Jesse Marsh, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetJesse Marsh
artist
Date of Birth: 27-Jul-1907
Place of Birth: Florence, Alabama, United States
Date of Death: 28-Apr-1966
Profession: penciller
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Jesse Marsh
- Jesse Marsh (July 27, 1907 – April 28, 1966) was a comics artist and animator.
- His main claim to fame is his work on the early Tarzan and related books for Western Publishing that saw print through Dell Comics and later Gold Key Comics.
- He was the first artist to produce original Tarzan comic books.
- Up to that time, all Tarzan comics were reprints from the newspaper strips.
- He also worked on the Gene Autry comic book for many years.Prior to working for Western, he had worked for the Walt Disney Company, doing animation work for Make Mine Music and some Pluto cartoons as well. He would turn the Tarzan series over to Russ Manning in 1965 due to failing health.In 2009, Dark Horse Comics announced an archive reprint series of his work on Tarzan entitled Tarzan: The Jesse Marsh Years.
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