Sam Glanzman - Artist Info

About Sam Glanzman

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    Sam Glanzman, Comic-Book Artist Inspired by His War Service, Dies at 92
    By Richard Sandomir, July 19, 2017, The New York Times

    Sam Glanzman, a comic-book artist and writer who for nearly 80 years brought a gritty, richly detailed style to illustrating war stories, including his own, died on July 12 in Maryland, N.Y. He was 92.

    His death was confirmed by Drew Ford, a publisher who is editing reissues of Mr. Glanzman’s works.

    During World War II, Mr. Glanzman served in the Pacific on the destroyer Stevens, where the diary he kept, the sketchbooks he filled and the experiences of his shipmates became raw material for the comic books he created decades later.

    In about 70 stories for DC and two graphi...

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