Lew Sayre Schwartz

Lew Sayre Schwartz
Born(1926-07-24)July 24, 1926[1]
New Bedford, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedJune 18, 2011(2011-06-18) (aged 84)
NationalityAmerican
Area(s)Penciller
Notable works
Batman
Detective Comics
AwardsInkpot Award, Emmy

Lewis Sayre Schwartz (/ʃwɔːrts/ SHWORTS; July 24, 1926 – June 18, 2011)[2] was an American comic book artist, advertising creator and filmmaker, credited as a ghost artist for Bob Kane on DC Comics Batman from 1946-47 through 1953, and with writer David Vern Reed, as co-creator of the villain Deadshot. Alongside Pablo Ferro and Fred Mogubgub, he was cofounder of Ferro, Mogubgub and Schwartz in 1961, a film company whose work includes the credits to Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove. Schwartz was a teacher at the School of Visual Arts during the early 1960s. He produced a film about Milton Caniff in 1981.

He was the recipient of an Inkpot Award in 2002, and four Emmy Awards. Animator Jed Schwartz of Jed Schwartz Productions is his son and type designer Christian Schwartz is his grandson.

  1. ^ "United States Social Security Death Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VMDR-SX7 : accessed 04 Mar 2013), Lewis S Schwartz, 18 June 2011.
  2. ^ Cooke, John B. (August 2005). "Batman, Dr Strangelove, And Everything In Between". Alter Ego. 3 (51). TwoMorrows Publishing: 3–29.