Harry Lampert

Harry Lampert

Infobox Comics creator


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caption = Harry Lampert seen at Motor City Comic-Con 2002
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birthdate = birth date|1916|11|3|mf=y
location = New York
deathdate = death date and age|2004|11|13|1916|11|03
deathplace = Boca Raton, Florida
nationality = American
area = Penciller, Inker, Adman, Bridge teacher and author
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notable works = Flash
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Harry Lampert (November 3, 1916 in New York - November 13, 2004 in Boca Raton, Florida) was a cartoonist, adman and author, bridge book author and bridge teacher

He began cartooning when he was sixteen years old, and worked for the legendary Max Fleischer, inking and helping produce "Betty Boop", "Popeye", and "Koko the Clown" cartoons. While stationed at Drew Field in Tampa, FL, he created "Droopy the Drew Field Mosquito" which ran in the [http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/UFDC/?c=fdnl1&b=UF00076231 "Drew Field Echoes"] from 1942-1944. He began drawing comic books and he is best known in that field for being the artistic co-creator of the DC Comics superhero The Flash. Created in collaboration with writer Gardner Fox, the hero first appeared in "Flash Comics" #1 in 1940, but Lampert left the character after drawing only five stories, gravitating towards his preference of humorous work. He also drew the comic book characters "The King", "Red, White and Blue" and "The Atom". Lampert later went on to draw gag cartoons for "Time Magazine, The New York Times," "Esquire", and "The Saturday Evening Post". He was also an instructor for the New York School of Visual Arts and founded the Lampert Agency, an advertising company which produced award-winning ads for clients such as Olympic Airways, Seagram, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

After his retirement in 1976, Lampert went on to write many instructional books on contract bridge. His book "The Fun Way to Serious Bridge" has been described as "the bible of that game" and Lampert spent years giving classes and working the cruise ship circuit teaching bridge to players. In the mid 1990s, Lampert became active in the comic book convention circuit, selling sketches and autographs and speaking about his famous comic book creation.

Lampert died on November 13, 2004 of complications from prostate cancer.

External links

* [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48457-2004Nov13.html Washington Post - 'The Flash' Creator Harry Lampert Dies]
* [http://homepage.mac.com/mikecatron/Main/Menu64.html Video - Harry Lampert's appearance on San Diego Comicon panel, 2000]
* [http://lambiek.net/artists/l/lampert_harry.htm Harry Lampert Bio on Lambiek]
* [http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/UFDC/?c=punch&m=hitdroopy Harry Lampert's "Droopy the Drew Field Mosquito" Gallery of comics and the "Drew Field Echoes"newspaper in which it appeared]


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