Wednesday, September 9, 2020

RIP Bob Fujitani


BOB FUJITANI 1921-2020

First Comic News
September 8, 2020

Bob Fujitani passed away Sunday at 99 years old.

He was born in 1921 into an Irish-Japanese family. After studying art in New York, he drew comics for several comic book publishers in the early 1940s. His name can be found on series published by Avon Comic Group, Dell Comics, Harvey Comics, Lev Gleason Publications (among others on Crime Does Not Pay, etc. He also illustrates journal articles and worked on several comic strips as Guy the Lightning. In 1962, he participated in the creation of Doctor Solar, Man of the Atom. In the 1990s, he drew the strip Rip Kirby.

In 2005, he received an Inkpot Award at San Diego Comic Con.


FUJITANI, Bob (Robert Fujitani)
Born:  10/15/1921, Greenwich, Connecticut, U.S.A.
Died:  9/6/2020, Cos Cob, Greenwich, Connecticut, U.S.A.

Bob Fujitani’s westerns – writer, artist:
Two-Gun Kid – 1948
Black Diamond Western – 1949
Eerie Westerns – 19??
Little Joe – 19??

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