Elliot Caplin

Elliot A. Caplin (born 25 December 1913 in New Haven, Connecticut, † February 20, 2000 in Stockbridge, Massachusetts) was an American comic book writer.

Life and work

Caplin, younger brother of Al Capp, with whom he has never worked together, took over from that in the 1940s the shares subscribed by Raeburn Van Buren comic strips Abbie an ' Slats and put this away until its cessation in 1971. In 1950 he started together with the artist John Cullen Murphy and the series Big Ben Bolt, which was continued until 1978. Came on March 9, 1953. , In collaboration with the artist Stan Drake resulting daily strip The Heart of Juliet Jones, on the market This was printed in up to 600 newspapers. The author for the comic strip Long Sam, who was drawn by Bob Lubbers, Caplin also took over from his brother. In 1962 a collaboration with the artist Ken Soon a comic adaptation of the Dr. Kildare.

In German by Verlag Pollischansky of Caplin two volumes from the series Big Ben Bolt.

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