Berry, D Bruce
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Artist, Author.
(1924-1998) US Comics artist and inker, illustrator and author who also wrote as by Morgan Drak and Jeff Douglas; he was much involved in sf Fandom after his release from the army around 1945, until the end of the 1980s. Berry was active as an illustrator, mostly for Fanzines, from 1948 or earlier, some of his early work appearing in William L Hamling magazines, including Imagination and Imaginative Tales. Beginning in the late 1960s and extending until the early 1980s, he worked as an inker for Jack Kirby. His sf novels, beginning with Flowers of Hell (1970), are sf erotica (see Sex; Women in SF); the last of them, Genetic Bomb (1975) with Andrew J Offutt, introduces Space Opera moves into the mix, in a style that aspires to the gonzo. [JC]
Douglas Bruce Berry
born Oakland, California: 24 January 1924
died Long Beach, California: 30 September 1998
works
- Flowers of Hell (New York: Ophelia Press, 1970) as Morgan Drake [pb/]
- The Balling Machine (New York: Bee-Line/Orpheus Series, 1971) with Andrew J Offutt writing together as Jeff Douglas [pb/]
- Genetic Bomb (New York: Warner Paperback Library, 1975) with Andrew J Offutt [pb/Vincent Di Fate]
links
- Comics Journal memoir
- D Bruce Berry at the Jack Kirby site
- Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Picture Gallery
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