Basil Wolverton (b. 1909)

Born: 1909 July 9 in Central Point, Oregon, United States
Died: 1978 December 31 in Vancouver, Washington, United States
via story credit search for "Basil Wolverton" external links

Biography:

Basil Wolverton was an American cartoonist and illustrator known for his intricately detailed grotesques of bizarre or misshapen people. Wolverton was described as "Producer of Preposterous Pictures of Peculiar People who Prowl this Perplexing Planet." His many publishers included Marvel and Mad magazine.

Notes:

Sold his first cartoon at age 11.

Additional biographical details can be found in: The Art of Basil Wolverton (1989), Cartoon Annual 1974, Comics Journal #100 (September 1985), Crash the Quarterly Comic Book Review #2 (Winter 1995), Cultural Correspondence #10-11 (Fall 1979), Five Fabulous Decades of the World's Greatest Comics (1991), Focus v.3 #15 (September 30, 1953), Graphic Story Magazine #12 (c.1970) and #14 (c.1972), Great Comic Book Artists (1986), Masters of Imagination by Mike Benson (1994), Monster Times #24 (July 1973), Ron Goulart's Great History of Comic Books (1986), World Encyclopedia of Comics (1976/99).

Created Lena the Hyena for Li'l Abner newspaper strip in 1946.

Name:

  • Basil Wolverton
  • Type: Name at Birth
    Given name: Basil Family name: Wolverton

Other Names:

  1. Dennis Langdon Type: Pen Name
  2. Basil Bandybrain Wolverton Type: Common Alternative Name
    Given name: Basil Bandybrain Family name: Wolverton
View Change History
Creator at www.comics.org

Signatures:

  1. B W [generic]
  2. B.W. [generic]
  3. Basil [generic]
  4. Basil 'Warpaint' Wolverton [generic]
  5. Basil Arrowhead Wolverton [generic]
  6. Basil Badgag Wolverton [generic]
  7. Basil Bagbean Wolverton [generic]
  8. Basil Barn Brain Wolverton [generic]
  9. Basil Barrelbean Wolverton [generic]
  10. Basil Beaknose Wolverton [generic]
  11. Basil Beanbasher Wolverton [generic]
  12. Basil Beanbrain Wolverton [generic]
  13. Basil Bee Bee Bean Wolverton [generic]
  14. Basil Bicuspid Wolverton [generic]
  15. Basil Bleakbeak Wolverton [generic]
  16. Basil Blimpbean Wolverton [generic]
  17. Basil Boilerbuster Wolverton [generic]
  18. Basil Boltbeak Wolverton [generic]
  19. Basil Bombrain Wolverton [generic]
  20. Basil Bridgebean Wolverton [generic]
  21. Basil Brushbeard Wolverton [generic]
  22. Basil Bugbrain Wolverton [generic]
  23. Basil Bulkhead Wolverton [generic]
  24. Basil Buzzbrain Wolverton [generic]
  25. Basil Desertdome Wolverton [generic]
  26. Basil Freakbeak Wolverton [generic]
  27. Basil Greenback Wolverton [generic]
  28. Basil Jug Mug Wolverton [generic]
  29. Basil Stellerfeller Wolverton [generic]
  30. Basil Switchhitch Wolverton [generic]
  31. Basil Water Wings Wolverton [generic]
  32. Basil Waterwit Wolverton [generic]
  33. Basil Wee Wit Wolverton [generic]
  34. Basil Westernwart Wolverton [generic]
  35. Basil Westwit Wolverton [generic]
  36. Basil Wet Wig Wolverton [generic]
  37. Basil Wetwash Wolverton [generic]
  38. Basil Whirlwind Wolverton [generic]
  39. Basil Wolverton [generic]
  40. BASIL WOLVERTON [stacked]
  41. Basile Weevilwit Wolverton [generic]
  42. BW [generic]
  43. Old Man Wolverton [generic]
  44. Wolverton [generic]

Awards:

  1. 1991: Harvey Award - Jack Kirby Hall of Fame
  2. 2000: Eisner Award - Hall of Fame - Voter's Choices

Relations:

  1. Employee of - Funnies, Inc. (b. 1939)
    Notes: Did writing, pencils and inks circa 1939 to 1941.
  2. Parent of - Monte Wolverton (b. 1948)

Art Influences:

Influences by Basil Wolverton (b. 1909) were stated by:
  1. Eleanor Barnes (b. 1958)
  2. Tim Caldwell (b. 1959)
  3. Peter Fitzgerald (b. 1968)
  4. George Hansen (b. 1951)
  5. Jeff Nicholson (b. 1962)
  6. Larry Rippee (b. 1951)
  7. Devlin Thompson (b. 1968)

Memberships:

  1. National Cartoonist Society Type: member

Non Comics Works:

  1. Publication Title: none (other) - Role: artist
    Employer Name : U-1 Studios
    Work Title: caricuratist

  2. Publication Title: Nutty Initials (other) - Role: artist - Year: 1969
    Employer Name : Topps
    Work Title: artist

  3. Publication Title: Plain Truth magazine (other) - Role: writer
    Employer Name : unknown publisher
    Work Title: The Bible Story

  4. Publication Title: Plain Truth magazine (other) - Role: artist
    Employer Name : unknown publisher
    Work Title: The Bible Story

  5. Publication Title: Portland News [Orgeon] (other) - Role: artist
    Employer Name : Portland News [Orgeon]
    Work Title: cartoonist

  6. Publication Title: Portland News [Orgeon] (other) - Role: writer
    Employer Name : Portland News [Orgeon]
    Work Title: reporter

  7. Publication Title: unknown album covers (other) - Role: artist
    Employer Name : Wolvertunes
    Work Title: artist

  8. Publication Title: unknown magazine (other) - Role: artist
    Employer Name : unknown publisher
    Work Title: Story of Man

  9. Publication Title: unknown magazine (other) - Role: writer
    Employer Name : unknown publisher
    Work Title: Story of Man

contact us
donate
If you believe any of this data to be incorrect, please let us know.
Cover thumbnails are used for identification purposes only. All rights to cover images reserved by the respective copyright holders.
Creative Commons License
All portions of the Grand Comics Database™, except where noted otherwise, are copyrighted by the GCD and are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0). This includes but is not necessarily limited to our database schema and data distribution format.
The GCD Privacy Policy. The GCD Web Site code is licensed under the GNU General Public License.