American comic book artist (1914–2007)
Paul Leroy Norris (April 26, 1914 – November 5, 2007)[2] was an American comic book artist best known as co-creator of the DC Comics superhero Aquaman,[3] and for a 35-year run as artist of the newspaper comic strip Brick Bradford.
- ^ "Inkpot Awards". Retrieved 20 December 2023.
- ^ "POV Online (Nov. 6, 2007): "News from Me" (column) - "Paul Norris, R.I.P.", by Mark Evanier". Newsfromme.com. Archived from the original on May 27, 2013. Retrieved December 26, 2010.
- ^ Co-creator with Mort Weisinger per sources including Don Markstein's Toonopedia: Aquaman, Grand Comics Database: More Fun Comics #73, The Comics Journal (Oct. 6, 1999): "Ripples on the Golden Age Pond: Repercussions in Comic-Book Copyrights", by Darren Hick, and Comic Book Resources (Oct. 28, 2007): "Comics Should Be Good" (section): "365 Reasons to Love Comics #301", by Bill Reed Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine. Beginning with Aquaman vol. 6, #7 (Aug. 2003), DC Comics began including the credit line "Aquaman created by Paul Norris". Writer Julian Darian in an undated article at SeqArt: Aquaman published March 5, 2004 or later, suggests the discrepancy arose from uncertainty over the then-uncredited writer: "Paul Norris is now officially credited by DC as the character's creator, and Norris certainly drew Aquaman's first stories. Some suspect a writer's hand, however, and have pointed to Mort Weisinger, thought to be the writer of Aquaman's first tale, though we will probably never know for certain due to the scarcity of records from the period".