Frederick Burr Opper

Frederick Burr Opper ( January 2, 1857 in Madison, Ohio; † August 28, 1937, New Rochelle, New York) was an American cartoonist and illustrator. He became famous for the comic strip Happy Hooligan And her name what Maud and Alphonse and Gaston.

The one who was born as the son of Austrian immigrants in Madison, Ohio Opper left at the age of 14 years, the school and began drawing for his hometown newspaper, The Gazette Madison. At age 20 he moved to the U.S. East Coast and was a staff artist for the magazine Wild Oats. Besides, he was freelancing for magazines Puck and Harper 's Bazaar. In 1899 he was recruited by William Randolph Hearst, whose newspapers for he drew the strip Happy Hooligan of 26 March 1900 to 14 August 1932. The first strip of Alphonse and Gaston drew Opper in 1902, her name And what Maud drew Opper from 1904. Additional, less well-known strips of Opper, who also worked as an illustrator, were Antedeluvian Our Ancestors and Howson Lotts. He died at the age of 80 years after it was denied due to an eye disease during his last five years of life to draw

According to Andreas C. Knigge falls Opper, who was also the author of several animated films that were based on his templates, deserves credit for " having introduced regular use of speech " the. In addition, have Opper, Knigge, " in many respects the spotlight on the comic medium set ".