/em> (Eclipse), Nathaniel Dusk<\/em> (DC), and Panther\u2019s Quest<\/em> (Marvel). His 1990s writing included Zorro<\/em> and Lady Rawhide <\/em>for Topps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2024<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Mort Meskin<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1916\u20131995<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Mort Meskin<\/strong> is best known for his 1940s work at DC, drawing such series as \u201cVigilante,\u201d \u201cWildcat,\u201d \u201cStarman,\u201d and \u201cJohnny Quick.\u201d Together with Jerry Robinson he created \u201cAtoman\u201d and \u201cGolden Lad\u201d for Spark Publications; drew \u201cThe Fighting Yank\u201d and \u201cBlack Terror\u201d for Better Publications\/Standard; and did several horror stories for Atlas (Marvel). Through the studio of Jack Kirby and Joe Simon, he produced Boys\u2019 Ranch<\/em> for Harvey and Black Magic<\/em> for Crestwood Publications, and he is considered a major influence on Kirby and many other artists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2013<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Dale Messick<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1906\u20132005<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Dale Messick<\/strong>\u2018s landmark comic strip Brenda Starr <\/em>debuted in 1940, and she produced it herself for 43 years. She treated readers to stories of adventure and intrigue that also included glamour, fashion, and romance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2001<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Mike
Photo by Jackie Estrada<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Mike Mignola<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1960\u2013<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

In 1983, Mignola was a Marvel inker on Daredevil<\/em> and Power Man and Iron Fist<\/em>, later becoming the penciler on such titles as The Incredible Hulk<\/em>, Alpha Flight<\/em>, and the Rocket Raccoon<\/em> limited series. In 1987, he began working for DC, too, and drew World of Krypton<\/em> and ThePhantom Stranger<\/em> limited series. With writer Brian Augustyn he produced the Gotham by Gaslight<\/em> one-shot in 1989. Mignola is best known for creating Hellboy<\/em> for Dark Horse Comics in 1994, kicking off a shared universe of titles including B.P.R.D.<\/em>, Abe Sapien<\/em>, and Lobster Johnson<\/em>. His other paranormal-themed titles for Dark Horse include Baltimore<\/em>, Joe Golem<\/em>, and The Amazing Screw-On Head<\/em>. He received an Inkpot Award in 2004.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Frank Miller<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1957\u2013<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Frank Miller<\/strong> had drawn a few short comics stories for DC and Marvel before he got his first regular series, Daredevil,<\/em> in 1979. In 1981 he took over writing and drawing the series, introducing such characters as Elektra and Bullseye. After drawing the classic Wolverine <\/em>miniseries by Chris Claremont, he went over to DC, first producing his own Ronin<\/em> miniseries, then going on to create such 1980s classics as Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Batman: Year One <\/em>(with David Mazzucchelli), Daredevil: Born Again <\/em>(with Mazzucchelli), and Elektra: Assassin <\/em>(with Bill Sienkiewicz), the latter two at Marvel. In the 1990s, he moved to Dark Horse, which published his Hard Boiled<\/em> (with Geof Darrow), Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot<\/em> (with Darrow), Give Me Liberty<\/em> (with Dave Gibbons), Sin City,<\/em> and 300.<\/em> In this century he has been active as a film director (Sin City<\/em>) along with doing such comics projects as Batman: The Dark Knight Strikes Again, All-Star Batman & Robin the Boy Wonder,<\/em> and Holy Terror.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2015<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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June Tarp\u00e9 Mills<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1918\u20131988<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

One of the few female artists working during the Golden Age of comics, June Tarp\u00e9 Mills <\/strong>was the creator of Miss Fury,<\/em> an action comic strip and comic book that first appeared in 1941. Miss Fury is credited as being the first female action hero created by a woman. The Miss Fury<\/em> comic strip ran until 1951. Mills returned to comics briefly in 1971 with Our Love Story<\/em> at Marvel Comics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2019<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Since the founding of the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards (and their previous incarnation, the Kirby Awards), the following individuals have been inducted into the Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hiyao Miyazaki<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1941\u2013<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Although best known as Japan\u2019s premier anime filmmaker, Hiyao Miyazaki<\/strong> is also celebrated as a manga artist worldwide. His major project, Nausica\u00e4 of the Valley of the Wind,<\/em> was published intermittently from 1981 to 1994 and has been collected in multiple book volumes as well as being made into an animated feature. Other manga works include The Journey of Shuna<\/em>, Hik\u014dtei Jidai<\/em>, and Kaze Tachinu<\/em> (The Wind Rises<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2014<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Sheldon Moldoff<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1920\u20132012<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Sheldon Moldoff, <\/strong>Bob Kane’s first assistant on Batman, worked on the character off and on for 30 years. He is credited with co-creating Bat-Girl, Bat-Woman, Poison Ivy, Mr. Freeze, Bat-Mite, and Ace the Bat Hound, and he was the regular artist on the Golden Age Hawkman. He was also a prolific cover artist, with credits including the first Green Lantern cover (All-American<\/em> #16).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2014<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Bob Montana<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1920\u20131975<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Cartoonist Bob Montana<\/strong> is famed for co-creating the character of Archie for MLJ Publications in 1941. He drew Archie\u2019s first appearance in Pep<\/em> and the first Archie<\/em> comic books, and he was the writer\/artist of the Archie<\/em> newspaper strip from 1946 until his death in 1975.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2010<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Alan Moore<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1953\u2013<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

