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In the six-and-a-half-page tale, penciled by Kane and inked by Wally Wood, frustrated comic-book artist Gil Kane kills his House of Mystery editor, Joe Orlando. Orlando, also an artist, and Friedrich exact revenge by drawing Kane into artwork that is then framed and mounted in the house.
Feb 3, 2000 · Gil Kane, a comic-book artist who infused the Atom, Green Lantern and other characters with vibrant new life even as his own artistic aspirations propelled him to draw comic books of Wagnerian...
Apr 6, 2021 · If the human figure is the foundation of comic book drawing — indeed, of all drawing — then its epiphany is found in the distinctive, dynamic style of Gil Kane (1926-2000), one that matured demonstrably during lengthy runs on a pair of DC Silver Age superheroes, Green Lantern and The Atom.
Died: Jan. 31, 2000, Miami, Fla., U.S. (aged 73) Gil Kane (born April 6, 1926, Riga, Latvia—died Jan. 31, 2000, Miami, Fla., U.S.) was a Latvian-born American comic book artist whose innovative and dramatic style and precise drawing technique brought new life and vibrancy to such classic superheroes as Spider-Man, Green Lantern, Captain ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Gil Kane died of complications from cancer on 31 January 2000. Gil Kane, 1941. Gil Kane was one of the masters of superhero comics, who has worked extensively for both Marvel and DC. Kane, whose real name was Eli Katz, was born in Riga, Latvia, in 1926.
Although it never attained the popularity of Green Lantern, The Atom is still around today in a version very close to Gil's; and, while Green Lantern has been severely altered, he still owes a lot to the Schwartz/Broome/Kane vision of forty years ago.
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Jan 31, 2020 · Gil Kane died on this date in 2000. He was an artistic bad-ass. Let’s get that out of the way. He also depicted his figures in wildly exaggerated poses and drew far too many covers with the reader looking up various characters’ noses.
