Robert Beerbohm
American comic book historian and retailer (1952–2024) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Robert Lee Beerbohm (June 17, 1952 – March 27, 2024) was an American comic book historian and retailer who was intimately involved with the rise of comics fandom from 1966. Beginning as a teenager in the late 60s, he became a fixture in the growing comic convention scene, while in the 1970s and 1980s he was heavily involved in Bay Area comic book retailing and distribution.
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Born | Robert Lee Beerbohm (1952-06-17)June 17, 1952 Long Beach, California, U.S. |
Died | March 27, 2024(2024-03-27) (aged 71) Fremont, Nebraska, U.S. |
Education | University of Nebraska-Lincoln California State University, Hayward |
Occupation(s) | Comic book historian, publisher, distributor and retailer |
Beerbohm was a consultant and author detailing the early history of comics in the United States, including rediscovering the first comic book in America, Rodolphe Töpffer's The Adventures of Mr. Obadiah Oldbuck. He has supplied data and visual aids as listed in the acknowledgements of over 200 books about comics.
Known as combination pugnacious businessman, archaeologist, and what cartoonist Art Spiegelman called a "feverishly enthusiastic fan," Beerbohm was an evangelist of the comics collecting hobby.[1]