Elmer Wexler

Elmer Wexler (August 14, 1918 - October 3, 2007) was an illustrator and cartoonist. He is most famous for his work on comic strips and comic books in the 1940s,[1] including being the inventor of the DC comic hero Miss America in 1941. He is credited with being the first artist to draw a soap-opera style comic strip,[2] Vic Jordan, from 1941.[3][4] Later he made his living from illustration, including books, magazines and record covers. He has also been credited as a co-creator of the obscure comic book character The Fighting Yank. He is the illustrator on a number of books about sports.[5][6][7]

Wexler's record cover work was mainly for Grand Award Records,[8] for whom he did almost as many illustrations as did Tracy Sugarman. These date from the late 1950s.

References
  1. Elmer Wexler biography at pulpartists.com, retrieved July 8, 2012
  2. "The Look of Love: The Rise and Fall of the Photo-Realistic Newspaper Strip" at "Archived copy". Archived from the original on March 31, 2009. Retrieved 2007-06-13.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
  3. Vic Jordan at Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Retrieved July 2, 2012. Archived from the original on July 19, 2015.
  4. "Obscurity of the Day: Vic Jordan", blog post at Stripper's Guide, July 21, 2008, retrieved July 9, 2012
  5. Spalding Book of Rules (ISBN 1570281491) Bing Broido and Elmer Wexler. NY: McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Books, 1998; numerous other editions exist
  6. More Instant Tennis Lessons (ISBN 0914178709) Lamarche, Robert J. illus by Elmer Wexler. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1984
  7. The Complete Racquet Sports Player (ISBN 0671247409) Fitzgibbon, Herbert S. II; Bairstow, Jeffrey N. illus by Elmer Wexler. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1983
  8. See, for example, record cover for Hammond Organ Spectacular, blog post at Unearthed in the Atomic Attic, May 1, 2011, retrieved July 2, 2012


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