He drew Whisper for First Comics before DC Comics hired him to draw Batman in 1987. Norm’s comics career launched with an original story in DC Comics’ New Talent Showcase in 1984, followed by creative work in Tales of Terror, Captain America, and Marvel Fanfare. He studied painting and illustration at Northern Michigan University. Michigan Technical University commissioned Norm to draw a comic called Tech Team when he was in high school. Adventurous in nature, Norm enjoyed camping, hiking, bicycling, snow shoeing, and skiing–usually with his brother.īorn Februin Iowa City, IA to Gerald and Lois (Roberts) Breyfogle, Norm demonstrated award winning artistic talent from an early age, profiled by the Daily Mining Gazette as a “near master cartoonist” when he was 16. With his infectious sense of humor, he laughed at the absurdities of life. He felt deeply and thought deeply art was his platform for exposing and defeating injustice, inspiring others to do the same. Norm was a crazy-fun, multi-layered, spiritual person who enjoyed philosophizing and debating. Best known for the distinct style he brought to drawing and co-authoring Batman and other iconic comics during his career, his family and friends knew Norm as so much more than his characters. Breyfogle died of heart failure in his Houghton, Michigan home on September 23, 2018.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |