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Ayers' work continued into the 2000s. He contributed a pinup page to the 2001 comic ''The Song of Mykal'', published privately by the comics shop Atlantis Fantasyworld,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sequentialtart.com/archive/july01/retailer_0701.shtml |title=Atlantis Fantasyworld, Santa Cruz, CA |first=Adrienne |last=Rappaport |publisher=SequentialTart.com |year=2001 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/630lmOtHW?url=http://www.sequentialtart.com/archive/july01/retailer_0701.shtml |archivedate=November 7, 2011 |accessdate=November 7, 2011 |deadurl=no |df= }}</ref> did inking on "Doris Danger" stories in the magazine ''Tabloia'' #572-576, and drew a pinup page in the comic ''Doris Danger's Greatest All-Out Army Battles!''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tabloia.com/contributors.shtml | title=Contributors to '"Tabloia''|first=Chris|last=Wisnia|date=n.d.|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20101105215924/http://www.tabloia.com/contributors.shtml | archivedate=November 5, 2010|deadurl=no}}</ref> <!-- He penciled and lettered ''Femforce vs The Claw'' in 2002 and ''Femforce Features: Giantess'' in 2004, and penciled, inked and lettered ''Gunslingers'' in 2000. --> |
Ayers' work continued into the 2000s. He contributed a pinup page to the 2001 comic ''The Song of Mykal'', published privately by the comics shop Atlantis Fantasyworld,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sequentialtart.com/archive/july01/retailer_0701.shtml |title=Atlantis Fantasyworld, Santa Cruz, CA |first=Adrienne |last=Rappaport |publisher=SequentialTart.com |year=2001 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/630lmOtHW?url=http://www.sequentialtart.com/archive/july01/retailer_0701.shtml |archivedate=November 7, 2011 |accessdate=November 7, 2011 |deadurl=no |df= }}</ref> did inking on "Doris Danger" stories in the magazine ''Tabloia'' #572-576, and drew a pinup page in the comic ''Doris Danger's Greatest All-Out Army Battles!''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tabloia.com/contributors.shtml | title=Contributors to '"Tabloia''|first=Chris|last=Wisnia|date=n.d.|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20101105215924/http://www.tabloia.com/contributors.shtml | archivedate=November 5, 2010|deadurl=no}}</ref> <!-- He penciled and lettered ''Femforce vs The Claw'' in 2002 and ''Femforce Features: Giantess'' in 2004, and penciled, inked and lettered ''Gunslingers'' in 2000. --> |
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He wrote and drew the eight-page "Chips Wilde" Western story in the benefit comic ''Actor Comics Presents'' #1 (Fall 2006), provided a sketch for the benefit comic ''The 3-Minute Sketchbook'' (2007),<ref>{{cite web|url= |
He wrote and drew the eight-page "Chips Wilde" Western story in the benefit comic ''Actor Comics Presents'' #1 (Fall 2006), provided a sketch for the benefit comic ''The 3-Minute Sketchbook'' (2007),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.toooldtogrowup.com/comics/logan/details/18902.html|title=The 3-Minute Sketchbook #1|publisher=Too Old to Grow Up! (podcast site)|year=2007|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101105000000/http://www.toooldtogrowup.com/comics/logan/details/18902.html|archivedate=November 5, 2010|deadurl=yes|df=}}</ref> and contributed to the tribute comic ''The Uncanny [[Dave Cockrum]]'' (2007).<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/briefings/cr_reviews/7006/ |title=Clifford Meth on the Fate of The Uncanny Dave Cockrum Hardcover |publisher=[[Aardwolf Publishing]] [[press release]] via TheComicsReporter.com|date= December 6, 2006 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111107000000/http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/briefings/cr_reviews/7006/ | archivedate = November 7, 2011|accessdate= November 7, 2011|deadurl=no}}</ref> In 2009, he drew a half-page biographical illustration of a 1940s character in the reference guide ''Marvel Mystery Handbook 70th Anniversary Special''.<ref name=gcd /> |
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==Personal life== |
==Personal life== |
Revision as of 06:38, 7 January 2018
Dick Ayers | |
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Dick Ayers at the April 2008 New York Comic Con. | |
Born | Ossining, New York | April 28, 1924
Died | May 4, 2014 White Plains, New York | (aged 90)
Nationality | United States |
Area(s) | Penciller, Inker |
Notable works | Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos 1950s Ghost Rider Jack Kirby inker |
Awards | National Cartoonists Society Award, 1985 Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame, 2007 Inkwell Awards Joe Sinnott Hall of Fame (2013) |
Richard Bache "Dick" Ayers
Ayers was inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2007.
