TURNING POINTS by Maggie Thompson
Here’s the latest installment of Maggie Thompson’s ongoing look at important beginnings, middles and ends, this time for December 4-10, 2015…
55 years ago December 4, 1960 Comic book and storyboard artist and teacher Geof Isherwood is born. He creates LINCOLN-16.
55 years ago December 8, 1960 Writer, artist, and editor Jonathan Peterson is born. His career includes work for DC, Image, and WildStorm.
50 years ago December 4, 1965 Writer Jill (Beth) Miller is born.
50 years ago December 5, 1965 Writer-editor Daniel Howard Fogel is born. He edits projects for Last Gasp, Cherry Comics, Carnal Comics, and Kitchen Sink.
50 years ago December 6, 1965 Award-winning writer-editor Paul Jenkins is born. He begins his career editing at Mirage and Tundra and goes on to write for companies including DC, Marvel, Dark Horse, and Boom! Studios.
50 years ago December 8, 1965 Writer-artist John Mundt is born. He creates Adventures of Monkey.
45 years ago December 7, 1970 Rube Goldberg dies at age 87. The cartoonist of wildly inventive machinery was a sculptor, creator of Boob McNutt, first president of the National Cartoonists Society, and namesake of its annual Cartoonist of the Year award.
40 years ago December 6, 1975 Bongo Comic Group Director of Operations Bob Zaugh is born.
25 years ago December 10, 1990 The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic strip begins.
20 years ago December 5, 1995 Artist, editor, packager, and publisher L.B. Cole dies at age 77. His comics company affiliations included Holyoke, Star Publications, and Dell Comics. Known for his eye-grabbing Golden Age covers, he also created Wiggles the Wonderworm.
