Frank King (cartoonist)

Frank King (cartoonist)

Infobox Comics creator
name = Frank King


imagesize =
caption =
birthname = Frank O. King
birthdate = birth date|1883|4|9|mf=y
location = Cashton, Wisconsin, United States
deathdate = death date and age|1969|6|24|1883|4|9
deathplace = Winter Park, Florida, United States
nationality = American
area = Cartoonist
alias =
notable works = "Gasoline Alley"
awards = full list

Frank King (April 9, 1883 – June 24, 1969) was an American cartoonist most famous for the comic strip "Gasoline Alley".

Biography

Born in Cashton, Wisconsin, King grew up in Tomah, Wisconsin, [ [http://www.tomahwisconsin.com/history.htm Tomah Chamber of Commerce-History ] ] and attended the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts.Cite web|last=Encyclopædia Britannica Online|title=Frank King|url=http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9045500/Frank-King]

He broke into professional cartoonist at the "Minneapolis Times" in 1901 and moved through the decade to "Chicago's American", the "Chicago Examiner", and finally, in 1910, the "Chicago Tribune".Cite web|last=Lambiek Comiclopedia|title=Frank King|url=http://lambiek.net/artists/k/king.htm]

King created several recurring strips, including "Tough Teddy", "The Boy Animal Trainer", "Here Comes Motorcycle Mike", "Hi Hopper", and, his first successful full-page comic, "Bobby Make-Believe" in 1915. King produced a black and white cartoon page, since 1914 named "The Rectangle", featuring a variety of cartoons and serial features.

"Gasoline Alley" emerged from a corner of this page, first titled "Sunday morning in Gasoline Alley", in 1918. A great success, the strip would become the first to portray the aging process of characters, and be regarded as the strip became comics' first soap opera. Although King retired from drawing "Gasoline Alley" in 1951, the strip is still running as of 2007.Cite web|last=Don Markstein's Toonopedia|title=Gasoline Alley|url=http://www.toonopedia.com/gasalley.htm]

King was recognized for his work with the National Cartoonist Society Humor Comic Strip Award in 1957, and their Reuben Award in 1958, both for "Gasoline Alley". He died in 1969 in Winter Park, Florida.

Awards

* 1949: National Cartoonists Society, Silver T-Square Award Cite web|last=National Cartoonists Society|title=The Silver T-Square|url=http://www.reuben.org/ncs/archive/divisions/tsquare.asp]
* 1957: National Cartoonists Society Humor Comic Strip Award Cite web|last=National Cartoonists Society|title=Humor Strips|url=http://www.reuben.org/ncs/archive/divisions/strips.asp]
* 1958: Reuben Award Cite web|last=National Cartoonists Society|title=The Reuben|url=http://www.reuben.org/ncs/awards2.asp]

ources

External links

* [http://lambiek.net/artists/k/king.htm Frank King biography] on Lambiek Comiclopedia


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