Rich Buckler
| Rich Buckler | |
|---|---|
 Buckler at the 2015 East Coast Comicon in Secaucus, New Jersey | |
| Born | (1949-02-06)February 6, 1949 Detroit, Michigan |
| Died | May 19, 2017(2017-05-19) (aged 68) |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Writer, Penciller |
| Pseudonym(s) | Ron Validar |
Notable works | All-Star Squadron Astonishing Tales (Deathlok) Fantastic Four Superman vs. Shazam! World's Finest Comics |
| richbuckler.com | |
Rich Buckler (February 6, 1949 – May 19, 2017)[1][2] was an American comics artist and penciller, best known for his work on Marvel Comics' Fantastic Four in the mid-1970s and for creating the character Deathlok in Astonishing Tales #25. Buckler drew virtually every major character at Marvel and DC, often as a cover artist.
Contents
1 Career
2 Death
3 Bibliography
3.1 Archie Comics
3.2 Atlas/Seaboard Comics
3.3 Continuity Comics
3.4 DC Comics
3.5 Dynamite Entertainment
3.6 Marvel Comics
3.7 Warren Publishing
4 References
5 External links
Career
As a teenager in Detroit, Buckler attended the initial iterations of the Detroit Triple Fan Fair, eventually running the convention along with originator Robert Brosch in 1969–1970.[3][4]
Buckler's first comics work was as a teenager with the four-page historical story "Freedom Fighters: Washington Attacks Trenton" in the King Features comic book Flash Gordon #10 (cover-dated Nov. 1967). At DC Comics, he drew the "Rose and the Thorn" backup stories in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #117–121 (Dec. 1971–April 1972).[5]
Buckler drew the first three issues of writer Don McGregor's Black Panther series in Jungle Action vol. 2, #6–8 (Sept. 1973–Jan. 1974), a run that Comics Bulletin in 2010 ranked third on its list of the "Top 10 1970s Marvels".[6] He fulfilled a decade-long dream in 1974 when assigned to draw Marvel's flagship series, Fantastic Four, on which he stayed for two years.[7] During this period, Buckler created the cyborg antihero Deathlok, who starred in an ongoing feature debuting in Astonishing Tales #25 (Aug. 1974).[8] Also during this period, Buckler hired the young George Pérez as his studio assistant.[9]
Buckler collaborated with writer Gerry Conway on a "Superman vs. Shazam!" story published in All-New Collectors' Edition #C-58 (April 1978).[10][11] He drew the newspaper comic strip The Incredible Hulk for approximately six months in 1979.[12] A Justice League story by Conway and Buckler originally intended for All-New Collectors' Edition saw print in Justice League of America #210–212 (Jan.–March 1983).[13][14][15] Buckler and Roy Thomas then created the World War II superhero team the All-Star Squadron in a special insert in Justice League of America #193 (Aug. 1981)[16] which led to the team's own title the following month.[17]
In 1983,The Comics Journal accused Buckler of plagiarism, saying that he had a reputation as a "swipe" artist who copied poses and layouts from previous artists' work.[18][19] Buckler sued the magazine for libel,[20] but later dropped the suit.[21]
Buckler worked for Archie Comics in 1983 and 1984, when that publisher briefly revived its Red Circle Comics superhero line, and he recruited Cary Burkett to write the Mighty Crusaders title.[22] In 1985, Buckler returned to Marvel and briefly drew The Spectacular Spider-Man with writer Peter David, where they produced the storyline "The Death of Jean DeWolff".[23] He also served as editor for a short-lived line of comics by Solson Publications, where in 1987 he created Reagan's Raiders.[24]
He was the author of two books: How to Become a Comic Book Artist[25] and How to Draw Superheroes .[26] In 2015, he became an Inkwell Awards Ambassador.[27][28]
Death
Buckler died May 19, 2017 after a long battle with cancer.[2]
Bibliography
Archie Comics
Mighty Crusaders #1–7 (1983–84)
Atlas/Seaboard Comics
The Demon Hunter (1975)
Continuity Comics
Hybrids: The Origin #3–4 (1993)
DC Comics
Action Comics (Atom) #447 (1975)
All-New Collectors' Edition (Superman vs. Shazam!) #C–58 (1978)
All-Star Squadron #1–5, 36 (full art); Annual #3 (among other artists) (1981–84)
America vs. the Justice Society, miniseries, #1 (among other artists) (1985)
