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William De Beck

William Morgan De Beck (1890 - 1942) was active/lived in New York, Illinois.  William De Beck is known for Cartoonist, caricaturist.

Billy DeBeck was a noted cartoonist as well as a writer. He created some of the most memorable comic strip characters of the 1920s and 1930s, including Barney Google, Bunky, Snuffy Smith, and the racehorse Spark Plug.

William Morgan DeBeck was born and raised in Chicago, where he studied at the citys Academy of Fine Arts. Among his fellow students were Frank Willard, Ralph B. Fuller, and Frank King. It is thought that DeBeck originally planned to work as a comic artist only until he had earned enough to finance a fine arts career.

Beginning in 1910, he drew for several midwestern newspapers, including the Youngstown Telegram, the Pittsburgh Gazette-Times, and the Chicago Herald, turning out political cartoons, sports cartoons, and comic strips. According to Editor & Publisher, DeBeck was fired from his Pittsburgh job in 1914. Thereafter "he drew his first comic page and took it to New York, but was cold-shouldered everywhere. Unable to make any money at cartooning, he pr   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 4118 characters.]  Artist bio

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Barney and friends pose for , 1924

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Snuffy Smith Sketch

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Billy DeBeck Barney Google and Snuffy Smith Sunday Comic Strip Original Art dated 5-10-36 (King Features Syndicate, 1936)

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Barney Google Daily Comic Strip Original Art, dated 2-20-?? (circa 1920s)

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Barney Google Strip dimanche du 4 décembre 1932 (King Features Syndicate, 1932)

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Lot 71045
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Billy DeBeck Barney Google Sunday Comic Strip Original Art dated 4-7-35 (King Features Syndicate, 1935)

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