Hank Ketcham
Henry King " Hank " Ketcham ( born March 14, 1920 in Seattle, † June 1, 2001 in Carmel -by-the -Sea ) was an American comic book artist. He became known for the comic series Dennis (Original Dennis the Menace ), which was also made into a film in 1993.
Life
After dropping to study Ketcham operated as an animator at Walt Disney Studios and worked among other things on Fantasia and Pinocchio. Even in his army time in the Navy (1941-1945), he created his first comic Half Hitch and worked as an illustrator for several magazines. On March 12 In 1951 the first episode of Dennis the Menace, a daily appearing comic, consisting only of a panel, in 16 newspapers. Inspired Ketcham let go of his 4- year-old son Dennis Ketcham. In 1955 a separate series of booklets. In 1960 he moved Ketcham to Geneva, where he lived until 1977. Back in the U.S., he moved to Monterey ( California ) and started another artist and colorist for the daily Dennis comics and the Dennis - book to incorporate. Retired to Ketcham of oil painting was dedicated at his home in Carmel -by-the -Sea. He died on 1 June 2001 from prostate cancer. The series Dennis continues to attend by his assistants. At the time of his death, Dennis the Menace appeared in 1000 newspapers in 48 countries and in 19 languages. It is distributed by King Features Syndicate.