Edd Ashe

Edd Ashe, born Edmund Marion Ashe Jr. on August 11, 1908, in Norwalk, Connecticut, and died September 4, 1986, was a Golden Age comic strip writer and comic book artist. His father, a noted painter and head of Carnegie Tech’s art department, likely influenced his path. Ashe is best known for writing the strip *Guy Fortune*, which ran in the *Pittsburgh Courier* from 1950 to 1955, and for illustrating the Sunday supplement *The American Weekly*. In comic books, he collaborated with Nathaniel Nitkin to co-create the feature *Bomber Burns*. His credited work as artist, inker, letterer, and writer spans 74 issues, with notable appearances in *Gwandanaland Comics*, *Unknown Worlds*, *World of Wheels*, *Top Eliminator*, *Romantic Secrets*, and *Creepy Worlds*. In 1941, he married Beatrice Bishop, daughter of a Long Island hotelier; she died in 1983. Ashe’s career reflects the breadth of mid-century comics, from newspaper strips to genre titles, though his legacy remains modest. He received no major awards.