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OTHER AWARDS:
Portrait of Bill Finger
by Jerry Robinson
About Bill Finger
Bill Finger (1914-1974), the unsung hero and co-creator of Batman, scripted the
first and many of the best Batman stories during the Golden Age of comic books.
He created many of the series' most notable characters, including the Penguin,
Riddler, Catwoman, and Two-Face, and he made significant refinements to Batman's
concept and persona. Finger wrote the scripts that introduced the Bat Cave,
Batmobile, Batplane, and Batsignal. Many terms he created, such as the Dynamic
Duo and Gotham City, have become part of our lexicon. Finger was a craftsman,
and his Batman's adventures were carefully plotted, as well as being imbued with
humor and sprightly repartee. Above all, he was a visual writer-he knew
instinctively what the artist could translate into compelling pictures and
sequential narrative.
Finger's comics writing credits include many other DC characters, including the
Green Lantern and Wildcat, and many titles for Quality Comics, Fawcett
Publications, and Timely Comics. His television credits include episodes of 77
Sunset Strip, Hawaiian Eye, the animated New Adventures of Superman, and the
primetime Batman series.
PAST RECIPIENTS
| 2010: |
Otto Binder,
Gary Friedrich |
| 2009: |
John Broome,
Frank Jacobs |
| 2008: |
Archie Goodwin,
Larry Lieber |
| 2007: |
Gardner Fox,
George Gladir |
| 2006: |
Alvin Schwartz,
Harvey Kurtzman |
| 2005: |
Jerry Siegel,
Arnold Drake |
Bob Haney, Del Connell to Receive 2011 Bill Finger Award
SAN DIEGO – Bob Haney and Del Connell have been selected to receive the 2011
Bill Finger Award for Achievement in Comic Book Writing. The choices, made by a
blue-ribbon committee chaired by writer/historian Mark Evanier, was unanimous.
The Bill Finger Award was instituted in 2005 at the instigation of comic book
legend Jerry Robinson. Each year since then a committee has selected one living
and one deceased writer for the award, which is given out during the Eisner
Awards ceremony at Comic-Con International: San Diego.
"This award is a corrective of sorts," says Evanier. "Bill Finger never received
the recognition or rewards he deserved, so Jerry Robinson proposed an award in
his name. It's to recognize and honor other writers who have contributed an
impressive body of work but who haven't received the laurels they deserve. Del
Connell, for example, wrote and/or edited thousands of comic book stories, and
I'm not sure he ever got his name on a single one. Millions of readers enjoyed
the work without a clue as to who had created it."
Bob Haney began writing comic books in 1948, freelancing for a wide array
of publishers, including Fawcett, Standard, Hillman, Harvey, and St. John. In
1955 he began a long association with DC Comics, where he wrote hundreds of
scripts in the genres of war, western, mystery, romance, and of course,
superheroes. He is best remembered for his work on The Brave and the Bold, The
Unknown Soldier, Teen Titans, Aquaman, World's Finest Comics, and especially
Metamorpho, which he co-created with artist Ramona Fradon, and The Doom Patrol,
which he co-created with writer Arnold Drake and artist Bruno Premiani. Haney
retired from comics in the late 1980s and passed away in 2004.
Del Connell began working as an artist at Disney Studios in 1939 and soon segued
into the story department. He contributed to many shorts and features, including
The Three Caballeros and Alice in Wonderland. He began writing Dell Comics for
Western Publishing Company as a freelancer in 1950 and joined its editorial
staff in 1954, though he continued to be the firm's most prolific writer. Among
the many comics he originated were Super Goof, Wacky Witch, The Close Shaves of
Pauline Peril, and Space Family Robinson, which was adapted into the popular TV
series Lost in Space. He eventually became editor-in-chief of the West Coast
office of Western Publishing's comic book division until it ceased activity in
1987. For over twenty years, he also wrote both the daily and Sunday editions of
the Mickey Mouse newspaper strip. Del, at age 94, will be on hand to accept his
award.
The Bill Finger Award honors the memory of William Finger (1914–1974), who was
the first and, some say, most important writer of Batman. Many have called him
the "unsung hero" of the character and have hailed his work not only on that
iconic figure but on dozens of others, primarily for DC Comics.
In addition to Evanier, the selection committee consists of Charles Kochman
(executive editor at Harry N. Abrams, book publisher), cartoonist/historian
Scott Shaw!, writer Kurt Busiek, and writer/editor Marv Wolfman.
The awards will be presented on the evening of July 22 during the Eisner Awards
ceremony at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront Hotel. The 2011 awards are
underwritten by Comic-Con International.
DC Comics
is the major sponsor; supporting sponsors are
Heritage Auctions and
maggiethompson.com.
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