Mac Raboy

Mac Raboy
BornEmmanuel (or Manuel) Raboy
(1914-04-09)April 9, 1914
New York City
DiedDecember 12, 1967(1967-12-12) (aged 53)
NationalityAmerican
Area(s)Penciller
Notable works
Captain Marvel Jr.
Flash Gordon Sunday strip

Emmanuel "Mac" Raboy (April 9, 1914 – December 12, 1967) was an American comics artist best known for his comic-book work on Fawcett Comics' Captain Marvel Jr.[1] and as the Sunday comic-strip artist of Flash Gordon for more than 20 years.[2] Cartoonist Drew Friedman has stated, "Raboy was an expert technician with pen and brush, and his lush covers are some of the most unusually beautiful ever to grace comic books".[3]

  1. ^ Brent Frankenhoff & Maggie Thompson The Greatest Comic Book Covers Of All Time. Iola, WI : Krause Pub.; F+W Media, Inc., 2012. ISBN 144023499X (p. 26-7).
  2. ^ Marguerite Cotto, "Flash Gordon", in Ray B Browne; Pat Browne,The Guide to United States Popular Culture Bowling Green, OH: Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 2001. ISBN 0879728213 (p. 283)
  3. ^ Drew Friedman, Heroes Of The Comics: Portraits of the Pioneering Legends of the Comic Books. Seattle, Washington: Fantagraphics Books, 2014. ISBN 9781606997314 (p.82)