Dave Simons

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Dave Simons
Courage The Cowardly Dog
AwardsInkwell Awards SASRA (2023)
http://www.dave-simons.com

Dave Simons (December 20, 1954 – June 9, 2009) was an American

Conan, Ghost Rider, Red Sonja, and Spider-Man for Marvel Comics[3] and Forgotten Realms for DC Comics.[4] He is also known for commercial storyboard and games artwork work on The Secret Files of the Spy Dogs and Greyhawk Ruins
.

Early life

Dave Simons has always wanted to be a

comic book artist. "I always wanted to do comics since I was about eight years old ... so I started making a point of drawing something every day. I figured if I just kept doing that, then eventually I'd get better at it."[5]

After a stint in the

Coast Guard, and a chance series of meetings with Frank Robbins, Simons elected to undertake formal training to be an artist. As part of his education Simons attended the now legendary art workshops run by Marvel Comics artist John Buscema. It was while attending these classes that he became friends with future comic book artists Ken Landgraf
and Armando Gil.

It was through Landgraf that Simons produced his first published work, which consisted of mainly commercial illustrations and the occasional soft-core pornographic comic book.

Career

Marvel Comics

Approaching then-

Curtis Magazines line for Marvel, and Simons was duly assigned the duty of inking the first issue of the Howard the Duck magazine.[6] After submitting the story Simons was assigned a fill-in Falcon story, which he inked with the assistance of Gil over Sal Buscemas
pencils. This marked his first professional work for Marvel and in mainstream comic books.

Simons was then assigned both pencilling and inking jobs for Marvel.

Thundercats
and others.

Simons's tenure at Marvel was not limited to inking.

Darkhold, Machine Man, Kull The Conqueror, Marvel Team-Up, Marvel Two-in-One, Crystar, Moon Knight and many others, along with pin-ups for the black and white magazine Savage Sword of Conan.[12]
"Pencilling, if you're doing it right ... is a much tougher gig than inking. Even though I usually liked to know what was going on, with inking you don't necessarily have to be involved with the story. With pencilling you have to be intimately involved with the story because you're the one who's bringing the writers work and intentions across to the readers, as to what he's trying to communicate there. You have to think of the drama, the camera angles, and the composition, make sure you leave room for the word balloons, all those sorts of things".[8]

Ghost Rider

Simons' best known Marvel work was his run on the first series of

J.M. DeMatteis. "The only speed bump we hit in this whole thing was when Simons, who of that team is the unsung hero, left", Budiansky recalled. "He used to come to the office dressed in leather. I mean, this was not an act, he'd come dressed in one of these black leather, zipper jackets. I don't know if he also wore leather pants. He might have worn them. But anyway, the point is, he knew how to ink leather, which was really important for Ghost Rider. So when he left the book we never really were able to replace that look that he gave the book. The rest of the team was all somewhat saddened by his departure."[13] Marvel attempted to duplicate the highly detailed and rendered look that Budiansky and Simons were able to give the character when the character was relaunched in the early 1990s but never quite succeeded.[citation needed
]

DC Comics

In the 1990s Simons left Marvel and crossed companies to DC Comics.[14] At DC he worked on Deathstroke The Terminator,

Disney
.

Dungeons & Dragons

Simons also worked for TSR on books such as

Monstrous Manual (1993), The Knight of Newts (1993), and The Created
(1993).

Animation career

In the late 1990s Simons left the comic book industry and moved into animation.

Exo-Squad
,
Zula Patrol
,
Courage The Cowardly Dog, which he subsequently drew the DC
comic book of the same name.

Post-animation

Simons also created characters. He developed Beastball Saga, with Sebastian Mondrone.

Dynamic Forces and Red Sonja
[20] variant cover series and the 100 Hulks project.[21]

In December 2008 Simons accepted a seat on the committee for the Inkwell Awards,[22] and remained a member until his death. He posthumously holds the title of Inkwell Awards Committee Member Emeritus Ad Infinitum.[23] In 2023, he was posthumously awarded the Inkwell Awards SASRA (Stacey Aragon Special Recognition Award).[24][25][26]

Death

Dave Simons died on June 9, 2009, at the age of 54, following a long battle with cancer.[2]

References

  1. ^ "GCD :: Creator :: Dave Simons (B. 1954)".
  2. ^ a b "Dave Simons: 1954 - 2009".
  3. ^ http://www.comics.org/search.lasso?type=penciller&query=Dave+Simons&sort=alpha&Submit=Search
  4. ^ "Dave Simons".
  5. ^ http://www.adelaidecomicsandbooks.com/simons.html
  6. ^ http://www.dave-simons.com/marvel.html
  7. ^ "The Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators".
  8. ^ a b c d http://www.adelaidecomicsandbooks.com/simons.html
  9. ^ https://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=47188527707
  10. ^ "Dave Simons (Person)".
  11. ^ "Digital Comics Dave Simons". Archived from the original on September 3, 2012.
  12. ^ "Border Kingdom". Archived from the original on December 28, 2008.
  13. ^ "Looking Back with Bob Budiansky".
  14. ^ https://archive.today/20120731090441/http://www.dcindexes.com/database/creator-details.php?creatorid=542
  15. ^ "Roger Rabbit!".
  16. ^ "Comic Art House". Archived from the original on February 3, 2009. Retrieved January 25, 2009.
  17. ^ "Dave Simons".
  18. ^ "Newsarama | GamesRadar+".
  19. ^ "Webpage Under Construction - Rittenhouse Archives".
  20. ^ "Dynamic Forces® - Red Sonja #25 with Hand-Drawn Original Sketch by Dave Simons!".
  21. ^ http://www.marvel.com/news/comicstories.4053.100_Hulk_Covers!_UPDATED~colon~_9~slash~24~slash~08
  22. ^ "Inkwell Awards". Archived from the original on September 13, 2009.
  23. ^ "Committee".
  24. ^ "Frazetta and Shores announced as Inkwell Awards' 2023 Lifetime Achievement — Major Spoilers — Comic Book Reviews, News, Previews, and Podcasts". March 15, 2023.
  25. ^ "Pop Culture Podium: FRAZETTA & SHORES Win INKWELL Lifetime Achievement AWARD". March 14, 2023.
  26. ^ "Inkwell Awards' 2023 Lifetime Achievement Winners Announced". March 13, 2023.

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