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SCHOMBURG, ALEX 
 Name and vital stats 
  SCHOMBURG, ALEX [1905-98] (artist)  
 Biographical 
  Birthplace: Puerto Rico; moved to New York in '12; moved to Oregon in '62  
 Pen names 
  AL REID at TOBY PRESS on JON JUAN  
  XELA; AUGUST SCHOMBURG [in other media]  
 Education 
  Private art instruction  
 Print Media (non-comics) 
  Artist: Books & Puzzles: War panoramas: Whitman books and picture puzzles  
  Artist: Books: Winston Juvenile series  
  Artist: Featured in paperback: 1986 Chroma: The Art of Alex Schomburg  
  Artist: Juvenile books: Coloring book; Picture puzzles  
  Artist: Magazines: 1925-82 Asimov's Science Fiction Adventure '77-81; Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine '77-82  
  Artist: Magazines: 1925-82 Dynamic Science Fiction '53; Future '53-54; Fantastic Universe '53-55; Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction '53/77-81  
  Artist: Magazines: 1925-82 Science and Invention '25 [first work]; Radio '25-30s; Electrical Experimenter [cover] '25; Thrilling Adventures '35-40  
  Artist: Magazines: 1925-82 Science Fiction Adventures '53; Satellite Science Fiction '53; Rocket Stories '53; Galaxy Science Fiction '53  
  Artist: Magazines: 1925-82 Science Fiction Quarterly '54; Amazing Stories '60-65; Fantastic '60-61/63; Cosmic Stories '77; Analog '78  
  Artist: Magazines: 1925-82 Strange Stories '39-40; Startling Stories '39-40/43/51-55; Uncanny Tales '41; Air War '42; Radio Craft [50 covers] '42-c45  
  Artist: Magazines: 1925-82 Texas Rangers '37-48; Boys' Life '38-39; Thrilling Wonder Stories '38-42/44/51-55; Flying Aces [covers] '38-39/41  
  Artist: Magazines: 1925-82 Wonder Stories Annual '51-53; Fantastic Story Quarterly '51-55; Space Stories '52-53; Science Fiction Plus '53  
  Artist: Magazines: Science and Invention; Popular Crossword Puzzles; Mystery Tales; Everyday Astrology; Astrology  
  Artist: Paperbacks: 1952-61/88 Islands in the Sky '52; Vandals of the Void '53; The Mysterious Planet '53; Rocket to Luna '53  
  Artist: Paperbacks: 1952-61/88 Planet of Light '53; Missing Men of Saturn '53; Danger: Dinosaurs '53; World at Bay '54  
  Artist: Paperbacks: 1952-61/88 Rockets to Nowhere '54; Secret of the Martian Moons '55; Mission to the Moon '56  
  Artist: Paperbacks: 1952-61/88 Ships, Shoals and Amphores '61; The Comic Book Killer '88  
  Artist: Paperbacks: 1952-61/88 Son of the Stars '52; Rocket Jockey '52; Mists of Dawn '52; Marooned on Mars '52  
  Artist: Paperbacks: 1952-61/88 Trouble on Titan '54; Step to the Stars '54; Secret of Saturn's Rings '54; The Lost Planet '56  
  Artist: Paperbacks: 1960s-70s Challenge of the Sea '60; Judgment on Janus '63; Exile '64; Best of Astounding '78  
  Artist: Paperbacks: Well of the Worlds; Time Axis; Lord of Thunder; Earth's Last Citadel  
  Artist: Staff: early-1930s-44 National Screen Service [film backgrounds]  
 Performing Arts 
  Designer: Film: [Production] Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey  
 Commercial Art & Design 
  Co-owner: Commercial studio 1923- partnered with brothers  
  Fifth Avenue window displays  
  General Electric; Great Northern Railroad; Westinghouse; Sanka Coffee  
 Additional biography 
  Biographical Dictionary of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists 1988/99  
  Great Comic Book Artists, 1986  
 Honors 
  Doc Smith Lensman Award 1976  
  Eisner Award Hall of Fame 1999  
  Frank R. Paul Award 1984  
 Comics in other media 
  Cover (pen/ink/) 1988 for GANGSTERS AT WAR comic book insert  
 Comics Studio (Shop) 
  L. B. COLE STUDIO (pen/ink/) 1944-45 unconfirmed  
 Note on comics career 
  Top comics cover artist for MARVEL, PINES and HARVEY 1940s  
 BETTER PUBLICATIONS 
  AMERICAN EAGLE (pen/ink/) 1943-45  
  BRAD SPENCER, WONDERMAN (pen/ink/) 1944-47  
  BRICK BRADFORD (pen/ink/) 1948  
  CAPTAIN FUTURE (pen/ink/) 1942-43  
  Covers (pen/ink/) 1941-50  
  DOC STRANGE (pen/ink/) 1943  
 HARVEY COMICS 
  CAPTAIN FREEDOM (pen/ink/) 1944  
  Covers (pen/ink/) 1944  
 HOLYOKE PUBLICATIONS 
  CAT-MAN (pen/ink/) 1944  
  Covers (pen/ink/) 1944  
 I.W. PUBLICATIONS 
  JON JUAN (pen/ink/) 1958 reprint  
 MARVEL COMICS 
  CAPTAIN AMERICA (pen/ink/) 1942-43  
  CAPTAIN DARING THE SKY DEVIL (pen/ink/) 1943  
  CAPTAIN WONDER (pen/ink/) 1943  
  Covers (pen/ink/) 1940-46/75/77  
  HUMAN TORCH (pen/) 1944  
  HUMAN TORCH (pen/ink/) 1977 chapter in Invaders  
 NOVELTY COMICS 
  TONI GAYLE (pen/ink/) 1949 unconfirmed  
 TOBY PRESS 
  JON JUAN, WORLD'S GREATEST LOVER (pen/ink/) 1950-51  
 ZIFF-DAVIS COMICS 
  AMAZING ADVENTURES~ (pen/ink/) 1950  
  Covers (paint/) 1951  
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