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Murphy Anderson

Comic artist (1926-2015) · United States · On the map · Artists · Died at 89

Murphy C. Anderson Jr. was an American comics artist, known as one of the premier inkers of his era, who worked for companies such as DC Comics for over fifty years, starting in the Golden Age of Comic Books in the 1940s.

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2015Died22 October 20152013The Joe Sinnott Hall of FameAward1999Will Eisner Hall of FameAward1984Inkpot AwardAward1965Alley Award for Best Inking ArtistAward1964Alley Award for Best Inking ArtistAward1962Alley Award for Best Inking ArtistAward1926Born9 July 1926

Awards

The Joe Sinnott Hall of Fame2013
Will Eisner Hall of Fame1999
Inkpot Award1984
Alley Award for Best Inking Artist1965
Alley Award for Best Inking Artist1964
Alley Award for Best Inking Artist1962

About this person

He worked on such characters as Hawkman, Batgirl, Zatanna, the Spectre, and Superman, 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.

Country
United States
Category
Artists
Type
Artist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1926 to 2015 · aged 89

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