Bill Yoshida
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William Saburo Yoshida better known as Bill Yoshida, was a long time letterer for Archie Comics
. He was sometimes credited as Bill Yosh or Saburo Yoshida.
Born in the United States in 1921, Bill and his family were placed in an internment camp for the Japanese during World War II
. In the post-war years, Bill was a guitarist and night club singer who also worked as a chef.
While bowling in an all-Japanese league in New York City, one of his teammates was leading comics letterer Ben Oda
. He learned comic book lettering from Oda and was hired in 1965 by Archie Comics, where he averaged 75 pages a week for 40 years for an approximate total of 156,000 pages.
He also freelanced on a variety of comic book stories, lettering many pages for Wally Wood
and others.
Archie Comics
Archie Comics is an American comic book publisher headquartered in the Village of Mamaroneck, Town of Mamaroneck, New York, known for its many series featuring the fictional teenagers Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle and Jughead Jones. The characters were created by...
. He was sometimes credited as Bill Yosh or Saburo Yoshida.
Born in the United States in 1921, Bill and his family were placed in an internment camp for the Japanese during World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
. In the post-war years, Bill was a guitarist and night club singer who also worked as a chef.
While bowling in an all-Japanese league in New York City, one of his teammates was leading comics letterer Ben Oda
Ben Oda
Ben Oda was a Japanese-American comic strip and comic book letterer. He fought in World War II as a paratrooper and later provided lettering for many leading comic strips, including Apartment 3-G, Big Ben Bolt, Dondi, The Dropouts, Flash Gordon, Little Orphan Annie, Mary Perkins, On Stage, The...
. He learned comic book lettering from Oda and was hired in 1965 by Archie Comics, where he averaged 75 pages a week for 40 years for an approximate total of 156,000 pages.
He also freelanced on a variety of comic book stories, lettering many pages for Wally Wood
Wally Wood
Wallace Allan Wood was an American comic book writer, artist and independent publisher, best known for his work in EC Comics and Mad. He was one of Mads founding cartoonists in 1952. Although much of his early professional artwork is signed Wallace Wood, he became known as Wally Wood, a name he...
and others.