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'''Batton Lash''' (October 29, 1953 – January 12, 2019) was an American comics creator who came to prominence as part of the 1990s [[self-publishing]] boom.<ref name="CBR" /> He is best known for the series ''Wolff and Byrd, Counselors of the Macabre'' (a.k.a. ''[[Supernatural Law]]''), a comedic series about law partners specializing in cases dealing with archetypes from the horror genre, which ran as a strip in ''[[The National Law Journal]]'', and as a stand-alone series of comic books and graphic novels. He received several awards for his work, including an [[Inkpot Award]], an [[Independent Book Publishers Association#Benjamin Franklin Award|Independent Book Publishers Association's Benjamin Franklin Award]], an [[Eisner Award]], and nominations for two [[Harvey Awards]].
'''Batton Lash''' (October 29, 1953 – January 12, 2019) was an American comics creator who came to prominence as part of the 1990s [[self-publishing]] boom.<ref name="CBR" /> He is best known for the series ''Wolff and Byrd, Counselors of the Macabre'' (a.k.a. ''[[Supernatural Law]]''), a comedic series about law partners specializing in cases dealing with archetypes from the horror genre, which ran as a strip in ''[[The National Law Journal]]'', and as a stand-alone series of comic books and graphic novels. He received several awards for his work, including an [[Inkpot Award]], an [[Independent Book Publishers Association#Benjamin Franklin Award|Independent Book Publishers Association's Benjamin Franklin Award]], an [[Eisner Award]], and nominations for two [[Harvey Awards]].


==Career==
==Career==
Batton Lash was born '''Vito Marangi'''<ref name=DailyCartoonist>[http://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2019/01/12/batton-lash-rip/ Batton Lash — RIP], by D. D. Degg, at ''Daily Cartoonist''; published January 12, 2019; retrieved January 29, 2019</ref> in [[Brooklyn|Brooklyn, New York]], and studied cartooning and graphic arts at Manhattan's [[School of Visual Arts]].<ref name="Lambiek">{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/l/lash_batton.htm|title=Batton Lash|website=lambiek.net|language=en|access-date=2019-01-13}}</ref><ref name="San Diego Reader">{{Cite web|url=https://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2019/jan/13/rip-local-comic-book-creator-batton-lash-wolff-byr/|title=RIP local comic book creator Batton Lash (Wolff & Byrd, Counselors of the Macabre)|website=www.sandiegoreader.com|language=en|access-date=2019-01-13}}</ref>
Batton Lash was born<ref name=DailyCartoonist>[http://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2019/01/12/batton-lash-rip/ Batton Lash — RIP], by D. D. Degg, at ''Daily Cartoonist''; published January 12, 2019; retrieved January 29, 2019</ref> in [[Brooklyn|Brooklyn, New York]], and studied cartooning and graphic arts at Manhattan's [[School of Visual Arts]].<ref name="Lambiek">{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/l/lash_batton.htm|title=Batton Lash|website=lambiek.net|language=en|access-date=2019-01-13}}</ref><ref name="San Diego Reader">{{Cite web|url=https://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2019/jan/13/rip-local-comic-book-creator-batton-lash-wolff-byr/|title=RIP local comic book creator Batton Lash (Wolff & Byrd, Counselors of the Macabre)|website=www.sandiegoreader.com|language=en|access-date=2019-01-13}}</ref>


