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1920 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania - 2001 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Known for: Comic-book illustrator-Superman.
The following biography, submitted November 2006, is from Noel F. Marks, Art Consultant Art Association of Harrisburg. Frederic E. Ray, Jr., American Illustrator, Comic Book Artist, Author, & Art... Read full biography
The following biography, submitted November 2006, is from Noel F. Marks, Art Consultant Art Association of Harrisburg. Frederic E. Ray, Jr., American Illustrator, Comic Book Artist, Author, & Art Director, was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on February 4, 1920. He started his career while still... Read full biography
The following biography, submitted November 2006, is from Noel F. Marks, Art Consultant Art Association of Harrisburg. Frederic E. Ray, Jr., American Illustrator, Comic Book Artist, Author, & Art Director, was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on February 4, 1920. He started his career while still in high school by copying illustrations of Howard Pyle, W.H.D. Koerner, Frederick Gruger, and N. C. Wyeth from magazines and newspapers. He authored and illustrated Gettysburg Sketches, a popular... Read full biography
The following biography, submitted November 2006, is from Noel F. Marks, Art Consultant Art Association of Harrisburg. Frederic E. Ray, Jr., American Illustrator, Comic Book Artist, Author, & Art Director, was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on February 4, 1920. He started his career while still in high school by copying illustrations of Howard Pyle, W.H.D. Koerner, Frederick Gruger, and N. C. Wyeth from magazines and newspapers. He authored and illustrated Gettysburg Sketches, a popular booklet about the Battle of Gettysburg in 1939. In 1940 he began drawing More Fun Comics and Action Comics for National Periodical Publishers/Detective Comics/DC. During the 1940's he penciled many Superman covers and is well known for the new design for... Read full biography
The following biography, submitted November 2006, is from Noel F. Marks, Art Consultant Art Association of Harrisburg. Frederic E. Ray, Jr., American Illustrator, Comic Book Artist, Author, & Art Director, was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on February 4, 1920. He started his career while still in high school by copying illustrations of Howard Pyle, W.H.D. Koerner, Frederick Gruger, and N. C. Wyeth from magazines and newspapers. He authored and illustrated Gettysburg Sketches, a popular booklet about the Battle of Gettysburg in 1939. In 1940 he began drawing More Fun Comics and Action Comics for National Periodical Publishers/Detective Comics/DC. During the 1940's he penciled many Superman covers and is well known for the new design for the Patriotic Shield "S" symbol on Superman's chest initia... Read full biography
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The following biography, submitted November 2006, is from Noel F. Marks, Art Consultant Art Association of Harrisburg.
Frederic E. Ray, Jr., American Illustrator, Comic Book Artist, Author, & Art Director, was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on February 4, 1920. He started his career while still in high school by copying illustrations of Howard Pyle, W.H.D. Koerner, Frederick Gruger, and N. C. Wyeth from magazines and newspapers. He authored and illustrated Gettysburg Sketches, a popular booklet about the Battle of Gettysburg in 1939.
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