F.O. Alexander
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Franklin Osborne Alexander (1897-1993), known professionally as F.O. Alexander, was a comic strip artist and editorial cartoonist. He was a native Missourian. [1]
Alexander studied at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, taking several courses in cartooning. In World War I he served with the Camouflage Engineers in Europe. [2]
Alexander is most noted for drawing the comic strip Hairbreadth Harry, which he took over in 1931, after the death of its creator C.W. Kahles. Alexander quit the strip in 1939. [3] He had drawn two other comic strips, Finney of the Force (1925-31) and The Featherheads (1926-36). [4]
F. O. Alexander also drew editorial cartoons for United Features Syndicate. Subsequently, in 1941, he became the staff political cartoonist for the Philadelphia Bulletin. Alexander's career at the Bulletin spanned twenty-six years. [5]
In 1966, Alexander donated more than one-thousand of his original cartoons to Syracuse University. The art is housed in the University's Special Collections Research Center. [6] F.O. Alexander retired in 1967. [7]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Draw Your Own Conclusions: Political Cartooning Then and? http://library.syr.edu/digital/exhibits/c/cartoonists/alexander.htm
- ^ Lambiek http://lambiek.net/artists/a/alexander_fo.htm
- ^ Toonopedia http://www.toonopedia.com/hairbr.htm
- ^ The Comic Strip Project http://hometown.aol.com/comicsproj/creditsEK.html
- ^ Draw Your Own Conclusions: Political Cartooning Then and? http://library.syr.edu/digital/exhibits/c/cartoonists/alexander.htm
- ^ Draw Your Own Conclusions: Political Cartooning Then and? http://library.syr.edu/digital/exhibits/c/cartoonists/alexander.htm
- ^ Lambiek http://lambiek.net/artists/a/alexander_fo.htm
