Bully Says: Comics Oughta Be Fun!: Today in Comics History, July 31: Happy birthday, George Wildman!

Born today in 1927: comics artist, managing editor/executive editor of Charlton Comics, children's book/Highlights Magazine illustrator and ad agent George Wildman, who's especially known for his work on the various Popeye comics series!

'If only I'd listened to my mother and became a doctor or lawyer.'

'If only I'd listened to my mother and became a doctor or lawyer.'

from Popeye (1972 public service "vocational" series) #E-14 [Popeye and Fine Arts and Humanities Careers] (King Features, 1973), script by Joe Gill, pencils and inks by Paul Fung Jr.

A portrait of and interview with George:

Senator Estes Kefauver?

'George, have your many years of squinting at fine detail in your artwork helped you in any way in trying to read this tiny text?'

from The Charlton Bullseye (1975 series) #2 (CPL/GANG, April 1975), interview by Roger Stern (?), pencils and inks by George Wildman
Happy birthday, George!

'He draws, thereforei yam what I yam.'

from Popeye #E-14

Sunday, July 31, 2022

Today in Comics History, July 31: Happy birthday, George Wildman!

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