Early life
Ayers was born April 28, 1924 in Ossining, New York,[2][3] the son of John Bache Ayers and Gladys Minnerly Ayers.[4] He had a sister who was 10 years older.[5] The siblings were in the 13th generation, he said, of the Ayers family that had settled in Newbury, Massachusetts in 1635.[6] At 18, during World War II, he enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps, and stationed in Florida, where after failing radar training he was sent for a month's art training at McTomb University and began working as an artist in the Air Corps' Operations division.[5] He published his first comic strip, Radio Ray, in the military newspaper Radio Post in 1942.[3]
Career
Ayers broke into comics with unpublished work done for Western Publishing's Dell Comics imprint. "I approached them," Ayers said in a 1996 interview. "I had a story written and drawn. They wanted to wrap a book around it.... I got into it, but Dell decided to scrap the project. ... It was an adventure thing, boy and girl; the boy wanted to be a trumpet player. The girl kept feeding the jukebox and he'd played along to Harry James or whatever sort of thing. ... It didn't make it, but it got me started where I wanted to be in the business."[7]
Magazine Enterprises
Following this, in 1947, Ayers studied under
Ayers went on to pencil and ink
After the trademark to the character's name and motif lapsed, Marvel Comics debuted its own near-identical, non-horror version of the character in Ghost Rider #1 (Feb. 1967), by writers Roy Thomas and Gary Friedrich and original Ghost Rider artist Ayers.[9]
Ayers' hands appear onscreen as those of a cartoonist played by actor Don Briggs in "The Comic Strip Murders", a 1949 episode of the
Atlas Comics
In 1952, while continuing to freelance for Magazine Enterprises, Ayers began a long freelance run at
During the 1950s, Ayers also drew freelance for Charlton Comics, including for the horror comic The Thing and the satirical series Eh!.[7]
Marvel Comics
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/91/GhostRider_western_1.jpg/220px-GhostRider_western_1.jpg)
Ayers first teamed with the highly influential and historically important penciler
The first work I did with Jack was the cover of Wyatt Earp #25 (Oct. 1959). [Editor-in-chief] Stan Lee liked it and sent me another job, "The Martian Who Stole My Body," for Journey into Mystery #57 (Dec. 1959). I also began Sky Masters, the [syndicated] newspaper strip. There is a lot of confusion on this; people think Wally Wood inked them all, because they're signed Kirby/Wood. But that was Dave Wood, the writer [who was unrelated to artist Wally Wood]. I began Sky Masters with the 36th Sunday page; Jack's pencils, my inks, in September 1959. I ended the Sundays in January 1960. I also did the dailies for a period of [over] two years, from September of '59 to December of '61. These were complete inks; I was the only one doing it at the time. Of course, Wally Wood also worked on that strip, in the beginning, before me.[14]
Ayers went on to ink scores of Kirby Western and monster stories, including such much-reprinted tales as "I Created the Colossus!" (Tales of Suspense #14, Feb. 1961), "Goom! The Thing from Planet X!" (Tales of Suspense #15, March 1961), and "Fin Fang Foom!" (Strange Tales #89, Oct. 1961). As Marvel introduced its
Additionally, Ayers took over from Kirby as Sgt. Fury penciler with issue #8 (July 1964), beginning a 10-year run that — except for #13 (which he inked over Kirby's pencils), and five issues by other pencilers — continued virtually unbroken through #120 (with the series running Ayers reprints every-other-issue through most but not all from #79 on).[9]
Later career
In the 1980s, Ayers, inked by
Ayers' work continued into the 2000s. He contributed a pinup page to the 2001 comic The Song of Mykal, published privately by the comics shop Atlantis Fantasyworld,[22] did inking on "Doris Danger" stories in the magazine Tabloia #572-576, and drew a pinup page in the comic Doris Danger's Greatest All-Out Army Battles![23]
He wrote and drew the eight-page "Chips Wilde" Western story in the benefit comic Actor Comics Presents #1 (Fall 2006), provided a sketch for the benefit comic The 3-Minute Sketchbook (2007),[24] and contributed to the tribute comic The Uncanny Dave Cockrum (2007).[25] In 2009, he drew a half-page biographical illustration of a 1940s character in the reference guide Marvel Mystery Handbook 70th Anniversary Special.[9]
Personal life
Ayers married Charlotte Lindy Walter on April 7, 1951.[1] The couple had four children: sons Richard, Fred, and Steve, and daughter, Elaine.[26] Ayers died at his home in White Plains, New York on May 4, 2014, less than a week after his 90th birthday.[26][27]
Awards and honors
- Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandoes, drawn by Ayers, won the Alley Award for Best War Title in 1967 and 1968.
