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Pat Boyette
Pat Boyette (July 27, 1923, San Antonio
, Texas
– January 14, 2000, was an American
broadcasting
personality and news producer, and later a comic book
artist best known for two decades of work for Charlton Comics
, where he co-created the character The Peacemaker
. He sometimes used the pen names
Sam Swell, Bruce Lovelace, and Alexander Barnes.
, Texas
, Pat Boyette entered radio drama
as a youngster, performing on a local soap opera
. Learning radio production in the process, he became a broadcast journalist WOAI-AM, returning to this career following his World War II
military service as a cryptographer. He later segued into television
, becoming a TV news anchor in San Antonio. Additionally, Boyette became the producer
of a daytime talk show
, a puppet show, and TV commercials.
Boyette directed
and co-wrote the low-budget horror
movie Dungeon of Harrow
(1962), also composing the music and serving as "supervising editor". He as well wrote, produced and directed the science-fiction comedy
The Weird Ones a.k.a. The Weird One (1962), co-directed the war picture No Man's Land (1964), and served as associate producer of the biker movie he scripted, The Girls from Thunder Strip (1965), as well as at least one episode of the TV police series Adam-12
.
comic strip
Captain Flame for a syndicate
owned by Charlie Plumb. He returned to comics after first leaving broadcasting and spending most of the 1960s shooting movies in San Antonio.
Turning to comic books, Boyette began a two-decade stint as a freelance artist for the Derby, Connecticut
-based, low-budget Charlton Comics
. His first known work for the company is the nine-page story "'Spacious' Rooms for Rent" in the supernatural
-suspense
anthology
Shadows from Beyond #50 (Oct. 1966). The Grand Comics Database also tentatively identifies an additional nine-page story that issue, "Reprieve!", as being penciled by Boyette.
On his next assignment, Boyette co-created with staff writer Joe Gill
the non-superpowered superhero
The Peacemaker
in the backup story in Fightin' 5
#40 (Nov. 1966). The Peacemaker was Christopher Smith, a pacifist
diplomat
so committed to peace
that he was willing to use force to advance the cause, employing an array of special non-lethal weapons, and also founding the Pax Institute. Most of his antagonists were dictators and warlords. The Peacemaker received his own title that lasted five issues, cover-dated March to November 1967, with the Fightin' 5 as a backup series. Some of Boyette's artwork for a projected sixth issue later appeared online. DC Comics
acquired the character following Charlton's demise in the mid-1980s, and the Peacemaker became the basis for the character the Comedian in writer Alan Moore
's DC Comics
miniseries
Watchmen
.
Boyette would draw, and often write, hundreds of stories for Charlton through at least 1976, for such supernatural series as Ghost Manor
, Ghostly Tales
, and The Many Ghosts of Doctor Graves
; science fiction
series like Outer Space, Strange Suspense Stories
, and Space Adventures; Western series such as Billy the Kid
, Cheyenne Kid, and Outlaws of the West; romance comics such as Love Diary and Secret Romance; war comics
like Attack and Fightin' Marines; the prehistoric adventure series Korg: 70,000 B.C.
; and the licensed-character series Flash Gordon
, Jungle Jim
, The Phantom, and The Six Million Dollar Man
. Boyette also took on the writing and art for the superhero series Peter Cannon, Thunderbolt
, succeeding creator Pete Morisi
. His work continued on at Charlton as reprints through at least 1986. Some of his Charlton work was reprinted as late as 2002 in Avalon Communications' Enemies and Aces #1.
. That same year, his friend and Charlton colleague Rocke Mastroserio
helped Boyette join the stable of artists freelancing for Warren Publishing
's black-and-white horror
-comics magazines, initially having him ghost-pencil
, uncredited, "The Rescue of the Morning Maid" in Creepy
#18 (Jan. 1968), which credited artist Mastroserio inked. Boyette would go on to do credited work for such other Warren titles as Eerie
occasionally through 1970 before making Charlton his base.
