Dick Ayers (b. 1924)

Notes:

To be confirmed against the Who's Who entry.

D. A. pen name used on cover work for Topps Comics in 1993. See Who's Who entry:
http://bailsprojects.com/bio.aspx?Name=A.%2C+D.

Name:

  • Dick Ayers
  • Type: Common Alternative Name
    Given name: Dick Family name: Ayers

Other Names:

  1. D. A. Type: Pen Name
  2. Arby Airz Type: Pen Name
  3. R. Ayers Type: Common Alternative Name
    Given name: R. Family name: Ayers
  4. Richard Bache Ayers Type: Name at Birth
    Given name: Richard Bache Family name: Ayers
  5. Joe Shuster Type: Ghost Name
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Signatures:

  1. A [generic]
  2. A+A [generic]
  3. Ayers [generic]
  4. Ayers (box)
  5. Ayers... [generic]
  6. D.A.
  7. Dick Ayers
  8. Dick Ayers
  9. Dick Ayers [generic]
  10. Dick AYERS (circle) [generic]
  11. Dick Ayers [circle]
  12. Dick Ayers [print, stacked]
  13. R Ayers [generic]
  14. R B AYERS [generic]
  15. R. Ayers [generic]
  16. RA [generic]
  17. RBA [generic]
  18. Richard B. Ayers [generic]
  19. Rye [generic]

Awards:

  1. 1985: National Cartoonist Society Awards (NCS Awards) - Comic Book Division
  2. 1997: Inkpot Award - [no name]
  3. 2007: Eisner Award - Hall of Fame - Voter's Choices
  4. 2013: Inkwell Awards - The Sinnott Hall of Fame Award

Awards for Issues:

  1. 1963: Alley Awards - Favorite Annual
    Fantastic Four Annual (1963 series) #1

Awards for Stories:

  1. 1963: Alley Awards - Favorite Short Story
    The Human Torch Meets... "Captain America" (Human Torch) comic story, 18p

Relations:

  1. Parent of - Rich Ayers
  2. Ghosted for - Joe Shuster (b. 1914)

Schools:

  1. Art Career School [NYC] ? to ?

  2. School of Visual Arts [NYC] ? to ?

  3. Cartoonists and Illustrators School 1947 to 1948

Art Influences:

Dick Ayers (b. 1924) stated influences by:
  1. Julie Howard Mahl
  2. Sol Korby
  3. Milton Caniff (b. 1907)
  4. Burne Hogarth (b. 1911)

Memberships:

  1. National Cartoonists Society Type: member

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