George Papp
| George Papp | |
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| Born | George Edward Papp January 20, 1916 |
| Died | August 8, 1989 (aged 73) Oradell, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Penciller, Artist, Inker |
Notable works | Superboy "Green Arrow" "Congo Bill" |
George Edward Papp[1] (January 20, 1916 – August 8, 1989)[2] was an American comics artist best known as one of the principal artists on the long-running DC Comics series Superboy. Papp also co-created Green Arrow with Mort Weisinger and Congo Bill with writer Whitney Ellsworth.
Career
[edit]George Papp began his comic book career with the occasional feature and cartoon in early issues of the Superman line of comics. "Pep Morgan" and "Clip Carson" were the first features he worked on for Action Comics.[3] Papp primarily worked for DC Comics, but briefly worked for Columbia Comics and Harvey Comics as well.[4] At DC, Papp co-created Green Arrow and Congo Bill.[5][6] Papp joined the U.S. Army during World War II before returning to comics.[3] From 1946 to 1968, Papp worked on the Green Arrow and Superboy comics, during which he co-created Bizarro, General Zod, and the Phantom Zone, among others.[4][7][8] His other work includes several early appearances of the Legion of Super-Heroes.[4] Papp was fired by DC in 1968 along with many other prominent writers and artists who had made demands for health and retirement benefits.[9] His final published comic was Superboy #148 (June 1968).[4] Afterwards, Papp worked in commercial art and advertising.[1]
Bibliography
[edit]Columbia Comics
[edit]- Big Shot Comics #5–6 (1940)
DC Comics
[edit]- Action Comics #5, 7–11, 14, 16–18, 20, 22, 28–41 (1938–1941)
- Adventure Comics #34 ("Fantastic Facts" feature); #104–205, 207–249 ("Green Arrow" feature); #251, 254–255, 258–259, 261–262, 264–267, 269–270, 272–275, 277, 282–283, 287–290, 295, 297, 299–300, 303–310, 312–315 ("Superboy" feature); #320, 348, 358 ("Legion of Super-Heroes" feature) (1939–1967)
- All-American Men of War #11, 13–14, 22, 26, 28 (1954–1955)
- Batman #1–3, 16 ("Fantastic Facts" feature) (1940–1943)
- The Brave and the Bold #71 (Batman and Green Arrow) (1967)
- Congo Bill #4 (1955)
- Detective Comics #35, 37 ("Fantastic Facts" feature); #71 (1940–1943)
- Gang Busters #2–4, 7–8, 40, 61 (1948–1958)
- House of Mystery #26, 56, 61, 68, 70, 73 (1954–1958)
- House of Secrets #6, 8, 10 (1957–1958)
- Leading Comics #1–3, 5 (1941–1943)
- More Fun Comics #38; #52, 54–55 ("Fantastic Facts" feature); #56–67 ("Congo Bill" feature); #68–76 ("Clip Carson" feature); #73–84 ("Green Arrow" feature) (1938–1942)
- Mr. District Attorney #4, 57–58 (1948–1957)
- My Greatest Adventure #21 (1958)
- New York World's Fair Comics #2 ("Fantastic Facts" feature) (1940)
- Our Army at War #25–26, 31, 36, 44, 48 (1954–1956)
- Our Fighting Forces #1, 3, 6–7, 10–11 (1954–1956)
- Real Fact Comics #6, 8 (1947)
- Star Spangled Comics #91–105, 118 ("Captain Compass" feature) (1949–1951)
- Star Spangled War Stories #23, 30, 32 (1954–1955)
- Superboy #65–73, 75–79, 81, 83–97, 99–102, 104–128, 130–137, 139–142, 144–145, 148 (1958–1968)
- Superman #130, 152, 177 (1959–1965)
- Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #79–80, 82, 84, 86, 88, 90, 94 (1964–1966)
- Tales of the Unexpected #6, 9, 13–14, 27 (1956–1958)
- Tomahawk #48 (1957)
- World's Finest Comics #23, 25–95 ("Green Arrow" feature) (1946–1958)
Harvey Comics
[edit]- Champion Comics #2, 5 (1939–1940)
- Cyclone Comics #1, 3 (1940)
References
[edit]- ^ a b Bails, Jerry (n.d.). "Papp, George". Who's Who of American Comic Books 1928–1999. Archived from the original on March 10, 2016.
- ^ "George E Papp, 8 August 1989". Social Security Death Index. n.d.
- ^ a b "George Papp". Lambiek Comiclopedia. 2016. Archived from the original on October 28, 2015.
- ^ a b c d George Papp at the Grand Comics Database
- ^ Markstein, Don (2007). "Congo Bill". Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Archived from the original on May 27, 2024.
Nobody knows for sure who wrote Bill's first adventure, but it's likely to have been editor Whitney Ellsworth. The artist was George Papp...Ellsworth and Papp didn't stay with Bill very long — he was handled by a variety of creative personnel over the years.
- ^ Wallace, Daniel; Dolan, Hannah, ed. (2010). "1940s". DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle. London, United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. p. 37. ISBN 978-0-7566-6742-9.
Writer Mort Weisinger and artist George Papp ushered in the era of Green Arrow by foregoing a traditional origin story.
{{cite book}}:|first2=has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Irvine, Alex "1950s" in Dolan, p. 91: "A book-length story by writer Otto Binder and artist George Papp took up the entirety of Superboy #68. Bizarro was a copy of the Boy of Steel, created by a malfunctioning prototype duplicator ray."
- ^ McAvennie, Michael "1960s" in Dolan, p. 102
- ^ Barr, Mike W. (Summer 1999). "The Madames & the Girls: The DC Writers Purge of 1968". Comic Book Artist (5). Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing.
External links
[edit]- George Papp at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
- George Papp at Mike's Amazing World of Comics
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