George Roussos (b. 1920)

Born: 1920 August 20 in Ypsilanti, Michigan, United States

Died: 2000 February 19 in Bay Shore, New York, United States

Biography: George Roussos did art study training in England. He did support work for DC as a letterer, from 1940 to 1948, and as a colorist, from 1943 to 1946 and from 1969 to 1974. Roussos did support work as well for Marvel as both a letterer and a colorist, from 1964 to 1992.

George assisted Bob Kane with backgrounds and lettering on the Batman feature in 1940.

He did the lettering for the Spanish language edition of the comic strip, Ripley's Believe It or Not!, from 1939 to 1940.

Comic strip syndication work:
Judge Parker daily and Sunday ? (Publishers Syndicate) 1953-XX-XX (assisted);
Judge Wright daily (United Feature Syndicate) 1947-06-12 - 1948-04-03 (pencil and inks per Holtz, inks only per Bails);
The Phantom (King Features Syndicate) 1968-XX-XX - 1969-XX-XX (unconfirmed ghost pencils)

Notes: Roussos used the pen name, Jerry Scott in conjunction with Jerry Robinson. Not to be confused with the Zits comic strip creator Jerry Scott.

Roussos used the pen name, M. G. (M.G.) in conjunction with Mort Meskin.

Name:

    George Roussos Type: Name at Birth
    Given name: George Family name: Roussos

Other Names:

  1. G. Bell Type: Pen Name
  2. Geo Bell Type: Pen Name
  3. Geo. Bell Type: Pen Name
  4. George Bell Type: Pen Name
  5. T. S. Chu Type: Pen Name
  6. Inky Type: Pen Name
  7. Sam Kato Type: Pen Name
  8. George R. Type: Common Alternative Name
  9. Rejeog Type: Pen Name
  10. Roussos Type: Common Alternative Name
  11. G. Roussos Type: Common Alternative Name
    Given name: G. Family name: Roussos
  12. Geo Roussos Type: Common Alternative Name
  13. Geo. Roussos Type: Common Alternative Name
  14. Greg Roussos Type: Common Alternative Name
    Given name: Greg Family name: Roussos
  15. Jerry Scott Type: Pen Name
  16. Terry Scott Type: Pen Name
  17. Joe Shuster Type: Ghost Name
  18. Perry Williams Type: Pen Name
  19. Джордж Русос Type: None

Schools:

  1. Pratt Institute [Brooklyn] ? to ?

Signatures:

  1. Bob Kane [generic]
  2. G Roussos [generic]
  3. G. Roussos [generic]
  4. Geo Roussos [generic]
  5. Geo Roussos [generic]
  6. Geo. Roussos [generic]
  7. George [generic]
  8. George Roussos [generic]
  9. George Russo [generic]
  10. Inky Roussos [generic]
  11. Jerry Siegel [generic]
  12. Joe Shuster [generic]
  13. M.R. [generic]
  14. R (of MR) [generic]
  15. RM [generic]
  16. Roussos [generic]
  17. Rousssos [generic]

Art Influences:

George Roussos (b. 1920) stated influences by:
  1. Stan Kaye (b. 1916)

Non Comics Works:

  1. Publication Title: ? (fine arts) - Role: artist
    Employer Name : Self-Published
    Work Title: ?
    Notes: Roussos worked in fine art doing experimental photography. Names of works currently not known.

  2. Publication Title: ? (fine arts) - Role: artist
    Employer Name : Self-Published
    Work Title: ?
    Notes: Roussos did oil paintings. Names of works currently not known.

Relations:

  1. Ghosted for - Joe Shuster (b. 1914)
  2. Employee of - Simon and Kirby Studio (b. 1941)
    Notes: Roussos did background work for the studio on the feature Captain America during 1941. Then he did freelance pencil and ink work for the studio, from circa 1950 to 1954.

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