Boyette's other comic work includes a Black Hood story for Archie Comics
' eponymous costumed crime-fighter comic, in 1983; an issue of the science-fiction series Revolver for Renegade Press
in 1986; his self-published SF/fantasy
anthology The Cosmic Book #1 (Dec. 1986), under the imprint Wandering Star Press; issues of Blood of Dracula
for Apple Press in 1988 and 1989; inking penciler Howard Simpson on the 21-page story "White Men Speak with Forked Tongue (Jurassic Politics part 2)" in Acclaim Comics' Turok, Dinosaur Hunter #18 (Dec. 1994); and inking British penciler Jeff Anderson on the 15-page story "Sir Rafeem, Knight for the Light" in Behold 3-D (1996).
His last known comics work was penciling and inking the three-page story "The Head of Joaquin Murieta" in The Big Book of the Weird Wild West (Aug. 1998), one of DC Comics
/Paradox Press
's The Big Book of
... trade paperback series.
. He was predeceased by his wife, Betty or Bette (sources differ). The couple had a daughter, Melissa.
Pat Boyette (July 27, 1923, San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas
San Antonio is the seventh-largest city in the United States of America and the second-largest city within the state of Texas, with a population of 1.33 million. Located in the American Southwest and the south–central part of Texas, the city serves as the seat of Bexar County. In 2011,...
, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
– January 14, 2000, was an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
broadcasting
Broadcasting
Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and video content to a dispersed audience via any audio visual medium. Receiving parties may include the general public or a relatively large subset of thereof...
personality and news producer, and later a comic book
Comic book
A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...
artist best known for two decades of work for Charlton Comics
Charlton Comics
Charlton Comics was an American comic book publishing company that existed from 1946 to 1985, having begun under a different name in 1944. It was based in Derby, Connecticut...
, where he co-created the character The Peacemaker
Peacemaker (comics)
The Peacemaker is the name of a series of superheroes originally owned by Charlton Comics and later acquired by DC Comics. The original Peacemaker first appeared in Fightin' 5 #40 The Peacemaker is the name of a series of superheroes originally owned by Charlton Comics and later acquired by DC...
. He sometimes used the pen names
Pseudonym
A pseudonym is a name that a person assumes for a particular purpose and that differs from his or her original orthonym...
Sam Swell, Bruce Lovelace, and Alexander Barnes.
Broadcast career
Born and raised in San AntonioSan Antonio, Texas
San Antonio is the seventh-largest city in the United States of America and the second-largest city within the state of Texas, with a population of 1.33 million. Located in the American Southwest and the south–central part of Texas, the city serves as the seat of Bexar County. In 2011,...
, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
, Pat Boyette entered radio drama
Radio drama
Radio drama is a dramatized, purely acoustic performance, broadcast on radio or published on audio media, such as tape or CD. With no visual component, radio drama depends on dialogue, music and sound effects to help the listener imagine the characters and story...
as a youngster, performing on a local soap opera
Soap opera
A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...
. Learning radio production in the process, he became a broadcast journalist WOAI-AM, returning to this career following his World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
military service as a cryptographer. He later segued into television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
, becoming a TV news anchor in San Antonio. Additionally, Boyette became the producer
Television producer
The primary role of a television Producer is to allow all aspects of video production, ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking...
of a daytime talk show
Talk show
A talk show or chat show is a television program or radio program where one person discuss various topics put forth by a talk show host....
, a puppet show, and TV commercials.
Boyette directed
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
and co-wrote the low-budget horror
Horror fiction
Horror fiction also Horror fantasy is a philosophy of literature, which is intended to, or has the capacity to frighten its readers, inducing feelings of horror and terror. It creates an eerie atmosphere. Horror can be either supernatural or non-supernatural...
movie Dungeon of Harrow
Dungeon of Harrow
Dungeon of Harrow is a 1964 American film directed by Pat Boyette.The film is also known as Dungeons of Horror and The Dungeon of Harrow.-Plot summary:...
