Francis X. McLaughlin (March 18, 1935 – March 4, 2020) was an

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who co-created the

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character

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, drew the

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'' Gil Thorp'', and assisted on such strips as ''

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'' and '' The Heart of Juliet Jones''. He also wrote and illustrated books about cartooning and comic art.

Biography

Early life and career

McLaughlin was born in

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, to Francis and Grace (Daly) McLaughlin, and raised in

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. He had three siblings: sister Maureen and brothers James and Michael. Growing up, McLaughlin was inspired by the work of such magazine illustrators as

Coby Whitmore Maxwell Coburn Whitmore (June 11, 1913 – October 12, 1988)M.C. Whitmore

, Joe Bowler and Howard Terpning, as well as such earlier illustrators as

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and

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, and such comic-strip artists as

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and Milton Caniff.''Comic Book Artist'', p. 84. He studied art at the University of Bridgeport and the New Haven State Teachers College, both in Connecticut. McLaughlin's first professional art job, at "about 17," was drawing belt buckles for a

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manufacturer's catalog. After college, McLaughlin, an avid baseball player, went to work for the brake manufacturer Raybestos, where he played for its internationally ranked fast-pitch softball team. After a year there, he was drafted into the U. S. Army, then returned to civilian life as a technical illustrator for Sikorsky Aircraft. McLaughlin entered the comic book industry in the early 1960s. A college friend recommended him to editor Pat Masulli at Charlton Comics in

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, who hired McLaughlin as his assistant. "There were no art directors or assistant editors or any other job titles", McLaughlin said in a 2000 interview. " dideverything from proofreading to art corrections, lettering titles for ditor

Ernie Hart Ernest Huntley Hart
at the

's books, traffic managing, liaison with the Comics Code, and anything else, including cleaning the storeroom".''Comic Book Artist'', p. 85. He did occasional, uncredited inking on late comic books, including on "a couple" of stories by Steve Ditko.''Comic Book Artist'', p. 86. Creator credits were not routinely given in comics during this era, and McLaughlin's earliest known probable credit is inking penciler

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on the cover of, and a seven-page story in, Charlton's ''Battlefield Action'' #39 (Dec. 1961). McLaughlin's first confirmed credit is full pencil and ink art on the five-page story "And the Light Shall Come" in the same publisher's ''Reptisaurus'' #8 (Dec. 1962). Giordano later became Charlton's editor after, McLaughlin said, he himself had turned down the job: " iordanowas a freelancer at the time, and then he hired me to work with him after I got through working at Charlton 9 to 5, and I'd go over to his studio, and then later on, we kind of swapped jobs, because there was a change at Charlton, and I think Pat asulliwas moving up, and they offered me his job. I opted to stay freelance and suggested Dick for the job. He became editor and I took over the studio," which artist Jon D'Agostino and writer Joe Gill would soon join.

Judomaster

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at the Grand Comics Database worked throughout the Charlton line, including on the

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titles '' Blue Beetle'', '' Captain Atom'', and ''

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'', the adventure comic ''

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'', the supernatural/science-fiction anthologies '' Strange Suspense Stories'' and ''Mysteries of Unexplored Worlds'', and the

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comic ''

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'', where martial artist McLaughlin's backup features, "The Sport of

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" and "What is Karate?," presaged the original character he would create with writer Joe Gill. That character,

, debuted in ''Special War Series'' #4 (Nov. 1965), the final issue of that series, and continued in his own series, beginning with ''Judomaster'' #89 (June 1966), taking over the numbering of the defunct Western series ''Gunmaster''. The series, which McLaughlin almost immediately began scripting as well, starred an American soldier in the

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during

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, who, after saving a native island girl from a Japanese sniper, was taught martial arts by her grateful grandfather. He acquired a costume based on the Japanese military flag, and, in issue #93 (Feb. 1967), a sidekick, Tiger. The series ended at #98 (Dec. 1967), and the character was later purchased by

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in 1983, during Charlton's final years.