In 1979, he began writing and drawing ''Wolff and Byrd, Counselors of the Macabre'', as a weekly newspaper strip which appeared in ''[[The Brooklyn Paper]]'' until 1996 and ''The National Law Journal'' from 1983 to 1997.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.seattlepi.com/lifestyle/blogcritics/article/Graphic-Novel-Review-The-Werewolf-of-New-York-5891859.php| title = Graphic Novel Review: 'The Werewolf of New York' by Batton Lash| first=Jeff|last= Provine| agency=BlogCritis.org| date= November 13, 2014 | access-date = February 27, 2016| archive-date= October 10, 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151010214706/http://www.seattlepi.com/lifestyle/blogcritics/article/Graphic-Novel-Review-The-Werewolf-of-New-York-5891859.php | url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Lambiek" /> In 1980 Lash was a [[courtroom sketch]] artist during the trial against [[John Gotti]]. <ref name="Lambiek" /> In 1994, he and his wife [[Jackie Estrada]] founded [[Exhibit A Press]] to publish the series as a full-length comic book stories, renaming it ''Supernatural Law.''<ref name="CBR">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbr.com/batton-lash-supernatural-law-obituary/|title=Supernatural Law Creator, Batton Lash, Passes Away|date=2019-01-13|website=CBR|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-13}}</ref> It was later made available as a [[digital comic|digital download]] on the Comics+ and [[Graphicly]] apps.<ref>{{cite press release | url = http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=35915 | title=Batton Lash's "Supernatural Law" Now Available for Digital Download| publisher=Exhibit A Press via [[ComicBookResources.com]] | date= December 13, 2011 | access-date = February 27, 2016| archive-date= January 3, 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160103074438/http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=35915 | url-status=live}}</ref>
In 1979, he began writing and drawing ''Wolff and Byrd, Counselors of the Macabre'', as a weekly newspaper strip which appeared in ''[[The Brooklyn Paper]]'' until 1996 and ''The National Law Journal'' from 1983 to 1997.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.seattlepi.com/lifestyle/blogcritics/article/Graphic-Novel-Review-The-Werewolf-of-New-York-5891859.php| title = Graphic Novel Review: 'The Werewolf of New York' by Batton Lash| first=Jeff|last= Provine| agency=BlogCritis.org| date= November 13, 2014 | access-date = February 27, 2016| archive-date= October 10, 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151010214706/http://www.seattlepi.com/lifestyle/blogcritics/article/Graphic-Novel-Review-The-Werewolf-of-New-York-5891859.php | url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Lambiek" /> In 1980 Lash was a [[courtroom sketch]] artist during the trial against [[John Gotti]].<ref name="Lambiek" /> In 1994, he and his wife [[Jackie Estrada]] founded [[Exhibit A Press]] to publish the series as a full-length comic book stories, renaming it ''Supernatural Law.''<ref name="CBR">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbr.com/batton-lash-supernatural-law-obituary/|title=Supernatural Law Creator, Batton Lash, Passes Away|date=2019-01-13|website=CBR|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-13}}</ref> It was later made available as a [[digital comic|digital download]] on the Comics+ and [[Graphicly]] apps.<ref>{{cite press release | url = http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=35915 | title=Batton Lash's "Supernatural Law" Now Available for Digital Download| publisher=Exhibit A Press via [[ComicBookResources.com]] | date= December 13, 2011 | access-date = February 27, 2016| archive-date= January 3, 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160103074438/http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=35915 | url-status=live}}</ref>


In 1994 he wrote ''[[Archie Meets the Punisher]],'' a well-received crossover between the teen characters of [[Archie Comics]] and Marvel Comics' grim antihero the [[Punisher]].<ref name="San Diego Reader" /> He wrote eight issues of ''[[List of The Simpsons comics#Radioactive Man|Radioactive Man]]'' for [[Bongo Comics]], which received an [[Eisner Award]] for Best Humor Publication in 2002.{{citation needed|date=July 2015}}
In 1994 he wrote ''[[Archie Meets the Punisher]],'' a well-received crossover between the teen characters of [[Archie Comics]] and Marvel Comics' grim antihero the [[Punisher]].<ref name="San Diego Reader" /> He wrote eight issues of ''[[List of The Simpsons comics#Radioactive Man|Radioactive Man]]'' for [[Bongo Comics]], which received an [[Eisner Award]] for Best Humor Publication in 2002.{{citation needed|date=July 2015}}


