Warren Kremer was an American comics cartoonist best known for his creation of the Harvey Comics characters Richie Rich, Hot Stuff the Little Devil and Stumbo the Giant.
15 Facts About Warren Kremer
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Warren Kremer's style is known for big, bold compositions, and a keen sense of contrast and color.
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Warren Kremer counted Alex Raymond's Flash Gordon and Hal Foster's Prince Valiant among his influences.
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Warren Kremer attended the High School of Music and Art and the School of Industrial Art in New York City.
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Warren Kremer then did layout, lettering, and illustrations for pulp and aviation magazines for ten years.
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Warren Kremer gradually took on more comics work in Ace Publications, his first title being Hap Hazard.
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Steve Mufatti, a friend and colleague of Warren Kremer's, had a part in getting him work at Harvey Comics, starting with freelance work in 1948.
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Warren Kremer watched animated films and wanted to know why his comics couldn't look as good.
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Warren Kremer improved the layout of the panels, creating a much greater depth of field.
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Warren Kremer's characters were better constructed, which added mass and allowed the books to look more "real".
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Warren Kremer created or defined many of the most well known Harvey characters, including Casper the Ghost, Hot Stuff, Joe Palooka, Little Audrey, Little Max, Richie Rich, and Stumbo the Giant.
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Warren Kremer excelled at realistic treatments, producing top-quality work for Harvey's romance, war, and horror genre titles.
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Warren Kremer was the top artist at Harvey, where he worked for 35 years mostly as an art editor.
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Warren Kremer died July 24,2003, in Glen Ridge, New Jersey.
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Warren Kremer was living in nearby Bloomfield at the time of his death.