Fred Kida
Fred Kida (December 12, 1920 – April 3, 2014) was a Japanese-American[1] comic book and comic strip artist. He was best known for the 1940s aviator hero Airboy and his antagonist and sometime ally Valkyrie during the Golden Age of Comic Books. He was born in Brooklyn, New York City, New York.
Kida died from natural causes on April 3, 2014, aged 93.[2]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Gravett, Paul (2004). Manga: 60 Years of Japanese Comics. Harper Design. p. 154. ISBN 978-1856693912.
Signing himself 'Fuje', [artist Bob Fujitani] and his Japanese-American buddy Fred Kida contributed to the war effort by illustrating a flood of comic-book heroes beating up the Nazis and Japanese.
- ↑ "Fred Kida Obituary". legacy.com. April 9, 2014. Retrieved April 13, 2014.
Other websites
[change | change source]- Fred Kida Archived 2019-11-02 at the Wayback Machine at The Comic Book Database Archived 2019-12-12 at the Wayback Machine
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