British writer Alan Moore<\/strong> is best known as the creator of Watchmen, V for Vendetta, <\/em>and From Hell<\/em>. In the early 1980s he worked primarily for 2000AD<\/em> (creating such series as Skiz,<\/em> D.R. & Quinch,<\/em> and The Ballad of Halo Jones<\/em>), Marvel UK, and Warrior Publications. Moore hit the American comics scene in 1983 as the writer of DC\u2019s Swamp Thing.<\/em> The success of that title led to DC\u2019s recruitment of more British writers, the founding of the Vertigo imprint, and Moore\u2019s going on to create such enduring titles as Watchmen, Batman:<\/em> The Killing Joke, V for Vendetta, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen,<\/em> and Lost Girls.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2014<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Grant Morrison<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1960\u2013<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Writer Grant Morrison<\/strong><\/strong> started his career in the early 1980s on various titles for British publishers, including Warrior, Dr. Who,<\/em> and 2000 AD. <\/em>His first U.S. hit was Animal Man<\/em> for DC, followed by Doom Patrol. <\/em>In 1989 DC published Morrison and Dave McKean\u2019s highly successful graphic novel Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth.<\/em> In the 1990s he produced several titles for DC\u2019s Vertigo line, including The Invisibles, Sebastian O, Flex Mentallo, The Mystery Play, <\/em>and Kill Your Boyfriend.<\/em> Also at DC, he wrote JLA, The Flash,<\/em> and DC One Million.<\/em> In 2000\u20132001 Morrison moved over to Marvel, writing Marvel Boy, Fantastic Four 1234,<\/em> and New X-Men.<\/em> His DC works in recent decades include the graphic novel JLA: Earth 2, The Filth, W3, Seaguy, Seven Soldiers, Final Crisis, <\/em>the award-winning All-Star Superman<\/em> (with Frank Quitely), The Multiversity<\/em> and the ongoing Batman<\/em> title. Recent projects have included Happy!<\/em> (Image, 2012), Nameless<\/em> (Image, 2015), Klaus<\/em> (BOOM! Studios), and Green Lantern<\/em> (DC, 2019).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2022<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Win Mortimer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1919\u20131998<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Canadian artist James <\/strong>Winslow <\/strong>Mortimer began working for DC Comics in 1945 and quickly became a cover artist for comics featuring Superman, Superboy, and Batman. He succeeded Wayne Boring on the Superman<\/em> newspaper strip in 1949, leaving it in 1956 to create the adventure strip David Crane<\/em> for the Prentice-Hall Syndicate. During the same period, Mortimer returned to DC and worked on a large variety of comics, ranging from humor titles such as Swing with Scooter<\/em> to superhero features starring the Legion of Super-Heroes and Supergirl. He and writer Arnold Drake co-created Stanley and His Monster<\/em> in 1965. <\/sup>By the early 1970s, he was freelancing for other publishers. At Marvel, he drew virtually every story in the TV tie-in children’s comic Spidey Super Stories<\/em> (1974\u20131982) as well as the short-lived Night Nurse<\/em> series. Mortimer’s work at Gold Key Comics included Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery<\/em>, The Twilight Zone<\/em>, and Battle of the Planets<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2023<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Fran\u00e7oise Mouly<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1955\u2013<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Editor and publisher Fran\u00e7oise Mouly founded Raw Books and Graphics in 1978. With her husband, Art Spiegelman, she launched Raw<\/em> magazine in 1980, which is perhaps best known for serializing Spiegelman\u2019s award-winning Maus<\/em>. A lavishly produced oversize anthology, Raw<\/em> published work by Lynda Barry, Charles Burns, Kim Deitch, Ben Katchor, Richard McGuire, Lorenzo Mattotti, Gary Panter, Joost Swarte, Jacques Tardi, and Chris Ware, to name but a few. When Mouly became art director at The New Yorker <\/em>in 1993, she brought a large number of cartoonists and artists to the periodical’s interiors and covers. In 2008 she launched TOON Books, an imprint devoted to books for young readers done by cartoonists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2021<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Keiji Nakazawa<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1939\u20132012<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Keiji Nakazawa was born in Hiroshima and was in the city when it was destroyed by a nuclear weapon in 1945. He settled in Tokyo in 1961 to become a cartoonist. He produced his first manga for anthologies like Shonen Gaho, Shonen King, <\/em>and Bokura<\/em>. By 1966, Nakazawa began to express his memories of Hiroshima in his manga, starting with the fictional Kuroi Ame ni Utarete<\/em> (Struck by Black Rain<\/em>) and the autobiographical story Ore wa Mita<\/em> (I Saw It<\/em>). Nakazawa’s life work, Barefoot Gen <\/em>(1972), was the first Japanese comic ever to be translated into Western languages. Barefoot Gen<\/em> was adapted into two animated films and a live-action TV drama and has been translated into a dozen languages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2024<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Thomas Nast<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1840\u20131902<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Editorial cartoonist Thomas Nast) is often considered to be the “Father of the American Cartoon.” He started out as an illustrator in 1856 while still a teenager and became a staff illustrator for Harper\u2019s Weekly<\/em> in 1860. His cartoons advocated the abolition of slavery, opposed racial segregation, and deplored the violence of the Ku Klux Klan. In the 1870s he used his cartoons to crusade against New York City\u2019s political boss William Tweed, and he devised the Tammany tiger for this crusade. He popularized the elephant to symbolize the Republican Party and the donkey as the symbol for the Democratic Party, and he created the “modern” image of Santa Claus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2021<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Alex Ni\u00f1o<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1940\u2013<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Alex Ni\u00f1o<\/strong><\/strong> was among the Filipino comics artists recruited for U.S. comic books by DC Comics editor Joe Orlando and publisher Carmine Infantino in 1971. Ni\u00f1o\u2019s earliest DC work was drawing stories for House of Mystery, Weird War Tales<\/em>, and other supernatural anthologies, as well as the jungle-adventure feature \u201cKorak\u201d in Tarzan<\/em>. He moved to the U.S. in 1974. Over the next several decades, he drew all types of stories for DC, Marvel, Warren (Creepy, Eerie<\/em>, Vampirella<\/em>), Heavy Metal<\/em>, Byron Preiss, Dark Horse Comics, and other publishers. Starting in the 1980s, Ni\u00f1o branched out into movies and video games, doing design work and concept art for Hanna-Barbera, Sega, and Walt Disney Pictures (Mulan<\/em> and Atlantis<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2022<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Ann Nocenti<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1957\u2013<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Ann Nocenti is an American journalist, filmmaker, teacher, comic book writer, and editor. She is best known for her work at Marvel in the late 1980s, particularly the four-year stint as the editor of Uncanny X-Men<\/em> and The New Mutants,<\/em> as well as her run as a writer of Daredevil<\/em>, illustrated primarily by John Romita, Jr. Ann has co-created such Marvel characters as Longshot, Mojo, Spiral, Blackheart, and Typhoid Mary. She also wrote Catwoman stories for DC Comics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2023<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Martin Nodell<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1915\u20132006<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Marty Nodell<\/strong> co-created the Green Lantern in 1940 with writer Bill Finger. He drew Green Lantern in various titles until leaving DC in 1947 to work for Timely Comics. At Timely he drew Captain America, The Human Torch, and the Submariner, among others, until 1950 when he left the comics business for good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2011<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Diane Noomin<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1947\u20132022<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Pioneering underground cartoonist Diane Noomin (married to cartoonist Bill Griffith) was best known for her character Didi Glitz and for editing the groundbreaking anthology series Twisted Sisters. <\/em>Noomin’s comics career began in the early 1970s and included appearances in Wimmen\u2019s Comix<\/em>, Young Lust<\/em>, Arcade<\/em>, Titters<\/em>, Weirdo<\/em>, and many others. DiDi first appeared in a story called “Restless Reverie” in Short Order Comix<\/em> #2 (1974). Most recently, Noomin edited the anthology Drawing Power: Women’s Stories of Sexual Violence, Harassment, and Survival <\/em>(Abrams ComicArts, 2019), which was inspired by the global #MeToo Movement. The book won the 2020 Eisner Award for Best Anthology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2023<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Joe Orlando<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1927\u20131998<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Joe Orlando<\/strong> started out as an assistant to Wally Wood in the late 1940s and became one of EC\u2019s top sf\/fantasy illustrators in the early 1950s. After a stint drawing for Classics Illustrated<\/em>, he freelanced for MAD <\/em>and Warren Publications in the 1960s. In 1968 he went on staff at DC, where he edited such titles as House of Mystery, The Witching Hour, Weird War Tales,<\/em> and Plop!<\/em> and went on to become vice president and coordinator of special projects. Orlando is credited with designing much of DC\u2019s distinctive typography.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2007<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Jackie Ormes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1911\u20131985<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Jackie Ormes<\/strong> was the first, and for a long time only, black female newspaper cartoonist. From 1937 to 1938 she wrote and drew Dixie in Harlem<\/em> comics featuring Torchy Brown. After returning to her roots in journalism, she published Candy<\/em>, a single-panel cartoon about a witty housemaid in 1945. Then she created Patty-Jo \u2019n\u2019 Ginger<\/em>, another single-panel cartoon about a pair of sisters, which ran for 11 years through 1956. Finally, from 1950 to 1954, Ormes revamped Torchy Brown into Torchy in Heartbeats,<\/em> an 8-page color comic insert, including many paper dolls as was popular in the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2018<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Katsuhiro Otomo<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1954\u2013<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In addition to Osamu Tezuka, Katsuhiro Otomo<\/strong> is the creator most responsible for popularizing anime and manga in the Western world. Akira,<\/em> his landmark achievement, revitalized the anime and manga industry, building an entire new anime empire on the groundwork laid by Tezuka. Otomo\u2019s other famous work is Domu,<\/em> which began being serialized in 1980 and ran for two years. Next came Akira,<\/em> which ran to over 2,000 pages serialized over eight years (1982\u20131990). The anime adaptation was released in 1988. Following the success of Akira, <\/em>Otomo continued work in film as a director and screenwriter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2012<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Since the founding of the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards (and their previous incarnation, the Kirby Awards), the following individuals have been inducted into the Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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R. F. Outcault<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1863\u20131928<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Richard Felton Outcault<\/strong> was one of the pioneers of the American comic strip, having created The Yellow Kid <\/em>(1894) and Buster Brown<\/em> (1902),<\/em> among other early titles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2011<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Dennis O\u2019Neil<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1939\u20132020<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In 1968 DC editor Julius Schwartz asked Dennis O’Neil <\/strong>to revamp Batman. O\u2019Neil and artist Neal Adams took the character back to his roots and created the version of Batman that has been an inspiration for many of the Warner Bros. films and current comics. In 1970, Dennis again collaborated with Adams and Schwartz to produce the Green Lantern\/Green Arrow <\/em>series. Among his other lauded works for DC are The Shadow<\/em> with Michael Kaluta and The Question<\/em> with Denys Cowan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2014<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Rose O\u2019Neill<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1874\u20131944<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Rose O\u2019Neill<\/strong><\/strong> was an American cartoonist and writer who, at a young age, became the best-known and highest-paid female commercial illustrator in the United States. A four-panel comic strip by O’Neill was featured in a September 19, 1896, issue of Truth<\/em> magazine, making her the first American woman to publish a comic strip. She earned her international fame and fortune by creating the Kewpie, the most widely known cartoon character until Mickey Mouse. Her Kewpie cartoons, which made their debut in a 1909 issue of Ladies\u2019 Home Journal,<\/em> were made into bisque dolls in 1912 by J. D. Kestner, a German toy company. The dolls became immediately popular and are considered to be one of the first mass-marketed toys in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2022<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Harvey Pekar<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1939\u20132010<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The first issue of Harvey Pekar<\/strong>\u2018s American Splendor<\/em> appeared in 1976. Between then and 1991 he self-published 16 issues, drawn by a variety of artists, most notably R. Crumb and Frank Stack. Subsequent issues were published by Dark Horse and Vertigo. His book with Joyce Brabner Our Cancer Year<\/em> garnered numerous awards, and Harvey became somewhat of a celebrity by appearing on the Letterman show. In 2003 a film version of American Splendor<\/em> brought Harvey back into the spotlight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2011<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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George P\u00e9rez<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1954\u20132022<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

