Born: 1921 October 15 in Cos Cob, Connecticut, United States

Died: 2020 September 6 in Cos Cob, Connecticut, United States

Biography: Bob Fujitani was an American artist of Japanese and Irish descent. Begining in the early 1940s he did work for American comic book publishers such as Ace, Avon, Dell, Harvey, Lev Gleason, and Quality.

Also in the 1940s, under the name Bob Wells, he worked on the daily "Judge Wright" newspaper strip. In the 1960s and 1970s he inked the daily "Flash Gordon" daily strip (mostly uncredited). In the 1990s, he worked on the "Rip Kirby" daily strip.

Notes: To be confirmed against the Who's Who entry.


Name:

    Bob Fujitani Type: Common Alternative Name
    Given name: Bob Family name: Fujitani

Other Names:

  1. Robert Fugi Type: None
  2. B. Fuje Type: Pen Name
  3. Bob Fuje Type: Pen Name
  4. Robert Fuji Type: Pen Name
  5. Robert Fujitani Type: Common Alternative Name
    Given name: Robert Family name: Fujitani
  6. Bob Wells Type: Pen Name

Schools:

  1. American School of Design [NYC] ? to ?


Signatures:

  1. B Fujitani [generic]
  2. B. Fudge [generic]
  3. B. Fuje [generic]
  4. B.Fujie [generic]
  5. Bob Fuje [generic]
  6. Bob Fuji [generic]
  7. Fujitani [generic]
  8. Fujitani [generic]

Art Influences:

Influences by Bob Fujitani (b. 1921) were stated by:
  1. Mark Heike (b. 1959)

Relations:

  1. Employee of - L. B. Cole Studio (b. 1943)
    Notes: Did pencils and inks 1944 to 1945.
  2. Employee of - Will Eisner Studio (b. 1940)
    Notes: Did pencils and inks 1941.