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[td]===Early life and career===[/td] [td]Alex Toth was born in 1928 to immigrants from Hungary. His father was Sandor Toth, a coal miner, and also musician of [[Calvinism|Calvinist]] religion who hailed from [[Bodroghalász]],<ref name="alexandertórhbirthregister">{{Cite web|url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6V1T-1JBL|title=familysearch.org - Hungary - civilian registers - Zemplén county - Bodroghalász - Birth of Sándor (Alexander) Tóth - son of Sámuel Tóth and Erzsébet Menyhért - 1902. july 19th|website=[[FamilySearch]] }}</ref> Hungary, and his mother was the [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] Mary Elizabeth Hufnagel, who hailed from [[Budapest]].<ref name="alextóthchristineschabermarriage">{{Cite web|url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/6...rk:/61903/1:1:K8X8-FN7|title=familysearch.org - California, County Marriages, 1850-1953 - The marriage of Alex Tóth and Christine Schaber - Los Angeles - 1956. december 27th|website=[[FamilySearch]] }}</ref><ref name="hufnagelerzsébetbirth">{{Cite web|url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP79-1D6M|title=familysearch.org - civilian registers - Budapest VII district - births registers - Hufnagel Erzsébet - daughter of Hufganel József and Kroppa Mária - 1905. november 7th|website=[[FamilySearch]] }}</ref> His parents, Alexander Tóth and Mary Hufnagel, married in [[Hamilton, Ontario|Hamilton]], Ontario, on October 27, 1924, and afterward moved to [[Manhattan]], where Alex Toth was born. His paternal grandparents were Sámuel Tóth, a wine and grape farmer in Bodroghalász, and Erzsébet Menyhért; his maternal grandparents were József Hufnagel a farmer from [[Torontál County]] and Mária Kroppa.<ref name="sándoetóth andmaryhufnagelmarriage">{{Cite web|url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKM5-5GBX|title=familysearch - Hamilton, Ontario - marriages - marriage Alexander Tóth and Mary Elisabeth Hufnagel - 1924. October 27th|website=[[FamilySearch]] }}</ref><ref name="SocialSecurityaletoth">{{Cite web|url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6KM1-9KRC|title=United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007 - Alexander Toth, born in 25 Jun 1928, Manhattan, son of Sandor Toth and Mary Elisabeth Hufnagel|website=[[FamilySearch]] }}</ref>[/td]
[td]Alex Toth was born in 1928 to [[Hungarian Americans|immigrants from Hungary]]. His father was Sandor Toth, a coal miner, and also musician of [[Calvinism|Calvinist]] religion who hailed from [[Bodroghalász]],<ref name="alexandertórhbirthregister">{{Cite web|url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6V1T-1JBL|title=familysearch.org - Hungary - civilian registers - Zemplén county - Bodroghalász - Birth of Sándor (Alexander) Tóth - son of Sámuel Tóth and Erzsébet Menyhért - 1902. july 19th|website=[[FamilySearch]] }}</ref> Hungary, and his mother was the [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] Mary Elizabeth Hufnagel, who hailed from [[Budapest]].<ref name="alextóthchristineschabermarriage">{{Cite web|url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/6...rk:/61903/1:1:K8X8-FN7|title=familysearch.org - California, County Marriages, 1850-1953 - The marriage of Alex Tóth and Christine Schaber - Los Angeles - 1956. december 27th|website=[[FamilySearch]] }}</ref><ref name="hufnagelerzsébetbirth">{{Cite web|url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP79-1D6M|title=familysearch.org - civilian registers - Budapest VII district - births registers - Hufnagel Erzsébet - daughter of Hufganel József and Kroppa Mária - 1905. november 7th|website=[[FamilySearch]] }}</ref> His parents, Alexander Tóth and Mary Hufnagel, married in [[Hamilton, Ontario|Hamilton]], Ontario, on October 27, 1924, and afterward moved to [[Manhattan]], where Alex Toth was born. His paternal grandparents were Sámuel Tóth, a wine and grape farmer in Bodroghalász, and Erzsébet Menyhért; his maternal grandparents were József Hufnagel a farmer from [[Torontál County]] and Mária Kroppa.<ref name="sándoetóth andmaryhufnagelmarriage">{{Cite web|url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKM5-5GBX|title=familysearch - Hamilton, Ontario - marriages - marriage Alexander Tóth and Mary Elisabeth Hufnagel - 1924. October 27th|website=[[FamilySearch]] }}</ref><ref name="SocialSecurityaletoth">{{Cite web|url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6KM1-9KRC|title=United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007 - Alexander Toth, born in 25 Jun 1928, Manhattan, son of Sandor Toth and Mary Elisabeth Hufnagel|website=[[FamilySearch]] }}</ref>[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]Toth's talent was noticed early, and a teacher from his poster class in junior high school urged him to devote himself to art. Enrolling in the [[School of Industrial Art]],<ref name="NYT">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/06/arts/design/06toth.html?_r=0 |title=Alex Toth, 77, Comic Book Artist and ''Space Ghost'' Animator, Dies |first=Dennis |last=Hevesi |date=June 6, 2006 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2014062....com/2006/06/06/arts/design/06toth.html?_r=1& |archive-date=June 20, 2014 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Toth studied illustration. He began his career when he sold his first freelance art at the age of 15, subsequently illustrating true stories for ''Heroic'' magazine through a [[comic book packager]] named Steve Douglas.<ref name="Lambiek" /> Although he initially aimed to do newspaper [[comic strip|strips]] ("It was my dream to do what [[Milt Caniff|Caniff]], [[Alex Raymond|Raymond]], and [[Hal Foster|Foster]] had done"),<ref name="CBA">{{cite journal|title = A Talk With Alex Toth|journal = [[Comic Book Artist]]|issue = 11|publisher = [[TwoMorrows Publishing]]|date = January 2001|location= Raleigh, North Carolina|url = http://www.twomorrows.com/comicbookartist/articles/11toth.html|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/2014033...bookartist/articles/11toth.html|archive-date= March 30, 2014|url-status= live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> he found the industry "dying" and instead moved into comic books.[/td]
[td]Toth's talent was noticed early, and a teacher from his poster class in junior high school urged him to devote himself to art. Enrolling in the [[School of Industrial Art]],<ref name="NYT">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/06/arts/design/06toth.html?_r=0 |title=Alex Toth, 77, Comic Book Artist and ''Space Ghost'' Animator, Dies |first=Dennis |last=Hevesi |date=June 6, 2006 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2014062....com/2006/06/06/arts/design/06toth.html?_r=1& |archive-date=June 20, 2014 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Toth studied illustration. He began his career when he sold his first freelance art at the age of 15, subsequently illustrating true stories for ''Heroic'' magazine through a [[comic book packager]] named Steve Douglas.<ref name="Lambiek" /> Although he initially aimed to do newspaper [[comic strip|strips]] ("It was my dream to do what [[Milt Caniff|Caniff]], [[Alex Raymond|Raymond]], and [[Hal Foster|Foster]] had done"),<ref name="CBA">{{cite journal|title = A Talk With Alex Toth|journal = [[Comic Book Artist]]|issue = 11|publisher = [[TwoMorrows Publishing]]|date = January 2001|location= Raleigh, North Carolina|url = http://www.twomorrows.com/comicbookartist/articles/11toth.html|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/2014033...bookartist/articles/11toth.html|archive-date= March 30, 2014|url-status= live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> he found the industry "dying" and instead moved into comic books.[/td]
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[td]===Early life and career===[/td] [td]Alex Toth was born in 1928 to immigrants from Hungary. His father was Sandor Toth, a coal miner, and also musician of [[Calvinism|Calvinist]] religion who hailed from [[Bodroghalász]],<ref name="alexandertórhbirthregister">{{Cite web|url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6V1T-1JBL|title=familysearch.org - Hungary - civilian registers - Zemplén county - Bodroghalász - Birth of Sándor (Alexander) Tóth - son of Sámuel Tóth and Erzsébet Menyhért - 1902. july 19th|website=[[FamilySearch]] }}</ref> Hungary, and his mother was the [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] Mary Elizabeth Hufnagel, who hailed from [[Budapest]].<ref name="alextóthchristineschabermarriage">{{Cite web|url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/6...rk:/61903/1:1:K8X8-FN7|title=familysearch.org - California, County Marriages, 1850-1953 - The marriage of Alex Tóth and Christine Schaber - Los Angeles - 1956. december 27th|website=[[FamilySearch]] }}</ref><ref name="hufnagelerzsébetbirth">{{Cite web|url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP79-1D6M|title=familysearch.org - civilian registers - Budapest VII district - births registers - Hufnagel Erzsébet - daughter of Hufganel József and Kroppa Mária - 1905. november 7th|website=[[FamilySearch]] }}</ref> His parents, Alexander Tóth and Mary Hufnagel, married in [[Hamilton, Ontario|Hamilton]], Ontario, on October 27, 1924, and afterward moved to [[Manhattan]], where Alex Toth was born. His paternal grandparents were Sámuel Tóth, a wine and grape farmer in Bodroghalász, and Erzsébet Menyhért; his maternal grandparents were József Hufnagel a farmer from [[Torontál County]] and Mária Kroppa.<ref name="sándoetóth andmaryhufnagelmarriage">{{Cite web|url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKM5-5GBX|title=familysearch - Hamilton, Ontario - marriages - marriage Alexander Tóth and Mary Elisabeth Hufnagel - 1924. October 27th|website=[[FamilySearch]] }}</ref><ref name="SocialSecurityaletoth">{{Cite web|url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6KM1-9KRC|title=United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007 - Alexander Toth, born in 25 Jun 1928, Manhattan, son of Sandor Toth and Mary Elisabeth Hufnagel|website=[[FamilySearch]] }}</ref>[/td]