George P\u00e9rez<\/strong> started drawing comics at Marvel in 1974. After working on such titles as Fantastic Four, The Inhumans, <\/em>and The Avengers,<\/em> he developed a reputation as the artist who liked to draw group books. In addition to his Marvel stints, he is best known for his work on DC\u2019s The New Teen Titans,<\/em> Wonder Woman, <\/em>and Crisis on Infinite Earths.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2017<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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H. G. Peter<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1880\u20131958<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

At age 61, Harry G. Peter<\/strong> began drawing Wonder Woman, collaborating with writer William Moulton Marston. Peter started with the Amazon\u2019s first appearance in Sensation Comics<\/em> in 1941 and continued drawing the feature for close to two decades. Wonder Woman<\/em> #97, cover dated April 1958, was Peter’s last issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2017<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Lily Ren\u00e9e Phillips<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1921\u20132022<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lily Ren\u00e9e Wilhelm Peters Phillips <\/strong>was the star artist for comics publisher Fiction House, where she worked from 1943 until 1948. She drew such strips as Werewolf Hunter, Jane Martin, Senorita Rio<\/em>, and The Lost World<\/em>. She was known for her striking covers and \u201cgood girl\u201d art. She later drew Abbott & Costello Comics<\/em> with her husband at the time, Eric Peters, and Borden\u2019s Elsie the Cow comics. She left comics in the 1950s; she is still living and was a guest at Comic-Con in 2007.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2021<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Richard Pini<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1950\u2013<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Richard <\/strong>and Wendy Pini<\/strong> created the much-loved fantasy series Elfquest<\/em>, widely regarded as the first manga-influenced graphic novel series with a high fantasy theme published in the U.S. The Pinis were among the first independent publishers of their own comics, founding Warp Graphics in 1978. Richard ran Warp full-time from 1981 until 2003. In 2018, Elfquest<\/em> concluded its 40-year run with Dark Horse Comics. The series has millions of readers around the world and continues to gain new fans. Wendy has also drawn and written comics for Marvel, DC, First Comics, and other publishers, including two graphic novels based on the 1980s TV series Beauty and the Beast<\/em>. More recently, she created a graphic novel and animated webcomic based on the Edgar Allan Poe horror story \u201cMasque of the Red Death,\u201d which has been adapted into a musical.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2019<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Wendy Pini<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1951\u2013<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Wendy <\/strong>and Richard Pini<\/strong> created the much-loved fantasy series Elfquest<\/em>, widely regarded as the first manga-influenced graphic novel series with a high fantasy theme published in the U.S. The Pinis were among the first independent publishers of their own comics, founding Warp Graphics in 1978. Richard ran Warp full-time from 1981 until 2003. In 2018, Elfquest<\/em> concluded its 40-year run with Dark Horse Comics. The series has millions of readers around the world and continues to gain new fans. Wendy has also drawn and written comics for Marvel, DC, First Comics, and other publishers, including two graphic novels based on the 1980s TV series Beauty and the Beast<\/em>. More recently, she created a graphic novel and animated webcomic based on the Edgar Allan Poe horror story \u201cMasque of the Red Death,\u201d which has been adapted into a musical.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2019<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Hugo Pratt<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1927\u20131995<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Hugo Pratt<\/strong> was an Italian who grew up in both Venice and Ethiopia. The aspiring cartoonist moved to Argentina in 1950, where he created a number of adventure comic strips.<\/em> He returned to Italy in 1965, and in 1970 he created Corto Maltese,<\/em> an adventure series set in the South Seas, for the French comics weekly Pif.<\/em> This strip became very successful, and Pratt\u2019s distinctive art style became highly influential on cartoonists around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2005<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Antonio Proh\u00edas<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1921\u20131998<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Antonio Proh\u00edas<\/strong> is best known for his 30 years of work with MAD<\/em> magazine on his comic feature \u201cSpy Vs. Spy,\u201d which has been adapted into a series of animated shorts, several video games, a series of live-action television commercials, and a Sunday strip. In the late 1940s Prohias began drawing cartoons for the prestigious Cuban newspaper El Mundo<\/em>. His wordless material enjoyed international appeal, and by the late 1950s he was the president of the Association of Cuban Cartoonists. On May 1, 1960 (just three days before Castro gained control of El Mundo<\/em> and the rest of Cuba\u2019s free press) Proh\u00edas fled Cuba for New York City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2017<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Mac Raboy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1914\u20131967<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Mac Raboy<\/strong>\u2018s stunning artwork and covers for Captain Marvel Jr.<\/em> and Master Comics, <\/em>published by Fawcett, make them both highly prized series among Golden Age collectors. He left comic books in 1948 to draw the Flash Gordon<\/em> Sunday strip, which he did until his death in 1967.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 1999<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Alex Raymond<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1909\u20131956<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Alex Raymond<\/strong> made his place in comics history not only by creating Flash Gordon <\/em>but for influencing artists such as Al Williamson with his beautiful line work and science fiction settings. Raymond\u2019s other comic strip work includes Secret Agent X-9, Jungle Jim,<\/em> and Rip Kirby.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 1996<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Trina
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Trina Robbins<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1939\u2013<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A pioneer of the underground comix movement, Trina Robbins<\/strong> published the first comic book produced entirely by women, It Ain\u2019t Me, Babe<\/em>. From there she went on to co-found the Wimmin\u2019s Comix collective, which helped launch the careers of many other prominent women cartoonists in the underground and alternative field. Her nonfiction books include The Great Women Superheroes<\/em> and A Century of Women Cartoonists<\/em>. She has also edited a number of collections of early women cartoonists\u2019 reprinted work, including The Brinkley Girls: The Best of Nell Brinkley\u2019s Cartoons from 1913-1940<\/em> (Fantagraphics) and Tarp\u00e9 Mills\u2019 Miss Fury<\/em> (IDW).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2013<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"JerryRobinson\"
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Jerry Robinson<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1922\u20132011<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As Bob Kane\u2019s first assistant on Batman<\/em>, artist Jerry Robinson<\/strong> was the first to draw both Robin and The Joker, and he played a major role in their creations. He drew numerous Batman stories and covers for Detective<\/em> and Batman<\/em> between 1939 and 1946. In the late 1940s, he drew such features as \u201cThe Vigilante\u201d and \u201cJonny Quick.\u201d He moved to the comics strip realm in the 1950s and spent the next several decades in that world, created his own cartoonists\u2019 syndicate, and wrote the seminal book The Comics: An Illustrated History of Comic Strip Art.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2004<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Since the founding of the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards (and their previous incarnation, the Kirby Awards), the following individuals have been inducted into the Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Spain Rodriguez<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1940\u20132012<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Spain Rodriguez<\/strong> was one of the seminal artists in the underground comix movement. In New York, he created the tabloid Zodiac Mindwarp<\/em> for East Village Other<\/em> before moving to San Francisco to become part of the counterculture scene there. His character Trashman, Agent of the Sixth International, was an icon in underground newspapers as well as in Zap.<\/em> More recently, he produced such award-winning graphic novels as Nightmare Alley<\/em> and Che: A Graphic Biography.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2013<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"John
Photo by Jackie Estrada<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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John Romita<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1930\u2013<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

John Romita<\/strong> drew Marvel\u2019s Amazing Spider-Man <\/em>from 1966 to 1972, giving the definitive look to such characters as Mary Jane Watson, the Kingpin, and the Punisher. In 1973, he became Marvel\u2019s art director, a position he held until his retirement in 1996, and where he created the initial designs on such seminal characters as Wolverine. In 1977, Romita also co-created the Spider-Man<\/em> newspaper strip, along with writer Stan Lee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2002<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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P. Craig Russell<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1951\u2013<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

