Sam Glanzman
Sam Glanzman | |
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Born | Samuel Joseph Glanzman December 5, 1924 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
Died | July 12, 2017 Maryland, New York, U.S. | (aged 92)
Area(s) | Artist |
Notable works | Hercules "The Lonely War of Willy Schultz" "U.S.S. Stevens" A Sailor's Story |
Awards | Inkpot Award (1999)[1] |
Samuel Joseph Glanzman
Biography
Early life and career
Glanzman was born on December 5, 1924, in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of Florence and Gustave Glanzman.[2][3] His father was Jewish and his mother Catholic.[4] His brothers were comic-book artists D.C. (Davis Charles) Glanzman,[5] and Louis "Lew" Glanzman,[6] the latter of whom went on to become a fine art painter.[7]
Glanzman ended his formal education after grade school.
He served in the
Seeking to return to art, Glanzman did some work for the
Charlton Comics
In 1958, Glanzman began working with
Beginning mid-1964, Glanzman moved regularly between Charlton and Dell assignments, almost exclusively on war stories, but also on a Charlton Tarzan series.[9] Although some sources credit him for co-creating the Charlton hardboiled detective character Sarge Steel, he stated in a 2009 interview that "The only thing I created was the "U.S.S. Stevens", "Attu" and A Sailor's Story."[11]
During the 1960s Glanzman and writer Gill created the Charlton mythological-adventure series Hercules: Adventures of the Man-God, which would run 13 issues (Oct. 1967 - Sept. 1969),
Also during this time he co-created, with writer
Glanzman freelanced for Outdoor Life magazine in the 1960s as well.[5]
DC Comics
Later career
Glanzman also contributed a handful of war stories to Marvel Comics from 1986–1989, in the black-and-white adventure magazine Savage Tales, the Marine Corps series Semper Fi, an issue of The 'Nam, and most notably A Sailor's Story / Marvel Graphic Novel #30 (March 1987), a 60-page true account, which he both wrote and drew, of his time on the U.S.S. Stevens during World War II.[16] Unusually for Marvel's graphic novel line, it was released in hardcover rather than as a trade paperback. A trade paperback edition followed, together with a sequel, A Sailor's Story, Book Two: Winds, Dreams, and Dragons, which continued the story up to the end of the war.[9]
Other work in the 1990s included inking some issues of
From 1999–2001, the Avalon Communications imprint America's Comic Group / ACG (not to be confused with American Comics Group / AGC) reprinted large amounts of Glanzman's Charlton Comics work in a number of mostly one-shot titles, including Hercules, Flyboys, Nam Tales, Star Combat Tales, Total War, and ACG Comics Presents Fire and Steel.[9]
In 2003, Glanzman began working on
Glanzman died on July 12, 2017, in Maryland, New York,[2] under hospice care after falling and undergoing surgery.[22]
Bibliography
Glanzman's U.S.S. Stevens stories for DC Comics appear in:[23]
- Our Army at War #220, 223, 225, 227, 230–232, 235 238, 240–242, 244–245, 247–248, 256–259, 261–262, 265–267, 275, 281–282, 284, 293, 298 (1970–1976)
- Our Fighting Forces 128, 132, 134, 136, 138–139, 140–141, 143 (1970–1972)
- Weird War Tales #4 (1972)
- G.I. Combat #152 (1972)
- Star Spangled War Stories #167, 171, 174 (1973)
- Sgt. Rock #304, 308 (1977)
- Sgt. Rock Special #1 (1992)
- Joe Kubert Presents #1–6 (2012–2013)[20]
References
- ^ Inkpot Award
- ^ a b c "Sam Glanzman, Comic-Book Artist Inspired by His War Service, Dies at 92". The New York Times. July 19, 2017. Archived from the original on July 20, 2017. Retrieved July 20, 2017.
- ^ "Sam Glanzman". Lambiek Comiclopedia. December 7, 2012. Archived from the original on February 3, 2015.
- ISBN 9780486801582.
- ^ a b Glanzman interview (August 2000). "Glanzman's Derby Days". Comic Book Artist. No. 9. Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing. p. 92.
- ^ "Louis Glanzman". Lambiek Comiclopedia. December 7, 2012. Archived from the original on February 3, 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Glanzman, Comic Book Artist, p. 90
- ^ Glanzman, Comic Book Artist, p. 93
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Sam Glanzman at the Grand Comics Database
- ^ Markstein, Don (2010). "Kona, Monarch of Monster Isle". Don Markstein's Toonopedia.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Stroud, Bryan (June 14, 2009). "Sam Glanzman interview". The Silver Age Sage. Archived from the original on August 29, 2012.
- ^ Glanzman, Comic Book Artist, illustration p. 91
- ^ Glanzman, Comic Book Artist, pp. 91–92
- ^ The Lonely War Of Willy Schultz #1–4 (May–Nov. 1999), published by Avalon Communications / America's Comics Group
- ISBN 978-0-7566-6742-9.)
It was Glanzman's semi-autobiographical tales in Our Army at War that brought a harrowing realism to World War II that few war comics have matched.
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- ^ McAvennie "1970s" in Dolan, p. 147
- ^ McAvennie "1970s" in Dolan, p. 171: "In February [1976], editor and cover artist Joe Kubert helmed Blitzkrieg #1, a unique anthology about World War II as seen through the eyes of the enemy. The first issue featured stories by writer Robert Kanigher, artist Ric Estrada, and storyteller Sam Glanzman."
- ^ Comic Book Stories (webcomics site) at the Wayback Machine (archived October 12, 2006). Original site.
- ^ a b Wunderlich, Chris (January 26, 2015). "BTFT: Joe Kubert and the Other Mr. T". ComicsAlliance. Archived from the original on February 3, 2015.
- ^ Dueben, Alex (December 31, 2014). "Sam Glanzman Tells A Sailor's Story". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on February 3, 2015.
Those stories will collected for the first time in Fall 2015 by Dover Publications, as part of the company's new line of comics. Dover is launching its comics imprint in April with a new edition of Mr. Glanzman's A Sailor's Story.
- ^ Johnston, Rich (July 12, 2017). "A Sailor's Story – Sam Glanzman Died Today, Aged 92. RIP". Bleeding Cool. Archived from the original on July 12, 2017. Retrieved July 12, 2017.
- ^ "The Stories". The U.S.S. Stevens Checklist. Archived October 22, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Sam Glanzman Bio. WebCitation archive.
- "U.S.S. Stevens (DD-479)". Navsource.org. July 20, 2020. Archived from the original on August 10, 2020.
- Sam Glanzman at Mike's Amazing World of Comics
- Sam Glanzman at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators