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'''Douglas Bruce Berry'''<ref name="Bails">{{cite web|url= http://www.bailsprojects.com/bio.aspx?Name=BERRY%2c+D.+BRUCE|title= Berry, D. Bruce|first= Jerry|last= Bails|authorlink= Jerry Bails|date= n.d.|work= Who's Who of American Comic Books 1928–1999|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170102030854/http://www.bailsprojects.com/bio.aspx?Name=BERRY%2C+D.+BRUCE|archive-date= January 2, 2017|url-status= live|df= mdy-all}}</ref> (January 24, 1924<ref>{{cite journal|last= Morrow|first= John|title= D. Bruce Berry Speaks|journal= The Jack Kirby Collector|issue= 17|page= 36|publisher= [[TwoMorrows Publishing]]|date= November 1997|location= Raleigh, North Carolina|url= https://issuu.com/twomorrows/docs/kirbycollector17preview}}</ref> – September 30, 1998)<ref name="Harvard">{{cite web|url= http://oasis.lib.harvard.edu/oasis/deliver/~hou02209|title= Berry, D. Bruce. D. Bruce Berry drawings of space ships, 1958: Guide.|date= February 17, 2015|publisher= [[Houghton Library]], [[Harvard University]]|location= Cambridge, Massachusetts|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161002212421/http://oasis.lib.harvard.edu/oasis/deliver/~hou02209|archive-date= October 2, 2016|url-status= dead|df= mdy-all|access-date= January 2, 2017}}</ref> was an [[Americans|American]] [[Comics artist|comic book artist]] who is best known as the inker of several of [[Jack Kirby]]'s comic book series in the 1970s.
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'''Douglas Bruce Berry'''<ref name="Bails">{{cite web|url= http://www.bailsprojects.com/bio.aspx?Name=BERRY%2c+D.+BRUCE|title= Berry, D. Bruce|first= Jerry|last= Bails|authorlink= Jerry Bails|date= n.d.|work= Who's Who of American Comic Books 1928–1999|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170102030854/http://www.bailsprojects.com/bio.aspx?Name=BERRY%2C+D.+BRUCE|archive-date= January 2, 2017|url-status= live|df= mdy-all}}</ref> (January 24, 1924<ref>{{cite journal|last= Morrow|first= John|title= D. Bruce Berry Speaks|journal= The Jack Kirby Collector|issue= 17|page= 36|publisher= [[TwoMorrows Publishing]]|date= November 1997|location= Raleigh, North Carolina|url= https://issuu.com/twomorrows/docs/kirbycollector17preview}}</ref>–1998)<ref name="Harvard">{{cite web|url= http://oasis.lib.harvard.edu/oasis/deliver/~hou02209|title= Berry, D. Bruce. D. Bruce Berry drawings of space ships, 1958: Guide.|date= February 17, 2015|publisher= [[Houghton Library]], [[Harvard University]]|location= Cambridge, Massachusetts|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161002212421/http://oasis.lib.harvard.edu/oasis/deliver/~hou02209|archive-date= October 2, 2016|url-status= dead|df= mdy-all|access-date= January 2, 2017}}</ref> was an [[Americans|American]] [[Comics artist|comic book artist]] who is best known as the inker of several of [[Jack Kirby]]'s comic book series in the 1970s.


