Bill DuBay was the first of seven children born to Richard and Dorothy Bill DuBay, the latest in a multigenerational family line of Lucases, Searses, and Spreckles in San Francisco, California, became interested in comics after an uncle presented him with a gift of comic albums starring the Herge character Tintin.
17 Facts About Bill DuBay
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Bill DuBay began in the comic book field as a fan artist whose work included writing and drawing a backup feature in the fanzine Komix Illustrated in 1964, variously writing and drawing features in the fanzines Fantasy Heroes' Hangout and The Voice of Comicdom that same year, and drawing the preexisting superhero character Powerman in the fanzine Star-Studded Comics No 9, a black-and-white, newsprint magazine published by Texas Trio.
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Bill DuBay's earliest credited comic-book works are two satiric humor stories: the four-page Blooperman story "Bound in the Badcave", written by Gary Friedrich and appearing in Charlton Comics' Go-Go No 4, and the four-page "Adult Super-Hero Daydreams", penciled by Bill DuBay and written by himself and Roy Thomas in Not Brand Echh No 13.
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Bill DuBay became editor of the Warren line with Creepy No 49 and Eerie No 43 and Vampirella No 21.
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Bill DuBay, listed as managing editor until being formally credited as editor with the issues cover-dated September 1973, revamped the line by giving the magazines a graphic redesign, dropping fan-participation pages, instituting new features, and creating a unified look and feel.
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Bill DuBay presided over the introduction of a stable of freelance artists from Spain, whose illustrative style provided an alternative to that of American comics artists.
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When Goodwin departed to work for Marvel Comics, Bill DuBay, beginning with issues cover-dated September 1974, was once more named Warren Publishing's editor.
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Bill DuBay continued in that post until being succeeded by writer Louise Jones, initially credited as senior editor beginning with the May 1976 issues; DuBay remained as a freelance contributing editor.
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Bill DuBay, who had adopted the pseudonym Will Richardson in the Warren science-fiction anthology 1984 No 11, became editor for a third time, under that pen name, beginning with Creepy No 117 and Vampirella No 87 and Eerie No 111.
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Bill DuBay was succeeded a year later by Chris Adames, who left after six months to work at Archie Comics.
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Bill DuBay returned for his fourth run as editor, with Timothy Moriarty as managing editor.
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Bill DuBay wrote and drew a story for a 1983 issue of the anthological comics magazine Heavy Metal, and then became editor of Archie Comics' short-lived 1980s superhero line, in which he helped revive the company's 1940s characters, including the Black Hood and the Comet.
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Bill DuBay then edited the three-issue Pacific Comics superhero anthology Bold Adventure, and wrote the features "Anaconda" and "The Weirdling".
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In 2003, Bill DuBay was among 58 former Warren freelancers and editors who protested to Robert Fisher, the court-appointed trustee overseeing Warren Communications' involuntary Chapter 7 bankruptcy, that original artwork purchased by Harris Comics was not Warren's to sell.
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Bill DuBay was married to Peggy Buckler, sister of comic-book artist Rich Buckler.
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Bill DuBay had five children: Crystal, Lisa, Bill, Daniel, and Leina.
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Two months before his April 15,2010, death in Portland, Oregon, Bill DuBay married Venessa Hart.