Comic Creators Over 80 (3rd Revision)

Revision 3 – July 22, 2013

With this revision, I added a little bio of what each person is best known. This is probably the last revision I will do for awhile.

I'm trying to compile an updated list of anyone who's in the comic book and comic strip business who is over 80 and still alive. I don't know if this is complete and in some cases, I don't know if it's accurate. If you see someone who should or shouldn't be on this list, please advise. Also, steer away from animation or children's book artists and writers unless they also worked in comic books or comic strips. Also, help with birth years would be great, too!

Brad Anderson – 1924 (Marmaduke)

Murphy Anderson – 1926 (DC, Hawkman, Superman)

Dick Ayers – 1924 (Marvel, Sgt. Fury)

Ken Bald – 1920 (Dr. Kildare, Dark Shadows)
Sy Barry – 1928 (The Phantom)

Allen Bellman – 1924 (Marvel, Timely)
Vivian S. Minanel Berg – 1923 (artist, wife of Dave Berg)

Frank Bolle – 1924 (Apartment 3-G, Juliet Jones)

Bob Bolling – 1928 (Archie, Little Archie)
Leonard Brenner – 1932 (Mad)

John Bulthuis – birth year? (Archie, Stanmor, Trojan)

Orlando Busino – 1926 (gag cartoonist)

Dick Cavalli – 1923 (Winthrop, Morty Meekle)

Nick Cardy – 1920 (DC, Aquaman, Teen Titans, Marvel)
Nat Champlin – 1919 (Fawcett, Street & Smith)

Jack Chick – 1924 (Chick Tracks)
Paul Coker, Jr. – 1929 (Mad, Rankin/Bass)
Ernie Colon – 1931 (Harvey, Richie Rich, Marvel)
Anthony D'Adamo – birth year? (various magazines, Newsday)

Jack Davis – 1924 (EC, Mad, TV Guide, Time, RCA)
Gene Deitch – 1924 (Terrytoons, Tom Terrific, Terr’ble Thompson)

Jose Delbo – 1933 (DC, Wonder Woman, Batman)
Jay Disbrow – 1926 (Iger Studios, Sheena, Aroo)

Roy Doty – 1922 (Wordless Workshop, gag cartoonist)

Steve Ditko – 1927 (Marvel, Spider-Man)
Mort Drucker – 1929 (Bob Hope, Mad)
Jerry Dumas – 1930 (Sam’s Strip)

Hy Eisman – 1927 (Bunny, Katzenjammer Kids, Popeye)
Marty Elkin – 1928 (Harwell, Marvel, Farrell)

Jules Feiffer – 1929 (Feiffer, gag cartoonist)
Al Feldstein – 1925 (EC, Tales from the Crypt, Weird Science, Mad)

Bertram Fitzgerald – 1932 (Golden Legacy, Fast Willie Jackson)

Hy Fleishman – 1927 (Atlas, Marvel, Lev Gleason)

Frank Fletcher – 1919 (Harvey)

Ramonda Fradon – 1926 (Brenda Starr)
Fred Fredericks – 1929 (Mandrake)

Bob Fujitani – 1920 (DC)

Paul Fung, Jr. – 1923 (Blondie)

Ted Galindo – 1927 (Prize, Atlas, Marvel)

Joe Giella – 1928 (DC, Green Lantern)
Frank Giusto – 1926 (Ace)

Sam Glanzman – 1924 (Charlton, Hercules)

Bob Globerman – birth year? (Lev Gleason)

Stan Goldberg – 1932 (Archie)
Sam Gross – 1933 (National Lampoon)
Stan Harfenist – birth year? (Harvey)

Irwin Hasen – 1918 (Dondi)
Russ Heath – 1926 (Marvel, DC, EC)
Hugh Hefner – 1926 (Playboy, Trump)

Tom Hickey – 1910 alive? (DC, Harvey, Lev Gleason)

Frank Hill – 1929 (Dennis the Menace, Short Ribs)
Lee Holley – 1932 (Dennis the Menace, Ponytail)
Fran Hopper – 1922 (Fiction House)
Fred Iger – 1924 (American Comics Group)

Jim Ivey – 1925 (Creepy, Monsters and Heroes)

Frank Jacobs – 1929 (Mad)
Sid Jacobson – 1929 (Harvey, Star)
Al Jaffee – 1921 (Marvel, Mad, Humbug)
Harvey Janes – birth year?

