| Ogden Whitney | |
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 Whitney self-portrait from Unknown Worlds No. 4 (Dec. 1960) | |
| Born | John Ogden Whitney May 1, 1919 Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | August 13, 1975 (aged 56)[1] Bronx, New York, U.S. |
| Area(s) | Writer, penciller |
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John Ogden Whitney (May 1, 1919 – August 13, 1975) was an American comic-book artist and sometime writer active from the 1930s–1940s Golden Age of comics through the 1960s Silver Age. He is best known as co-creator of the aviator hero Skyman and of the superpowered novelty character Herbie Popnecker and his alter ego, the satiric superhero the Fat Fury. Whitney as well had long runs on characters as diverse as the Western masked crime-fighter the Two-Gun Kid, and the career-girl character Millie the Model.
In 2007, Whitney was one of two comics creators inducted into the comic-book industry's Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame, as a "Judges Choice".[2]
- ^ Saunders, David. "Ogden Whitney (1919-1975)". Field Guide to Wild American Pulp Artists.
- ^ 2007 Eisner Award winners Archived October 22, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, Comic-Con.org. Archived from the original on November 14, 2010.