
Close-up on Roof Girl Print
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EARLIEST INFLUENCES
DAILY
STRIPS
Milton Caniff's "Steve Canyon"
Harold Gray's "Little Orphan Annie"
Chick Young's "Blondie"
Al Capp's "Li'l Abner"
Al Williams, "Flash Gordon"
Peter O'Donnell on Carstair's
"Modesty Blaise"
Marjorie Buell's "Little Lulu"
COMICS
Wayne Boring/Al Plastino "Superman"
Steve Ditko's "Captain Atom" &
Pre-Spiderman Marvel work
(Astonishing Tales, Amazing
Adult Fantasies, etc)
Don Heck's "Iron Man" work
Dick Ayers, "The Crimson Avenger,"
early Marvel Kirby inkings.
Marie Severin "Aquaman" and others
John Severin "King Kull"
John Forte "Legion of The Superheros"
& "Bizarro World"
Murphy Anderson
Carine Infintino, especially on "The Flash"
Andru & Esposito on "Wonder Woman"
and "The Metal Men"
Ramona Fraden
Jack Kirby
Harvey Kurtzman on EC Comics,
Mad Magazine, "Little Annie Fannie"
Wally Wood on "Sally Forth,"
"The Thunder Agents"
Will Eisner's "The Spirit,"
Russ Manning on "Robot Fighter"
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Remembering Will Eisner
essay and image
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SVA
TEACHERS
studied under:
Will Eisner
Harvey Kurtzman
Art Spiegelman
Co-Produced
& Co-Hosted
COMICS
FANTASY FORUM
(on local public access
NYC channel 25)
GUESTS:
Eisner, Severin,
Howie Chakin,
Walt Simonson,
Chris Claremont, etc.
July to September 1984
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An image from
"Heroes In Birmingham"
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MORE
INFLUENCES
UNDERGROUNDS
Robert Crumb
Gilbert Shelton "Fabulous,
Furry, Freak Brothers"
Trina Robbins
Spain Rodriguez "Trashman"
Richard "Gore" Corbin
SCI-FI/FANTASY
"Bama"
Kelly Freas
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and Maintained by

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VOLUNTEERING
WITH:
Breathing
Space/Landing Strip
Public Relations Officer & Speaker
support groups for ex-offenders
returning from prison
SGI-USA
Buddhist Organization - working towards
social good/world peace; affiliated with
Soros Inst. For Restorative Justice
Friends
Society (Quakers)
Constulting and Participating in
Children's book publishing
Projects
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June 23, 2005
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