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1901 Abilene, Texas - 1977. Known for: Cartoonist, comic strip; writer.
Roy C. Crane was one of the earliest cartoonists to turn out an adventure strip, first setting up shop in 1924. A humorous, thoughtful man, Crane perfected a simple, forceful drawing style and a... Read full biography
Roy C. Crane was one of the earliest cartoonists to turn out an adventure strip, first setting up shop in 1924. A humorous, thoughtful man, Crane perfected a simple, forceful drawing style and a cinematic manner of storytelling that influenced a great many of the artists who followed him. He... Read full biography
Roy C. Crane was one of the earliest cartoonists to turn out an adventure strip, first setting up shop in 1924. A humorous, thoughtful man, Crane perfected a simple, forceful drawing style and a cinematic manner of storytelling that influenced a great many of the artists who followed him. He created three major characters: Wash Tubbs, Captain Easy, and Buz Sawyer. Crane was born in Abilene, Texas and grew up in Sweetwater, a small town about 40 miles west of Abilene. His father was an attorney... Read full biography
Roy C. Crane was one of the earliest cartoonists to turn out an adventure strip, first setting up shop in 1924. A humorous, thoughtful man, Crane perfected a simple, forceful drawing style and a cinematic manner of storytelling that influenced a great many of the artists who followed him. He created three major characters: Wash Tubbs, Captain Easy, and Buz Sawyer. Crane was born in Abilene, Texas and grew up in Sweetwater, a small town about 40 miles west of Abilene. His father was an attorney and Crane was an only child. "My son says he became interested in art largely because he was a lonesome kid," his father recalled after Crane had started doing Wash Tubbs. "Roy had no other brothers or sisters and he had to entertain himself. His... Read full biography
Roy C. Crane was one of the earliest cartoonists to turn out an adventure strip, first setting up shop in 1924. A humorous, thoughtful man, Crane perfected a simple, forceful drawing style and a cinematic manner of storytelling that influenced a great many of the artists who followed him. He created three major characters: Wash Tubbs, Captain Easy, and Buz Sawyer. Crane was born in Abilene, Texas and grew up in Sweetwater, a small town about 40 miles west of Abilene. His father was an attorney and Crane was an only child. "My son says he became interested in art largely because he was a lonesome kid," his father recalled after Crane had started doing Wash Tubbs. "Roy had no other brothers or sisters and he had to entertain himself. His mother and I, from the time he was a very small boy, would set him on the floor with picture books and magazines, scratch tablet and pencil, and go... Read full biography
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Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesTexas Painters, Sculptors & Graphic Artists A Biographical Dictionary of Artists in Texas Before 1942
2000Powers, John & Deborah; Ron Tyler, Foreward606 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)The Smithsonian Collection of Newspaper Comics
1988Blackbeard, Bill and Martin Williams334 pages (color)Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)707 pagesWho's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition
1976Jaques Cattell Press756 pagesThe Adventurous Decade Comic Strips in the Thirties
1975Goulart, Ron224 pagesComic Art in America
1959Becker, Stephen387 pagesThe Comics
1947Waugh, Coulton360 pages (color)