GRAY MORROW

Morrow was a contemporary of Al Williamson, Roy Krenkle, Angelo Torres and Frank Frazetta, but did not receive the same recognition despite incredible talent. Gray Morrow was born March 7, 1934 in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He broke into comics in the mid-1950's working for Atlas, the precursor to Marvel Comics, working in every possible genre from mystery, horror and science fiction to super-heroes. Morrow was a feature cover and interior illustrator for many science fiction magazines during the 1960s and 1970s with his work gracing most of the covers of the Perry Rhodan series. During this same time period, Morrow joined friends Al Williamson, Roy Krenkle and Frank Frazetta at Warren Publishing from 1964 to 1967, doing both stories and covers for and Creepy, Eerie, and Blazing Combat. He also did illustrations for Galaxy Magazine, including the Hugo-winning novella Soldier, Ask Not by Gordon R. Dickson and was nominated for the Hugo Award for best professional artist in 1966, 1967, and 1968. Following that work, Morrow worked on and off for both Marvel and DC, working on such strips as Man-Thing and Diablo. Later, he worked on the syndicated Tarzan, Buck Rogers, Flash Gordon and Prince Valiant comic strips, among others. Sadly, Morrow became ill developing a palsy that prevented him from drawing. Broke and depressed, he committed suicide in 2001.