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1911 Waco, Texas - 1980 Dallas, Texas. Known for: Newspaper sports and editorial cartoons, landscape and Americana painting.
Jack "Herc" Ficklen (1911-1980). Jack "Herc" Ficklen was born in Waco, Texas, and made his permanent residence in Dallas after graduating from Peacock Military Academy in 1930. Ficklen became... Read full biography
Jack "Herc" Ficklen (1911-1980). Jack "Herc" Ficklen was born in Waco, Texas, and made his permanent residence in Dallas after graduating from Peacock Military Academy in 1930. Ficklen became interested in art at a young age and knew that if he were going to make a living as an artist, it would... Read full biography
Jack "Herc" Ficklen (1911-1980). Jack "Herc" Ficklen was born in Waco, Texas, and made his permanent residence in Dallas after graduating from Peacock Military Academy in 1930. Ficklen became interested in art at a young age and knew that if he were going to make a living as an artist, it would have to be with a newspaper. He worked for six years as a copy boy for The Dallas Morning News, where he met famed cartoonist John Knott and became increasingly fascinated with the newspaper business. He... Read full biography
Jack "Herc" Ficklen (1911-1980). Jack "Herc" Ficklen was born in Waco, Texas, and made his permanent residence in Dallas after graduating from Peacock Military Academy in 1930. Ficklen became interested in art at a young age and knew that if he were going to make a living as an artist, it would have to be with a newspaper. He worked for six years as a copy boy for The Dallas Morning News, where he met famed cartoonist John Knott and became increasingly fascinated with the newspaper business. He was promoted to the art department in 1934 and by 1937 had a regular sports cartoon. After five years of service in the U.S. Army (1940-1945), Ficklen was hired back to the News in 1946, and until his retirement 30 years later, he and Knott... Read full biography
Jack "Herc" Ficklen (1911-1980). Jack "Herc" Ficklen was born in Waco, Texas, and made his permanent residence in Dallas after graduating from Peacock Military Academy in 1930. Ficklen became interested in art at a young age and knew that if he were going to make a living as an artist, it would have to be with a newspaper. He worked for six years as a copy boy for The Dallas Morning News, where he met famed cartoonist John Knott and became increasingly fascinated with the newspaper business. He was promoted to the art department in 1934 and by 1937 had a regular sports cartoon. After five years of service in the U.S. Army (1940-1945), Ficklen was hired back to the News in 1946, and until his retirement 30 years later, he and Knott alternated daily the editorial cartoons. Ficklen often received the praise of the people he drew, like Lloyd Be... Read full biography
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Texas Painters, Sculptors & Graphic Artists A Biographical Dictionary of Artists in Texas Before 1942
2000Powers, John & Deborah; Ron Tyler, Foreward606 pagesDrawing Power Knott, Ficklen and McClanahan/Dallas Morning News
1983Darden, Robert F107 pagesEditorial and Political Cartooning From Earliest Times to the Present
1976Hoff, Syd416 pagesWho's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition
1976Jaques Cattell Press756 pages