Happy 95th, Joe Simon! (Cartoonist, "Captain America")

He lives in NYC - and possibly Stony Brook, New York as well.

http://www.simoncomics.com/

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/16/books/16gust.html
(Article from April - you will NOT believe the painting he's holding
up)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYspljB5Sok
(very short 2007 CNN interview)

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0800209/
(filmography)

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7770294
(2007 article about the death of Captain America)

http://www.onthemedia.org/transcripts/2007/03/09/07
(interview about the same)

http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/archives/1227
(on where to find a longer interview)

http://www.boxxet.com/Captain_America/On:Joe_Simon/
(news, blogs)

http://www.toonopedia.com/search.htm?searchVar=Joe+Simon
(articles)

http://blog.newsarama.com/2008/04/16/joe-simon-on-creators-rights-and-...-new-ca
(self-explanatory)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Simon

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sick_(magazine)




WRITINGS BY THE AUTHOR:
Under name Joe Simon; all self-illustrated:

* Incurably Sick, Avon, 1962.

* Look Who's Talking, W.W.R., Inc., 1964.

* A Funny Thing Happened to Me on the Way to Tel Aviv, All
American Printing Co., 1967.

* (Editor) Ensicklopedia, Pyramid Publications, 1970.

* (With Jack Kirby) Marvel Presents Fighting American, Marvel
Entertainment Group, 1989.

* (With Jim Simon) The Comic Book Makers, Crestwood/II
Publications, 1990.

"Creator of Captain America and many other comic book heroes;
originator of "Young Romance" comic books and Sick Magazine."



Lenona.