In 2009 he began working with writer [[James D. Hudnall|James Hudnall]] on "Obama Nation", a conservative political comic strip on [[Andrew Breitbart]]'s website [[BigGovernment.com]].<ref name="Lambiek" /> The series drew national attention in 2011, when [[MSNBC]] commentator [[Lawrence O'Donnell]] criticized one of the strips as racist, accusing it of caricaturing Barack and Michelle Obama using stereotypes of [[African Americans]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://comicsbeat.com/msnbcs-odonnell-takes-on-hudnalllash-over-michelle-obama-cartoon/| title = MSNBC's O'Donnell takes on Hudnall/Lash over Michelle Obama cartoon | publisher=ComicsBeat.com | date= February 16, 2011| author-link=Heidi MacDonald| first=Heidi|last= MacDonald| archive-date= August 19, 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140819074046/http://comicsbeat.com/msnbcs-odonnell-takes-on-hudnalllash-over-michelle-obama-cartoon/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/comic-riffs/2011/02/obama_nation_artist_decries_ms.html|title=Comic Riffs - 'OBAMA NATION' artist decries MSNBC rant about 'racist obscenity' cartoon|website=voices.washingtonpost.com|access-date=2019-01-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbr.com/hudnall-lash-under-fire-for-political-cartoon/|title=Hudnall, Lash under fire for political cartoon {{!}} CBR|website=www.cbr.com|access-date=2019-01-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.comicsbeat.com/2010/03/30/varying-views-of-obama/ | title= Varying views of Obama| publisher=ComicsBeat.com|date=March 30, 2010|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120828160912/http://www.comicsbeat.com/2010/03/30/varying-views-of-obama/ | archive-date= August 28, 2012}}</ref>
In 2009 he began working with writer [[James D. Hudnall|James Hudnall]] on "Obama Nation", a conservative political comic strip on [[Andrew Breitbart]]'s website [[BigGovernment]].<ref name="Lambiek" /> The series drew national attention in 2011, when [[MSNBC]] commentator [[Lawrence O'Donnell]] criticized one of the strips as racist, accusing it of caricaturing Barack and Michelle Obama using stereotypes of [[African Americans]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://comicsbeat.com/msnbcs-odonnell-takes-on-hudnalllash-over-michelle-obama-cartoon/| title = MSNBC's O'Donnell takes on Hudnall/Lash over Michelle Obama cartoon | publisher=ComicsBeat.com | date= February 16, 2011| author-link=Heidi MacDonald| first=Heidi|last= MacDonald| archive-date= August 19, 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140819074046/http://comicsbeat.com/msnbcs-odonnell-takes-on-hudnalllash-over-michelle-obama-cartoon/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/comic-riffs/2011/02/obama_nation_artist_decries_ms.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111130160035/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/comic-riffs/2011/02/obama_nation_artist_decries_ms.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 30, 2011|title=Comic Riffs – 'OBAMA NATION' artist decries MSNBC rant about 'racist obscenity' cartoon|website=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=2019-01-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbr.com/hudnall-lash-under-fire-for-political-cartoon/|title=Hudnall, Lash under fire for political cartoon {{!}} CBR|website=www.cbr.com|date=16 February 2011 |access-date=2019-01-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.comicsbeat.com/2010/03/30/varying-views-of-obama/ | title= Varying views of Obama| publisher=ComicsBeat.com|date=March 30, 2010|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120828160912/http://www.comicsbeat.com/2010/03/30/varying-views-of-obama/ | archive-date= August 28, 2012}}</ref>


==Death==
==Death==
He died at his home on January 12, 2019, from [[brain cancer]] at the age of 65.<ref name="newsfromme">{{cite web|url=https://www.newsfromme.com/2019/01/12/batton-lash-r-i-p/|first=Mark|last=Evanier | author-link=Mark Evanier |title=Batton Lash R.I.P.|date=January 12, 2019|publisher=NewsFromMe.com}}</ref><ref name="bleedingcool">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bleedingcool.com/2019/01/12/batton-lash-creator-of-supernatural-law-dies/|title=Batton Lash, Creator of Supernatural Law, Dies|website=Bleeding Cool|access-date=2019-01-13}}</ref>
He died at his home on January 12, 2019, from [[brain cancer]] at the age of 65.<ref name="newsfromme">{{cite web|url=https://www.newsfromme.com/2019/01/12/batton-lash-r-i-p/|first=Mark|last=Evanier | author-link=Mark Evanier |title=Batton Lash R.I.P.|date=January 12, 2019|publisher=NewsFromMe.com}}</ref><ref name="bleedingcool">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bleedingcool.com/2019/01/12/batton-lash-creator-of-supernatural-law-dies/|title=Batton Lash, Creator of Supernatural Law, Dies|website=Bleeding Cool|date=12 January 2019 |access-date=2019-01-13}}</ref>


