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Frank King Gasoline Alley Sunday Comic Strip Original Art dated 4-8-23 (Chicago Tribune, 1923)
Auction: 06/20/2024 - 6/23/2024
Lot: 93073
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1883 Cashton, Wisconsin - 1969. Known for: Cartoonist.
Frank King, born in Cashton, Wisconsin, and raised in nearby Toman, is best known as the creator of Gasoline Alley. He was also the first to show the aging of comic strip characters. After high... Read full biography
Frank King, born in Cashton, Wisconsin, and raised in nearby Toman, is best known as the creator of Gasoline Alley. He was also the first to show the aging of comic strip characters. After high school, King spent four years working with newspapers in Minneapolis. He then studied for two years at... Read full biography
Frank King, born in Cashton, Wisconsin, and raised in nearby Toman, is best known as the creator of Gasoline Alley. He was also the first to show the aging of comic strip characters. After high school, King spent four years working with newspapers in Minneapolis. He then studied for two years at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts while working Saturdays at the Chicago American. Following a short stint at an advertising agency, he joined the art department at the Chicago Examiner for three years.... Read full biography
Frank King, born in Cashton, Wisconsin, and raised in nearby Toman, is best known as the creator of Gasoline Alley. He was also the first to show the aging of comic strip characters. After high school, King spent four years working with newspapers in Minneapolis. He then studied for two years at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts while working Saturdays at the Chicago American. Following a short stint at an advertising agency, he joined the art department at the Chicago Examiner for three years. In 1909, King went to work at the Chicago Tribune in search for a better salary. In 1911, he started a daily cartoon feature called Motorcycle Mike, and a Sunday color comics page, Bobby Make Believe. He later filled in for John T. McCutcheon when... Read full biography
Frank King, born in Cashton, Wisconsin, and raised in nearby Toman, is best known as the creator of Gasoline Alley. He was also the first to show the aging of comic strip characters. After high school, King spent four years working with newspapers in Minneapolis. He then studied for two years at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts while working Saturdays at the Chicago American. Following a short stint at an advertising agency, he joined the art department at the Chicago Examiner for three years. In 1909, King went to work at the Chicago Tribune in search for a better salary. In 1911, he started a daily cartoon feature called Motorcycle Mike, and a Sunday color comics page, Bobby Make Believe. He later filled in for John T. McCutcheon when the Tribunes celebrated front-page editorial cartoonist went to Europe to reconnoiter the outbreak of war. In addition to his Sunday color strip,... Read full biography
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Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeGasoline Alley Hand Colored Sunday Comic Strip Original Art
Frank King Auction: 11/15/2012 - 11/16/2012Lot: 92044Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeFrank King Gasoline Alley Sunday Comic Strip Hand-Colored Original Art (Chicago Tribune, 1924)
Frank King Auction: 08/10/2017 - 8/12/2017Lot: 92136Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeFrank King Gasoline Alley Sunday Comic Strip Original Art (Chicago Tribune, 1922)
Frank King Auction: 11/21/2024 - 11/24/2024Lot: 92098Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeFrank King Gasoline Alley Sunday Comic Strip Original Art dated 12-4-21 (Chicago Tribune Syndicate, 1921)
Frank King Auction: 05/10/2018 - 5/12/2018Lot: 93144Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeFrank King Gasoline Alley Sunday Comic Strip Original Art dated 11-12-22 (Chicago Tribune, 1922)
Frank King Auction: 06/16/2022 - 6/19/2022Lot: 93066Subscribe or get free alerts
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