The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
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Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
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1917 Manhattan, New York - 1989. Known for: Comic strip illustration.
Dik Browne was a cartoonist who drew "Hi and Lois" and created the lovable Viking "Hagar the Horrible. " . He was born in Manhattan and spent a year at the Cooper Union Art School before taking his... Read full biography
Dik Browne was a cartoonist who drew "Hi and Lois" and created the lovable Viking "Hagar the Horrible. " . He was born in Manhattan and spent a year at the Cooper Union Art School before taking his first job with a newspaper in 1936. As a copy boy with the New York Journal-American, he tried to... Read full biography
Dik Browne was a cartoonist who drew "Hi and Lois" and created the lovable Viking "Hagar the Horrible. " . He was born in Manhattan and spent a year at the Cooper Union Art School before taking his first job with a newspaper in 1936. As a copy boy with the New York Journal-American, he tried to become a reporter but discovered, as he recalls, that he "had no talent for it" and accepted a transfer to the art department. It seems that his office doodles impressed his employers more than his news... Read full biography
Dik Browne was a cartoonist who drew "Hi and Lois" and created the lovable Viking "Hagar the Horrible. " . He was born in Manhattan and spent a year at the Cooper Union Art School before taking his first job with a newspaper in 1936. As a copy boy with the New York Journal-American, he tried to become a reporter but discovered, as he recalls, that he "had no talent for it" and accepted a transfer to the art department. It seems that his office doodles impressed his employers more than his news reporting. In the art department, he drew maps and charts, and went on to do the same for more money with Newsweek magazine. In 1942, he joined the army where he rose to staff sergeant, drawing more maps and charts for an engineering unit; he... Read full biography
Dik Browne was a cartoonist who drew "Hi and Lois" and created the lovable Viking "Hagar the Horrible. " . He was born in Manhattan and spent a year at the Cooper Union Art School before taking his first job with a newspaper in 1936. As a copy boy with the New York Journal-American, he tried to become a reporter but discovered, as he recalls, that he "had no talent for it" and accepted a transfer to the art department. It seems that his office doodles impressed his employers more than his news reporting. In the art department, he drew maps and charts, and went on to do the same for more money with Newsweek magazine. In 1942, he joined the army where he rose to staff sergeant, drawing more maps and charts for an engineering unit; he received his first taste of a strip-cartoonist work when he drew "Ginny Jeep," a strip about a WAC, for Army and Air Force newspapers. Af... Read full biography
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Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesWho Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)3,724 pages100 Years of American Newspaper Comics An Illustrated Encyclopedia
1996Horn, Maurice (editor)414 pages (color)The Encyclopedia of American Comics From 1897 to the Present
1990Goulart, Ron (Editor)408 pages (color)