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In 1969 he was elected to the [[Society of Illustrators]]' Hall of Fame. |
In 1969 he was elected to the [[Society of Illustrators]]' Hall of Fame. |
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[[Image:Austinbriggs.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Flash and Dale as drawn by Briggs for the December 4, 1941 installment of the daily newspaper comic strip ''Flash Gordon''. |
[[Image:Austinbriggs.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Flash and Dale as drawn by Briggs for the December 4, 1941 installment of the daily newspaper comic strip ''Flash Gordon''.]] |
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== References == |
== References == |
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Revision as of 00:16, 16 December 2017
| Austin Briggs | |
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| Born | September 8, 1908 Humboldt, Minnesota |
| Died | October 10, 1973 (aged 65) |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Cartoonist |
Austin Briggs (September 8, 1908 – October 10, 1973) was a cartoonist and illustrator. Born in Humboldt, Minnesota he grew up in Detroit, Michigan before moving to New York City as a teenager. After working for a while at an advertising agency, he began providing illustrations for the "upmarket" pulp magazine Blue Book.[1] Briggs later became an assistant to the cartoonist Alex Raymond on Flash Gordon and succeeded him on Secret Agent Corrigan.[1] In 1940 he drew a Flash Gordon Daily strip which he stayed on until about 1944; he moved on to creating illustrations for books and magazines such as Readers Digest and The Saturday Evening Post. He was one of the founding faculty for the Famous Artists School.[1]
In 1969 he was elected to the Society of Illustrators' Hall of Fame.
References
- ^ a b c Walt Reed,Great American illustrators. New York: Abbeville Press, 1979. ISBN 0896590755 (p.24)
External links
- Tegneseriemusee Biography Template:Da icon
- Lambiek.net's biography
- Works by Austin Briggs at Project Gutenberg
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