Lew Sayre Schwartz
Lew Sayre Schwartz | |
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Born | Emmy | July 24, 1926
Lewis Sayre Schwartz (
He was the recipient of an
Early life and education
Born in
Well, my father died when I was 12, and Milton became a father figure, in a certain way. He had all the accoutrements... The more I read about him, he was what I wanted to become. The fact he hand-fed me, in answering my mail and being very nice, and that I could call, and he would talk to me on the phone, was exciting.[2]
War years and early work
In 1944, Schwartz enlisted in the Navy, and he was trained at
In 1947, Schwartz was hired as an artist for the Herald-Tribune comic strip based on
Batman
Schwartz also began ghosting for Bob Kane.[6][7] Advised by his father, Kane had refused to enter into a class action against DC Comics with Superman creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster for ownership of their respective characters. Instead, Kane signed a deal with DC which guaranteed him steady income producing a set number of Batman story pages a year for publication. Kane then hired other artists to produce this work for him. Schwartz stated that he likely produced 240 pages a year for Kane over a seven-year period. Schwartz notes that Kane was "afraid to give anybody else any credit... Bob was scared to death it would be taken away if he acknowledged people that were helping him or even drawing for the strip."[2] For his own part, Schwartz kept quiet about the assignment due in part to its well-paid nature and in part to shame: "I didn't want to be associated with the books. At that particular time it was beneath my status... or my objectives. Let's put it that way."[2]
During this period he is credited with writer David Vern Reed as co-creator of the villain Deadshot in Batman #59 (July 1950).[8][9][10]
After Batman
Schwartz left Batman in 1953, describing himself as unable and unwilling to draw Batman for Bob Kane again. He joined a
Ferro, Mogubgub and Schwartz produced the credits for
By 1988, Schwartz was producing The Dinosaur Group, a weekly strip for
See also
- Vicki Vale, a character Schwartz co-created
References
- ^ "United States Social Security Death Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VMDR-SX7 : accessed 04 Mar 2013), Lewis S Schwartz, 18 June 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Cooke, John B. (August 2005). "Batman, Dr Strangelove, And Everything In Between". Alter Ego. 3 (51). TwoMorrows Publishing: 3–29.
- ^ Wills, Adam (22 July 2009). "Jews Get Geek on at Comic-Con". Jewish Journal.
- ^ a b c d e f Campbell, Eddie (July 2002). "Lew Sayre Schwartz". Eddie Campbell's Egomania. 1 (1). Eddie Campbell Comics: 16–31.
- ^ Barer, Burl, The Saint: A Complete History in Print, Radio, Film and Television of Leslie Charteris' Robin Hood of Modern Crime, Simon Templar 1928-1992 (2003) p85-89.
- ^ a b Evanier, Mark Lew Sayre Schwartz, R.I.P.. Accessed 26 June 2011 archived 26 June 2011
- ^ a b c d Campbell, Eddie, "Lew Sayre Schwartz, 1926-2011" The Comics Journal, June 21, 2011. Accessed 26 June 2011 archived 26 June 2011
- ^ Rozakis, Bob (April 9, 2001). "Secret Identities". It's BobRo the Answer Man. Comics Bulletin. Archived from the original on May 23, 2011. Retrieved November 14, 2010.
- ^ Batman #59 at the Grand Comics Database
- Empire. Archivedfrom the original on October 30, 2015.
[Deadshot] was originally created by Bob Kane, David Vern Reed and Lew Sayre Schwartz in 1950 as a prime villain for Batman.
- ^ a b "Lew S. Schwartz, 84, Batman artist, adman" Wilton Tribune, 24 June 2011. Accessed 26 June 2011 archived 26 June 2011
- ^ 1967-1968 - New York Area Awards, accessed June 26, 2011, archived June 26, 2011
- ^ a b Cooke, John B. (August 2005). "Lew Sayre Schwartz Checklist". Alter Ego. 3 (51). TwoMorrows Publishing: 30.
External links
- Greenberger, Robert, "Batman Artist Lew Sayre Schwartz Dead at 84", ComicMix.com, June 21, 2011