He said in 2000 he was raised on welfareafter his parents separated and that his abs… He was introduced to comics by his cousin, who gave him a refrigerator box filled with them.Chaykin's earliest work with comic books was under the tutelage of Gil Kane, whom he would later call his mentor.I'd heard on the grapevine that Gil's assistant had dropped dead of a heart attack at 23. Please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information.Brian K. Vaughan (w), Fiona Staples (a). With the exception of several Near the end of the decade, Chaykin returned to comics and co-wrote with In 2006, he began working on his first superhero title for DC Comics, pencilling Also in 2006, DC Comics published a two-page Black Canary Chaykin helmed a reboot of the science-fiction character As of 2013, Chaykin serves on the Disbursement Committee of the comic-book industry charity His work as an artist (interior pencil art, except where noted) includes: At 14, Chaykin moved with his now divorced mother to the Kew Gardens section of Queens. I gave Gil a call, and he said, 'Yeah, I can use you.' He was doing [the early In 1970, he began publishing his art in comics and science-fiction The "one-page filler", titled "Strange Neighbor", was inventoried and eventually published in the Boltinoff-edited At one point Chaykin lived in the same Queens apartment building as artists After this, Chaykin was given various adventure strips to draw for Marvel, including his own creation, In 1987, DC proposed a system of labeling comics for violent or sexual content, Chaykin with In 1988, Chaykin created perhaps his most controversialChaykin began to drift out of comics by the mid-1990s. So I went to work for him. Howard Chaykin was born in Newark, New Jersey, to Rosalind Pave and Norman Drucker, who soon separated. "The Third Degree: Howard Chaykin" McAvennie "1970s" in Dolan, p. 157 "After the debut tale by acclaimed artist Howard Chaykin and co-scripter Denny O'Neil, Ironwolf became the lead protagonist in the Sanderson "1970s" in Gilbert (2008), p. 180: "In July 1977, Marvel's comics adaptation of George Lucas's McAvennie "1970s" in Dolan, p. 181 "The worldwide success of Chaykin was initially raised by his grandparents in Staten Island, New York City, until his mother married Leon Chaykin in 1953 and the family moved to East Flatbush and later to 370 Saratoga Avenue, Brownsville, Brooklyn.