Murphy Anderson

Murphy Anderson
Anderson at his drawing board at the DC Comics office circa 1970
Born	July 9, 1926 (1926-07-09) (age 85)
Nationality	American
Area(s)	Penciller, Inker
Notable works	Hawkman Action Comics Superman (inker over Curt Swan pencils)
Awards	Alley Award, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965 Inkpot Award, 1984 Jack Kirby Hall of Fame, 1988

Murphy Anderson (born July 9, 1926)^[1] is an American comic book artist, known as one of the premier inkers of his era, who has worked for companies such as DC Comics for over fifty years, starting in the 1930s-'40s Golden Age of Comic Books. He has worked on such characters as Hawkman, Batgirl, Zatanna and the Spectre, as well as on the Buck Rogers daily syndicated newspaper comic strip. Anderson also contributed for many years to PS, the preventive maintenance comics magazine of the U.S. Army.^[2]

As an inker, Anderson also co-created what many fans consider to be early defining images of the modern-day Flash, Adam Strange, Atom, Superman and Batman. With his frequent collaborator, penciler Curt Swan, the pair's artwork on Superman and Action Comics in the 1970s came to be called "Swanderson" by the fans.^[3]

As of the mid-2000s, he oversees Murphy Anderson Visual Concepts, which provides color separations and lettering for comic books.

Awards

Anderson's accolades include the 1962 Alley Award for Best Inker; a 1963 Alley for Artist Preferred on Justice League of America; 1964 Alleys for Best Inking Artist and for Best Comic Book Cover (Detective Comics #329, with penciler Carmine Infantino); 1965 Alleys for, again, Best Inking Artist and Best Comic Book Cover (The Brave and the Bold #61), as well as for Best Novel (an untitled story in Showcase #55, with writer Gardner Fox).

Anderson was inducted into the Jack Kirby Hall of Fame in 1988.

Bibliography

Comics work (interior pencil art) includes:

DC

• Atom and Hawkman #39, 43-44 (1968–69)
• Brave and the Bold #61-62 (1965)
• DC Comics Presents #5, 8 (1979)
• Detective Comics (Elongated Man): #357, 359-360, 377 (1966–68); (Atom): #432 (1973); (Hawkman): #440, 442, 480 (1974–78)
• Flash (Golden Age Flash) #201 (1970)
• Hawkman #1-21 (1964–67)
• House of Mystery #37 (1955); #225 (1974)
• House of Secrets #91 (1971)
• Jimmy Olsen (full art): #129-130, 132; (Superman and Jimmy Olsen heads re-drawn over Jack Kirby layouts): #133-144 (1970–71)
• Korak, Son of Tarzan #52-56 (1973–74)
• Secret Origins (Doll Man) #8; (Uncle Sam) #19; (Black Condor) #21 (1986–87)
• Showcase (Dr. Fate) #55-56; (Spectre) #60-61, 64 (1965–66)
• Spectre #1 (1967)
• Superman (Fabulous World of Krypton) #233; (Private Life of Clark Kent) #270 (1971–73)
• Unexpected #122 (1971); #208 (1981)
• Tarzan (backup stories) #207, 209, 217-218 (1972–73)
• Weird Worlds (John Carter of Mars) #1-3 (1972–73)
• Witching Hour #38 (1974)
• World's Finest Comics #256 (1979)

Notes

1. ^ Miller, John Jackson (June 10, 2005). "Comics Industry Birthdays". Comic Buyer's Guide. Archived from the original on October 29, 2010. http://www.webcitation.org/5trAbNQWw. Retrieved December 12, 2010. 
2. ^ Anderson bio, "WonderCon Special Guests," Comic-Con Magazine (Winter 2010), Page 18.
3. ^ Gelbwasser, Mike. "Interview: Comics Legend Murphy Anderson," The Sun Chronicle Online (Sept. 25, 2008). Accessed Feb. 13, 2009.

References

• Murphy Anderson biography
• Showcase #55: The Glory of Murphy Anderson

External links

• Tribute website

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Name	Anderson, Murphy
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Date of birth	July 9, 1926
Place of birth	Asheville, North Carolina
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