caption death_place write strip birth_place death_date subcat ink awards letter pencil cartoonist birth_date image article_title name
basil wolverton at his drawing board , c. 1950 vancouver , washington y y central point , oregon 31 december 1978 american y jack kirby hall of fame y y y 09 july 1909 basil wolverton.jpg basil wolverton
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basil wolverton

basil wolverton -lrb- july 9 , 1909 -- december 31 , 1978 -rrb- was an american cartoonist and illustrator , and `` producer of preposterous pictures of peculiar people who prowl this perplexing planet . ''
his many publishers included marvel comics and `` mad '' magazine .
his drawings have elicited a wide range of reactions .
cartoonist will elder said he found wolverton 's technique `` outrageously inventive , defying every conventional standard yet upholding a very unusual sense of humor .
he was a refreshing original . ''
but jules feiffer stated , `` i do n't like his work .
i think it 's ugly . ''
he was posthumously inducted into the comic book industry 's jack kirby hall of fame in 1991 .
