Charles William Kahles

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Charles William Kahles 1919

Charles William Kahles (born January 12, 1878 in Lengfurt , † January 21, 1931 in Great Neck , Long Island , New York ) was an American comic artist and author of German origin.

life and work

When Kahles was six, his family emigrated to the United States, where he grew up in Brooklyn . He later studied at the Pratt Institute and the Brooklyn Art School. He published his first drawings in the New York Recorder and the New York Journal when he was 16 years old. In the New York World he published his first comic series from 1899 with The Little Red Schoolhouse .

His most famous strip was Hairbreadth Harry , which he started as a Sunday page in 1906 and which also appeared as a daily strip from 1923 until his death. Kahles' other strips included Butch the Butcher's Boy , Optimistic Oswald , Billy Bounce and The Kelly Kids . The latter was taken over by Lyman Young in 1924 when Kahles abandoned his other series in favor of Hairbreadth Harry .

Kahles, who had been struggling with health problems at a young age, died in January 1931 of a heart attack .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Charles William Kahles at library.syr.edu (English) , accessed on November 17, 2014
  2. ↑ a b Andreas C. Knigge : Comic Lexikon , Ullstein Frankfurt am Main, Berlin and Vienna 1988, ISBN 3-548-36554-X , p. 267.
  3. ↑ a b c d Charles William Kahles on lambiek.net (English) , accessed on November 17, 2014
  4. ^ Andreas C. Knigge: Comic Lexikon , Ullstein Frankfurt am Main, Berlin and Vienna 1988, ISBN 3-548-36554-X , p. 268.
  5. ^ Andreas C. Knigge: Comic Lexikon , Ullstein Frankfurt am Main, Berlin and Vienna 1988, ISBN 3-548-36554-X , p. 458.
personal data
SURNAME Kahles, Charles William
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kahles, CW
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American comic book artist and author of German origin
DATE OF BIRTH January 12, 1878
PLACE OF BIRTH Lengfurt
DATE OF DEATH January 21, 1931
Place of death Great Neck , Long Island, New York