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'''André LeBlanc''' was an international artist. | |||
=== Biography === | |||
André LeBlanc was born in Haiti, but moved to the USA in the 1920s following the death of father in Cuba. | |||
To support his widowed mother, LeBlanc dropped out of high school after eighth grade and was self taughting, among others in copying the volumes in the fine arts room of the "New York City Public Library". | |||
As an inking artist, he worked on many comic books (such as some "Four color" issues of the famous Dell series in the fifties and for the Gold Key series "The Twilight Zone" and "Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery") but also created his comic strips including 'Intellectual Amos' and 'Morena Flor'. | |||
In 1951 he became the assistant of Will Eisner by finishing Sunday pages inking material on 'The Spirit' and Sy Barry on "[[The Phantom]]". | |||
Always being under contract with "[[King Features Syndicate]]", he drew in 1966 and 1967 some of the "[[Mandrake the Magician]]" stories and covers in their "[[King Comics]] series. | |||
Spending his career between New York City and Brazil, he also worked as an illustrating reporter for Brazilian newspapers "Correio da Manha" and "Globo". | |||
Le Blanc was also one of the main artists of the Brazilian "Classics Comics" for "Edicao Maravilhosa" published by Ebal, a collection released in Usa as material for in and received the prestigious "Southern Cross" Award - the highest honor that can be bestowed upon a Brazilian citizen - for his illustrations for classical literature. friend Lee Ames to create the book "Draw 50 Famous People of the Bible", as well as a few biblically-inspired projects for Hanna Barbara and achieved his international career for illustrating 'The Picture Bible'. | |||
He received bylines for his work, in the seventies and eighties, on "Flash Gordon" (with Dan Barry), "Apartment 3-G" (with Alex Kotzky), and "Rex Morgan MD" newspaper strips. | |||
He taught at "The School of Visual Arts in New York City". | |||
== Mandrake the Magician by André LeBlanc (1966-1967) == | == Mandrake the Magician by André LeBlanc (1966-1967) == | ||
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|"[[Menace of the City Jungle (King)|Menace of the City Jungle]]" || pencil: Don Heck | |"[[Menace of the City Jungle (King)|Menace of the City Jungle]]" || inking only / pencil: Don Heck | ||
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|"[[Midnight with Mandrake (King, Flash Gordon)|Midnight with Mandrake]]" || pencil: Don Heck | |"[[Midnight with Mandrake (King, Flash Gordon)|Midnight with Mandrake]]" || inking only / pencil: Don Heck | ||
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|"[[The Flying Phantom (King)|The Flying Phantom]]" || pencil: Werner Roth | |"[[The Flying Phantom (King)|The Flying Phantom]]" || inking only / pencil: Werner Roth | ||
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|"[[Specter from Space (King)|Specter from Space]]" || | |"[[Specter from Space (King)|Specter from Space]]" || | ||
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== Mandrake the Magician covers by André LeBlanc == | |||
<gallery> | |||
Image:Mandrake02king.png| [[Mandrake the Magician 2 (King)]] | |||
Image:Mandrake03king.png| [[Mandrake the Magician 3 (King)]] | |||
Image:Mandrake04king.png| [[Mandrake the Magician 4 (King)]] | |||
</gallery> | |||
== Sources == | |||
Lambiek: [https://www.lambiek.net/artists/l/leblanc_andre.htm] | |||
Wikipedia: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_LeBlanc_(artist)] | |||
Wikiwand: [https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Talk:Andr%C3%A9_LeBlanc_(artist)] | |||
[[Category:Artists|LeBlanc, André]] | [[Category:Artists|LeBlanc, André]] | ||
[[Category:Cover artists|LeBlanc, André]] | [[Category:Cover artists|LeBlanc, André]] | ||
Revision as of 11:55, 30 April 2021
| André LeBlanc | |
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| Biographical information | |
| Born: | January 16, 1921 in Haiti |
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| Died: | December 21, 1998 in Brazil |
| Nationality: |  American
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| Occupation: | Artists |
| Website: | N/A |
André LeBlanc was an international artist.
Biography
André LeBlanc was born in Haiti, but moved to the USA in the 1920s following the death of father in Cuba.
To support his widowed mother, LeBlanc dropped out of high school after eighth grade and was self taughting, among others in copying the volumes in the fine arts room of the "New York City Public Library". As an inking artist, he worked on many comic books (such as some "Four color" issues of the famous Dell series in the fifties and for the Gold Key series "The Twilight Zone" and "Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery") but also created his comic strips including 'Intellectual Amos' and 'Morena Flor'.
In 1951 he became the assistant of Will Eisner by finishing Sunday pages inking material on 'The Spirit' and Sy Barry on "The Phantom".
Always being under contract with "King Features Syndicate", he drew in 1966 and 1967 some of the "Mandrake the Magician" stories and covers in their "King Comics series.
Spending his career between New York City and Brazil, he also worked as an illustrating reporter for Brazilian newspapers "Correio da Manha" and "Globo". Le Blanc was also one of the main artists of the Brazilian "Classics Comics" for "Edicao Maravilhosa" published by Ebal, a collection released in Usa as material for in and received the prestigious "Southern Cross" Award - the highest honor that can be bestowed upon a Brazilian citizen - for his illustrations for classical literature. friend Lee Ames to create the book "Draw 50 Famous People of the Bible", as well as a few biblically-inspired projects for Hanna Barbara and achieved his international career for illustrating 'The Picture Bible'.
He received bylines for his work, in the seventies and eighties, on "Flash Gordon" (with Dan Barry), "Apartment 3-G" (with Alex Kotzky), and "Rex Morgan MD" newspaper strips.
He taught at "The School of Visual Arts in New York City".
Mandrake the Magician by André LeBlanc (1966-1967)
| Title | Note |
|---|---|
| "Menace of the City Jungle" | inking only / pencil: Don Heck |
| "Midnight with Mandrake" | inking only / pencil: Don Heck |
| "The Flying Phantom" | inking only / pencil: Werner Roth |
| "Specter from Space" | |
| "The Phantom Casino" | |
| "The Doomsday Man" | |
| "The Terror of the Haunted Desert" | |
| "The Black Wizard" | |
| "The Frame-Up" | |
| "Seeing is Believing" | unpublished |
