Gaylord DuBois
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Born | Gaylord McIlvaine Du Bois August 24, 1899 Bill Finger Award posthumously 2020[1] |
Gaylord McIlvaine Du Bois
An avid
Comic strips and comic books
Among the various genres for which he wrote comic book scripts, most were of the outdoor adventure variety, particularly Westerns, including Red Ryder Comics (for which he wrote "Little Beaver" text pages, The Fighting Yanks WWII feature, and, particularly, the "Kyotee Kids" Western series, 31 scripts, the first being sent to his editor 12/23/1946, the last being sent 3/19/1949, that ran from about issue #43 ending with #72; Du Bois had previously been one of the ghostwriters for the Red Ryder newspaper comic strip drawn by Fred Harman. Before its format change to all-new Red Ryder material, Red Ryder Comics featured Red Ryder newspaper strip reprints.
He also wrote stories for Sundance. Gaylord Du Bois also wrote comic book script adaptations of Zane Grey's western novels for the Dell Four Color Series' "Zane Grey's" issues, which achieved its own numbering with #27 as "Zane Grey's Stories of the West." Du Bois wrote the first issue. In total, he wrote 31 of the series' 39 issues.
Du Bois excelled writing animals: he wrote the entire run of The Lone Ranger's Famous Horse Hi-Yo Silver, the entire run of
Du Bois created several American Indian features: "
Du Bois's early comic-book -writing career included many cartoon characters, including
Gaylord Du Bois wrote script adaptations to comic book form of motion pictures, for the Dell
He also wrote many
A devout
Books
Du Bois wrote
Adventure novels included the Don Winslow of the Navy series ghostwritten for Frank V Martinek, based on Martinek's comic strip, Barry Blake, The Lone Rider, and The Lone Ranger. A series of books co-written with Oskar Lebeck includes Hurricane Kids on the Lost Island; Rex, King of the Deep; and Stratosphere Jim.[11]
Du Bois wrote several adaptations of well known titles such as
Two Golden Press adaptations appeared in 1960: Kidnapped, based on the novel by
Poetry
DuBois published several books of his spiritual poems and biographical material in the 1980s:
- Walk Among the Poems of Gaylord Du Bois (1982, Eyrie Publications)
- The Shining Path: Highlights of a Christian Pilgrimage (1983) — Christian poems
- Reflections on the Eyrie (1984) — poems
- A Walk Around Whallons Bay, New York With Gaylord Du Bois (1984, Eyrie Publications) — letters from Du Bois to friend Glenn Morris (the editor) who arranged the correspondence into a narrative form presenting Du Bois' memories and recollections of people, places and events in the Whallons Bay area where he grew up.
References
- ^ Six Posthumous Recipients to Receive 2020 Bill Finger Award
- ^ From his baptism certificate.
- ^ He signed it both ways, both capitalized: as two words, and as one word with a capital "B".
- ^ "United States Social Security Death Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JYMM-L4W : accessed 12 Mar 2013), Gaylord M Dubois, 20 October 1993.
- ^ Scott, Randall: "Gaylord Dubois Account Books sorted by Title", compiled from original account books, Michigan State University Libraries, 1985
- ^ Essex County News, Reeseville, NY, Vol 50, Number 33, April 13, 1956
- ^ Ziemann, Irvin H:Gaylord Du Bois, King of the Comics Writers, Comic Buyers Guide #829, 1989
- ^ Tony's Tips!, Comic Buyer's Guide, October 13, 1995
- ^ Davenport, Tim: Big Blue Newsletter No. 7, 1733
- ^ Lowery, Larry: Big Little Book Collectors Club of America
- ^ Du Bois, Gaylord; Glenn, Morris: A Walk Around Whallons Bay New York, Eyrie Publications, 1984
External links
- Gaylord McIlvaine DuBois
- Gaylord DuBois (blog by his granddaughter)
- Works by Gaylord DuBois at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)