Mike Roy
Mike Roy | |
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Born | Joseph Michel Roy 1921 Quebec, Canada |
Died | 1996 (aged 74–75) |
Area(s) | Cartoonist, Artist |
Pseudonym(s) | Michael Robard |
Notable works | Akwas |
Joseph Michel Roy (1921–1996) was a Canadian comic book and comic strip artist, working during the Golden Age of Comic Books and the Silver Age of Comic Books. He is best known for his stories about Native Americans.
Biography
Born in
Early work
Roy got his first job in comics in 1940, as an assistant[clarification needed] to Sub-Mariner artist Bill Everett. At Timely Comics, the 1940s forerunner of Marvel Comics, he drew the only appearance of the superhero the Young Avenger, in U.S.A. Comics #1 (Aug. 1941), under the pseudonym Michael Robard. This story was previously incorrectly ascribed to Howard Purcell.[1]
He went on to work on many Golden Age comic books such as
Comic strips
Roy is best known for his work on
In 1964, he created his Native American character Akwas in a Sunday strip by the same name[3] (also for Columbia Features).
Screaming Eagle
Roy's final work was a hardcover graphic novel, Screaming Eagle, published posthumously in 1999 by Discovery Comics.[4]
References
- ^ Michael J. Vassallo. Introduction. Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age U.S.A. Comics vol. 1 New York: Marvel Comics, 2007.
- ^ Mike Roy contributions, Comic Vine. Accessed Oct. 26, 2018.
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Green, Paul. Encyclopedia of Weird Westerns, p. 181, "Roy was well known for his work on the Native American Sunday strip Akwas in the 1960s.", McFarland, 2009, ISBN 978-0786443901.
- ^ "Mike Roy". Archived from the original on 2012-02-10. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
Further reading
- Roy, Mike. The Best of Mike Roy, Ward Ritchie Press, 1978, ASIN: B000NYCCAY
- Strickler, Dave. Syndicated Comic Strips and Artists, 1924-1995: The Complete Index. Cambria, CA: Comics Access, 1995. ISBN 0-9700077-0-1.