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William De Beck PUBLICATIONS
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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Who 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)Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)707 pagesDictionary of American Artists
1982Opitz, Glenn372 pagesClassic Comics & Their Creators Life Stories of American Cartoonists
1973Sheridan, Martin304 pagesComic Art in America
1959Becker, Stephen387 pagesMallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index
1935Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge1,130 pages