Wayne Boring (born 1905, Minnesota; died 1987) is an American comic book artist, most known for his work on Superman from the late 1940s to 1950s. He has occasionally used the pseudonym "Jack Harmon". Note: Many sources give 1916 as a birth year; 1905 comes from the official Boring family site. A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... Artist is a subjective term which describes a person creative in, innovative in, or adept at, their endeavors. ... Superman, nicknamed The Man of Steel, is a fictional character and superhero who first appeared in Action Comics #1 in June of 1938 and eventually became one of the most popular and well-known comic book icons of all time. ...

Boring attended the Minnesota School of Art and the Chicago Art Institute. In 1937, he began "ghosting" (drawing for hire without credit) on such comic-book features as Slam Bradley and Dr. Occult for the Jerry Siegel-Joe Shuster studio. Siegel and Shuster shortly thereafter created Superman for the DC Comics predecessor National Periodical Publications, and Boring went on to ghost on the character's newspaper comic strip, eventually becoming the credited artist. On the western edge of Grant Park in Chicago, Illinois, is the Art Institute of Chicago, one of the premier art museums and schools in the United States, known especially for the extensive collection of impressionist and American art in its museum. ... Slam Bradley is a fictional character in the DC Universe. ... Doctor Occult is a fictional magic user in the DC Comics universe. ... Jerome (Jerry) Siegel (October 17, 1914 - January 28, 1996) was the co-creator of Superman, the first of the great comic book heroes and one of the most recognizable fictional characters from the 20th century. ... Joe Shuster (July 10, 1914 - July 30, 1992) was a Canadian-born artist best known for co-creating Superman with Jerry Siegel. ... The current DC Comics logo, adopted in May 2005. ... DC Comics is one of the largest companies in comic book and related media publishing. ... This article is about the comic strip, the sequential art form as published in newspapers and on the Internet. ...

In 1942, National Periodical hired Boring as a staff artist, teaming him the following year with inker Stan Kaye. The two would work together for nearly 20 years. In 1948, following Siegel and Shuster's departure from the company over a Superman rights lawsuit, Mort Weisinger, new editor of the Superman line, brought in Boring — who would become the character's primary artist through the 1950s — as well as Al Plastino and Curt Swan, with Win Mortimer taking over the newspaper strip. Swan took over as primary Superman artist in the 1960s, though Boring returned for sporadic guest appearances in the early '60s and then again in late 1966 and early 1967. Mortimer Weisinger (1915-1978) was an American magazine and comic book editor. ... Curt Swan (born February 17, 1920 in Minneapolis, Minnesota; died June 16, 1996) was an American comic book artist, most known for his work on the Superman comics. ...

Boring was let go from DC in 1967, along with other older artists including George Papp (creator of Green Arrow) and Sheldon Moldoff (creator of the Golden Age Green Lantern). From 1968-72, Boring ghosted backgrounds for Hal Foster's acclaimed Prince Valiant Sunday comic strip, and took over the art on writer Sam Leff's 1961-71 United Feature Syndicate strip Davy Jones. Afterward, Boring did a small amount of work for Marvel Comics' Captain Marvel, then left the field to semi-retire as a bank security guard. Boring died of a heart attack. Green Arrow (Oliver Ollie Queen) is a DC Comics superhero. ... Superman, the catalyst of the Golden Age, from Superman #14, January-February 1942. ... Cover to Green Lantern: Rebirth #6, art by Ethan Van Sciver. ... Harold Rudolph Foster (August 18, 1892 in Halifax, Nova Scotia - July 25, 1982) created the comic Prince Valiant. ... Prince Valiant In the Days of King Arthur, or simply Prince Valiant, is a comic strip created by Hal Foster. ... United Media is large editorial column and comic strip newspaper syndication service based in the United States, owned by The E.W. Scripps Company. ... Marvel Comics NYSE: MVL, (AKA Marvel Entertainment Group, Marvel Characters, Inc. ... A number of comic book superheroes by Marvel Comics have been called Captain Marvel. ... A security guard is a private person who is employed to protect property and people. ...

Quotes

Michael Vance: "Comics legend Wayne Boring played a major role in visually defining the most well known super-hero in the world during the peak of Superman's popularity." [[1]]

External Links

• Official site
• Comic Strip Fan: Davy Jones