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William Bryan Dubay (January 11, 1948 – April 15, 2010William Bryan Dubay
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. Parents' last name spelled "DuBay" here; original spelling "Dubay" per Bill DuBay Social Security Death Index and California Birth Index records cited here.), also known by the pseudonyms Will Richardson, and Dube, was an American
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editor, writer and artist best known as editor and writer for
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, including that company's horror-comics magazines ''
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'', ''
Eerie Eerie may refer to: * Feeling of creepiness * Eerie (magazine), ''Eerie'' (magazine), an American horror comic first published in 1966 * Eerie (Avon), ''Eerie'' (Avon), a 1947 horror comic * Eerie (film), ''Eerie'' (film), a 2018 Filipino horror fi ...
'' and ''
Vampirella Vampirella () is a vampire superheroine created by Forrest J Ackerman and comic book artist Trina Robbins in Warren Publishing's black-and-white horror comics magazine ''Vampirella'' #1 (Sept. 1969), a sister publication of '' Creepy'' and ''E ...
''.


Biography


Early career

DuBay was the first of seven children born to Richard and Dorothy (née Lucas) DuBay, the latest in a multigenerational family line of Lucases, Searses, and Spreckles in San Francisco, California,DuBay in Archive requires blocking text to make visible. became interested in comics after an uncle presented him with a gift of comic albums starring the
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. DuBay began in the
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field as a fan artist whose work included writing and drawing a backup feature in the
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''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
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character Powerman in the
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''Star-Studded Comics'' No. 9 (July 1966), a black-and-white, newsprint magazine published by Texas Trio. That latter story, "The Crimes of the Transmuter", by writer Dave Bibby, was reprinted in the 1997
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book ''Fandom's Finest Comics''. DuBay's earliest credited comic-book works are two
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humor stories: the four-page Blooperman story "Bound in the Badcave", written by
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and appearing in
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' ''Go-Go'' No. 4 (Dec. 1966), and the four-page "Adult Super-Hero Daydreams", penciled by DuBay and written by himself and
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in ''
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'' No. 13 (May 1969).Bill DuBay credits
at the Grand Comics Database
In between, he published a piece of science fiction fan art in the "Creepy Fan Club" section of
Warren Publishing Warren Publishing was an American magazine company founded by James Warren (publisher), James Warren, who published his first magazines in 1957 and continued in the business for decades. Magazines published by Warren include ''After Hours (magazin ...
's ''
Creepy Creepiness is the state of being creepy, or causing an unpleasant feeling of fear or unease to someone and/or something. Certain traits or hobbies may make people seem creepy to others; interest in horror or the macabre might come across as 'c ...
'' No. 12 (Dec. 1966). DuBay returned to Warren as a professional with the story "Movie Dissector", written by R. Michael Rosen, in ''Creepy'' No. 32 (April 1970). Publisher James Warren recalled in a 1999 interview, "The first time I saw him. I said, 'You are too young to work for this company, too young to work for anybody. You are a callow youth. You don't even shave yet. Let me see your work.' I took one look and said, 'You're hired.'" In short order, he began writing stories as well as drawing them, beginning with the four-page "Life Species" in ''
Eerie Eerie may refer to: * Feeling of creepiness * Eerie (magazine), ''Eerie'' (magazine), an American horror comic first published in 1966 * Eerie (Avon), ''Eerie'' (Avon), a 1947 horror comic * Eerie (film), ''Eerie'' (film), a 2018 Filipino horror fi ...
'' No. 30 (Nov. 1970), and then segued from art to become primarily a writer. He became editor of the Warren line with ''Creepy'' No. 49 and ''Eerie'' No. 43 (both Nov. 1972) and ''Vampirella'' No. 21 (Dec. 1972).Bill DuBay as editor
at the Grand Comics Database.


Warren Publishing

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. He also presided over the introduction of a stable of freelance artists from Spain, whose illustrative style provided an alternative to that of American comics artists. For a short time in mid-1974, former Warren editor Archie Goodin returned, a hire that had DuBay reassigned to senior editor. When Goodwin departed to work for
Marvel Comics Marvel Comics is a New York City–based comic book publishing, publisher, a property of the Walt Disney Company since December 31, 2009, and a subsidiary of Disney Publishing Worldwide since March 2023. Marvel was founded in 1939 by Martin G ...
, DuBay, beginning with issues cover-dated September 1974, was once more named Warren Publishing's editor. He 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. After four years, Jones, too, decamped for Marvel. DuBay, who had adopted the pseudonym Will Richardson in the Warren science-fiction anthology ''1984'' No. 11 (Feb. 1980), became editor for a third time, under that pen name, beginning with ''Creepy'' No. 117 and ''
Vampirella Vampirella () is a vampire superheroine created by Forrest J Ackerman and comic book artist Trina Robbins in Warren Publishing's black-and-white horror comics magazine ''Vampirella'' #1 (Sept. 1969), a sister publication of '' Creepy'' and ''E ...
'' No. 87 (both May 1980) and ''
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'' No. 111 (June 1980). He was succeeded a year later by Chris Adames, who left after six months to work at
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. DuBay returned for his fourth run as editor, with Timothy Moriarty as managing editor. Moriarty in turn succeeded DuBay after four months, becoming Warren's final editor upon the company's demise in 1983. Other Warren magazines DuBay edited included '' Comix International'', ''1984'' (renamed ''1994'' with issue #11), ''The Rook'', ''The Goblin'', and '' The Spirit''. The final Warren editor, Timothy Moriarty, in 2005 described DuBay as "a volatile guy. Very funny and creative, both on the writing and art ends. Sort of like
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, physically and from the way he carried himself. I learned a ton from him, about comic storytelling, writing cover blurbs, composition. We got on well. But toward the end, he was writing, what, 60% of the stories in the comics, and
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that one style dominating, I felt the comics were getting stale".Moriarty in Scroll down for Moriarty interview.


Later career

DuBay wrote and drew a story for a 1983 issue of the anthological comics magazine '' Heavy Metal'', and then became editor of
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' short-lived 1980s superhero line, in which he helped revive the company's 1940s characters, including the
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and the
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. He then edited the three-issue
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superhero anthology ''Bold Adventure'' (Nov. 1983 – June 1984), and wrote the features "Anaconda" and "The Weirdling". As he described his 1980s career in a mid-2000s interview, In 1984, DuBay began a career in animation. That year, he was hired by
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to help build the animation studio
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. Later, he and Rook co-creator Budd Lewis formed Time Castle Books to publish collections and planned graphic novels starring their character.


Other

In the letters section of ''Fantastic Four'' No. 25 (April 1964), Dubay was awarded the first Marvel "No-Prize", for having the largest reported comic-book collection among Marvel Comics readers. In 2003, DuBay was among 58 former Warren freelancers and editors who protested to Robert Fisher, the court-appointed trustee overseeing Warren Communications' involuntary
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bankruptcy, that original artwork purchased by Harris Comics was not Warren's to sell.Dean, Michael. (excerpt), ''The Comics Journal'' #253, June 2003. Archive of original
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Personal life

DuBay was married to Peggy Buckler, sister of comic-book artist
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. He had five children: Crystal, Lisa, Bill, Daniel, and Leina. Two months before his April 15, 2010, death in
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, Oregon, DuBay married Venessa Hart.


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