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Ann Brewster
Ann Brewster (November 20, 1918 – July 9, 2005) was an American cartoonist and illustrator during the Golden Age of comics. She provided art for many different publishers, including Ace Magazines, Fiction House, and Atlas Comics (later to become Marvel Comics). Brewster is most notable for illustrating romance comics. After a career as penciller and inker for comics, she transitioned to illustrating novels and children's magazines before retiring in 1980.
Ann Brewster was born Shirley Sonya Zweifach to Abraham Marks Zweifach and Anna Silverman on November 20, 1918. She spent part of her life in the Bronx borough of New York City before moving to Mount Vernon, in 1927. After graduating from Lincoln Elementary School of Mount Vernon, Brewster developed an interest in fashion design while a student at the Wilson Junior High School of Mount Vernon. Though she originally pursued a career in fashion design, her time at the Cooper Union art school ultimately led to a career in illustration. Her career spanned from 1941 to 1980. She never married nor had children. Ann Brewster died on July 9, 2005, in New York City.
Brewster's father, Abraham, owned a women's coats manufacturing factory. Brewster's brother, Ira Stanley Zweifach, collected rare books. He was also interested in the publishing industry. Ira went on to become a magazine photographer, followed by a career in publishing.
Ann Brewster spent forty years as an artist for comic books, magazines, and novels.
Throughout her career as a cartoonist, Brewster worked on many different comics for a variety of publishing houses. Her career began in Jack Binder's "Binder Comic Shop" in 1941. The Binder Comic Shop was responsible for supplying artwork to comic book publishers. It was while working at Binder Comic Shop where Brewster received her first credit as an artist in Samar for Quality Comics in 1941. In March 1942, Brewster created her first comic art for Fiction House's Sheena comics. She was the artist for 15 Sheena comics between 1942 and 1946.
In 1944, Brewster joined Jerry Iger's S. M. Iger Studio. The Iger Studio supplied work for larger publishing houses like Quality Comics, Holyoke and Gilberton. During this World War II era, Iger hired many female artists, including Brewster, which led to an influx of female characters written and drawn by female artists. While working for Iger, Brewster created art for Bulletman and Mr. Scarlet comics published by Fawcett. Bulletman and Mr. Scarlet were both superhero comics published during the Golden Age of comic books. Shortly after, Brewster became an inker on several more comics: Blackstone for Street & Smith, Rip Carson for Fiction House, and The Hawk, also published by Fiction House. She also created the art for issue #9 of Kitty Kelly Yankee Girl, wartime heroine. While part of the Iger Studio, Brewster was the artist for Gilberton's Classics Illustrated series. She worked with Robert Hayward Webb to produce the issue retelling Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, which was adapted for comics by Ruth A. Roche.
Brewster moved on to Ace Magazines in 1948. This comic book publisher's longest running series are made up of the romance comics created under their imprint Ace Periodicals. Among these lasting titles, Ann Brewster created art for Glamorous Romances, Love at First Sight, Love Experiences, and Real Love. In her seven years at Ace (1948-1955), Brewster was the artist behind 59 issues of Ace's romance comics.
In 1955, she was featured as the artist for several Young Romance comics. Young Romance, originally created by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon in 1947, is credited as the first romance comic. Brewster's art was used to create a number of covers for Kirby and Simon through the Prize Group, an imprint of Feature Publications, including Young Romance #77 and #79.
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Ann Brewster
Ann Brewster (November 20, 1918 – July 9, 2005) was an American cartoonist and illustrator during the Golden Age of comics. She provided art for many different publishers, including Ace Magazines, Fiction House, and Atlas Comics (later to become Marvel Comics). Brewster is most notable for illustrating romance comics. After a career as penciller and inker for comics, she transitioned to illustrating novels and children's magazines before retiring in 1980.
Ann Brewster was born Shirley Sonya Zweifach to Abraham Marks Zweifach and Anna Silverman on November 20, 1918. She spent part of her life in the Bronx borough of New York City before moving to Mount Vernon, in 1927. After graduating from Lincoln Elementary School of Mount Vernon, Brewster developed an interest in fashion design while a student at the Wilson Junior High School of Mount Vernon. Though she originally pursued a career in fashion design, her time at the Cooper Union art school ultimately led to a career in illustration. Her career spanned from 1941 to 1980. She never married nor had children. Ann Brewster died on July 9, 2005, in New York City.
Brewster's father, Abraham, owned a women's coats manufacturing factory. Brewster's brother, Ira Stanley Zweifach, collected rare books. He was also interested in the publishing industry. Ira went on to become a magazine photographer, followed by a career in publishing.
Ann Brewster spent forty years as an artist for comic books, magazines, and novels.
Throughout her career as a cartoonist, Brewster worked on many different comics for a variety of publishing houses. Her career began in Jack Binder's "Binder Comic Shop" in 1941. The Binder Comic Shop was responsible for supplying artwork to comic book publishers. It was while working at Binder Comic Shop where Brewster received her first credit as an artist in Samar for Quality Comics in 1941. In March 1942, Brewster created her first comic art for Fiction House's Sheena comics. She was the artist for 15 Sheena comics between 1942 and 1946.
In 1944, Brewster joined Jerry Iger's S. M. Iger Studio. The Iger Studio supplied work for larger publishing houses like Quality Comics, Holyoke and Gilberton. During this World War II era, Iger hired many female artists, including Brewster, which led to an influx of female characters written and drawn by female artists. While working for Iger, Brewster created art for Bulletman and Mr. Scarlet comics published by Fawcett. Bulletman and Mr. Scarlet were both superhero comics published during the Golden Age of comic books. Shortly after, Brewster became an inker on several more comics: Blackstone for Street & Smith, Rip Carson for Fiction House, and The Hawk, also published by Fiction House. She also created the art for issue #9 of Kitty Kelly Yankee Girl, wartime heroine. While part of the Iger Studio, Brewster was the artist for Gilberton's Classics Illustrated series. She worked with Robert Hayward Webb to produce the issue retelling Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, which was adapted for comics by Ruth A. Roche.
Brewster moved on to Ace Magazines in 1948. This comic book publisher's longest running series are made up of the romance comics created under their imprint Ace Periodicals. Among these lasting titles, Ann Brewster created art for Glamorous Romances, Love at First Sight, Love Experiences, and Real Love. In her seven years at Ace (1948-1955), Brewster was the artist behind 59 issues of Ace's romance comics.
In 1955, she was featured as the artist for several Young Romance comics. Young Romance, originally created by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon in 1947, is credited as the first romance comic. Brewster's art was used to create a number of covers for Kirby and Simon through the Prize Group, an imprint of Feature Publications, including Young Romance #77 and #79.