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Sun Mar 2, 2008 — by Aaron Rosenberg
Today's Birthday: Mark Evanier
One degree of separation between Jack Kirby and 'Welcome Back, Kotter'
Born in 1952, Mark Evanier has been writing professionally since 1969. He apprenticed under Jack Kirby and wrote for Disney, Gold Key, and the Edgar Rice Burroughs estate before moving on to television.
There, Evanier worked on such series as The Nancy Walker Show, The McLean Stevenson Show, and Welcome Back, Kotter. Next he worked for Hanna-Barbera on several series, including Scooby Doo, Plastic Man, and Thundarr the Barbarian. Evanier returned to comic books as well, writing and later editing Blackhawk, working with Sergio Aragonés on Groo the Wanderer, and co-creating The DNAgents and its spin-off, Crossfire.
His most recent project is Kirby: King of Comics, a biography of his first mentor, Jack Kirby. Happy birthday, Mark!
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Neil Ottenstein (12:49 PM on Mon Mar 3, 2008)
Happy Birthday Mark! Coincidentally, I just got the shipping notification from Amazon about Kirby: King of Comics.