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Graham Ingels was born on 7 June, 1915 in Cincinnati, is an American illustrator. Discover Graham Ingels's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 75 years old?

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Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 7 June 1915
Birthday 7 June
Birthplace Cincinnati
Date of death 4 April, 1991
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Nationality American

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1915

Graham J. Ingels (June 7, 1915 – April 4, 1991) was a comic book and magazine illustrator best known for his work in EC Comics during the 1950s, notably on The Haunt of Fear and Tales from the Crypt, horror titles written and edited by Al Feldstein, and The Vault of Horror, written and edited by Feldstein and Johnny Craig.

1937

The Ingels had two children, Deanna (born 1937) and Robby (born 1946), who was named after a character created by child impersonator Lenore Ledoux for the Baby Snooks radio program.

Artist Howard Nostrand, a friend of Ingels, recalled:

1940

A regular in Planet Comics and Rangers Comics in the late 1940s, Ingels worked for Magazine Enterprises and other publishers of comic books and pulps.

He became an art director at Better Publications (Ned Pine's Comics Group later known as Nedor), where he gave early comic book assignments to George Evans, with whom he would form a long friendship, and a young Frank Frazetta, who credited Ingels as the first in the business to recognize his talent.

During this period, Ingels created covers and stories for the company's Startling Comics and Wonder Comics; these and other Better Publications comics reveal certain panels by other artists have been redrawn by Ingels to improve the artwork.

Ingels drew crime comics for Magazine Enterprises (Manhunt, Killers) and Westerns for a variety of companies, including Magazine Enterprises (Guns), Youthful Magazines (Gunsmoke), Hillman Periodicals (Western Fighters) and D.S. Publishing Co. (Outlaws).

D.S. also published crime stories drawn by Ingels in Underworld, Gangsters Can't Win and Exposed.

1943

He entered the U.S. Navy in 1943, and he began working that same year for Fiction House Publications, both in their pulp magazines and their comic book division.

Black and white illustrations signed G. Ingels appeared in Planet Stories, Jungle Stories, North-West Romances and Wings.

1944

He contributed one painted cover to a 1944 issue of Planet Stories as well.

For Planet Comics, he illustrated stories in the "Hunt Bowman" series and the "Aura, Lord of Jupiter" series.

He also painted a mural at the United Nations building.

1947

There were also short stories and one painted cover by Ingels in Dell Comics' Heroic Comics around 1947.

1948

In 1948, Ingels was hired by Al Feldstein, the editor of EC Comics, to provide artwork for their titles which included Gunfighter, Saddle Justice, Saddle Romances, War Against Crime, Modern Love and A Moon, A Girl... Romance.

The company's Western and romance comics were later canceled or converted to horror and science-fiction titles.

In Grant Geissman's Foul Play, Feldstein explained that Ingels' early work for EC was disappointing, but publisher Bill Gaines was fiercely loyal to everybody, which is why Ingels remained at the company.

When EC introduced Tales From the Crypt, The Vault of Horror and The Haunt of Fear, it soon became apparent to both Gaines and Feldstein that Ingels was an ideal choice as an illustrator of horror.

Ingels' unique and expressive style was well-suited for the atmospheric depiction of Gothic horrors amid crumbling Victorian mansions in hellish landscapes populated by twisted characters, grotesque creatures and living corpses with rotting flesh.

A trademark image was a character with a thread of saliva visible in a horrified open mouth.

As the lead artist for The Haunt of Fear, he brought to life the Old Witch, horror host of "The Witch's Cauldron" lead story, and he also did the cover for each issue from issue 11 through 28.

A prolific artist, Ingels also drew the Old Witch's appearances in Tales From the Crypt and The Vault of Horror, plus stories for Shock SuspenStories and Crime SuspenStories.

The Old Witch's origin story was told in "A Little Stranger" (The Haunt of Fear # 14).

1950

After EC ceased publication in the mid-1950s, Ingels contributed to Classics Illustrated but otherwise found little work, as discussed by Nostrand in Foul Play: "He was kind of a sad case, because when the horror stuff went out, Graham went out with it. His forte was strictly doing horror comics, and there weren't any more horror comics being done".

Ingels took a teaching position with the Famous Artists correspondence school in Westport, Connecticut.

He later left the Northeast and became an art instructor in Lantana, Florida, refusing to acknowledge his work in horror comics until a few years before he died.

Journalist Donald Vaughan documented Ingels' life in Florida:

"Horror We? How's Bayou?"

1952

Ingels' flair for horror led EC to promote him as Ghastly Graham Ingels, and he began signing his work "Ghastly" in 1952.

Born in Cincinnati, Ingels began working at age 14 after the death of his father, commercial artist Don Ingels.

Graham was 16 when he entered the art field drawing theater displays.

He studied at New York's Hawthorne School of Art

Graham and Gertrude Ingels married when he was starting as a freelancer at age 20.

1972

"Poetic Justice" in the 12th issue was adapted for the 1972 Tales From the Crypt film from Amicus studios in England, with Peter Cushing as the kindly old junk collector, and Ingels' "Wish You Were Here" (The Haunt of Fear # 22) was also adapted.

When EC cancelled its horror and crime comics, Ingels drew for EC's New Direction titles: Piracy, M.D., Impact and Valor.

He later contributed to EC's short lived Picto-Fiction line.

in The Haunt of Fear issue #17 won an award as best EC horror art at the 1972 EC Fan-Addict Convention.

2004

In 2004, the webcomic Is This Tomorrow? featured Ingels in its series of comic book trading cards.

2011

Started in 2011, the Ghastly Awards adopted their name from Ingels's non-de-plume.

The award, which honors excellence in horror comics, is presented annually.