(1962), also composing the music and serving as "supervising editor". He as well wrote, produced and directed the science-fiction comedy
Comedy
Comedy , as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse or work generally intended to amuse by creating laughter, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in...
The Weird Ones a.k.a. The Weird One (1962), co-directed the war picture No Man's Land (1964), and served as associate producer of the biker movie he scripted, The Girls from Thunder Strip (1965), as well as at least one episode of the TV police series Adam-12
Adam-12
Adam-12 was a television police drama which followed two police officers of the Los Angeles Police Department, Pete Malloy and Jim Reed, as they patrolled the streets of Los Angeles in their patrol unit, 1-Adam-12. Created by Jack Webb who is known for creating Dragnet, the series captured a...
.
Comics
Boyette broke into comics in the mid-1950s. While continuing to work in television, he wrote and drew the short-lived WesternWestern comics
Western comics is a comics genre usually depicting the American Old West frontier and typically set during the late nineteenth century...
comic strip
Comic strip
A comic strip is a sequence of drawings arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative, often serialized, with text in balloons and captions....
Captain Flame for a syndicate
Print syndication
Print syndication distributes news articles, columns, comic strips and other features to newspapers, magazines and websites. They offer reprint rights and grant permissions to other parties for republishing content of which they own/represent copyrights....
owned by Charlie Plumb. He returned to comics after first leaving broadcasting and spending most of the 1960s shooting movies in San Antonio.
Charlton
Derby, Connecticut
Derby is a city in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 12,391 at the 2000 census. With of land area, Derby is Connecticut's smallest municipality.The city has a Metro-North railroad station called Derby – Shelton.-History:...
-based, low-budget Charlton Comics
Charlton Comics
Charlton Comics was an American comic book publishing company that existed from 1946 to 1985, having begun under a different name in 1944. It was based in Derby, Connecticut...
. His first known work for the company is the nine-page story "'Spacious' Rooms for Rent" in the supernatural
Supernatural
The supernatural or is that which is not subject to the laws of nature, or more figuratively, that which is said to exist above and beyond nature...
-suspense
Suspense
Suspense is a feeling of uncertainty and anxiety about the outcome of certain actions, most often referring to an audience's perceptions in a dramatic work. Suspense is not exclusive to fiction, though. Suspense may operate in any situation where there is a lead-up to a big event or dramatic...
anthology
Anthology
An anthology is a collection of literary works chosen by the compiler. It may be a collection of poems, short stories, plays, songs, or excerpts...
Shadows from Beyond #50 (Oct. 1966). The Grand Comics Database also tentatively identifies an additional nine-page story that issue, "Reprieve!", as being penciled by Boyette.
On his next assignment, Boyette co-created with staff writer Joe Gill
Joe Gill
Joseph Gill was an American magazine writer and highly prolific comic book scripter. Most of his work was for Charlton Comics, where he co-created the superheroes Captain Atom, Peacemaker, and Judomaster, among others. Comics historians consider Gill a top contender as the comic-book field's most...
the non-superpowered superhero
Superhero
A superhero is a type of stock character, possessing "extraordinary or superhuman powers", dedicated to protecting the public. Since the debut of the prototypical superhero Superman in 1938, stories of superheroes — ranging from brief episodic adventures to continuing years-long sagas —...
The Peacemaker
Peacemaker (comics)
The Peacemaker is the name of a series of superheroes originally owned by Charlton Comics and later acquired by DC Comics. The original Peacemaker first appeared in Fightin' 5 #40 The Peacemaker is the name of a series of superheroes originally owned by Charlton Comics and later acquired by DC...
in the backup story in Fightin' 5
Fightin' 5
The Fightin' 5 are a Charlton Comics Special Forces paramilitary team, similar to DC Comics' Blackhawks. They debuted in Fightin' 5 #28, , and were created by Joe Gill and Bill Montes.-Publication history:...
