Stan Goldberg
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Big Apple Con on November 14, 2008 | |
Born | The Bronx, New York City | May 5, 1932
Died | August 31, 2014 The Bronx, New York City | (aged 82)
Area(s) | Penciller, Inker, Colourist |
Pseudonym(s) | Stan G. |
Awards | Inkpot Award (1994)[1] |
http://www.stangoldberg.com |
Stan Goldberg (May 5, 1932 – August 31, 2014) was an American comic book artist, best known for his work with Archie Comics and as a Marvel Comics colorist who in the 1960s helped design the original color schemes of Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four and other major characters. He was inducted into the National Cartoonists Society Hall of Fame in 2011.
Early life
Goldberg was born in
Career
In 1949, when "I think I just turned 17 or I was still 16 at the time, I don't remember,"
In addition to coloring, Goldberg drew stories for Atlas'
I was in the Bullpen with a lot of well-known artists who worked up there at that time. We had our Bullpen up there until about 1958 or '59. [sic; the Bullpen staff was let go in 1957] The guys ... who actually worked nine-to-five and put in a regular day, and not the freelance guys who'd come in a drop off their work ... were almost a hall of fame group of people. There was John Severin. Bill Everett. Carl Burgos. There was the all-time great Joe Maneely.... We all worked together, all the colorists and correction guys, the letterers and artists. ... We had a great time.[6]
The Silver Age
Goldberg went freelance in 1958,
Goldberg recalled in the mid-2000s that "Stan [Lee, Marvel's editor-in-chief] was writing Fantastic Four, The Amazing Spider-Man and all those books. I was doing the initial coloring on all those books; I was creating the color schemes on all those characters."[6]
As a
Some Marvel humor stories with art credited to Sol Brodsky may have been Goldberg's work. As comics historian Mark Evanier notes:
...there were quite a few issues of Millie the Model and other teen comics signed by Sol Brodsky or 'Solly B.' Brodsky was the firm's production manager and an occasional inker, and he did ink a few of the Millie stories that bear his credit. But they were all at least pencilled by Stan Goldberg. At the time, Stan was doing occasional work for the Archie Comics people, and they didn't like to see their artists drawing in that style for other publishers. So when Stan drew teen comics for Marvel, they put Brodsky's name on them in the hope that the Archie editors wouldn't know it was him.[10]
Archie Comics and afterward
Goldberg stopped freelancing for Marvel in 1969,
Goldberg drew the Archie Sunday newspaper
He ended his nearly 40-year relationship with Archie with two three-part, alternate-future stories in Archie #600-605 (Oct. 2009 - March 2010), "Archie Marries Veronica" and "Archie Marries Betty", followed by some additional, final work including two pages of a flashback sequence in the 25-page "Love Finds Archie Andrews: Archie Loves Betty" in the comics magazine Life With Archie #1 (Sept. 2010), and the cover of, and an 11-page story in, Tales from Riverdale Digest #39 (Oct. 2010).[8][14]
His other late-career comics work includes issues of DC's
In 2010, IDW released the 160-page hardcover collection Archie: The Best of Stan Goldberg, with a new Goldberg cover.[8]
His posthumously published new work includes an Archie Comics-styled Spider-Man story, "That Parker Boy", written by Tom DeFalco and inked by Scott Hanna, in Marvel's 75th Anniversary Special, scheduled for publication in October 2014.[17]
Other work
In addition to comic-book illustration and coloring, Goldberg drew gag cartoons for
Awards and recognition
Goldberg won a
Goldberg was the National Cartoonists Society Hall of Fame inductee for 2011,[20] which is accompanied by the organization's Gold Key Award, presented to Goldberg on May 26, 2012.[21]
Personal life
Goldberg and his wife, Pauline Mirsky, who married in the early 1960s,
Goldberg suffered injuries in an automobile accident in 2013, but made a full recovery.[26] He died at Calvary Hospital in The Bronx[22] at the age of 82 on August 31, 2014, the result of a stroke he had suffered two weeks prior.[26][27]
References
- ^ Inkpot Award
- ^ a b Slotkin, Daniel E. (September 4, 2014). "Stan Goldberg, Artist, 82; Drew Archie for Decades". The New York Times. Retrieved September 5, 2014.
- ^ Miller, John Jackson (June 10, 2005). "Comics Industry Birthdays". Comics Buyer's Guide (1485). Archived from the original on February 18, 2011. Retrieved December 12, 2010.
- ^ "Stan Goldberg". National Cartoonists Society. Archived from the original on May 25, 2011.
- ^ a b c Goldberg in Stroud, Bryan (2008). "[Untitled Stan Goldberg interview]". The Silver Age Sage. Archived from the original on August 29, 2012. Retrieved September 5, 2014.
