Alex Toth: Legendary Cartoon & Comic Designer | 5 Decades of Masterful Artistry

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Above- Black Canary was one of my favorites. Alex was able to provide the character with curves and yet the muscularity for a superheroine. Photo by Stylish Sexy Files-Pinterest

Alex Toth (1928–2006). a legendary character designer, animator, cartoonist, artist, and comic book creator. Alex, at the urging of a high school teacher enrolled in art school with the goal of working in the comic strip biz along with some of his boyhood inspirations Alex Raymond (Flash Gordon), Caniff (Terry and the Pirates) and Hal Foster (Prince Valiant). By the time Alex graduated in 1947 from School of Industrial Art the strips were starting to wind down and he decided to make a leap into comic books. He started out with his first gig for National/DC Comics working on the golden age characters of Green Lantern and Black Canary’s first meeting with the Justice Society. Other DC series included The Atom, Flash and Doctor Mid-Nite. He also worked in the mid to late 50’s within the war, romance and crime genres and brilliantly illustrated Disney’s Zorro comics.