Allen Bellman (June 5, 1924 – March 9, 2020)[1] was an American comic book artist whose career began in the Golden Age of Comic Books.
Career
Template:External media As a child in New York City, Bellman became enchanted by comics when he saw a copy of Action Comics #1 and purchased it.[2] He first began working for Timely Comics/Atlas Comics in 1942 after seeing an advertisement in the newspaper, with one of his first assignments being on early Captain America stories.[3]
After his work in the comics industry ended, he continued to attend comic book conventions into his 90s; he moved to southern Florida and retired from the comic book industry in the 1960s.[3][2] In 2007, he was awarded the Inkpot Award.[4] In 2020, Bellman was awarded the Inkwell Awards Stacey Aragon Special Recognition Award (SASRA).[5][6]
List of works
- Timely Confidential: When the Golden Age of Comic Books Was Young (December 1, 2017) Allen Bellman (author), Michael J. Vassallo (editor), Audrey Parente (editor). CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
References
External links
- Template:Official website
- Interview with Bellman (2012)
- Disney Information Station interview with Bellman (2016)
- Q&A With Allen Bellman – Timely/Marvel Legendary Artist from The Huffington Post (2017)
- Allen Bellman biography on Lambiek
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