Batman #265, 267, 329; (Robin) #239–242 (1972–80)
DC Comics Presents #12, 33–34, 45, 49, Annual #1 (1979–82)
DC Retroactive: Wonder Woman – The '80s #1 (2011)
DC Special (Captain Comet) #27 (1977)
DC Super Stars (Gorilla Grodd) #14 (1977)
Detective Comics (Hawkman) #434, 446, 479 (1973–78)
The Flash #271–272 (1979)
Hardware #10, 12 (1993–94)
House of Mystery #199, 258 (1972–78)
House of Secrets #90 (1971)
Jonah Hex #11 (1978)
Justice League of America #188–191, 193, 210–212 (1981–83)
Kobra #5 (1976)
The New Adventures of Superboy #9 (1980)
New Gods #15 (1977)
Omega Men #34 (1986)
Secret Origin of Superman (Leaf Comic Book Candy) (1980)
Secret Society of Super Villains #5–9 (1977)
Star Hunters #4–7 (1978)
Superman (Superman) #364, 369 (1981–82); (Fabulous World of Krypton) #246, 251, 352 (1971–1980); (Bruce Superman Wayne) #363 (1981)
Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (Rose and Thorn) #117–121 (1971–72)
Tales of the Teen Titans #51–54 (1985)
Time Warp #1 (1979)
The Unexpected #123, 126, 135, 157, 174 (1971–76)
The Warlord #89–90, 97 (1985)
Weird War Tales #23, 123 (1974–83)
Weird Western Tales (Jonah Hex) #37 (1976)
Wonder Woman #300 (among other artists) (1983)
World's Finest Comics (Hawkman) #257–258; (Superman and Batman) #259–261, 263–264, 266–267, 269–272, 275–276, 278, 280, 285–286 (1979–82)
Dynamite Entertainment
Red Sonja #1973 (2015)
Marvel Comics
Adventure into Fear #11, 22 (1973–74)
Amazing Adventures (Killraven) #25 (1974)
Amazing Spider-Man and Captain America: Dr. Doom's Revenge (distributed with a computer game by Paragon Software) (1989)
Astonishing Tales (Ka-Zar) #13 (with John Buscema), 16; (Deathlok) #25–28, #30-36 (1972–76)
The Avengers #101–104, 106, 302–304, Giant-Size #1 (1972–89)
Battlestar Galactica #6-7 (1979)
Black Goliath #4 (1976)
Black Knight miniseries #3–4 (1990)
Captain America #243, 355 (1980–89)
Captain America: The Medusa Effect (with M. C. Wyman) (1994)
Conan The Barbarian #40 (1974)
Daredevil #101 (1973)
Doc Savage #8 (1974)
Dracula Lives #1 (1973)
Epic Illustrated #29 (1985)
Fantastic Four #142–144, 147–153, 155–159, 161–163, 168–169, 171, 325, 329–335; Giant-Size #1, 3; Annual #22 (1974–89)
Freddy Krueger's A Nightmare on Elm Street miniseries #1–2 (with Tony DeZuniga) (1989)
The Incredible Hulk Annual #11 (1982)
Invaders #5 (1976)
Iron Man #196–197 (1985)
Journey into Mystery vol. 2 #5 (1973)
Jungle Action vol. 2 (Black Panther) #6–8 (full pencils), 22 (with Billy Graham) (1973–76)
Luke Cage, Power Man #30 (1976)
Marvel Comics Presents #24–31 (1989)
Marvel Comics Super Special (Kiss) #1; (Xanadu) 17 (among other artists) (1977–80)
Marvel Spotlight (Deathlok) #33 (among other artists) (1977)
Marvel Super-Heroes vol. 2 (X-Men) #6 (1991)
Marvel Team-Up (Spider-Man and Nightcrawler) #89 (with Mike Nasser) (1980)
Micronauts Annual #2 (with Steve Ditko) (1980)
New Mutants #76–77 (1989)
Saga of The Original Human Torch limited series #1–4 (1990)
Saga of The Sub-Mariner limited series #1–12 (1988–89)
Savage Sword of Conan #182 (1991)
The Spectacular Spider-Man #103, 107–111, 116–117, 119, 122; Annual #1, 10 (1979–90)
Supernatural Thrillers #5 (1973)
Tales of the Zombie #4 (1974)
Thor #227–230 (1974)
Vampire Tales #2-3, 5 (1973–74)
What If? (Eternals) #24; (Thor) #25; (Namor) #29; (Spider-Man) #30 (1980–81)
Where Monsters Dwell #15 (1972)
X-Factor #50 (1990)
Warren Publishing
Creepy #36, 38, 75 (1970–75)
Eerie #29, 48–49, 53 (1970–74)
References
^ Miller, John Jackson (June 10, 2005). "Comics Industry Birthdays". Comics Buyer's Guide. Iola, Wisconsin. Archived from the original on October 30, 2010. Retrieved December 12, 2010..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ ab "Rich Buckler, Prolific Marvel and DC Comics Artist, Dies at 68". The Hollywood Reporter. May 20, 2017. Archived from the original on May 21, 2017.
^ Cooke, Jon B. ed. (2005). "Rich Buckler Breaks Out! The Artist on Deathlok, T'Challa, and Other Marvel Tales". Comic Book Artist Collection Volume 3. TwoMorrows Publishing.CS1 maint: Extra text: authors list (link)
^ Bails, Jerry; Ware, Hames (n.d.). "Buckler, Rich F." Who's Who of American Comic Books, 1928–1999. Archived from the original on February 18, 2016.
