Robert Marion Stewart, known as Bhob Stewart was an American writer, editor, cartoonist, filmmaker, and active fan who contributed to a variety of publications over a span of five decades.
12 Facts About Bhob Stewart
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Bhob Stewart published The EC Fan Bulletin, the first EC fanzine, in 1953, and co-edited the Hugo Award-winning science fiction fanzine Xero.
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Bhob Stewart is credited with predicting the arrival of "underground comics" during a panel discussion with Archie Goodwin and Ted White at the New York Comic Con in July 1966.
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In 1968, Bhob Stewart teamed with EC Comics publisher Bill Gaines to choose stories for The EC Horror Library of the 1950s.
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Bhob Stewart scripted for animation and created the short film, The Year the Universe Lost the Pennant.
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Bhob Stewart edited and designed magazines, wrote comics for several publishers and contributed to Jay Lynch's Roxy Funnies.
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Bhob Stewart collaborated with Larry Hama on pages for Gothic Blimp Works, the underground comix tabloid published by the East Village Other, and succeeded Vaughn Bode as editor, later teaming with Kim Deitch as co-editor of the tabloid.
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Bhob Stewart devised Wacky Packages and other humor products for Topps, and was the editor of DC Comics' first trading cards series, Cosmic Cards and Cosmic Teams.
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In May 1969, Bhob Stewart curated the first exhibition of comic book art by a major American museum.
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Bhob Stewart worked closely with Mad's cartoonists while editing the Mad Style Guide and Gibson's line of Mad greeting cards.
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In 1961, Bhob Stewart made a 7-minute experimental film entitled The Year the Universe Lost the Pennant.
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Bhob Stewart described the genesis of the film in his notes in the 1967 catalogue from the Film-Makers' Cooperative:.