Great to be with you all again, kids!
Warren Kremer was born in the Bronx in 1921. His father was a sign painter. Kremer always claimed that his steady drawing hand was his legacy, inherited from his dad.
In 1948, his good friend and fellow artist, Steve Mufatti, got him at Job at Harvey Comics, where he remained for 35 years. After Harvey’s closing in in the 1980s, Mr. Kremer went to work for Marvel’s wonderful (but brief) Star Comics, designed for younger readers. He suffered a stroke in 1989, which left him tragically paralyzed on his left side. His left hand was his drawing hand. Kremer tried to learn to draw with his weak (right) hand, but the results left him with frustration. His disappointment was great, he did not draw again. Mr. Kremer died after a short illness in 2003 at the age of eighty one.
Warren Kremer is very high on the list of my favorite kids’ comics artists, and I think his creation, Stumbo the Giant, is his artistic masterwork. The page layouts and panel composition were always so beautiful, as were Mr. Kremer’s use of perspective and proportion, which always gave incredible weight and depth to Stumbo’s universe.
This story is from Devil Kids Starring Hot Stuff No. 41 (September 1969)
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