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William De Beck BIOGRAPHY
1890 Chicago, Illinois - 1942. Known for: Cartoonist, caricaturist.
Billy DeBeck was a noted cartoonist as well as a writer. He created some of the most memorable comic strip characters of the 1920s and 1930s, including Barney Google, Bunky, Snuffy Smith, and the... Read full biography
Billy DeBeck was a noted cartoonist as well as a writer. He created some of the most memorable comic strip characters of the 1920s and 1930s, including Barney Google, Bunky, Snuffy Smith, and the racehorse Spark Plug. William Morgan DeBeck was born and raised in Chicago, where he studied at the... Read full biography
Billy DeBeck was a noted cartoonist as well as a writer. He created some of the most memorable comic strip characters of the 1920s and 1930s, including Barney Google, Bunky, Snuffy Smith, and the racehorse Spark Plug. William Morgan DeBeck was born and raised in Chicago, where he studied at the citys Academy of Fine Arts. Among his fellow students were Frank Willard, Ralph B. Fuller, and Frank King. It is thought that DeBeck originally planned to work as a comic artist only until he had earned... Read full biography
Billy DeBeck was a noted cartoonist as well as a writer. He created some of the most memorable comic strip characters of the 1920s and 1930s, including Barney Google, Bunky, Snuffy Smith, and the racehorse Spark Plug. William Morgan DeBeck was born and raised in Chicago, where he studied at the citys Academy of Fine Arts. Among his fellow students were Frank Willard, Ralph B. Fuller, and Frank King. It is thought that DeBeck originally planned to work as a comic artist only until he had earned enough to finance a fine arts career. Beginning in 1910, he drew for several midwestern newspapers, including the Youngstown Telegram, the Pittsburgh Gazette-Times, and the Chicago Herald, turning out political cartoons, sports cartoons, and comic... Read full biography
Billy DeBeck was a noted cartoonist as well as a writer. He created some of the most memorable comic strip characters of the 1920s and 1930s, including Barney Google, Bunky, Snuffy Smith, and the racehorse Spark Plug. William Morgan DeBeck was born and raised in Chicago, where he studied at the citys Academy of Fine Arts. Among his fellow students were Frank Willard, Ralph B. Fuller, and Frank King. It is thought that DeBeck originally planned to work as a comic artist only until he had earned enough to finance a fine arts career. Beginning in 1910, he drew for several midwestern newspapers, including the Youngstown Telegram, the Pittsburgh Gazette-Times, and the Chicago Herald, turning out political cartoons, sports cartoons, and comic strips. According to Editor & Publisher, DeBeck was fired from his Pittsburgh job in 1914. Thereafter "he drew his first comic page and to... Read full biography
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Willam Morgan (Billy) De Beck, Billy DeBeck
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Billy DeBeck was a noted cartoonist as well as a writer. He created some of the most memorable comic strip characters of the 1920s and 1930s, including Barney Google, Bunky, Snuffy Smith, and the racehorse Spark Plug.
William Morgan DeBeck was born and raised in Chicago, where he studied at the citys Academy of Fine Arts. Among his fellow students were Frank Willard, Ralph B. Fuller, and Frank King. It is thought that DeBeck originally planned to work as a comic artist only until he had earned enough to finance a fine arts career.
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