Norman Maurer

Norman Albert Maurer (May 13, 1926 – November 23, 1986) was a comic book artist, and a writer, director and producer of films and TV shows. His life-long association with the Three Stooges began about the time of his marriage to Joan Sally Howard, the daughter of the comedy team's Moe Howard on June 29, 1947. In 1949, he produced two Three Stooges comic book issues for Jubilee, based on the short films the team was making for Columbia Pictures. W... more

Norman Albert Maurer (May 13, 1926 – November 23, 1986) was a comic book artist, and a writer, director and producer of films and TV shows. His life-long association with the Three Stooges began about the time of his marriage to Joan Sally Howard, the daughter of the comedy team's Moe Howard on June 29, 1947. In 1949, he produced two Three Stooges comic book issues for Jubilee, based on the short films the team was making for Columbia Pictures. With Joe Kubert, and his brother Leonard Maurer, Norman Maurer created the first 3-D comics, Three-Dimension Comics featuring Mighty Mouse, in 1953. Two three-dimensional Stooge comics were also issued in 1953. He was to return to the Stooges in comic form in 1972 with Gold Key Comics' The Little Stooges, which ran for seven issues over the next two years. He was associate producer of Space Master X-7 (1958), in which his father-in-law, Moe, had a minor role, and is credited with the creation of the CineMagic process used in the 1960 film The... less