#40 (Nov. 1966). The Peacemaker was Christopher Smith, a pacifist
Pacifism
Pacifism is the opposition to war and violence. The term "pacifism" was coined by the French peace campaignerÉmile Arnaud and adopted by other peace activists at the tenth Universal Peace Congress inGlasgow in 1901.- Definition :...
diplomat
Diplomat
A diplomat is a person appointed by a state to conduct diplomacy with another state or international organization. The main functions of diplomats revolve around the representation and protection of the interests and nationals of the sending state, as well as the promotion of information and...
so committed to peace
Peace
Peace is a state of harmony characterized by the lack of violent conflict. Commonly understood as the absence of hostility, peace also suggests the existence of healthy or newly healed interpersonal or international relationships, prosperity in matters of social or economic welfare, the...
that he was willing to use force to advance the cause, employing an array of special non-lethal weapons, and also founding the Pax Institute. Most of his antagonists were dictators and warlords. The Peacemaker received his own title that lasted five issues, cover-dated March to November 1967, with the Fightin' 5 as a backup series. Some of Boyette's artwork for a projected sixth issue later appeared online. DC Comics
DC Comics
DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...
acquired the character following Charlton's demise in the mid-1980s, and the Peacemaker became the basis for the character the Comedian in writer Alan Moore
Alan Moore
Alan Oswald Moore is an English writer primarily known for his work in comic books, a medium where he has produced a number of critically acclaimed and popular series, including Watchmen, V for Vendetta, and From Hell...
's DC Comics
DC Comics
DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...
miniseries
Miniseries
A miniseries , in a serial storytelling medium, is a television show production which tells a story in a limited number of episodes. The exact number is open to interpretation; however, they are usually limited to fewer than a whole season. The term "miniseries" is generally a North American term...
Watchmen
Watchmen
Watchmen is a twelve-issue comic book limited series created by writer Alan Moore, artist Dave Gibbons, and colourist John Higgins. The series was published by DC Comics during 1986 and 1987, and has been subsequently reprinted in collected form...
.
Boyette would draw, and often write, hundreds of stories for Charlton through at least 1976, for such supernatural series as Ghost Manor
Ghost Manor (comics)
Ghost Manor was a horror-suspense anthology comic book series published by Charlton Comics from 1968 to 1984 . Volume one was "hosted" by the Old Witch , while volume two was hosted by Mr...
, Ghostly Tales
Ghostly Tales
Ghostly Tales was a horror-suspense anthology comic book series published by Charlton Comics from 1966 to 1984 . The book was "hosted" by Mr. L. Dedd , a middle-aged gentleman with purplish skin and horns who dressed like a vampire. Mr...
, and The Many Ghosts of Doctor Graves
The Many Ghosts of Doctor Graves
The Many Ghosts of Doctor Graves was an American supernatural-anthology comic book published by Charlton Comics and best known as a showcase for the popular writer-artist Steve Ditko, the co-creator of Marvel Comics' Spider-Man. The eponymous Dr. M. T...
; science fiction
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
series like Outer Space, Strange Suspense Stories
Strange Suspense Stories
Strange Suspense Stories was a comic book published in two volumes by Fawcett Comics and Charlton Comics in the 1950s and 1960s. Starting out as a horror/suspense title, the first volume gradually moved toward eerie fantasy and weird science fiction, before ending as a vehicle for the superhero...
, and Space Adventures; Western series such as Billy the Kid
Billy the Kid (Charlton Comics)
Billy the Kid is a Western comic book series published by Charlton Comics, with stories of a fictional character based on the historical Billy the Kid. Taking over the numbering of a previous Western comic, Masked Raider, Billy the Kid was published from issues #9-153...
, Cheyenne Kid, and Outlaws of the West; romance comics such as Love Diary and Secret Romance; war comics
War comics
War comics is a genre of comic books that gained popularity in English-speaking countries following World War II.-American war comics:Shortly after the birth of the modern comic book in the mid- to late 1930s, comics publishers began including stories of wartime adventures in the multi-genre...
like Attack and Fightin' Marines; the prehistoric adventure series Korg: 70,000 B.C.