[td]Alex Toth was born in 1928 to [[Hungarian Americans|immigrants from Hungary]]. His father was Sandor Toth, a coal miner, and also musician of [[Calvinism|Calvinist]] religion who hailed from [[Bodroghalász]],<ref name="alexandertórhbirthregister">{{Cite web|url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6V1T-1JBL|title=familysearch.org - Hungary - civilian registers - Zemplén county - Bodroghalász - Birth of Sándor (Alexander) Tóth - son of Sámuel Tóth and Erzsébet Menyhért - 1902. july 19th|website=[[FamilySearch]] }}</ref> Hungary, and his mother was the [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] Mary Elizabeth Hufnagel, who hailed from [[Budapest]].<ref name="alextóthchristineschabermarriage">{{Cite web|url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/6...rk:/61903/1:1:K8X8-FN7|title=familysearch.org - California, County Marriages, 1850-1953 - The marriage of Alex Tóth and Christine Schaber - Los Angeles - 1956. december 27th|website=[[FamilySearch]] }}</ref><ref name="hufnagelerzsébetbirth">{{Cite web|url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP79-1D6M|title=familysearch.org - civilian registers - Budapest VII district - births registers - Hufnagel Erzsébet - daughter of Hufganel József and Kroppa Mária - 1905. november 7th|website=[[FamilySearch]] }}</ref> His parents, Alexander Tóth and Mary Hufnagel, married in [[Hamilton, Ontario|Hamilton]], Ontario, on October 27, 1924, and afterward moved to [[Manhattan]], where Alex Toth was born. His paternal grandparents were Sámuel Tóth, a wine and grape farmer in Bodroghalász, and Erzsébet Menyhért; his maternal grandparents were József Hufnagel a farmer from [[Torontál County]] and Mária Kroppa.<ref name="sándoetóth andmaryhufnagelmarriage">{{Cite web|url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKM5-5GBX|title=familysearch - Hamilton, Ontario - marriages - marriage Alexander Tóth and Mary Elisabeth Hufnagel - 1924. October 27th|website=[[FamilySearch]] }}</ref><ref name="SocialSecurityaletoth">{{Cite web|url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6KM1-9KRC|title=United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007 - Alexander Toth, born in 25 Jun 1928, Manhattan, son of Sandor Toth and Mary Elisabeth Hufnagel|website=[[FamilySearch]] }}</ref>[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]Toth's talent was noticed early, and a teacher from his poster class in junior high school urged him to devote himself to art. Enrolling in the [[School of Industrial Art]],<ref name="NYT">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/06/arts/design/06toth.html?_r=0 |title=Alex Toth, 77, Comic Book Artist and ''Space Ghost'' Animator, Dies |first=Dennis |last=Hevesi |date=June 6, 2006 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2014062....com/2006/06/06/arts/design/06toth.html?_r=1& |archive-date=June 20, 2014 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Toth studied illustration. He began his career when he sold his first freelance art at the age of 15, subsequently illustrating true stories for ''Heroic'' magazine through a [[comic book packager]] named Steve Douglas.<ref name="Lambiek" /> Although he initially aimed to do newspaper [[comic strip|strips]] ("It was my dream to do what [[Milt Caniff|Caniff]], [[Alex Raymond|Raymond]], and [[Hal Foster|Foster]] had done"),<ref name="CBA">{{cite journal|title = A Talk With Alex Toth|journal = [[Comic Book Artist]]|issue = 11|publisher = [[TwoMorrows Publishing]]|date = January 2001|location= Raleigh, North Carolina|url = http://www.twomorrows.com/comicbookartist/articles/11toth.html|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/2014033...bookartist/articles/11toth.html|archive-date= March 30, 2014|url-status= live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> he found the industry "dying" and instead moved into comic books.[/td]
[td]Toth's talent was noticed early, and a teacher from his poster class in junior high school urged him to devote himself to art. Enrolling in the [[School of Industrial Art]],<ref name="NYT">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/06/arts/design/06toth.html?_r=0 |title=Alex Toth, 77, Comic Book Artist and ''Space Ghost'' Animator, Dies |first=Dennis |last=Hevesi |date=June 6, 2006 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2014062....com/2006/06/06/arts/design/06toth.html?_r=1& |archive-date=June 20, 2014 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Toth studied illustration. He began his career when he sold his first freelance art at the age of 15, subsequently illustrating true stories for ''Heroic'' magazine through a [[comic book packager]] named Steve Douglas.<ref name="Lambiek" /> Although he initially aimed to do newspaper [[comic strip|strips]] ("It was my dream to do what [[Milt Caniff|Caniff]], [[Alex Raymond|Raymond]], and [[Hal Foster|Foster]] had done"),<ref name="CBA">{{cite journal|title = A Talk With Alex Toth|journal = [[Comic Book Artist]]|issue = 11|publisher = [[TwoMorrows Publishing]]|date = January 2001|location= Raleigh, North Carolina|url = http://www.twomorrows.com/comicbookartist/articles/11toth.html|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/2014033...bookartist/articles/11toth.html|archive-date= March 30, 2014|url-status= live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> he found the industry "dying" and instead moved into comic books.[/td]
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