Murphy Anderson

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Murphy Anderson : biography

July 9, 1926 –

Murphy Anderson (born July 9, 1926) is an American comic book artist, known as one of the premier inkers of his era, who has worked for companies such as DC Comics for over fifty years, starting in the 1930s-’40s Golden Age of Comic Books. He has worked on such characters as Hawkman, Batgirl, Zatanna and the Spectre, as well as on the Buck Rogers daily syndicated newspaper comic strip. Anderson also contributed for many years to PS, the preventive maintenance comics magazine of the U.S. Army.Anderson bio, "WonderCon Special Guests," Comic-Con Magazine (Winter 2010), Page 18.

As an inker, Anderson also co-created what many fans consider to be early defining images of the modern-day Flash, Adam Strange (whose costume he designedAmash, Jim (2003). "Foreward" in The Adam Strange Archives: Volume 1. Pages 5-8.), Atom, Superman and Batman. With his frequent collaborator, penciler Curt Swan, the pair’s artwork on Superman and Action Comics in the 1970s came to be called "Swanderson" by the fans.Gelbwasser, Mike. Accessed Feb. 13, 2009.

As of the mid-2000s, he oversees Murphy Anderson Visual Concepts, which provides color separations and lettering for comic books.

Awards

Anderson’s accolades include the 1962 Alley Award for Best Inker; a 1963 Alley for Artist Preferred on Justice League of America; 1964 Alleys for Best Inking Artist and for Best Comic Book Cover (Detective Comics #329, with penciler Carmine Infantino); 1965 Alleys for, again, Best Inking Artist and Best Comic Book Cover (The Brave and the Bold #61), as well as for Best Novel (an untitled story in Showcase #55, with writer Gardner Fox).

Anderson was inducted into the Jack Kirby Hall of Fame in 1988.

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