P. Craig Russell<\/strong><\/strong> has spent 50 years producing graphic novels, comic books, and illustrations. He entered the comics industry in 1972 as an assistant to artist Dan Adkins. After establishing a name for himself at Marvel on Killraven,<\/em> Dr. Strange<\/em>, and Elric<\/em>, Russell began working on more personal projects, such as adaptations of operas by Mozart (The Magic Flute<\/em>), Strauss (Salome<\/em>), and Wagner (The Ring of the Nibelung<\/em>). Russell is also known for his Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde<\/em> series and his graphic novel adaptations of Neil Gaiman\u2019s The Sandman: The Dream Hunters, Coraline, Murder Mysteries, <\/em>and American Gods.<\/em> His most recent project has been Gaiman\u2019s Norse Mythology<\/em> for Dark Horse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2022<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Stan Sakai<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1953\u2013<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Stan Sakai<\/strong> was born in Kyoto, Japan, grew up in Hawaii, and currently lives in California. His creation, Usagi Yojimbo, first appeared in 1984. Usagi has been on television as a guest of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, as toys, on clothing, in comics, and in a series of trade paperback collections. Stan is a recipient of numerous awards, including the National Cartoonists Society Comic Book Division Award, six Eisner Awards, five Spanish Haxturs, an Inkpot, an American Library Association Award, a Cultural Ambassador Award from the Japanese American National Museum, and a couple of Harvey Awards, including one for Best Cartoonist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2020<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Gaspar Saladino<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1927\u20132016<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Gaspar Saladino started at DC in 1949 and worked for more than 60 years in the comics industry as a letterer and logo designer. It has been calculated that he designed 416 logos, lettered 52,769 comic book pages and 5,486 covers, and produced 411 house ads. The logos he designed for DC included Swamp Thing<\/em>, Vigilante<\/em>, Phantom Stranger<\/em>, Metal Men<\/em>, Adam Strange<\/em>, House of Mystery<\/em>, House of Secrets<\/em>, and Unknown Soldier<\/em>, among others. For Marvel, Saladino’s logos, which he either created or updated, include The Avengers<\/em>, Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos<\/em>, Captain America and the Falcon<\/em>, and Marvel Triple Action<\/em>. During the early 1970s Saladino lettered the interiors for the then-new Swamp Thing<\/em>. It was in the pages of this series that he created the concept of character-designated fonts, with Swamp Thing’s distinctive outlined, “drippy” letters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2023<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Tim
Photo by Jackie Estrada<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Tim Sale<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1956\u20132022<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Artist Tim Sale began working in comics in 1983 and over the course of his career worked with Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, Harris Comics, and Oni Press, with his art gracing characters including Batman, Superman, Harley Quinn, and the Justice Society of America. With Jeph Loeb he created Batman: The Long Halloween, Challengers of the Unknown Must Die!, Superman for All Seasons, Batman: Dark Victory, Daredevil: Yellow, Spider-Man: Blue<\/em>, Hulk: Gray<\/em>, Catwoman: When in Rome<\/em>, and Captain America: White<\/em>. In 1999, Sale earned an Eisner Award for Best Short Story for “Devil’s Advocate” with writer Matt Wagner in Grendel: Black, White, and Red<\/em> #1. He also received Eisners for Best Graphic Album\u2013Reprint for Batman: The Long Halloween<\/em> and Best Penciller\/Inker for Superman for All Seasons<\/em> and Grendel Black, White, and Red<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 1923<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Alex Schomberg<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1905\u20131998<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The prolific Alex Schomburg<\/strong> turned out hundreds of comics and pulp magazine covers in the 1930s and 1940s. His covers for World War II\u2013era titles are noted for their large casts of characters in dynamic action, and his airbrush science fiction covers are prized for their brilliant colors and attractive females.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 1999<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Charles M. Schulz<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1922\u20132000<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Linus and Lucy\u2014the late Charles Schulz<\/strong> gave us these characters and more with the most popular comic strip of all time, Peanuts. <\/em>The strip was adapted into a series of animated specials for television that are still being shown decades after they were first aired. For many, Peanuts<\/em> is a cultural milestone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 1997<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Diana Schutz<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1955\u2013<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Diana Schutz is a Canadian-born comic book editor who started out editing a newsletter for Berkeley\u2019s Comics & Comix in 1981. She went on to serve as editor-in-chief of Comico during its peak years, followed by a 25-year tenure at Dark Horse Comics. Some of the best-known works she has edited are Frank Miller’s Sin City<\/em> and 300<\/em>, Matt Wagner’s Grendel<\/em>, Stan Sakai’s Usagi Yojimbo<\/em>, Paul Chadwick’s Concrete<\/em>, and Mike Mignola’s Hellboy<\/em>. In addition to editing, she has translated many French and Spanish comics works into English. Diana is now an adjunct instructor of comics history and criticism at Portland Community College.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2023<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Julius
Photo by Jackie Estrada<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Julius Schwartz<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1915\u2013200<\/em><\/strong>4<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Julie Schwartz<\/strong> served as editor at DC Comics for 49 years, starting in the 1940s. In the early 1950s, he edited DC\u2019s premier science fiction titles, Strange Adventures<\/em> and Mystery in Space<\/em>, then went on to usher in the Silver Age with revivals of revised versions of such Golden Age characters as the Flash, Green Lantern, Hawkman, and the Atom, while the Justice League of America became the Silver Age equivalent of the Justice Society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 1997<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Dori
Photo by Jackie Estrada<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Dori Seda<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1950\u20131988<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Dori Seda<\/strong> was one of the pioneers of the autobiographical comics genre in underground comix. She started her career when she was hired by Last Gasp publisher Ron Turner to do the bookkeeping for the company. Her stories were published in several comics and anthologies, including Wimmen’s Comix, Rip-Off Comix, Tits ‘n\u2019 Clits, <\/em>and Weirdo<\/em>. Dori’s only full-length solo book was Lonely Nights Comics<\/em>. Her work is collected in Dori Stories<\/em> (1999), which also includes memorial essays by friends. In 1988, Last Gasp established the Dori Seda Memorial Award for Women, whose first (and only) recipient was Carol Tyler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2017<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"E.C.Segar\"
Photo courtesy Fantagraphics<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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E.C. Segar<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1894\u20131938<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

E. C. Segar<\/strong> originated Popeye, Olive Oyl, Wimpy, and other now-classic cartoon characters in his comic strip Thimble Theater<\/em>, which debuted in 1919. The strip ran for 10 years before Popeye first appeared; the rest is history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2001<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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John Severin<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1921\u20132012<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

John Severin<\/strong> was an artist equally at home drawing humorous and serious comics. At EC Comics he drew wacky stories for MAD<\/em> (\u201cMelvin of the Apes\u201d), and western and war stories for Two-Fisted Tales<\/em>. After EC he continued both trends, producing humor features for Cracked<\/em> along with western and war stories for Marvel, Warren, and other companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2003<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Marie
Photo by Tom Deleon<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Marie Severin<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1929\u20132018<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Marie Severin<\/strong> was the colorist for all the EC Comics titles in the early 1950s. In the 1960s, she joined Marvel Comics, where over the next two decades she not only anchored the famous \u201cbullpen\u201d but drew such comics as The Incredible Hulk<\/em>, Kull<\/em>, and Not Brand Echh!<\/em> She went back to coloring in the 1990s, primarily for DC titles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2001<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Gilbert Shelton<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1940\u2013<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Cartoonist Gilbert Shelton<\/strong> began his first notable comic strip in the early 1960s, writing and drawing Wonder Warthog<\/em> for the University of Texas\u2019 satirical magazines Bacchanal<\/em> and Texas Ranger.<\/em> He moved to San Francisco in 1968 and became part of the burgeoning underground comix scene. After producing the comic Feds ‘n’ Heads<\/em> (published by Print Mint), Shelton created his most famous strip, The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers<\/em> in 1968, and a spinoff strip, Fat Freddy’s Cat,<\/em> in 1969, when he also co-founded Rip Off Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2012<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Since the founding of the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards (and their previous incarnation, the Kirby Awards), the following individuals have been inducted into the Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Joe Shuster<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1914\u20131992<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