- 1985 National Cartoonists Society Award for Best Comic Book
- 2007 inductee, Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame
- 2013 Inkwell Awards Joe Sinnott Hall of Fame
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-9766651-5-1.
- ^ Sedlmeier, Cory, ed. Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk Volume 2. Marvel Comics. p. 245.
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- ^ Ayers, The Dick Ayers Story: An Illustrated Autobiography, Volume 2, p. 120 (unnumbered).
- ^ a b Ayers in Clancy, Shaun (May 21, 2014). "A Conversation with Dick Ayers". The Comics Journal. Fantagraphics. Archived from the original on August 27, 2017. Retrieved December 14, 2017.
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has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link - ^ Novinskie, Charlie (March 11, 2005). "Dick Ayers Unveils New Graphic Novel Autobiography". Scoop (Diamond International Galleries / Gemstone Publishing newsletter). Archived from the original on March 21, 2007.
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(help) - ^ a b c d e f g h Dick Ayers at Grand Comics Database
- ^ Ghost Rider, The at the Grand Comics Database
- ^ "Dick Ayers: A Life in the 'Gowanus'". Alter Ego. Vol. 3, no. 10. interview part 1 of 2. Autumn 2001. Archived from the original on June 1, 2010.
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- ^ The Grand Comics Database cites the cover of Wyatt Earp #24 (Aug. 1959), which AtlasTales.com lists as inked by George Klein. Grand Comics Database tentatively lists Ayers as inker of the Kirby cover for that same month's Strange Tales #70, for which Atlas Tales credits Ayers without qualification.
- ^ "Dick Ayers Interview", p. 17. Reprinted The Collected Jack Kirby Collector Volume Three, p. 43
- ^ "[Credits page]". The TRS-80 Computer Whiz Kids (1984 Edition). Archie Comics via AtariMagazines.com. March 1984. Archived from the original on May 22, 2012. Retrieved April 29, 2016.
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- ^ As both sources indicate, the story title places "No" within quote marks, while the copyrighted magazine title does not.
- ^ "[Credits page]". The Tandy Computer Whiz Kids (The Answer to a Riddle Edition). Archie Comics via AtariMagazines.com. March 1987. Archived from the original on May 22, 2012. Retrieved April 29, 2016.
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has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Rappaport, Adrienne (2001). "Atlantis Fantasyworld, Santa Cruz, CA". SequentialTart.com. Archived from the original on November 7, 2011. Retrieved November 7, 2011.
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- ^ Johnston, Rich (May 5, 2014). "Dick Ayers Dies, Just After His Ninetieth Birthday". BleedingCool.com. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved May 5, 2014.
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Further reading
- Alter Ego vol.. 3, #31 (Dec. 2003): Interview with Dick Ayers (part 2 of 2)
External links
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- Wilcock, Don (October 26, 2011). "Interview: Dick Ayers, Master Comic Book Artist". Nippertown.com. Archived from the original on December 1, 2012. Retrieved 2014-05-05.
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suggested) (help) - Mithra, Kuljit (December 1999). "Interview With Dick Ayers". ManWithoutFear.com. Archived from the original on December 10, 2011. Retrieved 2014-05-05.
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- Remembering Dick Ayers - Washington Post (Includes Ayers full name)
Audio files
- Audio of Merry Marvel Marching Society record, including voice of Dick Ayers, at Dograt.com. WebCitation archive.