Harold Gray
Harold Lincoln Gray (born January 20, 1894 in Kankakee , Illinois , † May 9, 1968 in La Jolla , California ) was an American comic artist . He became famous for his comic strip Little Orphan Annie .
After completing his military service first Gray worked as a graphic artist for the Chicago Tribune , where he remained until 1924, the series from 1921 The Gumps of Sidney Smith letterte . On August 5, 1924, he started the story of the little orphan girl Little Orphan Annie in the New York Daily News , who originally had a male protagonist and was to be called Little Orphan Otto . The strips quickly spread across the country and the first albums were released in 1926.
Other graphic activities of Gray were the comic book series Private Lives , which he recorded in 1931 and 1932, as well as the Little Orphan Annie - offshoot Maw Green , who started on 1 January 1933 and was relatively short-lived. In addition, he supported his assistant and cousin Ed Leffingwell in his series Little Joe from 1933 to 1946 by writing the lyrics and helping with the drawings, especially the faces. Little Orphan Annie drew Gray until his death in 1968.
literature
- Andreas C. Knigge : Comic lexicon . Ullstein Verlag , Frankfurt am Main; Berlin 1988, ISBN 3-548-36554-X , pp. 237 .
- Franco Fossati: The large illustrated Ehapa comic lexicon . Ehapa Verlag , Stuttgart 1993, ISBN 3-7704-0865-9 , p. 120 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Harold Gray at britannica.com , accessed December 11, 2008
- ^ Andreas C. Knigge: Comic-Lexikon . Ullstein Verlag , Frankfurt am Main; Berlin 1988, ISBN 3-548-36554-X , pp. 237 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gray, Harold |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gray, Harold Lincoln |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American comic artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 20, 1894 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kankakee , Illinois |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 9, 1968 |
| Place of death | La Jolla , California |