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Comics: Larry Mayer, Artist, Inker, Art Director and Letterer

Lawrence Henry “Larry” Mayer was born on August 15, 1921, in Dutzow, Missouri, according to his World War II draft card which also had his full name. 

The 1930 United States Census said Mayer was the only child of Fred, a farmer, and Wanda (Hellwig). They lived in Lyon, Missouri. 

In the 1940 census, Mayer, his parents and six-year-old brother, Russell, were residents of Boeuf, Missouri. Mayer’s highest level of education was the eighth grade. 

On February 14, 1942, Mayer signed his World War II draft card. His home was at 3 1/2 South New Haven in Lyon, Missouri. Mayer was unemployed. His description was five feet eight inches, 160 pounds, with blue eyes and brown hair. During the war Mayer served in the Marine Corps. An April 1945 muster roll said he was stationed with “C” Battery, 11th 155mm Gun Battalion, Fleet Marine Force, Pacific. A handwritten note on the draft card said he was honorably discharged on March 22, 1946.

Just over six weeks later on May 7, Mayer and Ethel Marie Cain, a member of the Women’s Auxiliary Corps, were married in Florida according to the Florida County Marriage Record at Ancestry.com.

The obituary in the Los Angeles Times (California), November 20, 2002, said Mayer went to an art school. 

The 1950 census recorded the couple in Los Angeles, California. Mayer had one year of college and was an instructor in the cartoons industry. In 1949 he earned $4,248. 

In Walt’s People: Talking Disney with the Artists Who Knew Him, Volume 12 (2012), Didier Ghez said 

Larry Mayer was an art director for coloring books, Golden Books, etc., but he also drew a lot of covers and quite a few stories for the Gold Key and later Whitman Comics, as well as designing their logos. He was an excellent letterer, too.

Who’s Who of American Comic Books 1928–1999 has an overview of Mayer’s career. The Grand Comics Database has a checklist of Mayer’s work. 

Mayer passed away on November 17, 2002, in Los Angeles. He was laid to rest at Holy Cross Cemetery. 

Further Reading

Lambiek Comiclopedia

News From ME, What was the relationship between Dell Comics and Gold Key Comics?

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Franklin Booth, A Selection of Illustrations from 1901 to 1919

Brown Book of Boston, November 1901

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 The Reader, August 1905

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scribners, August 1908

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scribners, September 1908

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Delineator, December 1908

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Collier’s, November 25, 1911

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Collier’s, December 16, 1911

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Collier’s, January 6, 1912

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Collier’s, March 30, 1912

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Collier’s, April 20, 1912

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Collier’s, July 13, 1912

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Collier’s, October 12, 1912

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 The American Magazine, December 1912

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Flying Islands of the Night, Bobbs-Merrill, 1913

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Graphic Arts, February 1913

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Printing Art, May 1916

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Red Cross, June 1919

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Next post on Monday: Larry Mayer, Artist, Inker, Art Director and Letterer)