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Frank King

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Frank O. King (1883 - 1969) was active/lived in Illinois, Wisconsin.  Frank King is known for Cartoonist.

Frank King, born in Cashton, Wisconsin, and raised in nearby Toman, is best known as the creator of Gasoline Alley. He was also the first to show the aging of comic strip characters. After high school, King spent four years working with newspapers in Minneapolis. He then studied for two years at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts while working Saturdays at the Chicago American. Following a short stint at an advertising agency, he joined the art department at the Chicago Examiner for three years.

In 1909, King went to work at the Chicago Tribune in search for a better salary. In 1911, he started a daily cartoon feature called Motorcycle Mike, and a Sunday color comics page, Bobby Make Believe. He later filled in for John T. McCutcheon when the Tribunes celebrated front-page editorial cartoonist went to Europe to reconnoiter the outbreak of war. In addition to his Sunday color strip, King was doing a black-and-white Sunday feature a miscellaneous collection of topical cartoons, grou   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 3004 characters.]  Artist bio

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Similar artists

.  There are 24 similar (related) artists for Frank King available:    Artist Unknown,  Jim Davis,  Chester Gould,  Otto Messmer,  Chic (Murat Bernard Young) Young,  Neal Adams,  Dan DeCarlo,  Dik (Richard Arthur) Browne,  Royston Roy Campbell Crane,  Johnny Lewis Hart,  Ernie (Ernest Paul) Bushmiller,  Art Spiegelman,  Jack Kirby,  Stan Drake,  George McManus,  Garry (Garretson) Beekman Trudeau,  Bil Keane,  Will Eisner,  Jeff (Jeffrey) Kenneth MacNelly,  Walt Kelly,  Jim Lee,  Hal Rudolf Foster,  Clifford (Cliff) Sterrett,  Reed Crandall



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   Publications  Book References:  9
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1 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Frank King
Magazine Article Date Author Color
American Art Review Masters of American Comics February 2006 Carlin, John Yes
9 Book References for Frank King
Year Author Title Pages Color
2012 Fillmore, Gary Shadows on the Mesa: Artists of the Painted Desert and Beyond 288 Yes
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Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)		 The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1996 Horn, Maurice (editor) 100 Years of American Newspaper Comics An Illustrated Encyclopedia 414 Yes
1990 Goulart, Ron (Editor) The Encyclopedia of American Comics From 1897 to the Present 408 Yes
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1973 Sheridan, Martin Classic Comics & Their Creators Life Stories of American Cartoonists 304 No
1959 Becker, Stephen Comic Art in America 387 No
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