Korg
is a Japanese multinational corporation that manufactures electronic musical instruments, audio processors and guitar pedals, recording equipment, and electronic tuners...
; and the licensed-character series Flash Gordon
Flash Gordon
Flash Gordon is the hero of a science fiction adventure comic strip originally drawn by Alex Raymond. First published January 7, 1934, the strip was inspired by and created to compete with the already established Buck Rogers adventure strip. Also inspired by these series were comics such as Dash...
, Jungle Jim
Jungle Jim
Jungle Jim is the fictional hero of a series of jungle adventures in various media. The series began in 1934 as an American newspaper comic strip chronicling the adventures of Asia-based hunter Jim Bradley, who was nicknamed Jungle Jim...
, The Phantom, and The Six Million Dollar Man
The Six Million Dollar Man
The Six Million Dollar Man is an American television series about a former astronaut with bionic implants working for the OSI...
. Boyette also took on the writing and art for the superhero series Peter Cannon, Thunderbolt
Peter Cannon, Thunderbolt
Peter Cannon, Thunderbolt is a fictional superhero character originally owned by Charlton Comics, notable for containing some of the earliest respectful invocations of Eastern mysticism in American pop culture. The character has been owned by the estate of its creator, writer-artist Pete Morisi,...
, succeeding creator Pete Morisi
Pete Morisi
Peter A. Morisi , who sometimes went by the pseudonym PAM, is an American comic book writer and artist who also spent much of his professional life as a New York City Police Department officer. He is best known as creator of the 1960s Charlton Comics series Peter Cannon .....
. His work continued on at Charlton as reprints through at least 1986. Some of his Charlton work was reprinted as late as 2002 in Avalon Communications' Enemies and Aces #1.
Other comics work
For a brief period in 1968, Boyette drew issues of the DC Comics aviator series BlackhawkBlackhawk (comics)
Blackhawk, a long-running comic book series, was also a film serial, a radio series and a novel. The comic book was published first by Quality Comics and later by DC Comics. The series was created by Will Eisner, Chuck Cuidera, and Bob Powell, but the artist most associated with the feature is Reed...
. That same year, his friend and Charlton colleague Rocke Mastroserio
Rocke Mastroserio
Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio , who sometimes signed his work "Rocke M.", "RM", "Rocke" or "RAM", was an American comic book artist best known as a penciler and inker for Charlton Comics.-Early career:...
helped Boyette join the stable of artists freelancing for Warren Publishing
Warren Publishing
Warren Publishing was an American magazine company founded by James Warren, who published his first magazines in 1957 and continued in the business for decades...
's black-and-white horror
Horror fiction
Horror fiction also Horror fantasy is a philosophy of literature, which is intended to, or has the capacity to frighten its readers, inducing feelings of horror and terror. It creates an eerie atmosphere. Horror can be either supernatural or non-supernatural...
-comics magazines, initially having him ghost-pencil
Ghostwriter
A ghostwriter is a professional writer who is paid to write books, articles, stories, reports, or other texts that are officially credited to another person. Celebrities, executives, and political leaders often hire ghostwriters to draft or edit autobiographies, magazine articles, or other written...
, uncredited, "The Rescue of the Morning Maid" in Creepy
Creepy
Creepy was an American horror-comics magazine launched by Warren Publishing in 1964. Like Mad, it was a black-and-white newsstand publication in a magazine format and thus did not require the approval or seal of the Comics Code Authority. The anthology magazine was initially published quarterly but...
#18 (Jan. 1968), which credited artist Mastroserio inked. Boyette would go on to do credited work for such other Warren titles as Eerie
Eerie
Eerie was an American magazine of horror comics introduced in 1966 by Warren Publishing. Like Mad, it was a black-and-white newsstand publication in a magazine format and thus did not require the approval or seal of the Comics Code Authority. Each issue's stories were introduced by the host...
occasionally through 1970 before making Charlton his base.
