Virginia Hubbell
Virginia Hubbell
Virginia Hubbell Bloch (March 23, 1914 - April 15, 2006) was a writer for Lev Gleason, MLJ, and Dell during the Golden Age.[1]
After attending Boston University and New York University, she settled in Woodstock in 1943 with her first husband, Carl Hubbell, and they worked in the comics industry for years. Under the name Virginia Hubbell she wrote much of the later content of Charles Biro's Daredevil and Boy Comics, as well as the notorious Crime Does Not Pay. She created the characters of Witch Hazel and Little Itch for Dell's Little Lulu stories during the 1950s.[1]
After the war, she wrote for the Good Comics (1953), Marvel Comics (1955) and St. John Publications (1955). From 1957, she wrote the series " Little Lulu " to Dell Comics , where there is conflicting information about her to have created minor characters Old Witch Hazel and Little Itch.[2]
CrowdIn recent years, she is known to have written an award-winning play, and several children's books, including "Georgie Gray Mouse" with Helen Fletcher, but under the name Virginia Hubbell . She was for many years married to cartoonist Carl Hubbell , with whom she had two sons. Virginia Bloch died April 15, 2006, 92 year old.[2]
She is survived by two sons, Jonathan and Craig Hubbell.[1]
- ^ a b c "Women in Comics". Retrieved 6 September 2016.
- ^ a b "Virginia Bloch". Retrieved 23 August 2016.