Alexander Anthony Blum (February 7, 1889–September 1969

1969 in comics

This is a list of comics-related events in 1969.- Year overall :* Paragon Publications established in Longwood, Florida, by Bill Black.* George Klein, long-time Superman inker, dies in his fifties from cirrhosis of the liver, six months after getting married.-February:* The Golden Age character...

) was a comic book artist best remembered for his contributions to the long-running comic book series Classics Illustrated

Classics Illustrated

Classics Illustrated is a comic book series featuring adaptations of literary classics such as Moby Dick, Hamlet, and The Iliad. Created by Albert Kanter, the series began publication in 1941 and finished its first run in 1971, producing 169 issues. Following the series' demise, various companies...

(1941–1971). Born in Hungary, Blum studied at the National Academy of Design

National Academy of Design

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 in New York

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 before signing-on with the Eisner & Iger

Eisner & Iger

Eisner & Iger was a comic book "packager" that produced comics on demand for publishers entering the new medium during the late-1930s and 1940s period fans and historians call the Golden Age of Comic Books...

 shop. In the 1930s and 1940s, his work appeared in Fox Comics, Quality Comics

Quality Comics

Quality Comics was an American comic book publishing company that operated from 1939 to 1956 and was an influential creative force in what historians and fans call the Golden Age of comic books....

, and Fiction House

Fiction House

Fiction House is an American publisher of pulp magazines and comic books that existed from the 1920s to the 1950s. Its comics division was best known for its pinup-style good girl art, as epitomized by the company's most popular character, Sheena, Queen of the Jungle.-History:-Jumbo and Jack...

. He later illustrated twenty-five Classics Illustrated

Classics Illustrated

Classics Illustrated is a comic book series featuring adaptations of literary classics such as Moby Dick, Hamlet, and The Iliad. Created by Albert Kanter, the series began publication in 1941 and finished its first run in 1971, producing 169 issues. Following the series' demise, various companies...

titles as well as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the debut issue of Classics Illustrated Junior

Classics Illustrated Junior

Classics Illustrated Junior is a comic book series of seventy-seven fairy and folk tale, myth and legend comic book adaptations created by Albert Lewis Kanter as a spin-off of his flagship comic book line Classics Illustrated.-Publication history:...

. Blum died in 1969 in Rye, New York.

List of works

• Samson (Fox)
• Eagle (Fox)
• Purple Trio (Quality)
• Neon (Quality)
• Strange Twins (Quality)
• Red Comet (Fiction House)
• Kaanga (Fiction House)
• Midnight (Fiction House)
• Greasemonkey Griffin (Fiction House)
• Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (#501, Classics Illustrated Junior, 1953)
• Jack and the Beanstalk (#507, Classics Illustrated Junior, 1954)
• Alice in Wonderland (#49, Classics Illustrated, 1948)
• The Song of Hiawatha (#57, Classics Illustrated, 1949)
• The Woman in White (#61, Classics Illustrated, 1949)
• Treasure Island (#64, Classics Illustrated, 1949)
• The Scottish Chiefs (#67, Classics Illustrated, 1950)
• The Pilot (#70, Classics Illustrated, 1950)
• The Man Who Laughs (#71, Classics Illustrated, 1950)
• The Black Tulip (#73, Classics Illustrated, 1950)
• The Iliad (#77, Classics Illustrated, 1950)
• Cyrano de Bergerac (#79, Classics Illustrated, 1951)
• White Fang (#80, Classics Illustrated, 1951)
• The Jungle Book, with William Bossert (#83, Classics Illustrated, 1951)
• The Gold Bug (#84, Classics Illustrated, 1951)
• The Sea Wolf (#85, Classics Illustrated, 1951)
• A Midsummer Night's Dream (#87, Classics Illustrated, 1951)
• Green Mansions (#90, Classics Illustrated, 1951)
• The Courtship of Miles Standish and Evangeline (#92, Classics Illustrated, 1952)
• Daniel Boone (#96, Classics Illustrated, 1952)
• Hamlet (#99, Classics Illustrated, 1952)
• The White Company (#102, Classics Illustrated, 1952)
• From the Earth to the Moon (#105, Classics Illustrated, 1953)
• Knights of the Round Table (#108, Classics Illustrated, 1953)
• Macbeth (#128, Classics Illustrated, 1955)
• The Story of Jesus, with William A. Walsh (#129A, Classics Illustrated Special Edition)