Art Pinajian
| Arthur Pinajian | |
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| Born | Arthur Ashod Pinajian March 28, 1914 West Hoboken, New Jersey (now Union City, New Jersey) |
| Died | August 19, 1999 (aged 85) Bellport, New York |
| Nationality | Armenian American |
| Area(s) | Writer, Artist |
| Pseudonym(s) | Art Gordon Art Franklin Jay Fletcher Tohm Dixon Tomm Dixon |
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Notable works
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Madame Fatal Invisible Hood |
Arthur A. (Art) Pinajian (Armenian: Արթուր Փինաջյան; March 28, 1914 – August 18, 1999) was an Armenian American artist and comic book creator, He was active as a comic book creator from the late 1930s throughout the 1950s, during the Golden Age of Comic Books, and as an artist from the 1950s until his death in 1999. He was a member of the Eisner-Iger Studio in 1938-39 and of Funnies, Inc. in 1939-42. Pinajian created the Quality Comics characters Madame Fatal and the Invisible Hood, also known as Hooded Justice and Invisible Justice.
Pinajian grew up in an Armenian community in West Hoboken, New Jersey (now Union City, New Jersey), and was a self-trained cartoonist. His parents survived the 1915 Armenian Genocide and then made their way to the United States. Pinajian's poetic color combinations are linked to the tonalities of his fellow Armenian, Arshile Gorky.
Pinajian worked on many 1930s Centaur Publications titles and features, including 'Captain Juan', 'Egbert the Great', and 'Tim Roberts'. He subsequently joined Funnies Inc. Pinajian also drew 'Captain Terry Thunder' for Fiction House, 'Inspector Bancroft' for Fox Comics, 'The Wasp' for Lev Gleason Publications, and 'Jungle Terror' for Timely Comics. He was a regular at Quality Comics with 'Hooded Justice', 'Invisible Justice', 'Madam Fatal' and 'Reynolds of the Mounted'. In the 1950s he worked on Western stories for Atlas/Marvel.
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