Rory Hayes
| Rory Hayes | |
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| Born |
August 8, 1949 San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Died | August 29, 1983 (aged 34) San Francisco, California |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Cartoonist |
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Notable works
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Bogeyman Cunt Comics Arcade Bijou Funnies |
Rory Hayes (August 8, 1949 – August 29, 1983) was an American underground cartoonist in the late 1960s and early 1970s. His comics were drawn in an expressionistic, primitivist style and usually dealt with grim subject matter such as paranoia, violent crime, and drug abuse. In addition to his own titles, Bogeyman and Cunt Comics, he was published in many of the most prominent comics in the underground scene, including Bijou Funnies and Arcade.
Hayes was born with esotropia in his left eye; later treatment was ineffective and as an adult he had mostly lost the sight in that eye. Growing up in San Francisco, Hayes moved homes frequently with his family; by the time he was ten years old the family had moved ten times. At around ten years old, Hayes began exhibiting strange behavior, possibly related to an undiagnosed personality disorder. (Others have suggested Hayes may have been on the autism spectrum.)
Hayes and his older brother Geoffrey were into pop culture and comic books, including Little Lulu, Uncle Scrooge, Sugar and Spike, Dick Tracy, and, later, EC Comics. Together, they published homemade comics, which were encouraged by their mother. All through their teens the boys continued to make comics, home-made movies, and later, fanzines, including Rory's titles Monsters and Ghouls and The Dolls Weekly. He favored drawing monsters and animals (bears, especially) over people in his work.
Hayes dropped out of high school after his sophomore year, shortly thereafter moving to New York City with Geoffrey, who was pursuing a career as an illustrator and cartoonist. (Geoffrey Hayes has since become a successful comic book writer and children's book artist). Moving back to San Francisco at about eighteen years old, Hayes worked as an employee at Gary Arlington's San Francisco Comic Book Company, which soon released his first published comic, Bogeyman.
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