Lank Leonard

Lank Leonard

Infobox comics creator
name = Lank Leonard


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birthname = Frank E. Leonard
birthdate = birth date|1896|01|02
location =
deathdate = death date and age|1970|08|01|1896|01|02
deathplace =
nationality = American
area = Artist
alias =


notable works = "Mickey Finn"
awards =
website =

Frank E. "Lank" Leonard (January 2, 1896 - August 1, 1970) was an American comic strip artists, best known for "Mickey Finn" which he created for over thirty years.

Biography

Lank Leonard was born in Port Chester, New York in 1896. He studied for a year at business college, and served in the Army during World War I.cite book |title=Comic Strip Artists in American Newspapers, 1945-1980 |last=Reynolds |first=Moira Divison |year=2003 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9780786415519 |pages=56-57 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=m5G4yNh2B-AC&pg=PA56&dq=%22lank+leonard%22&ei=4_LESNKYBqfujAH-6sXsDQ&sig=ACfU3U0mN-PKvV0PbgdXseqIjXpzDc9GJg#PPA57,M1 ]

After showing his drawings to Clare A. Briggs, he was referred to Carey Orr, editorial cartoonist of the "Chicago Tribune". They suggested that he took courses in drawing. By 1925, he started working fulltime as a cartoonist, first as an inker at the Bray Productions animation studio, then working as a sports cartoonist for the next ten years. His hobby was golf.

In 1936, his comic strip "Mickey Finn" was bought by the McNaught Syndicate. Appearing in more than 300 newspapers at the height of its success, Leonard continued the strip for the next thirty years, assisted by Mart Bailey and Morris Weiss. By the early 1960s, he moved to Miami and let Morris Weiss take over the writing of the comic. [cite news |first=Browning |last=Michael |title=Before Charles Schulz Drew, Morris Weiss filled the funnies |url=http://www.statesman.com/life/content/life/stories/other/01/8cartoonist.html |publisherPalm Beach Post |date=2006-01-08 |accessdate=2008-09-08 ]

Leonard retired in 1968 and died in 1970. He was married to Florence with two children, Nancy and Jimmy.

Notes

External links

* [http://lambiek.net/artists/l/leonard_lank.htm Biography] at Lambiek Comiclopedia


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