Frank King (cartoonist)

Frank O. King ( * 1883 in Cashton, Wisconsin, † June 24, 1969 in Winter Park, Florida) was an American cartoonist, comic book artist and author, known especially by the comic strip Gasoline Alley.

Life

At the age of 18 years, from Cashton, Wisconsin, native King began his career as a cartoonist of the Minneapolis Times. After moving to Chicago, he worked for the Chicago American, then for the Chicago Examiner 's up and down in 1910 for the Chicago Tribune. His first series for the Sunday pages were Tough Teddy, The Boy Animal Trainer, Here Comes Motorcycle Mike and Hi Hopper. His first real comic was Bobby Make- Believe, which he drew from 1915.

King is best known for the strip Gasoline Alley, the first appeared in 1918 and was released on Valentine's Day 1921, the February 21, 1921 not only as a Sunday page, but also as a daily strip. In this strip, which is continued to this day, King made ​​her a wealthy man, aged the characters together with their readers. King gave the Sunday page in 1951 to Bill Perry, the Daily strip in 1959 from Dick Moores. Both signatories had previously assisted King.

King spent his life in Florida, where he died in 1969.