Wayne Howard
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| Born | Wayne Wright Howard March 29, 1949 Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | December 9, 2007 (aged 58) Derby, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Penciller, Inker |
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Notable works
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Midnight Tales (Charlton Comics) |
| Spouse(s) | Carol (Zavednak) Howard |
Wayne Wright Howard (March 29, 1949 – December 9, 2007) was an African-American comic book artist. He is best known for his work in the 1970s at Charlton Comics, where he became American comic books' first series creator known to be credited on covers, with the horror anthology Midnight Tales announcing "Created by Wayne Howard" on each issue — "a declaration perhaps unique in the industry at the time".
Wayne Howard was born in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of Sherman and June (Monroe) Howard. He attended Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree. He contributed to comics fanzines in the mid-1960s, and had a poem published in Fantastic Four #22 (Jan. 1964) for which the editor declared him "Poet Laureate of Yancy Street," before becoming an art assistant at the Long Island, New York, studio of influential comics artist Wally Wood circa 1969.
Howard made his credited comics debut as a penciler and inker with writer Marv Wolfman's three-page story "Cain's True Case Files: Grave Results" in DC Comics' House of Mystery #182 (Oct. 1969). He contributed to later issues, as well as to Major Publications' black-and-white horror-comics magazine Web of Horror #1 (Dec. 1969).
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