Happy Birthday Alex Toth! He was an incredible comic book and animation artist who started at DC Comics with Green Lantern #28 (1947). Toth drew All Star Comics featuring Black Canary meeting the Justice Society of America and she joined the team in All Star Comics #41 (1948). From 1957 to 1960, he had a great run drawing Zorro for Dell Comics. Another favorite from that time is Four Color Comics #1085 (1960) adapting the Time Machine. He became art director for the animated show Space Angel (1962-1964). Alex Toth designed Space Ghost (1962-1966) for Hanna Barbara. He also worked on The Herculoids (1967-1969) and Birdman and the Galaxy Trio (1967-1969).
In 1973, Toth worked on the Super Friends animated series. He contributed some pages to the limited Collector’s Edition #C-41 featuring the Super Friends. One of my favorites of Toth’s artwork is Superman Annual #9 (1983). The brilliance of Alex Toth’s artwork is it’s simplicity, just a few lines gives you emotion and a scene, he was an incredible draftsman. Also, his use of black brought a level of chiaroscuro to comic books. There is a number of books that reproduce Toth’s artwork including Treasures Retold: The Lost Art of Alex Toth. Alex Toth died in 2006. Happy birthday Alex Toth!
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