Today in Comics History, January 19: Happy birthday, Joe Staton!

Born on this day: comics writer and artist Joe Staton. He's known for his work on (among others) E-Man, Scooby-Doo, Doom Patrol, American Flagg!, Green Lantern, Tales of the Green Lantern Corps, Guy Gardner, DC Comics Presents, Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes, Action Comics, as well as the co-creator of the E-Man, Huntress II, Huntress III, and the Omega Men, and a near-ten year stint on the Dick Tracy comic strip! Whew! here's some more of his achievements:


from DC Comics cover-dated November 1979
My very first Charlton Comic was an issue of E-Man, so I've been a big fan of Joe's work from early on in my comics readin' and collectin' career.


house ad from First Comics cover-dated March 1984
And I've enjoyed Joe's artwork over the past decade as he and Mike Curtis (and these other good folks) brought a new vibrance and energy to the long-running Dick Tracy strip. Joe's in the brown jacket and yellow shirt below.


Dick Tracy syndicated comic strip (Tribune Content Agency, October 24, 2021), script by Mike Curtis, pencils by Joe Staton, inks and letters by Shelly Pleger (now the main artist on the strip!), colors by Shane Fisher
Happy birthday, Joe!