While teenagers in Cleveland, science fiction fans Jerry Siegel<\/strong> and Joe Shuster<\/strong> created Superman. And a whole industry was born. The duo co-created Funnyman in the mid 1940s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 1992<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Noel Sickles<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1910\u20131982<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Noel Sickles became a political cartoonist for the Ohio State Journal<\/em> in the late 1920s. He moved to New York in 1933, where he became a staff artist for Associated Press. Here, he was asked to take over the aviation comic strip Scorchy Smith.<\/em> In that comic, Sickles developed a personal, almost photographic, style. His method of drawing became popular among other comic artists and was particularly inspiring to Milton Caniff (Terry and the Pirates<\/em>). Sickles and Caniff started working together closely, assisting each other on their comics. After AP turned Sickles down for a salary raise, he devoted the rest of his career to magazine illustration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2024<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Jerry Siegel<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1914\u20131996<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

While teenagers in Cleveland, science fiction fans Jerry Siegel<\/strong> and Joe Shuster<\/strong> created Superman. And a whole industry was born. Siegel continued to write comics into the 1960s, including Superman, and the duo co-created Funnyman in the mid 1940s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 1992<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Bill
Photo by Jackie Estrada<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Bill Sienkiewicz<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1958\u2013<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Bill Sienkiewicz<\/strong> started drawing comics professionally at age 19, fresh out of art school. His early style on Marvel titles such as Moon Knight<\/em> was heavily influenced by Neal Adams. In the 1980s Sienkiewicz broke out into a multimedia style that was revolutionary for comics, combining painting, line art, collage, mimeographs, and other elements. Sienkiewicz\u2019s highly stylized art on Marvel\u2019s Elektra: Assassin, The New Mutants,<\/em> and his own graphic novel Stray Toasters<\/em> earned international acclaim. His work has appeared in Brazil\u2019s National Museum of Fine Arts; galleries in Paris, Barcelona, and Tuscany; and advertising campaigns for Nike, MTV, and Nissan. Sienkiewicz received an Inkpot Award in 1981, and his work has won many awards including several Eagles, a Kirby, and an Eisner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2019<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Joe Simon<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1913\u20132011<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

With Jack Kirby, Joe Simon<\/strong> co-created Captain America, invented boy gang comics, and produced the first romance comics. Among the titles they created were Young Allies<\/em>, Boy Commandos<\/em>, Young Romance,<\/em> and Black Magic<\/em>. On his own, Simon created Prez<\/em> and Brother Power the Geek<\/em> for DC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 1999<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Walter
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Walter Simonson<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1946\u2013<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Walter Simonson<\/strong> began drawing for DC Comics in 1972 and was soon tapped by writer\/editor Archie Goodwin to draw a new backup feature called Manhunter, <\/em>which went on to win three best story of the year awards. Since then, Simonson has written and drawn nearly every major character for both Marvel and DC Comics. Highlights include Star Wars<\/em>, Fantastic Four<\/em>, Elric,<\/em> and Thor<\/em>, the latter of which would go on to become his most famous work. His run on the series lasted nearly four years and is considered by many to be the defining version of the Thunder God. Most recently he has been writing and drawing the series Ragnar\u00f6k<\/em> for IDW.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2017<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Louise Simonson<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1946\u2013<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Louise Jones<\/strong> (she had married artist Jeff Jones in 1966) started her professional comic book career at Warren Publishing in 1974, editing Creepy<\/em>, Eerie<\/em>, and Vampirella<\/em>. In January 1980, she joined Marvel Comics, where she initially worked as an editor, most notably on Uncanny X-Men<\/em>, which she edited for almost four years, and an X-Men spin-off, The New Mutants<\/em>. During this period, she also edited Marvel’s Star Wars<\/em> and Indiana Jones<\/em> comics. Louise married Walt Simonson in 1980 and left Marvel in late 1983 to try her hand at full-time writing. She created Power Pack<\/em>, which debuted in August 1984. Her other Marvel writing work included Starriors<\/em>, Marvel Team-Up<\/em>, Web of Spider-Man<\/em>, Red Sonja<\/em>, and most notably X-Factor<\/em>. In 1987 she became the New Mutants<\/em> scripter. It was during this run that she and artist Rob Liefeld introduced Cable. In 1991, she began writing for DC Comics. She, artist Jon Bogdanove, and editor Mike Carlin launched a new Superman title, Superman: The Man of Steel<\/em>\u2014a title she would write for eight years. She was one of the chief architects of “The Death of Superman” storyline. Since then Louise has continued to write for a number of comics publishers, as well as picture books and novels for young readers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2020<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Joe Sinnott<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1926\u20132020<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

During his 60 years as a Marvel freelancer and then salaried artist working from home, Joe Sinnott<\/strong> inked virtually every major Marvel title, with notable runs on Fantastic Four,<\/em> The Avengers<\/em>, The Defenders,<\/em> and Thor<\/em>. He is considered by many to have been Jack Kirby\u2019s definitive inker. Today he continues to ink The Amazing Spider-Man<\/em> comic strip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2013<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Photo by Nadja Spiegelman<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Art Spiegelman<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1940\u2013<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The cartoonist is best known for his Pulitzer Prize\u2013winning graphic novel, Maus<\/em>. As the co-publisher of the groundbreaking periodical RAW,<\/em> Art Spiegelman<\/strong> published the works of a wide range of alternative cartoonists. His most recent works have included the book MetaMouse<\/em> and the Little Lit<\/em> anthologies of comics for kids (edited with wife Francoise Mouly).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 1999<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Dick
Photo by Jackie Estrada<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Dick Sprang<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1915\u20132020<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Many comics aficionados consider Dick Sprang<\/strong> to have been the<\/em> Batman artist. He gave a distinctive square-jawed look to the character from the mid-1940s through the early 1960s. In the 1970s, he joined the list of artists creating re-creations of his original work and was a frequent guest at comic conventions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 1999<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"John<\/figure>
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John Stanley<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1914\u20131993<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

John Stanley<\/strong> is best known for his long stint (1945\u20131959) as the writer of the Little Lulu <\/em>comic book series, a cult classic. He also wrote and drew a number of humor comics, including Melvin Monster,<\/em> O. G. Whiz<\/em>, Thirteen Going on Eighteen<\/em>, and memorable issues of Nancy and Sluggo<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2004<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Jim
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Jim Starlin<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1949\u2013<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Jim Starlin<\/strong> started at Marvel Comics in 1972 and has been working on and off in comics ever since. His body of work includes Amazing Spider-Man, Batman, ‘Breed, Captain Marvel, Cosmic Odyssey, Daredevil\/Black Widow: Abatoir, Doctor Strange, Dreadstar, Gilgamesh II, Infinity Gauntlet\/War, Iron Man, Master of Kung Fu, Silver Surfer, Thanos Quest, The End of the Marvel Universe, Warlock and the Infinity Watch, Marvel The End, Thanos, Mystery in Space, Death of the New Gods, <\/em>and Rann\/Thanagar Holy War. <\/em>He is best known for creating or co-creating the Marvel characters Thanos, Drax the Destroyer, Gamora, and Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2017<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Jim Steranko<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1938\u2013<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Coming from a colorful career as an escape artist, magician, and musician, Jim Steranko<\/strong> first created Spyman <\/em>for Harvey Comics before going to Marvel in the mid-1960s, when he electrified comics fans with his work on \u201cNick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.\u201d In 1976 he produced the hard-boiled graphic novel Chandler: Red Tide<\/em> and also pursued a successful career as a paperback cover artist (most notably the Shadow <\/em>series). He has gone on to do conceptual art for films as well as produce occasional comics covers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2006<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Cliff Sterrett<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1883\u20131964<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Cliff Sterrett is one of the great innovators of the comic page and the creator of the first comic strip starring a heroine in the leading role, Polly and her Pals.<\/em> Between 1904 and 1908, he worked for the New York Herald, <\/em>drawing illustrations and caricatures. He started doing comics when he got the opportunity to draw four daily strips for the New York Evening Telegram<\/em> in 1911. In 1912, Sterrett was hired by William Randolph Hearst, for whom he created Polly and her Pals.<\/em> Starting in the 1920s, Sterrett used cubist, surrealist, and expressionist elements in his artwork. In 1935 he handed over the daily strip to others to concentrate wholly on the Sunday strip, which he drew until his retirement in 1958.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2024<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Dave
Photo by Jackie Estrada<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Dave Stevens<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1955\u20132008<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Dave Stevens<\/strong> created the Rocketeer, the retro adventure hero of 1980s indie comics and 1991 movie fame. The Rocketeer<\/em> combined Stevens\u2019 love of 1930s movies, the golden age of aviation, and 1950s pinup girl Bettie Page. Before becoming a professional artist, Stevens contributed amateur illustrations to early Comic-Con program books in the 1970s. His first professional gig was as Russ Manning\u2019s assistant on the Tarzan<\/em> comic strip in 1975. Stevens later worked as an animator at Hanna-Barbera and a storyboard artist on projects including Raiders of the Lost Ark<\/em> and Michael Jackson\u2019s \u201cThriller\u201d music video. Stevens was the first recipient of the Russ Manning Most Promising Newcomer Award in 1982, and he won an Inkpot Award and the Kirby Award for Best Graphic Album in 1986.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2019<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Elmer C. Stoner<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1897\u20131969<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

