William Blake "Bill" Everett, also known as William Blake and Everett Blake (May 18, 1917, Cambridge, Massachusetts – February 27, 1973) was a comic book writer-artist best known for creating Namor the Sub-Mariner and co-creating Daredevil for Marvel Comics. He was a descendant of the poet William Blake.
Bill Everett spent his early life in Arizona, graduating high school there before returning to his native Massachusetts to study at Boston's Ves...
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William Blake "Bill" Everett, also known as William Blake and Everett Blake (May 18, 1917, Cambridge, Massachusetts – February 27, 1973) was a comic book writer-artist best known for creating Namor the Sub-Mariner and co-creating Daredevil for Marvel Comics. He was a descendant of the poet William Blake.
Bill Everett spent his early life in Arizona, graduating high school there before returning to his native Massachusetts to study at Boston's Vesper George School of Art from 1934 to 35. Influenced by commercial magazines artists such as Meade Schaeffer, Dean Cornwell, and especially Floyd Davis, Everett soon dropped out to become a professional artist on the advertising staff of the Boston newspaper The Herald-Traveler for $12 a week. Soon afterward, he left to become a draftsman for the civil engineering firm The Brooks System, in Newton, Massachusetts. From there he pursued work in Phoenix, Arizona and Los Angeles, California without success. He then returned east to New York City,...
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