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Larry Ivie (1936–2014) was an American comics artist, writer, and collector who was active in comics fandom in the middle part of the 20th century, described by comics historian Bill Schelly as "the closest thing to an authority on comics that was available in the 1950's."[1] He published the 1960s magazine Monsters and Heroes, had his art published in the magazines Galaxy Science Fiction and If, co-created the comic book T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents, and wrote several stories for Marvel Comics and the horror magazines Creepy and Eerie.[2] Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, the son of biologist Wilton Ivie,[3] he moved to New York City in the mid 1950s to attend the School of Visual Arts, and with a large personal library of comic books and correspondence via fanzines became a prominent part of New York comics fan culture.[1] He died of lung cancer in January of 2014, aged 77.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Schelly, Bill (2010). Founders of Comic Fandom: Profiles of 90 Publishers, Dealers, Collectors, Writers, Artists and Other Luminaries of the 1950s and 1960s. McFarland. pp. 26–27. ISBN 978-0-7864-5762-5.
  2. ^ a b Lentz, Harris M. (2015). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2014. McFarland. pp. 170–171. ISBN 978-0-7864-7666-4.
  3. ^ "Obituary: Aleen Ivie". Deseret News. July 1, 2010.