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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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Brad Anderson (b. 1924)

1924 May 14 - 2015 August 30
Creator, writer and artist of the long-running single panel cartoon about a large dog, Marmaduke.

Jon Blummer (b. 1904)

1904 May 14 - 1955 October day?
Syndication:
Hop Harrigan [daily] (writer; pencils; ink) in 1942.
The Lone Ranger [daily and Sundays] (pencil; ink) in 1939 for King Features Syndicate.
The Sea Hound [daily] (pencil; ink) in 1944-1946 for King Features Syndicate.

Charles Winans (b. 1939)

1939 May 14 - 2007 March 15
Texas based artist. Has credits in Yellow Dog #5 (1968) and Skip Williamson's The Conspiracy Capers.

Fred Ludekens (b. 1900)

1900 May 13 - 1982 March 20
An accomplished American artist and illustrator, Ludekens has comics credits on various western-themed premiums from 1955 to 1963 for Wrangler.

Stan Mack (b. 1936)

1936 May 13
Cartoonist who did comics for the Village Voice, Adweek, and National Lampoon and has also written a number of books.

Sjoert Schwitters (b. 1912)

1912 May 13 - 1945 March 31
Despite being a Jew and a Communist, reporter, writer and editor of youth publications Schwitters managed to escape from the Nazi occupiers for several years until he was arrested by chance in January 1945. He and four others were shot in retaliation of the liberation of a group of young men by the Resistance.

小林まこと (b. 1958)

1958 May 13
Makoto Kobayashi (小林まこと) is a manga artist best known for his long-running strip about a cat, called What's Michael?. Also known for the series Heba! Hello-chan (へば!Helloちゃん / Club 9), Sanshirō of 1, 2 (1・2の三四郎), Judo Bu Monogatari (柔道部物語), Kakutou Tanteidan (格闘探偵団), Gaburin (ブリン) and Seishun Shounen Magazine 1978-1983 (青春少年マガジン1978〜1983).

鈴木光司 (b. 1957)

1957 May 13
Koji Suzuki (鈴木光司) is the author of the Ring (リング / Ringu) novels which have been the source of a multimedia franchise including films, video games, manga adaptations and TV series.

Vic Herman (b. 1919)

1919 May 12 - 1999 April 14
Drafted into the U.S Army on April 8th, 1943.

Worked for the Ordnance Department doing artwork and cartoons.

Milton Knight (b. 1962)

1962 May 12
Cartoonist, animator, comic book artist, writer, painter.