E. C. Stoner was one of the first African American comic book artists. He worked on comics through the Binder, Chesler, and Iger Studios from the late 1930s throughout the 1940s. For National he drew the \u201cSpeed Saunders\u201d story in the first issue of Detective Comics. <\/em>His other credits included \u201cBlackstone\u201d for EC Comics; \u201cCaptain Marvel,\u201d \u201cLance O’Casey,\u201d and \u201cSpy Smasher\u201d for Fawcett; \u201cBlue Beetle\u201d and \u201cBouncer\u201d for Fox; \u201cBreeze Barton\u201d and \u201cFlexo\u201d for Timely; and \u201cDoc Savage\u201d and \u201cIron Munro\u201d for Street & Smith. From 1948 to 1951 he drew a syndicated newspaper comic strip, Rick Kane Space Marshal<\/em>, which was written by Walter Gibson, magician and famed author of The Shadow<\/em>. Stoner is also believed to have created the iconic Mr. Peanut mascot while he was still a teenager in Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2024<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Curt
Photo by Jackie Estrada<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Curt Swan<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1920\u20131996<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Curt Swan<\/strong> drew Superman for nearly 30 years, from 1955 to the mid-1980s. For many fans, Swan\u2019s version of Superman is the definitive one. He\u2019s also known for his work on Jimmy Olsen,<\/em> Legion of Super-Heroes,<\/em> and World\u2019s Finest,<\/em> featuring team-ups of Superman and Batman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 1997<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Rumiko Takahashi<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1957\u2013<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Popular manga creator Rumiko Takahashi<\/strong> is said to be the bestselling female comics artist in history, with hundreds of millions of her books sold around the world. Takahashi’s first published work was the one-shot Katte na Yatsura<\/em> in 1978. Later that year her first major work began being serialized, Urusei Yatsura.<\/em> She went on to create such classic works as Maison Ikkoku, Ranma \u00bd, InuYasha, One Pound Gospel, Mermaid Saga, <\/em>and Rumic Theater.<\/em> Several of her works have been animated. The year 2008 marked the 50th anniversary of Weekly Sh\u014dnen Sunday<\/em> and the 30th anniversary of the first publication of Urusei Yatsura<\/em>, and Rumiko Takahashi’s manga work was honored in It’s a Rumic World<\/em>, a special exhibition held from at the Matsuya Ginza department store in Tokyo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2018<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Since the founding of the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards (and their previous incarnation, the Kirby Awards), the following individuals have been inducted into the Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"Bryan
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Bryan Talbot<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1952\u2013<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Bryan Talbot was part of the British underground comix scene starting in the late 1960s, creating Brain Storm Comix<\/em> at Alchemy Press, among other works. In 1978 he began the epic The Adventures of Luther Arkwright <\/em>saga, one of the first British graphic novels. Talbot began working for 2000AD in 1983, producing three books of the Nemesis the Warlock<\/em> series with writer Pat Mills. His 1994 Dark Horse graphic novel The Tale of One Bad Rat<\/em> has won countless prizes. For four years Talbot produced work for DC Comics on titles such as Hellblazer, The Sandman, The Dead Boy Detectives,<\/em> and The Nazz<\/em> (with Tom Veitch). His other works include the Grandville series of books, the graphic novels Alice in Sunderland, Dotter of Her Father\u2019s Eyes <\/em>(with Mary Talbot), and the autobiography Bryan Talbot: Father of the British Graphic Novel.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2024<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Jacques Tardi<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1946\u2013<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Considered the father of the \u201cnew realism\u201d style, French cartoonist Jacques Tardi<\/strong> began his comics career in 1970, with stories for Pilote<\/em> and later Metal Hurlant. <\/em>He is best known in the U.S. for his Adele Blanc-Sec<\/em> series and the graphic novels West Coast Blues, The Arctic Maurauder, Bloody Streets of Paris, Like a Sniper Lining Up His Shot,<\/em> and the Eisner Award-winning It Was the War of the Trenches<\/em> and Goddamn This War.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2016<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Osamu Tezuka<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1929\u20131989<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Osamu Tezuka<\/strong> was the dean of Japan\u2019s comics (manga) and animation (anime) industries from 1947 until his death in 1989. He created such wide-ranging series as Astro Boy<\/em> (Mighty Atom<\/em>), Kimba the White Lion<\/em> (Jungle Emperor)<\/em>, Adolf<\/em>, Phoenix<\/em>, and Black Jack.<\/em> With many of these works now available in U.S. editions, his following and influence among Americans continues to increase, over 20 years after his death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2022<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Roy
Photo by Alan Waite<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Roy Thomas<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1940\u2013<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Roy Thomas<\/strong> helped Jerry G. Bails found Alter Ego,<\/em> the first real comic book fanzine. From 1965 to 1980 he wrote and edited for Stan Lee at Marvel (X-Men, Avengers, Invaders, Conan the Barbarian, Red Sonja<\/em> et al.) and served as editor-in-chief from 1972 to 1974. From 1980 to 1986 Roy wrote for DC, mostly titles he co-created such as All-Star Squadron<\/em> and Infinity, Inc<\/em>. In 1999 Roy revived Alter Ego<\/em> for TwoMorrows Publishing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2011<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Don
Photo by Jackie Estrada<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Don Thompson<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1935\u20131994<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Don Thompson<\/strong> and his wife Maggie are among the legendary founders of comics fandom. Lifelong fans of science fiction and comic books, they met in 1957 and published their first fanzine, Comic Art<\/em>, starting in 1961. In 1967 they launched Newfangles<\/em>, one of the first fanzines devoted to the doings of comics fandom. In 1972 the Thompsons started writing a column for the Buyer\u2019s Guide for Comic Fandom,<\/em> which later became the Comics Buyer\u2019s Guide<\/em> (CBG<\/em>). They ran CBG<\/em> together from 1983 until Don\u2019s death in 1994. Under their direction, it became essential reading as the industry\u2019s main fan-oriented news magazine. Don was also the co-editor (with Richard Lupoff) of the 1970 book All in Color for a Dime, <\/em>which got many a comics fan interested in the medium\u2019s Golden Age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2020<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Jill
Photo by Jackie Estrada<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Jill Thompson<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1966\u00ad\u2013<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The writer\/artist creator of Scary Godmother<\/em> (1987) became more widely known in 1991 after taking over DC\u2019s Wonder Woman.<\/em> She subsequently worked on many titles for DC\/Vertigo, including contributing to Neil Gaiman\u2019s Sandman<\/em>. Her work has included The Invisibles<\/em>, Black Orchid<\/em>, and Seekers into the Mystery<\/em>, and she has worked on several Sandman<\/em>-related projects, including At Death\u2019s Door<\/em>, The Little Endless Storybook<\/em>, and The Dead Boy Detectives<\/em>. She is co-creator with Evan Dorkin of the award-winning Dark Horse paranormal animal series Beasts of Burden<\/em>. She received an Inkpot Award in 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2024<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Kim
Photo by Jackie Estrada<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Kim Thompson<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1956\u20132013<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Kim Thompson was born in Denmark in 1956 and grew up in the rich and varied publishing world of European comics. He arrived in the U.S. in the 1970s and immediately joined with Gary Groth, founder of Fantagraphics, to serve as co-publisher for the next three decades. Kim began working with The Comics Journal,<\/em> helping produce the news reports, interviews, criticism, and commentary that would guide and outline the growth of both mainstream comics and the independent comics publishing movement going into the 1980s. By the early 1980s Fantagraphics began publishing a list that included many of the most acclaimed comics and graphic novels of the era\u2014including the Hernandez Brothers\u2019 Love and Rockets<\/em>\u2014and Thompson was instrumental in their acquisition and publication. Thompson was also a key figure in bringing the best of European graphic novels to the U.S., acquiring and translating works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2023<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Maggie
Photo by Jackie Estrada<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Maggie Thompson<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1942\u2013<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Maggie Thompson<\/strong>\u00a0and her late husband, Don, are among the legendary founders of comics fandom. Lifelong fans of science fiction and comic books, they met in 1957 and published their first fanzine,\u00a0Comic Art<\/em>, starting in 1961. In 1967 they launched\u00a0Newfangles<\/em>, one of the first fanzines devoted to the doings of comics fandom. In 1972 the Thompsons started writing a column for the\u00a0Buyer\u2019s Guide for Comic Fandom,<\/em>\u00a0which later became the\u00a0Comics Buyer\u2019s Guide<\/em>\u00a0(CBG<\/em>). They ran\u00a0CBG<\/em>\u00a0together from 1983 until Don\u2019s death in 1994, after which Maggie continued to manage\u00a0CBG<\/em>\u00a0until it ceased publication in 2013. Under their direction, it became essential reading as the industry\u2019s main fan-oriented news magazine. Maggie has received the Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award and the Friends of Lulu \u201cWoman of Distinction\u201d Award. Maggie is a regular contributor to Comic-Con’s Toucan Blog;\u00a0click here to read her monthly posts.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2020<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Rodolphe T\u00f6pffer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1799\u20131846<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Swiss artist Rodolphe T\u00f6pffer is known for his histoires en images,<\/em> picture stories that are considered predecessors to modern comic strips. His works included Histoire de M. Jabot<\/em> (1833), Monsieur Cr\u00e9pin <\/em>(1837), Monsieur Pencil <\/em>(1840), and Le Docteur Festus (<\/em>1846). These works were distinctively different from a painting, a political cartoon, or an illustrated novel. The images followed clear narrative sequences over a course of many pages, rather than just a series of unrelated events. Both text and images were closely intertwined. Originally, he drew his comics purely for his own and friends\u2019 amusement. One of his friends, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, liked them so much (especially the Faust parody) that he encouraged T\u00f6pffer to publish his litt\u00e9rature en estampes<\/em> (“graphic literature”). His stories were printed in various magazines and translated into German, Dutch, English, Norwegian, Danish, and Swedish. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2021<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Alex
Photo by Jackie Estrada<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Alex Toth<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1928\u20132006<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Although he didn\u2019t create any famous characters or have long runs on any well-known comics titles, Alex Toth<\/strong> is revered among comics artists for his sparse yet eloquent drawing style and his storytelling techniques. In animation, his character designs for shows such as Space Ghost <\/em>and Jonny Quest <\/em>have influenced many a modern cartoonist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 1991<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Garry Trudeau<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1948\u2013<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Garry Trudeau attended Yale University and was a cartoonist and writer for The Yale Record<\/em>. He also created a comic strip called Bull Tales<\/em> that moved to the Yale Daily News<\/em> in 1969. Universal Press Syndicate bought the strip and started selling it nationwide to over 400 newspapers under the title Doonesbury<\/em>. In his long career, Trudeau has been a strong advocate of cartoonists rights. In 1975, Trudeau was the first comic strip artist to win the Pulitzer Prize, followed by the Reuben Award in 1996. Doonesbury was made into an animated short film in 1977 and a Broadway musical in 1984.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2023<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Morrie Turner<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1923\u20132014<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Morrie Turner<\/strong> created the Wee Pals<\/em> comic strip in 1965. When Wee Pals<\/em> first appeared, bringing black characters to the comics pages was by no means an easy task. At first, only five major newspapers published the strip. It was not until 1968 and the tragic assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. that Wee Pals<\/em> achieved nationwide acceptance. Within three months of Dr. King\u2019s death, Wee Pals<\/em> was appearing in more than 100 newspapers nationwide. In 2012 Turner was the recipient of Comic-Con\u2019s Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award. He also has the distinction of having been one of the handful of pros at the very first Comic-Con in 1970.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2019<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Ron
Photo by Jackie Estrada<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Ron Turner<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1940\u2013<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Ron Turner founded Last Gasp in 1970: a San Francisco-based book publisher with a lowbrow art and counterculture focus. Over the last 50 years Last Gasp has been a publisher, distributor, and wholesaler of underground comix and books of all types. In addition to publishing notable original titles like Slow Death<\/em>, Wimmen’s Comix<\/em>, Binky Brown Meets the Holy Virgin Mary<\/em>, Air Pirates, It Ain\u2019t Me Babe,<\/em> and Weirdo<\/em>, it also picked up the publishing reins of important titles\u2014such as Zap Comix<\/em> and Young Lust<\/em>\u2014from rivals that had gone out of business. The company publishes art and photography books, graphic novels, manga translations, fiction, and poetry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2024<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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George Tuska<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1916\u20132009<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

