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Howard Chaykin

Howard Victor Chaykin[1] (/ˈkɪn/; born October 7, 1950)[2] is an American comic book artist and writer. Chaykin's influences include his one-time employer and mentor, Gil Kane, and the mid-20th century illustrators Robert Fawcett and Al Parker.

Howard Chaykin

Howard Victor Chaykin
(1950-10-07) October 7, 1950
Newark, New Jersey, U.S.

Writer, Penciller, Inker

Eric Pave

Inkpot Award, 1977
7 Eagle Awards, 1984
Eagle Award, 2006

Early life[edit]

Howard Chaykin was born in Newark, New Jersey, to Rosalind Pave and Norman Drucker, who soon separated.[3] Chaykin was initially raised by his grandparents in Staten Island, New York City, until his mother married Leon Chaykin in 1953 and the family moved to East Flatbush and later to 370 Saratoga Avenue, Brownsville, Brooklyn. At 14,[1] Chaykin moved with his now divorced mother to the Kew Gardens section of Queens.[3] He said in 2000 he was raised on welfare after his parents separated and that his absent biological father eventually was declared dead, although Chaykin, as an adult, located him alive. Chaykin's "nutty and cruel" adoptive father, whom Chaykin until the 1990s believed was his natural father,[3] encouraged Chaykin's interest in drawing and bought him sketchbooks.[1]


He was introduced to comics by his cousin, who gave him a refrigerator box filled with them.[4] He graduated from Jamaica High School at 16, in 1967, and in mid-1968 worked at Zenith Press. He attended Columbia College in Chicago that fall, but left school and returned to New York the following year.[3] Chaykin said that after high school, "I hitchhiked around the country" before becoming, at 19, a "gofer" for the New York City–based comic book artist Gil Kane,[5] whom he would name as his greatest influence.[4]

Personal life[edit]

In 1972, Chaykin married Daina Graziunas.[3] The marriage ended in 1977, and the following year he married Leslie Zahler.[53] That marriage ended in 1986, and in 1989, in Los Angeles, Chaykin married Jeni Munn, a union that lasted through 1992.[54] In November 2002, in Ventura, Chaykin married Laurel Beth Rice.


As of 2013, Chaykin serves on the Disbursement Committee of the comic-book industry charity The Hero Initiative.[55]

1977 [56]

Inkpot Award

1978 nomination for Favourite Continued Story for Star Wars #1–6—"Film Adaptation"[57]

Eagle Award

1984 Eagle Award for Favourite Penciler

1984 Eagle Award for Favourite Inker

1984 Eagle Award for Favourite Writer

1984 Eagle Award for Favourite Comic ()

American Flagg!

1984 Eagle Award for Favourite Single or Continued Story (American Flagg! #1–2, "Hard Times")

1984 Eagle Award for Favourite New Comic Title (American Flagg!

1984 Eagle Award nomination for Favourite Character ()

Reuben Flagg

1984 Eagle Award nomination for Favourite Supporting Character ()

Raul the cat

1984 Eagle Award nomination for Favourite Comic Cover (American Flagg! #2, "Back in the U.S.A.")

1984 Eagle Award nomination for Favourite Comic Cover (American Flagg! #3, "Killed in the Ratings")

2006 Eagle Award for Favourite Comics Writer/Artist

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#7 (1972)

Forbidden Tales of Dark Mansion

(Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser) #1–4 (1973)

Sword of Sorcery

(backup story) #216 (1973)

Tarzan

(Ironwolf) #8–10 (1973–74)

Weird Worlds

(Batman & Robin) #441 (1974); (Human Target) #483 (1979)

Detective Comics

(Shining Knight) #438 (1975)

Adventure Comics

#40, 61–62, 67, 69, 76, 82 (1976–79)

Weird War Tales

#14 (1977)

Batman Family

(Cinnamon) #49 (1978)

Weird Western Tales

#240 (1978)

Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes

Men of War () #9–10, 12–14, 19–20 (1978–79)

Enemy Ace

(1979)

World of Krypton

#2 (1979)

Time Warp

#277 (1980)

House of Mystery

#260 (1983)

Blackhawk

, miniseries, #1–4 (1985)

The Shadow

#1 (1987)

Suicide Squad

Blackhawk, miniseries, #1–3 (writer/artist, 1988)

(writer, 1990)

Twilight

, script, with John Francis Moore (1992)

Ironwolf

Houdini, The Devil's Workshop (1993)

Batman

OGN (co-writer, 1996)

Son of Superman

: Dark Allegiances (writer/artist, 1996)

Batman

, miniseries, #1 (writer/artist, 1996)

Batman Black and White

(writer, 1996)

Cyberella

(writer, 1997)

Batgirl & Robin: Thrillkiller

#7 (co-writer/artist, 2000)

Orion

(co-writer, 2001–2003)

American Century

Barnum!, Original Graphic Novel (co-writer, 2003)

: All-Stars, miniseries, #5 (2003)

JSA

, miniseries, #1–6 (writer/artist, 2004)

Challengers of the Unknown

, miniseries #1–6 (co-writer, 2004)

Bite Club

Mighty Love graphic novel (writer/artist, 2004)

City of Tomorrow, miniseries, #1–6 (writer/artist, 2005)

Bite Club: Vampire Crime Unit, miniseries, #1–6 (co-writer, 2006)

#50–56 (2006)

Hawkgirl

: Collateral Damage, miniseries, #1–2 (2007)

Guy Gardner

/Catwoman: Follow the Money (2010)

Batman

DC Holiday Special '09 () #1 (2010)

Enemy Ace

Justice Society of America 80-Page Giant #1 (among other artists) (2011)

Official Facebook page

at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)

Howard Chaykin

at the Grand Comics Database

"DC Profiles #44: Howard Chaykin"

at IMDb

Howard Chaykin

at Mike's Amazing World of Comics

Howard Chaykin

at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators

Howard Chaykin

. Howtomakecomics.net. Archived from the original on 2008-04-08.

"Howard Chaykin's Resources"

Moran, David (August 1, 2008). . Comic Book Resources.

"CCI: Spotlight on Howard Chaykin"