Arthur Peddy
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Arthur F. Peddy
Peddy began his art career during the late-1930s and 1940s that period fans and historians call the Golden Age of Comic Books and remained active in the medium into the 1970s, when he began concentrating on commercial art and advertising.
Early life and career
Arthur Peddy entered the fledgling
With an unknown writer, Peddy co-created the female superhero Phantom Lady in Quality's Police Comics #1 (Aug. 1941) and continued to draw her adventures through issue #13 (Nov. 1942).[5][6]
Peddy enlisted in the
Postwar through 1960s
After the war, for Hillman Periodicals, Peddy had runs penciling the aviator hero Airboy and the muck-monster the Heap variously from 1946 to 1948.[5][8]
In 1947, Peddy additionally began penciling for
Peddy and fellow comics artists
The following year, Peddy and writer
Commercial and advertising art
Throughout the 1960s, Peddy began adding commercial and advertising art to his workload, primarily
Personal life
Peddy married the widowed Joanne Posner in April 1987, becoming stepfather to her sons Michael and Bruce Posner.[16]
He died May 15, 2002, in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut.[17]
Legacy
References
- Lambiek Comiclopedia. Archivedfrom the original on April 7, 2016.
- ^ Arndt, Richard J. (May 2015). "Remembering Arthur Peddy: A Talk with the Godlen Age Artist's Stepson, Michael Posner". Alter Ego. No. 152. TwoMorrows Publishing. p. 31. First two pages online.
- U.S. Social Security Death Indexvia FamilySearch.com. Retrieved on March 10, 2017. Click on subject's name for full record with birthplace.
- ^ a b Bails, Jerry; Ware, Hames (eds.). "Art Peddy". Who's Who of American Comic Books 1928-1999. Archived from the original on March 12, 2017. Retrieved March 10, 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g Arthur Peddy and Art Peddy at the Grand Comics Database.
- ^ Phantom Lady at Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Archived from the original on March 10, 2017.
- ^ Posner in Arndt, p. 32.
- ^ "Arthur Peddy Checklist" in Arndt, p. 42.
- ^ Bails, Jerry; Ware, Hames. "Esposito, Mike". Archived from the original on May 11, 2007. Retrieved June 16, 2012.
- ^ Bails, Ware, Who's Who, "Peddy and Sachs Studio.
- ^ "Arthur Peddy Checklist" in Arndt, p. 41.
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- ISBN 978-0785150121, some reference sources had credited artist Jay Scott Pike
- ISBN 978-1606997611.
- ^ Posner in Arndt, p. 37.
- ^ Arndt, pp. 31-32.
- ^ "Arthur F. Peddy". Crestleaf.com. Archived from the original on March 12, 2017. Retrieved March 10, 2017.
- ^ Barsalou, David (2000). "Arthur Peddy". Deconstructing Lichtenstein. Archived from the original on March 10, 2017.
- ^ "Sound of Music". The Roy Lichtenstein Foundation. Archived from the original on July 12, 2016. Retrieved March 10, 2017.
External links
- Arthur Peddy official website. Archived from the original on May 17, 2013.
- "Arthur F. 'Art' Peddy" at ComicBookDb
- "Peddy, Arthur F., 1916-". Reading Room Index to the Comic Art Collection, Michigan State University Libraries. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved March 10, 2017.