Hank Ketcham
Henry King "Hank" Ketcham (born March 14, 1920 in Seattle , † June 1, 2001 in Carmel-by-the-Sea ) was an American comic artist . He became known with the 1951 comic series Dennis (Original: Dennis the Menace ), which was later produced both as cartoons and as real-life films.
Life
After dropping out of his studies, Ketcham worked as an animator at Walt Disney Studios and worked with Fantasia and Pinocchio, among others . Already in his army service in the Navy (1941-1945) he created his first comic Half Hitch and made illustrations for several magazines. On March 12, 1951, the first episode of Dennis the Menace , a daily comic strip consisting of just one panel , appeared in 16 daily newspapers. Ketcham was inspired by his 4 year old son Dennis Ketcham. In 1955 a separate series was created. In 1960 Ketcham moved to Geneva , where he lived until 1977. Back in the USA, he moved to Monterey (California) and began to train other draftsmen and colorists for the daily Dennis comics and the Dennis magazine. In retirement, Ketcham devoted himself to oil painting at his home in Carmel-by-the-Sea . He died of prostate cancer on June 1, 2001 . The series Dennis is being looked after by his assistants. At the time of his death, Dennis the Menace appeared in 1,000 newspapers in 48 countries and in 19 languages. It is distributed by the King Features Syndicate .
Awards
- 1952: Reuben Award for Dennis the Menace
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Andreas C. Knigge : Comic Lexikon, Ullstein 1988, ISBN 3-548-36554-X , p. 273
- ↑ Hank Ketcham dies at 81 The New York Times, June 2, 2001, accessed June 26, 2010
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ketcham, Hank |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ketcham, Henry King |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American comic artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 14, 1920 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Seattle |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 1, 2001 |
| Place of death | Carmel-by-the-Sea |