With its proximity to the cultural hub of New York City and its quieter suburban and rural landscapes, Connecticut was fertile ground for artists and writers in the period of Modernist movements between 1913 and 1979. Many of these cultural figures are well known through biographical and critical studies. Creative Places seeks to show how place played a significant role in creative work, and how in turn the artists and writers influenced communities in Connecticut.
Wayne Boring
Comic Art
1905 – 1987
- Biography/Description of Work
After studies at the Chicago Art Institute, in 1937 Boring began his career as a ghost drawer for comic books. In 1940, he was hired by National Comics to help draw the Superman strip, created in 1938, first doing the pencil work and eventually becoming the main, credited penciller from the mid-1940s through the 1950s. In 1957 he moved to Ridgefield and continued to draw the daily strips until 1968. After that he ghosted for Prince Valient, strip of Hal Foster who lived in nearby Redding.
- Sources view
- http://jackfsanders.tripod.com/A-F.htm, http://www.wayneboring.com/, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Boring, http://www.supermanartists.comics.org/superart/wayneboring.htm, http://johnkstuff.blogspot.com/2009/07/wayne-borings-superman.html, http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Wayne_Boring, http://www.wayneboringinterview1984.blogspot.com/, http://www.comic-art.com/biographies/boring01.htm
- Associated Resource(s)
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