Sparky Moore
(Richard Thomas Moore)
(b. 1925, USA)
|
 |
Richard "Sparky" Moore studied at Art Central in Los Angeles. He was an artist of adventure and western comics for Dell/Western Publishing's licensed titles based on films and TV shows from 1951 to 1975. For Dell's Disney pubications, he illustrated among others the realistic adventures and westerns 'Elfego Baca', 'Spin & Marty', 'Annette's Life Story', 'Texas John Slaughter', 'Ten Who Dared' and 'Wild Dog of the North', but also the caricatural 'Robin Hood' and 'The Aristokittens'.
|
 |
Besides the Disney titles, Moore worked on stories with 'Little Beaver', 'Rin Tin Tin', 'The Phantom', 'The Three Stooges', 'Range Rider', 'Korak' and 'Mighty Mightor'. Eventually, he began working for the Disney production for foreign publications, illustrating 'Zorro' and 'Big Bad Wolf' stories. He additionally created war stories for DC in the 1970s and also some horror comics for Hamilton in the 1990s.
|
 |
He began working on the 'Scamp' daily in August 1973. He continued the newspaper strip in cooperation with writer Bill Berg and inker Manuel Gonzalez until June 1978, when he took on the daily 'Winnie the Pooh' strip (text by Don Ferguson). Moore continued the daily 'Pooh' until December 1983, but he continued the Sunday page until June 1984. Moore then illustrated several 'Roger Rabbit' stories for the American studios, as well as the comics adaptation of 'The Lion King'.
|
 |
