Bill Draut Explained

Birth Name:Bill Draut
Birth Date:14 August 1921
Nationality:American
Area:Penciller, Inker
Cartoonist:y
Notable Works:Abel
Phantom Stranger

Bill Draut (August 14, 1921–March 3, 1993)[1] was an American comic book artist best known for his work at Harvey Comics and DC Comics from the 1940s to the 1970s.

Biography

Bill Draut began his career as an artist in the 1940s by drawing the "Sergeant Stony Craig" comic strip for the Bell Syndicate. After service in the United States Marine Corps during World War II, he then moved into the comic book industry with his earliest confirmed credit appearing in Harvey Comics' Stuntman Comics #1 (April–May 1946). He worked with Joe Simon and Jack Kirby at Crestwood Publications.[2]

In 1956, Draut began drawing romance stories for DC Comics. He later did extensive work on that publisher's mystery titles including House of Mystery, House of Secrets, The Unexpected, and Weird War Tales. In 1966, Draut co-created Bee-Man with writer Otto Binder for Harvey Comics' Double-Dare Adventures.[3] Draut drew Teen Titans #18 (Nov.–Dec. 1968) which was writer Marv Wolfman's first Teen Titans story and introduced the character originally called Starfire and later renamed Red Star.[4] Draut inked the revival of the Phantom Stranger in Showcase #80 (Feb. 1969) and then drew the first four issues of the Phantom Stranger ongoing series.[5] He and Mark Hanerfeld created Abel in DC Special #4 (July–Sept. 1969) and the character soon became the "host" of the House of Secrets series.[6] Draut was to have drawn the first appearance of Marvel Comics' Scarecrow character but did not complete the assignment.[7] He was a character designer on the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero animated series for Sunbow Entertainment.[8] Draut's final published work in comics was inking Steve Ditko's pencilled artwork in the story "Who Is The Monster?" in The Fly #3 (Oct. 1983).

Bibliography

Archie Comics

Charlton Comics

Crestwood Publications/Prize Comics

DC Comics

Marvel Comics

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bill Draut. October 31, 2008. Lambiek Comiclopedia. https://web.archive.org/web/20140306124525/http://www.lambiek.net/artists/d/draut_bill.htm. March 6, 2014. live. mdy-all.
  2. Book: Simon, Joe. Joe Simon. Joe Simon: My Life in Comics. Titan Books. 2011. London, United Kingdom. 978-1845769307. Bill Draut had been in the Marines...Draut did a little of everything for us – war, horror, detective, westerns, and especially romance..
  3. Web site: Bee-Man. Don. Markstein. 2009. Don Markstein's Toonopedia. https://archive.today/20240525190733/https://www.webcitation.org/668eW0EWZ?url=http://www.toonopedia.com/bee-man.htm. May 25, 2024. dead. Bee-Man's creators were writer Otto Binder...and artist Bill Draut.. mdy-all.
  4. Book: Cadigan, Glen. Marv Wolfman From Comic Reader to Titanic Writer. Titans Companion. TwoMorrows Publishing. 2005. Raleigh, North Carolina. 38–39. https://books.google.com/books?id=SCcM1momgTsC&q=Teen+Titans+%2318+Wolfman+Wein+Draut&pg=PT14. 9781893905504.
  5. Book: McAvennie, Michael. Dolan. Hannah. 1960s. DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle. Dorling Kindersley. 2010. London, United Kingdom. 978-0-7566-6742-9. 133.
  6. McAvennie "1960s" in Dolan, p. 134: "Writer Mark Hanerfeld and artist Bill Draut introduced readers to Abel."
  7. Web site: In which a trip to Hell's Kitchen reveals who was supposed to draw The Scarecrow first. Scott. Edelman. Scott Edelman. April 18, 2015. ScottEdelman.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20161023212048/http://www.scottedelman.com/2015/04/18/in-which-a-trip-to-hells-kitchen-reveals-who-was-supposed-to-draw-the-scarecrow-first/. October 23, 2016. live. mdy-all.
  8. Web site: Draut, Bill. Jerry. Bails. Jerry Bails. n.d.. Who's Who of American Comic Books 1928–1999. https://web.archive.org/web/20161231043234/http://www.bailsprojects.com/bio.aspx?Name=DRAUT%2c+BILL. December 31, 2016. live. mdy-all.

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