Marvel and DC

Following McLaughlin's final Charlton work, penciling the cover and both penciling and inking the seven-page story "The Living Legend" in the

spin-off comic book '' The Phantom'' #30 (Feb. 1969), McLaughlin began to freelance. After a smattering of work that including inking an eight-page teen humor story in

' ''Debbi's Dates'' #10 (Nov. 1970) and a seven-page story in Warren Publishing's black-and-white horror-comics magazine '' Eerie'' #34 (July 1971), McLaughlin circa 1971 began assisting comic-strip artist Stan Drake on the naturalistic

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strip '' The Heart of Juliet Jones''. McLaughlin, at Giordano's suggestion, had shown samples of his work to the Westport, Connecticut-based Drake, who hired him to succeed assistant Tex Blaisdell, who had left to draw ''

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''. "I would pencil and ink just about everything that wasn't a main figure," McLaughlin said. The following year, McLaughlin began to work steadily for industry leaders

and

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. His first work for the former was inking Win Mortimer on a

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story in ''

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'' #421 (July 1972), and his first for the latter was inking Jim Mooney on a romance comics story in ''Our Love Story'' #18 (Aug. 1972). Settling into his career as an inker, McLaughlin became ensconced at Marvel, inking the likes of Wayne Boring on '' Captain Marvel'' and Sal Buscema on both ''

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'' and '' The Defenders'' before becoming primarily a DC inker. Throughout the 1970s, McLaughlin inked backup stories featuring the

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, Zatanna, and "The Fabulous World of

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", among others. He became the regular series inker for penciler

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at the United States

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'', and for some issues of penciler Ernie Chan's

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stories in ''

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'', and Joe Staton's '' Green Lantern''. Concurrently, he wrote martial-arts articles for Marvel's black-and-white comics magazine '' The Deadly Hands of Kung Fu''. In the 1980s McLaughlin was regular inker on penciler

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's ''

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'', Gene Colan's ''

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'', and Dan Jurgens' ''

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'', among other assignments. He also inked Steve Ditko on the first two issues of A.C.E. Comics' short-lived series ''What Is...The Face?'' (Dec. 1986 and April 1987), and for the same company wrote, co-penciled and co-inked the single issue of ''Big Edsel Band'' (Sept. 1987), starring the modern-day retro-1950s band. During the following decade, while continuing to draw for DC, McLaughlin expanded to Acclaim Comics and

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. His last known comics work is Broadway's ''Fatale'' #6 (Oct. 1996), inking J. G. Jones.

Comic strips

Aside from his stint on '' The Heart of Juliet Jones'' in the early 1970s, McLaughlin also worked on such comic strips as ''

'', assisting Dale Messick; '' Nancy''; and ''

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''. From 2001, he took over the art for Jack Berrill's

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comic strip '' Gil Thorp'', drawing the sports feature through 2008.

Teacher and author

McLaughlin has taught at the Paier College of Art in Hamden, Connecticut, and Guy Gilchrist's Cartoonist's Academy in Simsbury, Connecticut. He co-developed the

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program "Writing to Read" for the JHM Corporation through

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, in which comic-book storytelling was used to teach and encourage reading. His books include ''How to Draw Those Bodacious Bad Babes of Comics'' ( Renaissance Books, 2000, ) and ''How to Draw Monsters for Comics'' (Renaissance Books, 2001, ), both with Mike Gold.

Personal life

McLaughlin practiced judo from ages 18 to 50, initially studying at Joe Costa's Academy of Judo.''Comic Book Artist'', p. 88 He married at age 30, in 1965, living then in

, and working in a studio in nearby Ansonia before moving back to his home town of Stratford. As of 2000, he had two grown children: daughter Erin and son Terry. His brother James’ daughter, Anne McLaughlin, is also a professional artist. McLaughlin died March 4, 2020, age 84, at Milford Hospital in

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Bibliography

Archie Comics

* '' Steel Sterling'' #5 (1984)

Atlas/Seaboard Comics

* ''Planet of Vampires'' #1–2 (1975)

Broadway Comics

* ''Fatale'' #1–6 (1996)

Charlton Comics

* '' Blue Beetle'' #1 (1964) * ''Blue Beetle'' #50 (1965) * '' Captain Atom'' #88–89 (1967) * ''

'' #89–98 (1966–1967) * ''

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'' #53 (1966) * ''

'' #49 (1965) * ''Special War Series'' #4 (1965)

DC Comics

* '' Action Comics'' #434–435, 465, 468, 486, 525, 531, 536, 538 (1974–1982) * ''Action Comics Weekly'' #619–630, 636–640 (1988–1989) * ''

'' #421, 459–461, 463, 489 (1972–1982) * '' Armageddon: Inferno'' #4 (1992) * ''

'' #248–250, 271, 273, 309, 311, 313–318, 326–329, 331–336, 338, 341–342, 507 (1973–1994) * ''

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'' #6, 11 (1976–1977) * '' Batman: Shadow of the Bat'' #39 (1995) * ''

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'' #103, 146 (1972–1979) * '' Captain Atom'' #20 (1988) * '' Danger Trail'' #1–4 (1993) * ''

Date with Debbi ''Date with Debbi'' is a DC Comics comic book series, which ran for 18 issues between 1969 and 1972. About Debbi's attempts to find happiness, often through dating, the series combined humor and romance elements. Similar in appearance and tone to A ...

