William Shakespeare (c. 26 April 1564 - 23 April 1616) was an
English playwright, renowned by many as the world's greatest writer
in the English Language. Among his plays are "Romeo and Juliet",
"Hamlet", "Macbeth" to name but a few. After his family moved from
Hungary to the USA, ALEX BLUM studied at the National Academy of
Design in New York. He eventually joined the Eisner-Iger shop, and
in 1939, he started illustrating 'Samson' and 'Eagle' for Fox. In
1940 he illustrated 'Purple Trio', 'Neon' and 'Strange Twins' for
Quality Comics. In the same year, Blum started contributing to
Fiction House, illustrating 'Red Comet', 'Kaanga', 'Midnight' and
'Greasemonkey Griffin' among others. He was presumably also the
artist behind the pseudonym Armand Budd, that also drew for Fiction
House.
Alex Blum was a top artist for the Classics Illustrated series from
the early issues. He illustrated over 25 Classics and stood out for
his use of theatrical dramatics, which is probably why he
illustrated three of the five Shakespeare Classics. Alex Anthony
Blum retired in 1961 and died in 1969.
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