Robert Brown (cartoonist)
- Robert Brown (cartoonist)
Robert "Buck" Brown (born c1936 - died 2 July, 2007) was an African American painter and cartoonist best known for creating "Playboy Magazine's" "Granny" character.
Brown was born in Morrison, Tennessee in the 1930's and moved to Chicago as a child. He graduated from Englewood High School in 1954. He joined the United States Air Force and later studied at the University of Illinois.
Brown started to develop a reputation as a cartoonist and sold his first cartoon to Playboy in 1962. "Granny" was his first color work for the magazine published in 1966. In all, Brown had more than 600 cartoons published by the magazine. [ [http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-passings12.3jul12,1,4733782.story?track=rss "Los Angeles Times", "Robert 'Buck' Brown, 71; cartoonist created 'Granny' in Playboy" July 12, 2007] ] ]Brown also had thousands of other drawings published by publications such as "Esquire", "Ebony" and "Jet". Many of his cartoons were filled with commentary on civil rights issues affecting African Americans. Brown was also a painter of what he described as "soul genre paintings" depicting humorous images of everyday life.
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