Boyette's other comic work includes a Black Hood story for Archie Comics
Archie Comics
Archie Comics is an American comic book publisher headquartered in the Village of Mamaroneck, Town of Mamaroneck, New York, known for its many series featuring the fictional teenagers Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle and Jughead Jones. The characters were created by...
' eponymous costumed crime-fighter comic, in 1983; an issue of the science-fiction series Revolver for Renegade Press
Renegade Press
Renegade Press was an American comic book company, founded by Canadian Deni Loubert, that operated from 1984 to 1988. Notable titles published by Renegade include Flaming Carrot, Ms...
in 1986; his self-published SF/fantasy
Fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...
anthology The Cosmic Book #1 (Dec. 1986), under the imprint Wandering Star Press; issues of Blood of Dracula
Dracula
Dracula is an 1897 novel by Irish author Bram Stoker.Famous for introducing the character of the vampire Count Dracula, the novel tells the story of Dracula's attempt to relocate from Transylvania to England, and the battle between Dracula and a small group of men and women led by Professor...
for Apple Press in 1988 and 1989; inking penciler Howard Simpson on the 21-page story "White Men Speak with Forked Tongue (Jurassic Politics part 2)" in Acclaim Comics' Turok, Dinosaur Hunter #18 (Dec. 1994); and inking British penciler Jeff Anderson on the 15-page story "Sir Rafeem, Knight for the Light" in Behold 3-D (1996).
His last known comics work was penciling and inking the three-page story "The Head of Joaquin Murieta" in The Big Book of the Weird Wild West (Aug. 1998), one of DC Comics
DC Comics
DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...
/Paradox Press
Paradox Press
Paradox Press was a division of DC Comics formed in 1993 after editor Mark Nevelow departed from Piranha Press. Under the initial editorship of Andrew Helfer and Bronwyn Carlton the imprint was renamed. It is best known for graphic novels like A History of Violence and Road to Perdition...
's The Big Book of
The Big Book of
The Big Book Of is an Eisner Award-winning series of graphic novel anthologies published by the DC Comics imprint Paradox Press.-Publication history:The Big Books were published between 1994 and 2000...
... trade paperback series.
Death
Boyette died of cancer of the esophagusEsophagus
The esophagus is an organ in vertebrates which consists of a muscular tube through which food passes from the pharynx to the stomach. During swallowing, food passes from the mouth through the pharynx into the esophagus and travels via peristalsis to the stomach...
. He was predeceased by his wife, Betty or Bette (sources differ). The couple had a daughter, Melissa.
External links
- Mangus, DonDon MangusDon Mangus is an American teacher, artist, and comic book historian.Mangus was born in Washington, D.C. He is a published writer and former Design, Painting, and Drawing instructor . He has both a BFA and a MFA from Southern Methodist University...
. "A Tribute to Pat Boyette", Comicartville Library, n.d., 2003. WebCitation archive. - Evanier, MarkMark EvanierMark Stephen Evanier is an American comic book and television writer, particularly known for his humor work. He is also known for his columns and blogs, and for his work as a historian and biographer of the comics industry, in particular his award-winning Jack Kirby biography, Kirby: King of...
. Superheroes in My Pants! (TwoMorrows Publishing, 2004, ISBN 1893905357), "Pat Boyette", pp. 126+Additional WebCitation archive made June 15, 2010. - Cooke, Jon B., and Christopher Irving. "The Charlton Empire: A Brief History of the Derby, Connecticut Publisher", Comic Book ArtistComic Book ArtistComic Book Artist was an American magazine founded by Jon B. Cooke devoted to anecdotal histories of American comic books, with emphasis on comics published since the 1960s...
#9 (August 2000). WebCitation archive. - Archive of Baumann, Marty. "Pat Boyette's Curious Course into Comics History", IComics.com, June 10, 1998. Original site
- Archive of Schenk, Ramon, ed. "Charlton Personnel". Original site