Rich Buckler

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For the U.S. Representative from Minnesota, see Rich T. Buckler.
Rich Buckler
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Born (1949-02-06) February 6, 1949 (age 75)
Detroit, Michigan, United States
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 (born February 6, 1949)[1] is an American comic book artist and penciller, best known for his work on Marvel Comics' The Fantastic Four in the mid-1970s and for creating the character Deathlok in Astonishing Tales #25. Buckler has drawn virtually every major character at Marvel and DC, often as a cover artist.

Career

As a teenager in Detroit, Buckler attended the initial iterations of the Detroit Triple Fan Fair (one of the first regular fan convention that featured comics as a major component). He eventually ran the convention[2] along with originator Robert Brosch in 1969–1970.[3]

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 (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).[4]

From September 1973 to January 1974, Buckler drew the first three issues of writer Don McGregor's acclaimed Black Panther series in Jungle Action. In 2010, Comics Bulletin ranked McGregor and Buckler's run on Jungle Action third on its list of the "Top 10 1970s Marvels".[5] When given the chance in 1974 to draw the Fantastic Four title, Buckler fulfilled a decade-long dream;[6] he stayed on the title for two years. During this period, Buckler created Deathlok a character which debuted in Astonishing Tales #25 (Aug. 1974).[7] Also during this period, Buckler hired the young George Pérez as his studio assistant.[8]

Buckler collaborated with writer Gerry Conway on a "Superman vs. Shazam!" story published in All-New Collectors' Edition #C-58 (April 1978).[9][10] The Incredible Hulk newspaper strip was drawn by Buckler for approximately six months in 1979.[11] A Justice League story by Conway and Buckler originally intended for All-New Collectors' Edition saw print in Justice League of America #210-212 (January 1983-March 1983).[12][13][14] He and Roy Thomas launched All-Star Squadron with a special insert in Justice League of America #193 (August 1981)[15] which led to the new team's own title the following month.[16] Buckler worked for Archie Comics in 1983-1984, when that publisher briefly revived its Red Circle Comics superhero line and personally recruited Cary Burkett to write the Mighty Crusaders title.[17] In 1985 he returned to Marvel and had a short but memorable run on the title The Spectacular Spider-Man with writer Peter David, where they produced the "The Death of Jean DeWolff" storyline.[18] He also served as editor for a short-lived line of comics by Solson Publications, where in 1987 he created Reagan's Raiders.[19]

He is the author of two books: How to Become a Comic Book Artist[20] and How to Draw Superheroes .[21]

Controversy

Buckler has a reputation as a "swipe" artist,[22] with his early work in particular filled with "homages" to artists such as Jack Kirby,[23] John Buscema, and Neal Adams.[24] After being publicly accused of the practice by The Comics Journal in 1983,[25] Buckler denied the charges[26] and sued the magazine for libel.[27] He later dropped the suit.[28]

Bibliography

DC Comics

Marvel Comics

Other publishers

References

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  2. ↑ Cooke, Jon B. "Rich Buckler Breaks Out! The Artist on Deathlok, T'Challa, and Other Marvel Tales," Comic Book Artist Collection, Volume 3 (TwoMorrows Publishing, 2005).
  3. ↑ Buckler entry, Who's Who of American Comic Books, 1928–1999. Accessed Feb. 5, 2016.
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  6. ↑ Thomas, Roy. "Bullpen Bulletins," Marvel comics cover-dated January 1974.
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  10. ↑ All-New Collectors' Edition #C-58 at the Grand Comics Database
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  12. ↑ Justice League of America #210 at the Grand Comics Database
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  19. ↑ Reagan's Raiders at Don Markstein's Toonopedia
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  22. ↑ Cooke, Jon B. "Dan Adkins' Strange Tales: The Artist on his Visits to the World of Wood and the House of Ideas", Comic Book Artist Collection TwoMorrows Publishing, 2005, p. 42.
  23. ↑ O'Neill:<templatestyles src="Template:Blockquote/styles.css" />

    Question: What did you do as Buckler's assistant?
    Pérez: Basically, I helped him with layout. Or I'd go through his swipe file — batches of comics — looking for suitable swipes for the story he was doing. Since at the time he was doing Thor and Fantastic Four, that meant lots of Jack Kirby books.

  24. ↑ Gillis, Peter B. Letter about Rich Buckler swipes, The Comics Journal #45 (March 1979), pp. 22.
  25. ↑ "Plagiarism: Rich Buckler Signs his Name to Jack Kirby's Work," The Comics Journal #83 (Aug. 1983), pp. 33-35.
  26. ↑ "Rich Buckler Answers His Critics," The Comics Journal #86 (November 1983), pp. 28-31.
  27. ↑ "Rich Buckler Sues Comics Journal and two of its Writers for Libel," The Comics Journal #88 (Jan. 1984), p. 13.
  28. ↑ "Buckler Drops Comics Journal Libel Suit," The Comics Journal #93 (Sept. 1984), pp. 11-12.

External links

Preceded by The Avengers artist
1972		 Succeeded by
John Buscema
Preceded by
John Buscema
 Fantastic Four artist
1974–1976		 Succeeded by
George Pérez
Preceded by World's Finest Comics artist
1979–1982		 Succeeded by
Trevor Von Eeden
Preceded by Fantastic Four artist
1989		 Succeeded by
Walt Simonson
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