==Biography==
==Biography==
D. Bruce Berry was born in [[Oakland, California]] and served in the [[United States Army Air Forces]] during World War II.<ref name="Harvard" /> He worked in the advertising industry for 29 years<ref name="Bails" /> and drew for various [[fanzine]]s including [[Bill Spicer]]'s ''Fantasy Illustrated'' in 1963–1964.<ref name="GCD">{{gcdb|type=credit|search= Bruce+Berry|title= D. Bruce Berry}}</ref> Berry and Spicer collaborated with [[Eando Binder]] on an [[Adam Link]] story which won the 1964 [[Alley Award]] in the category "Best Fan Comic Strip".<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/alley64.php|title= 1964 Alley Awards|publisher= Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160616174915/http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/alley64.php|archive-date= June 16, 2016|url-status= live|df= mdy-all}}</ref> In the late 1960s, he moved to Los Angeles.<ref name="Harvard" /> He began inking and [[letterer|lettering]] [[Jack Kirby]]'s ''[[Kamandi]]'' series as of issue #16 (April 1974) and worked with Kirby for the next two years.<ref name="GCD" /> In 2019, [[TwoMorrows Publishing]] released ''Jack Kirby's Dingbat Love'', a collection of previously-unpublished work which Kirby had drawn for DC Comics in the 1970s. This included a "[[Dingbats of Danger Street]]" story inked by Berry.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://comicsworthreading.com/2020/02/28/jack-kirbys-dingbat-love/|title= ''Jack Kirby's Dingbat Love: Unpublished ‘70s Stories by the King of Comics!''|first= KC|last= Carlson|date= February 28, 2020|website= Comicsworthreading.com|archiveurl= https://archive.today/20200802032542/https://comicsworthreading.com/2020/02/28/jack-kirbys-dingbat-love/|archivedate= August 2, 2020|url-status= live|df= mdy-all}}</ref>
D. Bruce Berry was born in [[Oakland, California]] and served in the [[United States Army Air Forces]] during [[World War II]].<ref name="Harvard" /> He worked in the advertising industry for 29 years<ref name="Bails" /> and drew for various [[fanzine]]s including [[Bill Spicer]]'s ''Fantasy Illustrated'' in 1963–1964.<ref name="GCD">{{gcdb|type=credit|search= Bruce+Berry|title= D. Bruce Berry}}</ref> Berry and Spicer collaborated with [[Eando Binder]] on an [[Adam Link]] story which won the 1964 [[Alley Award]] in the category "Best Fan Comic Strip".<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/alley64.php|title= 1964 Alley Awards|publisher= Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160616174915/http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/alley64.php|archive-date= June 16, 2016|url-status= live|df= mdy-all}}</ref> In the late 1960s, he moved to Los Angeles.<ref name="Harvard" /> He began [[Inker|inking]] and [[letterer|lettering]] [[Jack Kirby]]'s ''[[Kamandi]]'' series as of issue #16 (April 1974) and worked with Kirby for the next two years.<ref name="GCD" /> In 2019, [[TwoMorrows Publishing]] released ''Jack Kirby's Dingbat Love'', a collection of previously unpublished work which Kirby had drawn for DC Comics in the 1970s. This included a "[[Dingbats of Danger Street]]" story inked by Berry.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://comicsworthreading.com/2020/02/28/jack-kirbys-dingbat-love/|title= ''Jack Kirby's Dingbat Love: Unpublished '70s Stories by the King of Comics!''|first= KC|last= Carlson|date= February 28, 2020|website= Comicsworthreading.com|archive-url= https://archive.today/20200802032542/https://comicsworthreading.com/2020/02/28/jack-kirbys-dingbat-love/|archive-date= August 2, 2020|url-status= live|df= mdy-all}}</ref>


==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
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===TwoMorrows Publishing===
===TwoMorrows Publishing===
* ''Jack Kirby's Dingbat Love'' ([[Dingbats of Danger Street]]) (2019)
* ''[[Jack Kirby]]'s Dingbat Love'' ([[Dingbats of Danger Street]]) (2019)


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 04:32, 27 February 2024

This article is about the comic book artist. For other people, see Bruce Berry (disambiguation).

D. Bruce Berry
BornDouglas Bruce Berry
January 24, 1924
Oakland, California
DiedSeptember 30, 1998(1998-09-30) (aged 74)
Long Beach, California
NationalityAmerican
Area(s)Penciller, Inker, Letterer
Notable works
Kamandi
OMAC
Awards1964 Alley Award "Best Fan Comic Strip"

Douglas Bruce Berry[1] (January 24, 1924[2] – September 30, 1998)[3] was an American comic book artist who is best known as the inker of several of Jack Kirby's comic book series in the 1970s.

Biography[edit]

D. Bruce Berry was born in Oakland, California and served in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II.[3] He worked in the advertising industry for 29 years[1] and drew for various fanzines including Bill Spicer's Fantasy Illustrated in 1963–1964.[4] Berry and Spicer collaborated with Eando Binder on an Adam Link story which won the 1964 Alley Award in the category "Best Fan Comic Strip".[5] In the late 1960s, he moved to Los Angeles.[3] He began inking and lettering Jack Kirby's Kamandi series as of issue #16 (April 1974) and worked with Kirby for the next two years.[4] In 2019, TwoMorrows Publishing released Jack Kirby's Dingbat Love, a collection of previously unpublished work which Kirby had drawn for DC Comics in the 1970s. This included a "Dingbats of Danger Street" story inked by Berry.[6]

Bibliography[edit]

Bill Spicer[edit]

  • Fantasy Illustrated #1–2 (1963–1964)

DC Comics[edit]

Marvel Comics[edit]

Pacific Comics[edit]

Texas Trio[edit]

  • Star-Studded Comics #6 (1965)

TwoMorrows Publishing[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Bails, Jerry (n.d.). "Berry, D. Bruce". Who's Who of American Comic Books 1928–1999. Archived from the original on January 2, 2017.
  2. ^ Morrow, John (November 1997). "D. Bruce Berry Speaks". The Jack Kirby Collector (17). Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing: 36.
  3. ^ a b c "Berry, D. Bruce. D. Bruce Berry drawings of space ships, 1958: Guide". Cambridge, Massachusetts: Houghton Library, Harvard University. February 17, 2015. Archived from the original on October 2, 2016. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
  4. ^ a b D. Bruce Berry at the Grand Comics Database
  5. ^ "1964 Alley Awards". Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac. Archived from the original on June 16, 2016.
  6. ^ Carlson, KC (February 28, 2020). "Jack Kirby's Dingbat Love: Unpublished '70s Stories by the King of Comics!". Comicsworthreading.com. Archived from the original on August 2, 2020.

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Preceded by Kamandi inker
1974–1976 		Succeeded by
Mike Royer
Preceded by
Mike Royer
 OMAC inker
1974–1975 		Succeeded by
Mike Royer
Preceded by Captain America inker
1975–1976 		Succeeded by
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