Frank King (cartoonist)
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| Frank King | |
| Birth name | Frank O. King |
| Born | April 9, 1883 Cashton, Wisconsin, U.S.A. |
| Died | June 24, 1969 Winter Park, Florida, U.S.A. |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Cartoonist |
| Notable works | Gasoline Alley |
| Awards | National Cartoonist Society Humor Comic Strip Award (1957) and Reuben Award (1958) |
Frank King (April 9, 1883 - June 24, 1969) was an American cartoonist most famous for the comic strip Gasoline Alley. Born in in Cashton, Wisconsin, King grew up in Tomah, Wisconsin and attended the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. He 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 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. Prior to the classic Gasoline Alley — created in 1918, still running as of 2007, and the first comic strip in which characters aged in essentially real-time — King created strips including Tough Teddy, The Boy Animal Trainer, Here Comes Motorcycle Mike, Hi Hopper, and, in 1915, his first successful full-page comic, Bobby Make-Believe.
He died in 1969 in in Winter Park, Florida.
[edit] References
- Lambiek Comiclopedia: Frank O. King
- NCS Awards
- Ask Art: The American Artists Bluebook: Biography for Frank King
- NNDB Profile
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