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Volunteers Wanted For Adding New Comics

Each week, a small number of GCD volunteers add listings to our database for the new comics released that week in North America. These are just the basic listings, not full indexes. This makes it easier for other volunteers who upload covers and for indexers, as well as for people using my.comics.org.

Each volunteer covers one publisher or a small group of publishers ("D publishers except DC", for example). From public sources such as ComicsList and Diamond Previews online, they add the issues and make note of the prices and a few other details. We are looking for additional volunteers for this weekly task.

Follow this link for a description of the process and a list of which publishers are currently covered.

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GCD Comics Timeline

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Gerard van Straaten (b. 1924)

1924 April 17 - 2011 April 6
Besides doing comic books, he was an illustrator for (children's) books. His most memorable work is on the De Kameleon line of books.

Riitta Uusitalo (b. 1960)

1960 April 17
Uusitalo is an illustrator, painter, visual artist, and cartoonist. She has contributed to the Finnish comic anthology Kuti.

四葉真 (b. ????)

????? April 17
Makoto Yotsuba (四葉真) is a manga artist and illustrator who did the adaptation of Record of Grancrest War (グランクレスト戦記). The pen name Mikuni Mizuki (みくに瑞貴) is used for creating hentai.

Charlie Chaplin (b. 1889)

1889 April 16 - 1977 December 25
An actor and composer who was one of the founders of United Artists, Charlie Chaplin was one of the great stars of the silent film era. He is best known for his character the Little Tramp.

Adelso Corona (b. ????)

????? April 16
Inker

Martin deMuth (b. 1895)

1895 April 16 - 1961 March 2
Sketch artist, world traveler, and lecture who later in life worked for Will Eisner.

Hermes Tadeu (b. 1978)

1978 April 16 - 2003 December 21
Artista mais conhecido como colorista, que alcançou fama ao colorir as capas de Mike Deodato Jr. no Hulk. Ele morreu tragicamente aos 25 anos, num assalto na cidade litorânea de Praia Grande, onde tinha ido passar o fim de semana com a família.

Artist best known as colorist, who achieved fame by coloring the covers of Mike Deodato Jr. in the Hulk. He died tragically at age 25, in a robbery in the seaside town of Praia Grande, where he had gone to spend the weekend with his family.

Georgia Webber (b. ????)

????? April 16
Comic creator best known for Dumb, an autobiographical comic about not being able to use her voice.

Allen Baron (b. 1927)

1927 April 14
Long time TV director best known for the 1961 film noir Blast of Silence. Worked as a freelance comic book artist in the 1950s.

Don Komisarow (b. 1914)

1914 April 14 - 2000 March 14
Additional biographical information found at:
The Stripper's Guide, "Ink-Slinger Profiles by Alex Jay: Don Komisarow", Monday, November 18, 2019, http://strippersguide.blogspot.com/2019/11/ink-slinger-profiles-by-alex-jay-don.html