George Tuska\u2019s first professional work came in 1939, when he became assistant on the Scorchy Smith<\/em> newspaper strip. At the same time, he joined the Iger-Eisner Studio. There he worked on stories for a variety of comic book titles, including Jungle, Wings, Planet, Wonderworld, and Mystery Men. <\/em>In the 1940s, as a member of the Harry \u201cA\u201d Chesler Studio, he drew several episodes of Captain Marvel, Golden Arrow, Uncle Sam, <\/em>and El Carim.<\/em> After the war, he continued in the comics field with memorable stories for Charles Biro\u2019s Crime Does Not Pay, <\/em>as well as Black Terror, Crimebuster, <\/em>and Doc Savage.<\/em> He also became the main artist on Scorchy Smith<\/em> from 1954 to 1959, when he took over the Buck Rogers<\/em> strip, which he continued until 1967. In the late 1960s, Tuska started working for Marvel, where he contributed to Ghost Rider, Planet of the Apes, X-Men, Daredevil, <\/em>and Iron Man.<\/em> He continued drawing superhero comics for DC, including Superman, Superboy, <\/em>and Challengers of the Unknown.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2024<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Alberto Uderzo<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1927\u20132020<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Alberto Uderzo<\/strong> was a struggling French cartoonist with several unsuccessful strips under his belt when he hooked up with writer Ren\u00e9 Goscinny to create Asterix the Gaul<\/em> in 1959 for the first issue of Pilote,<\/em> a comics weekly. After Goscinny died in 1977, Uderzo continued to produce Asterix<\/em> albums on his own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2007<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Lynn Varley<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1958\u2013<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Lynn Varley<\/strong> is a colorist notable for her collaborations with her former husband, writer\/artist Frank Miller. She provided the coloring for Miller\u2019s Ronin<\/em> (1984), an experimental six-issue series from DC Comics, and Batman: The Dark Knight Returns<\/em> (1986), a four-issue miniseries that went on to become a commercial and critical success. Subsequently, Varley colored other Miller books, including Batman: The Dark Knight Strikes Again, 300, Elektra Lives Again, <\/em>and Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot<\/em> (with Geoff Darrow).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2024<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Mort Walker<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1923\u20132018<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Mort Walker was one of the best-known gag-a-day cartoonists in the world. He created three long-running and famous newspaper comics: his signature series Beetle Bailey<\/em> (1950\u2013 ), Hi and Lois<\/em> with Dik Browne (1954\u2013 ), and Boner’s Ark<\/em> (1968\u20132000). Walker was not only a creative spirit in comedy, but he also loved his profession. He wrote various essays and books about comics. He was the first to think up names for comics symbols and imagery that had previously remained unnamed. Walker also turned the National Cartoonists’ Society into an actual professional organization and established its annual Reuben Award to honor artists and writers. He founded a Museum of Cartoon Art (1974\u20132002), whose huge collection of original artwork is nowadays part of the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2023<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Lynd Ward<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1908\u20131985<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As a pioneer in the graphic novel, Lynd Ward<\/strong> produced six wordless novels in wood engravings from 1929 to 1937. His first novel, God’s Man, <\/em>was followed by Madman’s Drum<\/em>, Wild Pilgrimage<\/em>, Prelude to a Million Years,<\/em> Song Without Words<\/em>, and Vertigo<\/em>. All six books have been collected in a two-volume slip-cased edition by Library of the Americas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2011<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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James Warren<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1930\u2013<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