- ^ a b c d Goldberg in Best, Daniel (2005). "Stan Goldberg". Adelaide Comics and Books. Archived from the original on December 24, 2007.
- ^ a b c d e "Stan's Bio: Almost 60 Years in the Comic Business!". Stan Goldberg official site. Archived from the original on May 3, 2010. Additional WebCitation archive of main page on November 5, 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f Stan Goldberg at the Grand Comics Database
- Lambiek Comiclopedia. Note: erroneously gives birth year of 1933.
- ^ Evanier, Mark (April 14, 2008). "Why did some artists working for Marvel in the sixties use phony names?". P.O.V. Online. Archived from the original on November 26, 2009. Retrieved July 28, 2008.
- ^ Though Goldberg's official Web site says 1968, his Marvel work appears as late as Mad About Millie #6 (Dec. 1969) and Chili #10 (Feb. 1970), and his first known DC work is Date with Debbi #14 (April 1971)
- ^ Leiffer, Paul; Ware, Hames (eds.). "Credit Updates (Additions) A-M: Archie". " The Comic Strip Project. Archived from the original on November 9, 2017. Retrieved January 1, 2018.
- ^ Feil, Eric (August 12, 2011). "Dan's Art Show Welcomes Archie Comic Artist Stan Goldberg". Dan's Papers. Archived from the original on October 17, 2013. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
Veronica and Betty, along with Archie and Jughead, even graced the cover of Dan's Papers in October of 1995....
- ^ Meyer, Lee (August 5, 2013). "Meet the East End Artist: Stan Goldberg Past, Present, Future". Dan's Papers. Archived from the original on October 17, 2013. Retrieved October 16, 2013.
- ^ a b "What's New" at official site. Retrieved on October 17, 2013. Archived from the original on March 30, 2014.
- ^ "Stan Goldberg to Illustrate Educational, Philanthropic Comic Book" (Press release). Rise Above Social Issues. April 5, 2012. Archived from the original on February 12, 2016. Retrieved October 17, 2013.
- ^ Beard, Jim (August 5, 2014). "Celebrating 75 Years of Marvel: Spider-Man". Marvel Comics. Retrieved September 1, 2014.
- ^ Marvel Bullpen Bulletins: "More Mirthful, Monumental, Mind-Staggering Memoranda from Your Marvel Madmen!" (March 1966 issues, including Thor #126: "Stan G., our curly-haired, mustachioed demon artist/colorist has just drawn an ad for one of the biggest soft-drink companies. (Its initials are No-Cal!) If you're in the Times Square area, you can see it on the biggest billboard in sight".
- ^ Evanier, Mark (2003). "Here's a List of Panels I'm hosting at the 2003 Comic-Con International". P.O.V. Online (column). Archived from the original on November 27, 2010.
- ^ "NCS Awards > Gold Key Award: The National Cartoonists Society Hall of Fame". National Cartoonists Society. Archived from the original on February 20, 2013. Retrieved April 18, 2013.
- ^ "Stan Goldberg to be Honored with NCS Gold Key Award". National Cartoonists Society. February 15, 2012. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved October 17, 2013.
- ^ a b Lovece, Frank (September 1, 2014). "Marvel Comics artist Stan Goldberg dies at 82". Newsday. Retrieved September 5, 2014.
- ^ a b c Martin, Aimee Fitzpatrick (August 19, 2008). "At Home with Stan and Pauline Goldberg". The East Hampton Press & The Southampton Press. Archived from the original on June 27, 2009. Archive of page 2 on January 1, 2018. Additional WebCitation archive of page 1 and page 2, retrieved November 5, 2010 and January 1, 2018.
- ^ Gruson, Lindsey (June 12, 1984). "Ex-Campus Employee Held in Woman's Slaying on L.I." The New York Times. Archived from the original on May 24, 2015. Retrieved October 17, 2013.
- ^ "Woman's Slayer Sentenced". The New York Times. Associated Press. July 12, 1985. Archived from the original on September 7, 2015. Retrieved October 17, 2013.
- ^ a b Evanier, Mark (August 31, 2014). "Stan Goldberg, R.I.P." NewsFromMe.com. Archived from the original on September 7, 2015.
- ^ "It is with deep sadness..." Stan Goldberg family Facebook page. September 1, 2014. Archived from the original on February 12, 2016. Retrieved September 1, 2014.
External links
- Stan Goldberg at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
- Dueben, Alex (January 20, 2012). "Stan Goldberg On 60 Years Of Comics & Life After 'Archie'". ComicBookResources.com. Archived from the original on June 10, 2012. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
- Harvey, R.C. (June 16, 2011). "Stan Goldberg: Shabbily Shut Out at Archie". Rants & Raves (column). Archivedfrom the original on July 27, 2013. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
- Goldberg Collection guide at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum