Don Perlin
| Don David Perlin | |
|---|---|
 Don Perlin at the 2001 Rueben Awards in Boca Raton, Florida | |
| Born |
Donald David Perlin[citation needed] August 27, 1929 age 84 |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Writer, Penciller, Inker, Editor |
Notable works |
Werewolf by Night The Defenders Ghost Rider |
| Awards | National Cartoonists Society Comic Books Award, 1997 |
Don Perlin (born August 27, 1929)[1] is an American comic book artist and occasional writer best known for Marvel Comics' Werewolf by Night, The Defenders, and Ghost Rider. In the 1990s, he worked for Valiant Comics, both as artist and editor.
Biography
At 14, Perlin began studying art under Burne Hogarth, who taught small private classes prior to co-founding the Cartoonists and Illustrators School. In 1951, Perlin was a penciller on Will Eisner's The Spirit. Perlin was drafted in 1953 and served in the United States Army.[2]
Perlin did artwork for Harvey Comics' war and horror titles in the 1950s. The artist drew one title for Gilberton's Classics Illustrated series, No. 162, Robur the Conqueror, an adaptation of a Jules Verne novel about a power-mad genius and his "flying apparatus."[3] The comic book was published in May 1961, the first of three printings.[4]
In 1974 he began a long association with Marvel, where he was a full-time penciler until 1987. Perlin and writer Roger McKenzie developed the idea of Captain America running for the office of President of the United States.[5] Marvel originally rejected the idea but it would be used later by Roger Stern and John Byrne[6] in Captain America #250 (October 1980).[7] McKenzie and Perlin received credit for the idea on the letters page at Stern's insistence.[8] McKenzie and Perlin would also receive credit in the follow-up story in What If? #26 (April 1981).[9] From 1980–1986, Perlin was the regular (and longest-serving) artist on Defenders. In addition to his work on The Defenders, Werewolf by Night, and Ghost Rider, Perlin penciled Transformers for two years. Perlin's Werewolf run introduced the character Moon Knight, who he co-created with writer Doug Moench. In the late 1980s Perlin became a managing art director at Marvel, overseeing younger artists.[2]
Perlin left the Marvel managing art direction position in 1991 to became a major part of Jim Shooter's Valiant Comics team. Besides penciling the popular series Solar, Man of the Atom and Bloodshot, Perlin also edited (among others) titles like Shadowman, Magnus Robot Fighter, and Solar. Shortly after Valiant's mid-1990s takeover by Acclaim Entertainment, Perlin went into semi-retirement.[2]
Awards
Perlin won the 1997 National Cartoonists Society Comic Books Award.
Notes
- ↑ Miller, John Jackson (June 10, 2005). "Comics Industry Birthdays". Comics Buyer's Guide. Archived from the original on October 29, 2010. Retrieved December 12, 2010.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Don Perlin". (interview) Adelaide Comics and Books. 2003. Archived from the original on June 17, 2011. Retrieved March 11, 2009.
- ↑ Jones, William B., Jr. (2002). Classics Illustrated: A Cultural History, with Illustrations. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. p. 161.
- ↑ Jones, p. 225.
- ↑ Brady, Matt (November 28, 2002). "Looking Back: Stern & Byrne's Captain America". Newsarama.com. Archived from the original on January 2, 2009.
- ↑ Cronin, Brian (May 10, 2010). "The Greatest Roger Stern Stories Ever Told!". ComicBookResources.com. Archived from the original on October 8, 2011.
- ↑ Captain America #250 at the Grand Comics Database
- ↑ Khoury, George. "The Roger Stern Interview: The Triumphs and Trials of the Writer". Marvel Masterworks Resource Page. Archived from the original on February 20, 2012. Retrieved February 20, 2012. "I made sure that 1) Roger McK. and Don knew about it, and 2) they were credited with the idea on the letters page."
- ↑ What If? #26 at the Grand Comics Database
References
- Interview in Comic Book Artist #13 (May 2001)
External links
- Shooter, Jim (November 24, 2011). "Thanksgiving with Don Perlin's Father". JimShooter.com. Archived from the original on November 25, 2011. Retrieved November 25, 2011.
- Don Perlin at the Comic Book DB
| Preceded by Mike Ploog |
Werewolf by Night artist 1974–1977 |
Succeeded by N/A |
| Preceded by Don Heck |
Ghost Rider artist 1977–1981 |
Succeeded by Alan Kupperberg |
| Preceded by Mike Esposito and John Tartaglione |
Captain America inker 1979 |
Succeeded by Pablo Marcos |
| Preceded by Herb Trimpe |
Defenders artist 1980–1986 |
Succeeded by N/A |
| Preceded by Herb Trimpe |
Transformers artist 1986–1987 |
Succeeded by José Delbo |
| Preceded by N/A |
Solar, Man of the Atom artist 1991–1992 |
Succeeded by Steve Ditko |
| Preceded by N/A |
Bloodshot artist 1993–1994 |
Succeeded by Mike Vosburg |