Ernie Hart
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| Ernie Hart | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Ernest Huntley Hart October 2, 1910[1] |
| Died | July 0, 1985 (aged 74) |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Writer, Artist |
| Pseudonym(s) |
H.E. Huntley EHH |
| Notable works | Super Rabbit |
Ernest Huntley Hart[2] (October 2, 1910 – July 1985),[3] also known as H.E. Huntley,[4][5] is an American comic-book writer and artist best known for creating Marvel Comics' funny animal character, Super Rabbit.
Biography[edit | edit source]
Early life and career[edit | edit source]
Ernie Hart was part of the Timely Comics "animator" bullpen, separate from the superhero group producing comics featuring the Human Torch, the Sub-Mariner and Captain America. Along with others including Vincent Fago, Jim Mooney, Mike Sekowsky, and future Mad magazine cartoonists Dave Berg and Al Jaffee, Hart worked on such movie tie-in and original funny-animal comics as Terrytoons Comics, Animated Funny Comic-Tunes and Mighty Mouse.[6] left|thumb|Movie Tunes #3 (Sept. 1946), with Super Rabbit, Ziggy Pig, Silly Seal and others. Cover artist unknown.
Super Rabbit, an animal superhero in lighthearted children's adventures, debuted in Comedy Comics #14 (March 1943). Hart also worked on "Pookey the Poetical Pup" and "Ding-a-Ling the Little Bellboy" in Krazy Komics; "Wacky Willie" and "Andy Wolf & Bertie Mouse" in Terrytoons Comics; "Skip O'Hare" in Comedy Comics; and the heroic-adventure feature "Victory Boys" for Timely. Other Golden Age comics work includes "Egbert and the Count" and "Marmaduke Mouse" for Quality Comics' Hit Comics,[7] of which one critic wrote, "Ernie Hart's 'Marmaduke Mouse' and 'Egbert' were, especially in the beginning, solidly drawn and reasonably funny, but lacked a convincing sense of action and character."[8]
Cartoonist Al Jaffee, then a fellow Timely editor, recalled in 2004, "Ernie was a very lively guy; very funny and fun to be with. He was an editor with Don Rico, and the two of them shared an office. Both men could write and draw.... Ernie did humor work and Don edited certain titles. This was all post-World War II. One day, Stan called me in and said, 'I want you to edit the teenage books.' That may have been because Ernie left the company, because I do not recall Ernie editing anything but teenage and humor."[9] Another fellow editor, Al Sulman, recalled that Hart "lived in New Haven and used to commute to New York and come to the office with his scripts."[10]
Later life and career[edit | edit source]
Hart remained on staff for Marvel Comics' 1950s predecessor Atlas Comics, and briefly freelanced for Marvel during the 1960s Silver Age. His '60s scripts, some of them from plots by editor-in-chief Stan Lee, included the feature "The Human Torch" in Strange Tales #110-111 (July-Aug. 1963); the feature "Ant-Man" in Tales to Astonish #44-48 (June-Oct. 1963); and the single comic Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. #8 (Jan. 1969). Hart's work also appears in the "nudie cutie" comic, The Adventures of Pussycat (1968), a one-shot that reprinted some strips of the same-name feature that appeared in Marvel publisher Martin Goodman's line of men's magazines.[11]
Hart, occasionally signing his work "EHH", also did stories for Charlton Comics, including writing and drawing issues of the horse series Rocky Lane's Black Jack in 1959.[7]
Sometime prior to late 1968, Hart moved to Florida,[12] and made his residence in Clearwater there at the time of his death, though his death certificate was issued in Connecticut.[3]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JT51-JTY : accessed 13 Mar 2013), Ernest Hart, July 1985.
- ↑ Ernest Hart at the [[wikipedia:Lambiek Comiclopedia|]]. Archived from the original on November 3, 2011
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Social Security Death Index for Hart, Ernest, [[wikipedia:Social Security Number|]] 043-18-7751
- ↑ Evanier, Mark (April 14, 2008). "Why did some artists working for Marvel in the sixties use phony names?". P.O.V. Online (column). Archived from the original on November 24, 2009. Retrieved July 28, 2008.
- ↑ Rozakis, Bob (April 9, 2001). "Secret Identities". "It's BobRo the Answer Man" (column), [[wikipedia:Comics Bulletin|]]. Archived from the original on November 14, 2010. Retrieved November 14, 2010.
- ↑ Vassallo, Michael J. "Vincent Fago and the Timely Funny Animal Dept.". Comicartville.com. Archived from the original on November 24, 2009.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Ernie Hart at the [[wikipedia:Grand Comics Database|]]
- ↑ Booker, M. Keith (2010). Encyclopedia of Comic Books and Graphic Novels. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 238. ISBN 9780313357473.
- ↑ Al Jaffee interview: Alter Ego Vol. 3, #35, April 2004, p. 14
- ↑ Al Sulman interview (August 2011; interview conducted 2009). "'I Had a Liking for the Comic Magazine Business'". Alter Ego. Vol. 3 no. 104. p. 53. Check date values in:
|date=(help); - ↑ Evanier, Mark (June 15, 2005). "The Marvel Age of Huge Breasts". P.O.V. Online. Archived from the original on July 23, 2010.
- ↑ Per page-one credits, Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. #8, [[wikipedia:cover-dated|]] January 1969 and of necessity written at least two to three months prior: "Smiley's [i.e., editor "Smilin' [[wikipedia:Stan Lee|]]"] ol' pal Ernie Hart pitched in with this sizzlin' script all the way from sunny Florida!"
External links[edit | edit source]
- The Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators
- Schenk, Ramon, ed. "Charlton Personnel". Archived from the original on March 5, 2008. Retrieved June 6, 2011. Additional WebCitation archive made June 15, 2010.
Category:American comics writers Category:Golden Age comics creators Category:1910 births Category:1985 deaths