John Edwin Bakeless was born in Carlisle, Pennsylvania on December
30th, 1894. He wrote several biographies of America's early
explorers. Among his most well-known works are Lewis and Clark,
Partners in Discovery, and Daniel Boone, Master of the Wilderness.
After his family moved from Hungary to the USA, ALEX BLUM studied
at the National Academy of Design in New York. He eventually joined
the Eisner-Iger shop, and in 1939, he started illustrating 'Samson'
and 'Eagle' for Fox. In 1940 he illustrated 'Purple Trio', 'Neon'
and 'Strange Twins' for Quality Comics. In the same year, Blum
started contributing to Fiction House, illustrating 'Red Comet',
'Kaanga', 'Midnight' and 'Greasemonkey Griffin' among others. He
was presumably also the artist behind the pseudonym Armand Budd,
that also drew for Fiction House.
Alex Blum was a top artist for the Classics Illustrated series from
the early issues. He illustrated over 25 Classics and stood out for
his use of theatrical dramatics, which is probably why he
illustrated three of the five Shakespeare Classics. Alex Anthony
Blum retired in 1961 and died in 1969.
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