Missed It: Lengthy Post On Trailblazing Comic Book Artist, Illustrator EC Stoner This link was just sort of sitting in my bookmarks, like some forgotten Christmas gift shunted behind a houseplant. I have no idea where it came from, but it turns out to be a lengthy investigation of a comics artist with whom I was completely unfamiliar, EC Stoner. Beyond its obvious interest because of Stoner's race and the time period in which he worked in comics as compared to other prominent black cartoonists, it's also just a pretty good story of an artist who used his time in comics to more firmly establish what sounds like a successful freelance illustration career. It's also copiously illustrated, although the author is quick to admit that Stoner was more a of working cartoonist than a forgotten star of the four-color world.
