- Gray Morrow
Infobox Comics creator
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birthdate =March 7 ,1934
location =Fort Wayne, Indiana
deathdate =November 6 ,2001
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nationality = American
area = Penciller, Inker
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awards =Gray Morrow (
March 7 ,1934 -November 6 ,2001 ) was an American illustrator ofpaperback books andcomics . Born inFort Wayne, Indiana , he is best known asart director of "Spider-Man " between 1967 and 1970 and as illustrator of the syndicated "Tarzan ", "Buck Rogers ", "Flash Gordon " and "Prince Valiant "comic strip s, among others.Morrow was a feature cover and interior illustrator for many
science fiction -genre magazines in the 1960s and 1970s. Examples of his work graced most of the covers of the AmericanPerry Rhodan series. He also did the illustrations for the original "Galaxy" Magazine publication of the Hugo-winning novella "Soldier, Ask Not" byGordon R. Dickson . Morrow worked withWarren Publishing from 1964 to 1967 on the comic magazinesCreepy ,Eerie andBlazing Combat , doing both stories and covers. He was nominated for theHugo Award for best professional artist in 1966, 1967, and 1968.Morrow, who had palsy and could no longer draw, killed himself in 2001.
External links
* [http://www.graymorrow.net Official web site - DEFUNCT]
* [http://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/morrow_g.htm Lambiek page on Morrow]
* [http://www.animationguild.org/_Info/In_memoriam/l-n/morrow.html Obituary]
* [http://www.povonline.com/2001/News110801.htm In Memoriam]
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