Frank Willard
Frank Henry Willard (born September 21, 1893 in Anna , Illinois , † January 12, 1958 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American comic artist and author . He became known as the creator of the comic strip Moon Mullins , which appeared from 1923 to 1991.
life and work
Willard, who had to leave school, published his first drawings and caricatures in 1914 and two years later got a permanent job at the Chicago Herald , where he worked for the Sunday page first Tom, Dick and Harry and later Mrs. Pippin's Husband and The Outta- Luck Club drew. Joseph Medill Patterson became aware of the latter and commissioned Willard to create a series for the Chicago Tribune and New York Daily News . The first Moon Mullins strip appeared on June 19, 1923, followed by the first Sunday page on September 9 of the same year. The Moon Mullins strip , which was very successful, was drawn by Willard until his death in January 1958, and then continued by his assistant Ferd Johnson .
literature
- Andreas C. Knigge : Comic Lexicon . Ullstein Verlag, Frankfurt am Main, Berlin and Vienna 1988, ISBN 3-548-36554-X , p. 452.
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Willard, Frank |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Willard, Frank Henry (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American comic book artist and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 21, 1893 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Anna , Illinois |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 12, 1958 |
| Place of death | Los Angeles , California |