Today in Comics History, April 27: Happy birthday, Barry Shapiro!

Born on this day in 1947: Barry Shapiro, art director for Cracked magazine and Marvel production support guy in the 1980s!


L: from Marvel Age #28 (Marvel, July 1985), text by Jim Salicrup, pencils and inks by Ron Zalme; colors by George Roussos
R: from What If...? (1977 series) #34 (Marvel, August 1982), script by Rick Parker, pencils and inks by Ron Zalme
Here's a lovely elegy for Barry by Eliot R. Brown.

Happy birthday, Barry!