==Awards and nominations==
==Awards and nominations==
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===Comics===
===Comics===
* ''[[Wolff and Byrd, Counselors of the Macabre]]'' #1-23
* ''[[Wolff and Byrd, Counselors of the Macabre]]'' #1–23
* ''Mavis'' #1-3 (featuring Wolff and Byrd's secretary)
* ''Mavis'' #1–3 (featuring Wolff and Byrd's secretary)
* ''[[Supernatural Law]]'' #24-45
* ''[[Supernatural Law]]'' #24–45
* ''Radioactive Man'' volume 2 (eight issues)
* ''Radioactive Man'' volume 2 (eight issues)
* ''Simpsons Super Spectacular'' #1-5
* ''Simpsons Super Spectacular'' #1–5
* ''[[Archie Meets the Punisher]]'', one-shot<ref name="San Diego Reader" />
* ''[[Archie Meets the Punisher]]'', one-shot<ref name="San Diego Reader" />
* [[Archie Comics]] "The House of Riverdale"
* [[Archie Comics]] "The House of Riverdale"
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* ''Wolff & Byrd, Counselors of the Macabre''—"The Red Book" (comic strips from the mid-80s)
* ''Wolff & Byrd, Counselors of the Macabre''—"The Red Book" (comic strips from the mid-80s)
* ''Wolff & Byrd, Counselors of the Macabre: Supernatural Law'' (comic strips)
* ''Wolff & Byrd, Counselors of the Macabre: Supernatural Law'' (comic strips)
* ''Wolff & Byrd, Counselors of the Macabre: Case Files'' Volumes I-IV (#1-16)
* ''Wolff & Byrd, Counselors of the Macabre: Case Files'' Volumes I-IV (#1–16)
* ''Tales of Supernatural Law'' (#1-8)
* ''Tales of Supernatural Law'' (#1–8)
* ''The Soddyssey, And Other Tales of Supernatural Law'' (#9-16)
* ''The Soddyssey, And Other Tales of Supernatural Law'' (#9–16)
* ''Sonovawitch! and Other Tales of Supernatural Law'' (#17-22, ''Mavis'' #1)
* ''Sonovawitch! and Other Tales of Supernatural Law'' (#17–22, ''Mavis'' #1)
* ''The Vampire Brat, And Other Tales of Supernatural Law'' (#23-29, ''Mavis'' #2)
* ''The Vampire Brat, And Other Tales of Supernatural Law'' (#23–29, ''Mavis'' #2)
* ''Mister Negativity, And Other Tales of Supernatural Law'' (#31-36, ''Mavis'' #3)
* ''Mister Negativity, And Other Tales of Supernatural Law'' (#31–36, ''Mavis'' #3)


== References ==
== References ==
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Latest revision as of 16:02, 5 September 2024

Batton Lash
Lash in 2007
Born(1953-10-29)October 29, 1953
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
DiedJanuary 12, 2019(2019-01-12) (aged 65)
San Diego, California, U.S.
Area(s)Cartoonist

Batton Lash (October 29, 1953 – January 12, 2019) was an American comics creator who came to prominence as part of the 1990s self-publishing boom.[1] He is best known for the series Wolff and Byrd, Counselors of the Macabre (a.k.a. Supernatural Law), a comedic series about law partners specializing in cases dealing with archetypes from the horror genre, which ran as a strip in The National Law Journal, and as a stand-alone series of comic books and graphic novels. He received several awards for his work, including an Inkpot Award, an Independent Book Publishers Association's Benjamin Franklin Award, an Eisner Award, and nominations for two Harvey Awards.

