Ira Schnapp in the National (DC) Comics offices, 1955. Photo by Martin Schnapp, used with permission. For the past few years I’ve been writing about the life and work of Ira Schnapp on my blog. Ira was first employed by the company now known as DC Comics in 1940, when he redesigned the Superman logo […]
A few weeks ago I was contacted through my blog by someone who wanted to know if I might be interested in a painting by Ira Schnapp. He had been researching the name and found one of my many blog posts about Ira. I emailed him and said I’d like to know more. He replied […]
Recently on a Facebook post by Robert Beerbohm, I was made aware of another commercial lettering job by Ira Schnapp when Bob posted one of these images. Kellogg’s Pep cereal was a sponsor of “The Adventures of Superman” radio show in the 1940s, and in 1945 Superman premiums were featured on the cereal boxes, and […]
I’ve been researching Ira Schnapp’s comics career for more than ten years, and I believe I’ve now compiled as complete a list of his work as a letterer and ad and logo designer as I can. In this long article I’m putting it all together in chronological order year by year to present a more […]
Following quickly on GANG BUSTERS, DC launched a second crime comic in early 1948 again based on a popular radio show. This one had a recurring character, but he was never given any name other than the one used in this logo by Ira Schnapp. Like GANG BUSTERS, the logo is very Art Deco, and […]