^ Cassell, Dewey (May 2013). "A Rose By Any Other Name...Would Be Thorn". Back Issue!. Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing (64): 28–32.
^ Sacks, Jason (September 6, 2010). "Top 10 1970s Marvels". Comics Bulletin. Archived from the original on August 3, 2013. Retrieved August 3, 2013.
^ Thomas, Roy. "Bullpen Bulletins," Marvel comics cover-dated January 1974.
^ Sanderson, Peter; Gilbert, Laura, ed. (2008). "1970s". Marvel Chronicle A Year by Year History. London, United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. p. 166. ISBN 978-0756641238.Created by artist Rich Buckler and writer Doug Moench, the original Deathlok was Colonel Luther Manning, a soldier in an alternate, post-apocalyptic future.
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^ O'Neill, Daniel Patrick (July 1994). "Career Moves". Wizard (35). Archived from the original on September 7, 2009.
^ Hamerlinck, P.C. (December 2012). "When Worlds Collide The Colossal-Sized Confrontation Between Superman and Captain Marvel". Back Issue!. Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing (61): 65–68.
^ All-New Collectors' Edition #C-58 at the Grand Comics Database
^ Cassell, Dewey (February 2014). "Smashing into Syndication: The Incredible Hulk Newspaper Strip". Back Issue!. Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing (70): 37–40.
^ Justice League of America #210 at the Grand Comics Database
^ Wells, John (October 24, 1997), "'Lost' DC: The DC Implosion", Comics Buyer's Guide (1249), p. 132
^ Wells, John (December 2012). "The Perils of the DC/Marvel Tabloid Era". Back Issue!. Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing (61): 6.
^ Catron, Michael (June 1981). "Thomas Revives WWII Superheroes". Amazing Heroes. Stamford, Connecticut: Fantagraphics Books (1): 28–30.All-Star Squadron, DC's new World War II-era superhero series debuts in May in a 16-page preview insert in Justice League of America #193.
^ Manning, Matthew K.; Dolan, Hannah, ed. (2010). "1980s". DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle. London, United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. p. 195. ISBN 978-0-7566-6742-9.The creative team of writer Roy Thomas and artist Rich Buckler on All-Star Squadron offered readers a nostalgic glimpse back in time, albeit through the slightly distorted lens of Earth-2's history.
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^ "Plagiarism: Rich Buckler Signs his Name to Jack Kirby's Work". The Comics Journal (83). August 1983. pp. 33–35.
^ "Rich Buckler Answers His Critics". The Comics Journal (86). November 1983. pp. 28–31.
^ "Rich Buckler Sues Comics Journal and two of its Writers for Libel". The Comics Journal (88). January 1984. p. 13.
^ "Buckler Drops Comics Journal Libel Suit". The Comics Journal (93). September 1984. pp. 11–12.
^ Cobb, Bradley S. (2001). "Cary Burkett Interview". The Mighty Crusaders Network. Archived from the original on June 24, 2012. Retrieved June 23, 2012.
^ Manning, Matthew K.; Gilbert, Laura, ed. (2012). "1980s". Spider-Man Chronicle Celebrating 50 Years of Web-Slinging. London, United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. p. 150. ISBN 978-0756692360.Revered as one of the finest Spider-Man stories ever told, this four-part saga, written by Peter David and penciled by Rich Buckler, was a decidedly dark tale for the usually lighthearted web-slinger.
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^ Reagan's Raiders at Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Archived from the original on December 21, 2016.
^ Buckler, Rich (1986). How to Become a Comic Book Artist. Solson. ISBN 0-9615671-1-2.
^ Buckler, Rich (1987). How to Draw Super-Heroes. Solson. ISBN 0-9615671-5-5.
^ "Ambassadors". Inkwell Awards. Archived from the original on January 28, 2016. Retrieved January 27, 2017.
^ Almond, Bob (January 11, 2016). "Rich Buckler Made Inkwell Awards Ambassador, Plus Roster Changes" (Press release). First Comics. Archived from the original on March 19, 2016.
External links
 | Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rich Buckler. |
Official website and archive of Buckler Comic Art official site. Archived on December 19, 2013.
Rich Buckler at the Comic Book DB- Rich Buckler interview at Fantastic Four Headquarters
Rich Buckler at Mike's Amazing World of Comics
Rich Buckler at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators
"Astonishing Tales 25 and the Birth of Deathlok, with insights from Rich Buckler!" at GiantSizeMarvel.com
| Preceded by Barry Windsor-Smith | The Avengers artist 1972 | Succeeded by John Buscema |
| Preceded by John Buscema | Fantastic Four artist 1974–1976 | Succeeded by George Pérez |
| Preceded by José Luis García-López | World's Finest Comics artist 1979–1982 | Succeeded by Trevor Von Eeden |
| Preceded by Keith Pollard | Fantastic Four artist 1989 | Succeeded by Walt Simonson |
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