Today in Comics History, June 25: Happy birthday, Alex Toth!

Born on this day in 1928: artist and animator Alex Toth! You'll remember him from designing and working on a lot of the Hanna-Barbera 1960s cartoons (Super Friends, Fantastic Four, Sealab 2020, The Herculoids, Birdman and the Galaxy Trio, Dino Boy in the Lost Valley, among many others! His comics c.v. includes the Golden Age Green Lantern, All Star Comics, All-Star Western (Hey, why does one have a hyphen and the other doesn't? Truly one of the great mysteries of the comics age!), The Witching Hour, Detective Comics and more!


from Limited Collectors' Edition #C-41 [Super Friends] (DC, December 1975), by Alex Toth

Today in Comics History, November 15: Happy birthday, Martin Nodell!

Born on this day in 1915: comic book artist Martin Nodell, co-creator (with Bill Finger) of the Golden Age Green Lantern!


from Green Lantern (1941 series) #1 (Fall 1941)

Today in Comics History, July 17: Happy birthday, Marc Swayze!

Born on this day in 1913: Fawcett and Charlton Comics artist Marc Swayze (Captain Marvel Adventures, The Marvel Family, Whiz Comics, Wow Comics (including many Phantom Eagle stories), True Life Secrets, Sweethearts and more)! He's the co-creator of Mary Marvel!



from Men of Mystery Comics (1999 series) #21 (AC, 2000)
Happy birthday, Marc!

Today in Comics History, July 8: Happy birthday, Irwin Hasen!

Born today in 1918: comics scripter and artist Irwin Hasen (Green Lantern, Our Army at War, Detective Comics, Wonder Woman, The Flash, All-American Western, Big Town, Johnny Thunder, Justice Society of America, and more) and the co-creator and artist of the long-running comic strip Dondi!


"A Dream Comes True" in Four Color #1176 [Dondi] (Dell, January 1961)
The first page of an extensive Hasen interview:


from Men of Mystery Comics #25 (AC, October 2000), by Christopher Irving
Happy birthday, Irwin!