Career

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Batton Lash was born[2] in Brooklyn, New York, and studied cartooning and graphic arts at Manhattan's School of Visual Arts.[3][4]

In 1979, he began writing and drawing Wolff and Byrd, Counselors of the Macabre, as a weekly newspaper strip which appeared in The Brooklyn Paper until 1996 and The National Law Journal from 1983 to 1997.[5][3] In 1980 Lash was a courtroom sketch artist during the trial against John Gotti.[3] In 1994, he and his wife Jackie Estrada founded Exhibit A Press to publish the series as a full-length comic book stories, renaming it Supernatural Law.[1] It was later made available as a digital download on the Comics+ and Graphicly apps.[6]

In 1994 he wrote Archie Meets the Punisher, a well-received crossover between the teen characters of Archie Comics and Marvel Comics' grim antihero the Punisher.[4] He wrote eight issues of Radioactive Man for Bongo Comics, which received an Eisner Award for Best Humor Publication in 2002.[citation needed]

In 2009 he began working with writer James Hudnall on "Obama Nation", a conservative political comic strip on Andrew Breitbart's website BigGovernment.[3] The series drew national attention in 2011, when MSNBC commentator Lawrence O'Donnell criticized one of the strips as racist, accusing it of caricaturing Barack and Michelle Obama using stereotypes of African Americans.[7][8][9][10]

Death

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He died at his home on January 12, 2019, from brain cancer at the age of 65.[11][12]

Awards and nominations

[edit]

Bibliography

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Comics

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Collections

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  • Wolff & Byrd, Counselors of the Macabre—"The Red Book" (comic strips from the mid-80s)
  • Wolff & Byrd, Counselors of the Macabre: Supernatural Law (comic strips)
  • Wolff & Byrd, Counselors of the Macabre: Case Files Volumes I-IV (#1–16)
  • Tales of Supernatural Law (#1–8)
  • The Soddyssey, And Other Tales of Supernatural Law (#9–16)
  • Sonovawitch! and Other Tales of Supernatural Law (#17–22, Mavis #1)
  • The Vampire Brat, And Other Tales of Supernatural Law (#23–29, Mavis #2)
  • Mister Negativity, And Other Tales of Supernatural Law (#31–36, Mavis #3)

References

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  1. ^ a b "Supernatural Law Creator, Batton Lash, Passes Away". CBR. 2019-01-13. Retrieved 2019-01-13.
  2. ^ Batton Lash — RIP, by D. D. Degg, at Daily Cartoonist; published January 12, 2019; retrieved January 29, 2019
  3. ^ a b c d "Batton Lash". lambiek.net. Retrieved 2019-01-13.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g "RIP local comic book creator Batton Lash (Wolff & Byrd, Counselors of the Macabre)". www.sandiegoreader.com. Retrieved 2019-01-13.
  5. ^ Provine, Jeff (November 13, 2014). "Graphic Novel Review: 'The Werewolf of New York' by Batton Lash". BlogCritis.org. Archived from the original on October 10, 2015. Retrieved February 27, 2016.
  6. ^ "Batton Lash's "Supernatural Law" Now Available for Digital Download" (Press release). Exhibit A Press via ComicBookResources.com. December 13, 2011. Archived from the original on January 3, 2016. Retrieved February 27, 2016.
  7. ^ MacDonald, Heidi (February 16, 2011). "MSNBC's O'Donnell takes on Hudnall/Lash over Michelle Obama cartoon". ComicsBeat.com. Archived from the original on August 19, 2014.
  8. ^ "Comic Riffs – 'OBAMA NATION' artist decries MSNBC rant about 'racist obscenity' cartoon". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on November 30, 2011. Retrieved 2019-01-13.
  9. ^ "Hudnall, Lash under fire for political cartoon | CBR". www.cbr.com. 16 February 2011. Retrieved 2019-01-13.
  10. ^ "Varying views of Obama". ComicsBeat.com. March 30, 2010. Archived from the original on August 28, 2012.
  11. ^ Evanier, Mark (January 12, 2019). "Batton Lash R.I.P." NewsFromMe.com.
  12. ^ "Batton Lash, Creator of Supernatural Law, Dies". Bleeding Cool. 12 January 2019. Retrieved 2019-01-13.
  13. ^ a b "GCD :: Creator :: Batton Lash". www.comics.org. Retrieved 2019-01-13.
  14. ^ "Inkpot Award". Comic-Con International: San Diego. 2012-12-06. Retrieved 2019-01-13.
  15. ^ "Benjamin Franklin Award Winners and Finalists 2009". Independent Book Publishers Association. Archived from the original on June 12, 2009.
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