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1926 Asheville, North Carolina - 2015 Somerset, New Jersey. Known for: Comic strip and comic book art, superhero drawing.
Following is The New York Times obituary of Murphy Anderson. "Murphy Anderson, Longtime Artist for DC Comics, Dies at 89". By George Gene Gustine, October 27, 2015. Murphy Anderson, a comic book... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of Murphy Anderson. "Murphy Anderson, Longtime Artist for DC Comics, Dies at 89". By George Gene Gustine, October 27, 2015. Murphy Anderson, a comic book artist best known for drawing superheroes for DC Comics from the 1950s to the ’70s, died on Thursday in... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of Murphy Anderson. "Murphy Anderson, Longtime Artist for DC Comics, Dies at 89". By George Gene Gustine, October 27, 2015. Murphy Anderson, a comic book artist best known for drawing superheroes for DC Comics from the 1950s to the ’70s, died on Thursday in Somerset, N.J. He was 89. The cause was heart failure, said his son, Murphy III. Born in Asheville, N.C., on July 9, 1926, Mr. Anderson began drawing professionally in 1944 for Fiction House, a pulp... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of Murphy Anderson. "Murphy Anderson, Longtime Artist for DC Comics, Dies at 89". By George Gene Gustine, October 27, 2015. Murphy Anderson, a comic book artist best known for drawing superheroes for DC Comics from the 1950s to the ’70s, died on Thursday in Somerset, N.J. He was 89. The cause was heart failure, said his son, Murphy III. Born in Asheville, N.C., on July 9, 1926, Mr. Anderson began drawing professionally in 1944 for Fiction House, a pulp publisher that had entered the comics field in the late 1930s. He followed that with a two-year stint, from 1947 to 1949, on a “Buck Rogers” newspaper strip before landing at what would become his longtime home, DC Comics, which was known at the time... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of Murphy Anderson. "Murphy Anderson, Longtime Artist for DC Comics, Dies at 89". By George Gene Gustine, October 27, 2015. Murphy Anderson, a comic book artist best known for drawing superheroes for DC Comics from the 1950s to the ’70s, died on Thursday in Somerset, N.J. He was 89. The cause was heart failure, said his son, Murphy III. Born in Asheville, N.C., on July 9, 1926, Mr. Anderson began drawing professionally in 1944 for Fiction House, a pulp publisher that had entered the comics field in the late 1930s. He followed that with a two-year stint, from 1947 to 1949, on a “Buck Rogers” newspaper strip before landing at what would become his longtime home, DC Comics, which was known at the time as National Comics. Mr. Anderson would pencil or ink nearly every major series the company published, including... Read full biography
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About Murphy Anderson: Keywords
Keywords (19)
Art Method
- •Comic Book, Comic Strip Artist, Comic Figures
- •Drawing, Draftsmanship, Draughtsman
- •Easel Painting
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
Art Subject
Awards/Recognition
- •Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Batman Comic Character Artist
- •Commercial Art and Design
- •DC Comics Publishing Company Artist
- •Newspaper Staff, Events, Artist, Cartoon, Illustration, Photography, Graphics