A comic book is a magazine or book of narrative artwork and dialog and descriptive prose. The style was introduced in 1934. Despite the term, comic books do not necessarily feature humorous subject-matter; in fact, it is often serious and action-oriented.... artist and cartoonist
Cartoonist
A cartoonist is a person who specializes in drawing cartoons. Traditionally much of this work was, and still is, humorous, and is intended primarily for entertainment purposes.... .
Regarding how he got his start in the industry, Ayers recalls, "It was [Superman co-creator] Joe [Shuster
Joe Shuster
Joseph "Joe" Shuster was a Canada-born American comic book artist best known for co-creating the DC Comics fictional character Superman, with writer Jerry Siegel, first published in Action Comics #1 .... ] who sent me to Vin Sullivan
Vin Sullivan
Vincent "Vin" Sullivan was a pioneering United States comic book editing, artist and publisher.As an editor for DC Comics,, the future DC Comics, he was responsible for buying Superman from creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, and edited that archetypcal superhero in his first appearance, in Action Comics #1 , and in the following ye... of Magazine Enterprises
Magazine Enterprises
Magazine Enterprises was an United States comic book company lasting from 1943 to 1958, which published primarily Western fiction, humor, crime fiction, adventure, and children's literature comics, with virtually no superheroes.... . Joe had me pencil some of his Funnyman
Funnyman (comics)
Funnyman is a fictional comic book character whose adventures were published in 1948 by Magazine Enterprises.... stories after seeing my drawings at [Burne] Hogarth
Burne Hogarth
Burne Hogarth was an United States cartoonist, illustrator, educator, author, and theoretician.For many decades, he has continued to be an influential teacher and visual artist throughout the world best known for his pioneering work on the Tarzan newspaper comic strip and his much-referenced series of anatomy books.... 's evening class." He worked at Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics is an American comic book and related media company owned by Marvel Publishing, Inc., a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment, Inc. Marvel counts among as its List of Marvel Comics characters such well-known properties as Captain America, the Fantastic Four, the Hulk , Iron Man, Spider-Man, the X-Men, and many others.... as Jack Kirby
Jack Kirby
Jacob Kurtzberg , better known by the pen name Jack Kirby, was an American comic book artist, writer and editing. Growing up poor in New York City, Kurtzberg entered the nascent comics industry in the 1930s.... 's inker on many Silver Age
Silver Age of Comic Books
The Silver Age of Comic Books was a period of artistic advancement and commercial success in mainstream American comic books, predominantly those which featured the superhero archetype.... comics. As of 2005, Ayers is still working full-time as an artist.
A comic book is a magazine or book of narrative artwork and dialog and descriptive prose. The style was introduced in 1934. Despite the term, comic books do not necessarily feature humorous subject-matter; in fact, it is often serious and action-oriented.... artist and cartoonist
Cartoonist
A cartoonist is a person who specializes in drawing cartoons. Traditionally much of this work was, and still is, humorous, and is intended primarily for entertainment purposes.... .
Regarding how he got his start in the industry, Ayers recalls, "It was [Superman co-creator] Joe [Shuster
Joe Shuster
Joseph "Joe" Shuster was a Canada-born American comic book artist best known for co-creating the DC Comics fictional character Superman, with writer Jerry Siegel, first published in Action Comics #1 .... ] who sent me to Vin Sullivan
Vin Sullivan
Vincent "Vin" Sullivan was a pioneering United States comic book editing, artist and publisher.As an editor for DC Comics,, the future DC Comics, he was responsible for buying Superman from creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, and edited that archetypcal superhero in his first appearance, in Action Comics #1 , and in the following ye... of Magazine Enterprises
Magazine Enterprises
Magazine Enterprises was an United States comic book company lasting from 1943 to 1958, which published primarily Western fiction, humor, crime fiction, adventure, and children's literature comics, with virtually no superheroes.... . Joe had me pencil some of his Funnyman
Funnyman (comics)
Funnyman is a fictional comic book character whose adventures were published in 1948 by Magazine Enterprises.... stories after seeing my drawings at [Burne] Hogarth
Burne Hogarth
Burne Hogarth was an United States cartoonist, illustrator, educator, author, and theoretician.For many decades, he has continued to be an influential teacher and visual artist throughout the world best known for his pioneering work on the Tarzan newspaper comic strip and his much-referenced series of anatomy books.... 's evening class." He worked at Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics is an American comic book and related media company owned by Marvel Publishing, Inc., a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment, Inc. Marvel counts among as its List of Marvel Comics characters such well-known properties as Captain America, the Fantastic Four, the Hulk , Iron Man, Spider-Man, the X-Men, and many others.... as Jack Kirby
Jack Kirby
Jacob Kurtzberg , better known by the pen name Jack Kirby, was an American comic book artist, writer and editing. Growing up poor in New York City, Kurtzberg entered the nascent comics industry in the 1930s.... 's inker on many Silver Age
Silver Age of Comic Books
The Silver Age of Comic Books was a period of artistic advancement and commercial success in mainstream American comic books, predominantly those which featured the superhero archetype.... comics. As of 2005, Ayers is still working full-time as an artist.
The National Cartoonists Society is the world's largest organization of professional cartoonists. It presents the Reuben Awards.The NCS was born in 1946 when groups of cartoonists got together to entertain the troops.... Award for Best Comic Book.
