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Volunteers Wanted For Adding New Comics

Each week, a small number of GCD volunteers add listings to our database for the new comics released that week in North America. These are just the basic listings, not full indexes. This makes it easier for other volunteers who upload covers and for indexers, as well as for people using my.comics.org.

Each volunteer covers one publisher or a small group of publishers ("D publishers except DC", for example). From public sources such as ComicsList and Diamond Previews online, they add the issues and make note of the prices and a few other details. We are looking for additional volunteers for this weekly task.

Follow this link for a description of the process and a list of which publishers are currently covered.

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GCD Comics Timeline

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Bert Christman (b. 1915)

1915 May 31 - 1942 January 23
Christman was hired by the Associated Press to do general artwork for their feature service, AP Newsfeatures in 1936. He did syndication work on Scorchy Smith daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press], 1930 series) 1936-11-23 - 1938, writer, pencils, and inks.

Christman joined the United States Navy as an aviation cadet in June 1938. Eventually he was assigned to the Aircraft carrier U.S.S. Ranger (CV-4). Bert then joined Claire Chennault's American Volunteer Group (known as the "Flying Tigers") and was assigned to the "Hell's Angels" Third Squadron in 1941, operating in the British Territory of Burma. Christman was killed in action near Rangoon after a dog fight with Japanese air forces. Bert was strafed by a Japanese airplane after he parachuted out of his damaged P-40 aircraft.

Fort Collins Airport in Fort Collins, Colorado, was renamed Christman Air Field in his honor in the 1950s.

Johan de Neef (b. 1957)

1957 May 31
A lifelong comic book collector, de Neef won two art contests when still a teen and started doing illustrations for house magazine VVDM while in the military service. Realizing his art talents were limited, he gave up his art ambitions and became a pastry chef and eventually a comic book store owner. In his spare time, he became a contributor and later editor for the fan magazine Comic View (1994-1995). He also, with then-wife Marlous Smit, published collector software. With Smit, Ramon Schenk and Chris Krone, he started the fan magazine Universal Comics Magazine (1995-1999).

In 2008, he and artists Gerard van de Werken en Rik van Niedek started Windmill Comics Publishing, a publishing firm named after de Neef's comic book shop. Their debut title, TOO #1, came out in 2009.

He has since worked on various characters and titles, including TOO (with various artists), Captain Roffa (with Boy Akkerman), De Vleermuis (with Willem Heeman), and Rough Riders (with van Niedek pencils and van de Werken inks).

Eytan Wronker (b. ????)

????? May 31
Writer, illustrator, cartoonist, animator.

てんまそ (b. ????)

????? May 31
Tenmaso (てんまそ) is an illustrator and character designer with credits on the light novel series Riadeiru no Daichi nite (リアデイルの大地にて) and its manga adaptation.

John Jacobson (b. 1946)

1946 May 30 - 2019 June 2
John E. 'Jake' Jacobson was born in Rockford Illinois to Einar and Connie (Kraft) Jacobson. He graduated from East High School. While serving in the US Army in Korea, he wrote for the camp newspaper.

Jacobson worked as writer for Archie (1974), DC (1973-1975) and Warren (1973-1974, 1978, 1982), mainly on horror and mystery stories with a streak of humor. With artist Ramón Torrents, Jacobson created 'Fleur' in Vampirella #34 and #35.

His final comic work was for Shanda Fantasy Arts series 'Atomic Mouse' and 'Beans 'n' Hay' (1999-2004). He also wrote a script for an unpublished 'Beans 'n' Hay' graphic novel. He continued to write on a typewriter or in longhand in spiral notebooks.

Jacobson worked in the electronics department at Walmart for 20 years and was a projectionist at local theaters in Rockford, where he was living at the time of his death.

Ko-dai (b. ????)

????? May 30
Manga artist, illustrator and occasional yaoi artist. He's known for the series Sono Otaku, Moto Koroshiya (そのヲタク、元殺し屋。) as well as Murder Lock: Satsujinki no Kyoushitsu (マーダーロック-殺人鬼の凶室-).

Manfred Merbaul (b. 1954)

1954 May 30 - 2023 September 29
Comiczeichner und Übersetzer.

Paul Parker (b. 1926)

1926 May 30 - 2002 November 9
Syndication work:
Parker ghost penciled and inked for an unknown daily comic strip, unknown when released,

Bradford W. Wright (b. 1968)

1968 May 30
Academician and historian.

三星たま (b. ????)

????? May 30
Tama Mitsuboshi (三星たま) is a manga artist. Known for the titles Yoru no Namae wo Yonde (夜の名前を呼んで) as well as Tsuppari-kun wa Mukuwarenai (ツッパリくんは報われない).