E. Nelson Bridwell
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| E. Nelson Bridwell | |
 Caricature of E. Nelson Bridwell by Dave Manak (c. 1976) |
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| Birth name | Edward Nelson Bridwell |
| Born | 1931 Sapulpa, Oklahoma |
| Died | January 23, 1987 |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Writer |
E. Nelson Bridwell was a writer for Mad magazine and various comic books published by DC Comics. He was one of the writers for the Batman comic strip and, in a cartoon in Mad, wrote the now famous catch phrase, "What you mean we, white man". Bridwell was noted for possessing an encyclopaedic knowledge of various comics-related trivia.
[edit] Career
His first published work consisted of text pages in comics published by the American Comics Group in the late 1940s. He began working for DC Comics in 1965 as an assistant to editor Mort Weisenberg, and went on to write features such as The Inferior Five, Super Friends and The Secret Six. He contributed numerous scripts for Shazam!, Superman, and The Legion of Super-Heroes. His love and knowledge of old comics led to his becoming editor on numerous reprint books, including digests, giant-size comics, and hardcover anthologies, as well as becoming an assistant editor for Julius Schwartz, on the various Superman titles, keeping track of continuity amongst the endless volume of Superman family stories published.
He wrote Captain Carrot and his Amazing Zoo Crew in The Oz/Wonderland War trilogy, as well as occasional stories for the black-and-white horror comics Creepy and Eerie, published by Warren Publications.
Following his death on January 23, 1987, his papers were acquired by the McFarlin Library at the University of Tulsa in 1989.[1]
[edit] Homages
- In Watchmen, Captain Metropolis was named "Nelson Gardner" as a tribute to Bridwell and to Gardner Fox.
- Astro City #5 featured a shapeshifting Enelsian, disguised as "Mr Bridwell".
[edit] Awards and honors
He was posthumously inducted into the Oklahoma Cartoonists Hall of Fame in October 2005.
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