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George Gladir (September 27, 1925 – April 3, 2013) was an American writer for comic books. Primarily known as a scripter for Archie Comics, he co-created that publisher's character ''Sabrina the Teenage Witch'', with artist Dan DeCarlo. ==Biography== George Gladir was born in New York City, the son of Russian immigrants, and attended Stuyvesant High School in Manhattan. Serving in the U.S. Army during World War II, he became a German prisoner of war after having taken part in the invasion of Normandy.〔 Afterward, he attended the School of Visual Arts in New York before reenlisting in the Army and becoming an intelligence officer serving in Germany during the Korean War.〔 He became a full-time comic book writer in 1959, doing one-page gag fillers for Archie Comics' ''Archie's Joke Book'' and other titles.〔 Writer and artist credits were not routinely given in comic books at that time. and Gladir's first confirmed credit is the gag page "Sign Language", drawn by Dan DeCarlo, in ''Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica'' #59 (Nov. 1960).〔(George Gladir ) at the Grand Comics Database〕 Gladir went on to write stories for several Archie Comics titles, including ''Archie's Pal Jughead'', ''Reggie and Me'', ''Betty and Me'', and, primarily ''Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica''.〔 In ''Archie's Madhouse'' (the logo sometimes given as ''Archie's Mad House'') #22 (Oct. 1962), the character Sabrina the Teenage Witch, by Gladir and DeCarlo,〔(Sabrina the Teenage Witch ) at Don Markstein's Toonopedia〕 debuted in the humor anthology's lead story (the logo then spelled "Teen-Age").〔Archive of McQuarrie, Jim, , "Oddball Comics" (column) #1153, April 1, 2007. (Original page )〕 She would eventually become one of the publisher's major characters, appearing in an animated series and a television sitcom. Gladir recalled in 2007, In the early 1960s, Gladir also began started writing for the satiric magazine ''Cracked'', eventually become its head writer; over the next 30 years, he wrote approximately 2,000 pages for the magazine, many of them illustrated by John Severin.〔 In the late 2000s, Gladir and Stan Goldberg created the one-shot comic book ''Cindy and Her Obasan'' for Rorschach Entertainment. Gladir, who was living in Oceanside, California, died on April 3, 2013.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「George Gladir」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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