Frank B. Johnson – 1931 (Boner’s Ark, Charlton)

Sydney Jordan – 1928 (Dick Hercules, Jeff Hawke)

Jack Katz – 1927 (The First Kingdom)
Mel Keefer – 1926 (DC, Strange Adventures)

Fred Kida – 1920 (Airboy)
Everett Kinstler – 1926 (Atlas, Marvel, Dell)

Tom Koch – 1925 (Mad, TV writer)
Ed Konick – birth year? (Charlton)

Mel Lazarus – 1927 (Momma, Miss Peach)
Stan Lee (Stanley Martin Leiber) – 1922 (Timely, Atlas, Marvel)
Larry Lieber – 1931 (Marvel, Atlas, brother of Stan Lee)
Dick Locher – 1929 (Dick Tracy)

Bob Lubbers – 1922 (Fiction House, Secret Agent X-9)

George Mandel – 1920 (gag cartoon writer)

Cal Massey – 1927 (Cross, Superior, Timely, Atlas)

Shigeru Mizuki – 1922 (Manga, Anime)

Tom Moore – 1928 (Archie)

Matt Murphy – 1923 (alive?) (Harvey)

Jack O’Brien – 1922 (alive?) (Harvey, Sad Sack, gag cartoonist)

George Olesen – 1924 (The Phantom)

Don Orehek – 1928 (Cracked, Playboy, gag cartoonist)
Jose Ortiz – 1932 (Warren, Vampirella)

Bill Oughton – 1926

Mac Pakula – birth year? (Atlas, Marvel)

Don Perlin – 1929 (Marvel, Werewolf by Night, Defenders, Ghost Rider)

Jay Scott Pike – 1924 (Marvel, DC)

Paul Peter Porges – 1927 (Mad)
Al Plastino – 1921 (DC, Superman, Nancy)
Quino (Joaquín Salvador Lavado) – 1932 (gag cartoonist, Mafalda)

Lily Renee – 1925 (Fiction House)
Arnold Roth – 1929 (Humbug, Playboy, National Lampoon)
John Romita, Sr. – 1930 (Marvel)
Gaspar Saladino – 1926 (Marvel, DC, logo designer, letterer)

Ken Selig – 1924 (Harvey, Archie)

Joy Seligsohn – 1927 (wife of Zeke)

Zeke Seligsohn – birth year? (husband of Joy)

Marie Severin – 1929 (EC, Marvel, sister of John Severin)
Larry Siegel – 1925 (Mad, TV writer)
Ed Silverman – 1924 (Hillman, Ziff-Davis)

Joe Sinnott – 1926 (Marvel, Fantastic Four)
Dan Spiegle – 1920 (Marvel, DC, Gold Key)

Leonard Starr – 1925 (Little Orphan Annie, On Stage)

Tony Tallarico – 1933 (Dell, Lobo, Cracked, Crazy)

Dexter Taylor – birth year? (Little Archie)

Frank Thorne – 1930 (Marvel, Red Sonja)
Angelo Torres – 1932 (EC, Mad)
Morrie Turner – 1923 (Wee Pals, Kid Power)
Albert Uderzo – 1927 (Asterix)

Mort Walker – 1923 (Beetle Bailey, Hi and Lois)
James Warren – 1930 (Warren)

Morris Weiss – 1915 (Quality)
Gahan Wilson – 1930 (Playboy, National Lampoon)