Murphy Anderson

Murphy Anderson
Anderson in the 2010s.
Born	(1926-07-09)July 9, 1926 Asheville, North Carolina
Died	October 22, 2015(2015-10-22) (aged 89) Somerset, New Jersey
Nationality	American
Area(s)	Penciller, Inker
Notable works	Action Comics Hawkman Superboy Superman
Awards	Alley Award 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965 Inkpot Award, 1984 Jack Kirby Hall of Fame, 1988 Inkwell Awards Joe Sinnott Hall of Fame (2013)

Murphy C. Anderson Jr. (July 9, 1926 – October 22, 2015) was an American comics artist, known as one of the premier inkers of his era, who worked for companies such as DC Comics for over fifty years, starting in the Golden Age of Comic Books in the 1940s. He worked on such characters as Hawkman, Batgirl, Zatanna, the Spectre, and Superman, as well as on the Buck Rogers daily syndicated newspaper comic strip. Anderson also contributed for many years to PS, the preventive maintenance comics magazine of the U.S. Army.