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Irwin Hasen (born July 8, 1918 in New York City , New York , † March 13, 2015 there ) was an American comic artist and cartoonist .

life and work

After graduating from Dewitt Clinton High School, Hasen studied at the National Academy of Design and the Art Students League . After starting out as a freelance in the advertising industry, he began working as a full-time comic artist in the late 1930s. In 1942, together with the writer Bill Finger , Hasen created the figure of the masked adventurer Wildcat for the first issue of the Sensation Comics series , whose stories he drew into the later 1940s. Hasen was drafted during World War II and was the editor of an army magazine until he was released in 1946.

In the 1950s, Hasen created the series The Fox for the publisher later known as Archie Comics . At this time he met Gus Edson on a trip to Europe , with whom he created the newspaper comic strip Dondi in 1955 . Hasen received the National Cartoonist Society Story Comic Strip Award for Dondi in 1961 and 1962 . In 1969 he received the National Cartoonist Society's Silver T-Square Award .

Hasen died of heart failure on March 13, 2015, at the age of 96 in Manhattan, New York .

Web links

Commons : Irwin Hasen  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Irwin Hasen on syr.edu (English) , accessed on December 9, 2011
  2. ↑ Short biography of Irwin Hasen on reuben.org (English) , accessed on December 9, 2011
  3. ↑ Irwin Hasen on lambiek.net (English) , accessed on December 9, 2011
  4. ↑ NCS Awards on reuben.org (English) , accessed December 9, 2011
  5. ^ T-Square Awards at reuben.org (English) , accessed December 9, 2011
  6. ↑ Corey Kilgannon: Irwin Hasen, Comic Book Artist and 'Dondi' Illustrator, Dies at 96. In: The New York Times, March 15, 2015 (accessed March 16, 2015).
personal data
SURNAME Hares, Irwin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American comic artist and cartoonist
DATE OF BIRTH July 8, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City , New York
DATE OF DEATH March 13, 2015
Place of death New York City , New York