Roy Crane
Royston Campbell Crane (born November 22, 1901 in Abilene (Texas) , † July 7, 1977 ) was an American comic artist and a pioneer of classic adventure comics .
From 1920 Crane was at the Chicago Academy of Art , then went to New York City , where he was assistant to cartoonist HT Webster for the newspaper New York World . His first own gag comic Music for the Ear was not a success. This changed with the comic strip Wash Tubbs, which appeared in 1924 . Initially strongly humorous, the series developed into an adventure comic, making Crane one of the founding fathers of this genre. From 1929 the heroic character Captain Easy was added, which quickly became more popular than Wash Tubbs himself. Crane ended the series because of disagreements with his syndicate , but started the Buz Sawyer strip in 1943 for a Navy pilot in World War II. In this award-winning series, exciting elements alternate with comic elements. In Germany, Crane's work appeared only in the series Comics - world-famous series of characters (volumes 1 and 7).
Prizes & awards (selection)
- 1950: Reuben Award for Buz Sawyer
- 1974: Yellow Kid
Web links
- Roy Crane at lambiek.net (English)
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| SURNAME | Crane, Roy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Crane, Royston Campbell (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American comic artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 22, 1901 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Abilene (Texas) |
| DATE OF DEATH | 7th July 1977 |