Frank King (cartoonist)
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| Frank King | |
| Birth name | Frank O. King |
| Born | April 9, 1883 Cashton, Wisconsin, United States |
| Died | June 24, 1969 (aged 86) Winter Park, Florida, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Cartoonist |
| Notable works | Gasoline Alley |
| Awards | full list |
Frank King (April 9, 1883 – June 24, 1969) was an American cartoonist most famous for the comic strip Gasoline Alley.
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[edit] Biography
Born in Cashton, Wisconsin, King grew up in Tomah, Wisconsin,[1] and attended the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts.[2]
He broke into professional cartoonist at the Minneapolis Times in 1901 and moved through the decade to Chicago's American, the Chicago Examiner, and finally, in 1910, the Chicago Tribune.[3]
King created several recurring strips, including Tough Teddy, The Boy Animal Trainer, Here Comes Motorcycle Mike, Hi Hopper, and, his first successful full-page comic, Bobby Make-Believe in 1915.[3] King produced a black and white cartoon page, since 1914 named The Rectangle, featuring a variety of cartoons and serial features.
Gasoline Alley emerged from a corner of this page, first titled Sunday morning in Gasoline Alley, in 1918. A great success, the strip would become the first to portray the aging process of characters, and be regarded as the strip became comics' first soap opera. Although King retired from drawing Gasoline Alley in 1951, the strip is still running as of 2007.[4]
King was recognized for his work with the National Cartoonist Society Humor Comic Strip Award in 1957, and their Reuben Award in 1958, both for Gasoline Alley. He died in 1969 in Winter Park, Florida.[2]
[edit] Awards
- 1949: National Cartoonists Society, Silver T-Square Award [5]
- 1957: National Cartoonists Society Humor Comic Strip Award [6]
- 1958: Reuben Award [7]
[edit] Sources
- ^ Tomah Chamber of Commerce-History
- ^ a b Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Frank King.
- ^ a b Lambiek Comiclopedia. Frank King.
- ^ Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Gasoline Alley.
- ^ National Cartoonists Society. The Silver T-Square.
- ^ National Cartoonists Society. Humor Strips.
- ^ National Cartoonists Society. The Reuben.
[edit] External links
- Frank King biography on Lambiek Comiclopedia
