Jack Burnley

Jack Burnley

Jack Burnley (January 111911 - December 19 2006) was the pen name of Hardin Burnley, an American comic book artist and illustrator. Burnley was the first artist, after co-creator Joe Shuster, to draw Superman.

Biography

Early career

Jack Burnley began his comics career working for the King Features Syndicate, providing cartoons for the sports section (including work for Damon Runyon). He became (in 1929) the then-youngest artist to have a syndicated feature, and also produced illustrations for advertising.Biography by Joe Desris, in "Batman Archives", Volume 3 (DC Comics, 1994), p. 223 ISBN 1-56389-099-2] In 1938, Burnley began to freelance, producing "single-page sports fillers" for DC Comics, by whom he was subsequently hired in 1940. His first published assignment was the cover illustration for "New York World's Fair 1940" (AKA "World's Fair Comics" #2); the cover portrayed Superman with Batman and Robin, the first time the trio had ever appeared together in print. [ [http://www.newsfromme.com/archives/2006_12_21.html#012618 news from me - ARCHIVES ] ] Burnley went on to provide uncredited artwork for "Action Comics" until 1947. The version of Superman he created was noted for its carefully drawn musculature, which set the style of superheroes for years to come.

Later DC work

Burnley co-created (with writer Gardner Fox) the superhero Starman, which first appeared in "Adventure Comics" (April 1941). He "became DC's top ghost artist," working on the main characters and titles. In addition to pencilling over 100 covers, he also worked (for a brief time in 1944), as uncredited penciler on both the Batman and Superman Sunday comic strips. [ [http://lambiek.net/artists/b/burnley_jack.htm Comic creator: Jack Burnley ] ] Burnley left DC and the comic book field in 1947, and returning to newspaper sports cartooning. He worked for the "Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph" for four years, then for the "San Francisco News" until his retirement in 1976.

Burnley and his wife, former cabaret dancer Delores Ferris relocated to Charlottesville, Virginia in 1981. Delores died at Heritage Hall in 2003 after surgery following a fall that broke her hip. Burnley died on December 19, 2006 at the Heritage Hall senior facility in Charlottesville, following a fall that broke his hip.

Notes

External links

* [http://lambiek.net/artists/b/burnley_jack.htm Jack Burnley] on Comiclopedia
* [http://www.dailyprogress.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=CDP%2FMGArticle%2FCDP_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1149192285964&path=!news Obituary]


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