'' #5–6 (1969) * ''

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'' #12 (1986) * '' DC Comics Presents'' #22, 25, 40–42, 44, 48, 51, 57, 64 (1980–1983) * '' DC Special Series'' #1 (

) (1977) * ''

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'' #10 (1976) * ''Debbi's Dates'' #10–11 (1970) * '' Demolition Man'' #1–4 (movie adaptation) (1993–1994) * ''

'' #453, 460–464, 483–485, 490–491, 598–600 (1975–1989) * ''

'' #215–218, 221–222, 226–227, 229–232, 237–239, 241–249, 252–258, 262–270, 277, 325, 329–350 (1972–1985) * ''The Flash'' vol. 2 #60–61 (1992) * ''

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'' #13 (1992) * ''

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'' #9, 27 (1972–1974) * ''

'' vol. 2 #2–6, 9–24, 27–34, 97, ''Annual'' #2, 6 (1988–1995) * '' Green Lantern'' vol. 2 #121, 124–127, 129–130, 152, 166–168, 170 (1979–1983) * '' Infinity, Inc.'' #49 (1988) * '' The Joker'' #7 (1976) * ''

'' #117–189, 226 (1975–1984) * ''

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'' #4, 6 (1991) * '' Kobra'' #5 (1976) * '' Lobo: A Contract on Gawd'' #3–4 (1994) * '' Ms. Tree Quarterly'' #8 (1992) * ''

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'' #24, 41–43 (1981–1983) * ''

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'' vol. 3 #26, 28 (1991) * '' Red Tornado'' #1–4 (1985) * ''

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'' vol. 4 #15–15, ''Annual'' #2 (1993–1995) * '' Secret Origins Annual'' #2 (1988) * '' The Shadow'' #9 (1975) * ''Strange Sports Stories'' #5 (1974) * ''

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'' #263, 275, 369–370 (1973–1982) * '' The Superman Family'' #195–196, 212, 215 (1979–1982) * '' Superman IV Movie Special'' #1 (1987) * ''Tales of the

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'' #1–3 (1981) * ''

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Spotlight'' #5–6 (1986–1987) * '' War of the Gods'' #4 (1991) * ''

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'' #59 (1978) * ''

'' #291–305 (1982–1983) * ''Wonder Woman'' vol. 2 #19, 68 (1988–1992) * '' World of Metropolis'' #1 (1988) * ''

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'' #257, 269, 271, 275, 282–283, 295, 300 (1979–1984)

Marvel Comics

* ''

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'' #15 (1973) * '' Amazing Adventures'' #16, 19 (1973) * '' The Avengers'' #109 (1973) * ''

'' #155–156, 160, 165–166, 169, 259–264 (1972–1981) * '' Captain Marvel'' #23 (1972) * '' Cat'' #4 (1973) * '' Chamber of Chills'' #6 (1973) * '' Creatures on the Loose'' #34–36 (1975) * '' Dazzler'' #6–7 (1981) * '' Deadly Hands of Kung Fu'' #3, 10, ''Special'' #1 (1974–1975) * '' Defenders'' #4–6, 8–9 (1973) * '' Giant-Size Dracula'' #2 (1974) * '' Hero for Hire'' #16 (1973) * ''Our Love Story'' #18 (1972)

Valiant Comics

* ''

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'' #23 (1994)

References

External links

*
Frank McLaughlin
at Mike's Amazing World of Comics

at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators * {{DEFAULTSORT:McLaughlin, Frank 1935 births 2020 deaths 20th-century American artists 21st-century American artists American art directors American comics artists American comic strip cartoonists American art educators Artists from Connecticut Charlton Comics Comics inkers DC Comics people Marvel Comics people People from Stratford, Connecticut Silver Age comics creators Southern Connecticut State University alumni United States Army soldiers University of Bridgeport alumni