Mac Raboy: Master of the Comics: The Definitive Book of the Life and Art of the Legendary Golden Age Artist - Hardcover

Hill, Roger

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1605490903 ISBN 13: 9781605490908

Publisher: TwoMorrows Publishing, 2019

Synopsis

Beginning with his WPA etchings during the 1930s, Mac Raboy struggled to survive the Great Depression and eventually found his way into the comic book sweatshops of America. In that world of four-color panels, he perfected his art style on such creations as Dr. Voodoo, Zoro, The Mystery Man, Bulletman, Spy Smasher, Green Lama and his crowning achievement, Captain Marvel Jr. Raboy went on to illustrate the Flash Gordon Sunday newspaper strip, and left behind a legacy of meticulous perfection. Through extensive research and interviews with son David Raboy, and assistants who worked with the artist during the Golden Age of Comics, author Roger Hill brings Mac Raboy, the man and the artist, into focus for historians to savor and enjoy. This full-color hardcover includes never-before-seen photos, a wealth of rare and unpublished artwork, and the first definitive biography of a true Master of the Comics!

About this title

About the Authors

Roger Hill was born in Wichita, Kansas on October 14, 1948, and served four years in the Navy. After 18 months in Vietnam during the late 1960s, Roger returned home where he quickly resumed and expanded his collecting interests. He was a pioneer in the appreciation of EC Comics, notably through the groundbreaking fanzine Squa Tront, which he and his childhood friend Jerry Weist began publishing as teenagers in the 1960s. Roger continued to devote a huge part of his life to the study and collecting of comics and related horror and science-fiction art, conducting crucial research and interviews with innumerable Golden Age comics artists, as well as working alongside Jerry to organize Sotheby's Comic and Comic Art auctions during the 1990s.

Raboy began his art career with the Works Progress Administration during the Great Depression. In the 1940s he began working with the Harry A. Chesler studio of comics artists. Raboy began drawing comic books and gained fame as the illustrator for Captain Marvel, Jr.

Raboy began his art career with the Works Progress Administration during the Great Depression. In the 1940s he began working with the Harry A. Chesler studio of comics artists. Raboy began drawing comic books and gained fame as the illustrator for Captain Marvel, Jr.

Edition details

• Publisher: TwoMorrows Publishing
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1605490903
• ISBN 13: 9781605490908
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 160