James Warren published Famous Monsters of Filmland,<\/em> a magazine that influenced just about everyone in comics in the 1950s and 1960s, then went on to publish such landmark comics magazines as Creepy, Eerie, Blazing Combat, Vampirella, <\/em>and The Spirit <\/em>in the 1960s\u20131980s. <\/em>Creators whose work was highlighted in these magazines included Archie Goodwin, Louise Jones (Simonson), Frank Frazetta, Al Williamson, Steve Ditko, Gene Colan, Bernie Wrightson, Billy Graham, Neal Adams, Wally Wood, Alex Toth, John Severin, and Russ Heath.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2024<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Bill
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Bill Watterson<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1958\u2013<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Cartoonist Bill Watterson<\/strong> created the strip Calvin and Hobbes,<\/em> which was syndicated by Universal Press Syndicate from 1985 to 1995. The wildly popular series featured the highly imaginative little boy Calvin and his stuffed tiger, Hobbes, who came to life only with Calvin. In 1986, Watterson became the youngest cartoonist ever to receive the National Cartoonists Society’s Reuben Award\u2014the industry’s highest honor. Watterson refused all merchandising for the characters, and after its 10-year run, he ended the series, saying that he had done all he could with Calvin and Hobbes. <\/em>The final strip ran on December 31, 1995.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2020<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Len Wein<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1948\u20132017<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Len Wein<\/strong> is the co-creator of the legendary comic book series Swamp Thing<\/em>, Human Target<\/em>, and Brother Voodoo<\/em>, as well as Wolverine and the New X-Men. He is noted for long runs writing almost every major character in the business, ranging from Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Justice League, Green Lantern, and the Flash,<\/em> at DC to Spider-Man, the Incredible Hulk, the Mighty Thor, the Fantastic Four, and the X-Men at Marvel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2007<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Since the founding of the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards (and their previous incarnation, the Kirby Awards), the following individuals have been inducted into the Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mort Weisinger<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1915\u20131978<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Superman editor at DC Comics during the 1940s\u20131960s, Mort Weisinger<\/strong> is also credited with co-creating Aquaman, Green Arrow, and Johnny Quick. It was under his tenure that many aspects of the Superman universe came into being, from Supergirl and Krypto to the Legion of Super-Heroes and the various types of kryptonite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2010<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1890\u20131968<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In the fall of 1934, Major Wheeler-Nicholson<\/strong> founded National Allied Publications and published New Fun<\/em> #1, the first comic book containing all-original material. The magazine was retitled More Fun<\/em> in 1936. Wheeler-Nicholson added a second magazine, New Comics<\/em>, in 1935, which became New Adventure Comics<\/em> with issue 12 and finally Adventure Comics<\/em> with #32. The third and final title published under his aegis was Detective Comics<\/em>, premiering in 1937.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2009<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Ogden Whitney<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1918\u20131975<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Ogden Whitney<\/strong> is best known as the artist of \u201cHerbie, the Fat Fury,\u201d the strange boy addicted to lollipops who appeared in ACG Comics from the late 1950s to mid-1960s. Herbie (scripted by Shane O\u2019Shea aka Richard Hughes) made his first appeared in Forbidden Worlds<\/em> in 1958 and got his own feature in 1964. In the later 1960s.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2007<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Al
Photo by Jackie Estrada<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Al Williamson<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1931\u20132010<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Al Williamson<\/strong> was the \u201cyoung guy\u201d among the EC artists of the early 1950s, producing classic stories for the various science fiction titles, often in collaboration with Frank Frazetta, Wally Wood, and Roy Krenkel. After the EC heyday, Williamson moved on to draw a wide variety of stories for Atlas, ACG, and other companies. In the 1960s, he found his niche in adventure comic strips, with a regular gig on Secret Agent X-9 <\/em>and then a memorable stint as the artist on the Star Wars<\/em> comics strip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2000<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Barry Windsor-Smith<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1948\u2013<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As \u201cBarry Smith,\u201d Barry Windsor Smith<\/strong> became an immediate fan favorite in the early 1970s as penciler for Marvel\u2019s Conan the Barbarian.<\/em> After pursuing a fine-arts career, producing limited-edition fantasy-themed prints, he returned to Marvel in the 1980s, drawing and coloring Machine Man<\/em> and writing and drawing \u201cWeapon X,\u201d his own take on Wolverine.<\/em> In the early 1990s he served as creative director and lead artist at Valiant Comics. Since that time his work has been published by Malibu, Dark Horse, Image, and Fantagraphics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2008<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"BillWoggon\"
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Bill Woggon<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1911\u20132003<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Bill Woggon<\/strong> created \u201cKaty Keene, the Pinup Queen\u201d for Archie Comics in 1945. Katy appeared not just in her own book but also in Laugh<\/em> and Pep<\/em> Comics<\/em>, giant comics like Katy Keene Pinup Parade<\/em>, and occasional issues of Archie Giant Series Magazine<\/em>. Notable about Woggon’s comics was that he encouraged fans to send in their designs for clothes (as well as cars and even rocketships), for Katy and her accompanying cast of characters. The series ran until 1961. Woggon then went to work on Millie the Lovable Monster <\/em>for Dell. A revival of Katy Keene comics occurred in the 1980s, with reprints of Woggon’s stories, as well as new stories illustrated by other cartoonists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2015<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Marv Wolfman<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1946\u2013<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Marv Wolfman<\/strong> is best known for Teen Titans<\/em> and Crisis on Infinite Earths<\/em> at DC and as the writer\/creator of Blade, the Vampire Hunter<\/em> and Bullseye (the prime villain in the 2003 movie Daredevil<\/em>) at Marvel. Marv has also been editor-in-chief at Marvel Comics, senior editor at DC Comics, and founding editor of Disney Adventures<\/em> magazine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2011<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Basil Wolverton<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1908\u20131978<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Although he will be forever associated with the \u201cLena the Hyena\u201d drawing he did for Al Capp\u2019s Li\u2019l Abner<\/em>, Basil Wolverton<\/strong> produced memorable science fiction comics during the Golden Age, including the \u201cSpacehawk\u201d and \u201cSpace Patrol\u201d series. He also produced hundreds of caricatures and other drawings in his distinctive stippled style and produced work for MAD.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2000<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Tatjana Wood<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1926\u2013<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Tatjana Weintrob immigrated from Germany to New York in 1948, attending the Traphagen School of Fashion. In 1949, she met comics artist Wally Wood, and they married in 1950. During the 1950s and 1960s, she sometimes made uncredited contributions to Wood’s artwork. Beginning in 1969, she did extensive work for DC Comics as a comic book colorist. She was the main colorist for DC’s covers from 1973 through the mid-1980s. She did coloring on the interiors of such acclaimed series as Grant Morrison’s Animal Man,<\/em> Alan Moore’s issues of Swamp Thing,<\/em> and Camelot 3000<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2023<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Wallace
Photo \u00a9 Wallace Wood Properties LLC A.R.R.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Wallace Wood<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1927\u20131981<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Wallace Wood<\/strong> \u2018s art style first captured readers in EC\u2019s science fiction titles and particularly in MAD<\/em>. He gave the distinctive look to the \u201cMars Attacks\u2019 trading cards and created, edited, and drew T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents<\/em> in the 1960s. He also produced work for Marvel, including Daredevil,<\/em> and for DC (All-Star Comics<\/em>). In his later years, he published one of the most polished fanzines (Witzend<\/em>) and self-published a wide variety of works, from The Pipsqueak Papers<\/em> to Cannon<\/em> and the adult Sally Forth.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 1992<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Bernie<\/figure>
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Bernie Wrightson<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1947\u20132017<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Bernie Wrightson<\/strong> is perhaps best known as the co-creator (with Len Wein) of Swamp Thing.<\/em> He worked for both DC and Marvel early in his career, with Swamp Thing <\/em>hitting big for DC in 1972. In the mid-1970s Bernie\u2019s work in Warren\u2019s horror magazines brought him further popularity, and in 1975 he formed The Studio with Michael Kaluta, Jeffrey Jones, and Barry Windsor-Smith. During this time he produced the art for an edition of Mary Shelly\u2019s Frankenstein<\/em>. The early 1980s saw the appearance of his own Captain Sternn<\/em> for Heavy Metal,<\/em> the Freakshow<\/em> and Creepshow<\/em> graphic novels, and other collaborations with Stephen King.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inducted 2014<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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