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  2. Frank Oscar King (April 9, 1883 – June 24, 1969) was an American cartoonist best known for his comic strip Gasoline Alley. In addition to innovations with color and page design, King introduced real-time continuity in comic strips by showing his characters aging over generations.

  3. Jun 20, 2024 · Frank King (born April 9, 1883, Cashton, Wisconsin, U.S.—died June 24, 1969, Winter Park, Florida) was an American comic-strip artist who created Gasoline Alley, a long-popular comic strip notable for its sympathetic picture of small-town life.

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  4. Frank King was an American newspaper comic artist, most famous for his signature series 'Gasoline Alley' (1918- ), which is the second-longest running comic strip in the world, only behind Rudolph Dirks' 'Der Katzenjammer Kids' (1897-2006).

  5. Oct 5, 2017 · Frank King was a famous 20th century cartoonist who introduced for the first time the concept of aging in cartoon characters. This biography of Frank King provides detailed information about his childhood, life, achievements, works & timeline.

  6. Jun 19, 2015 · An Old Comic Strip About Modern Fatherhood. By Ben Schwartz. June 19, 2015. Frank King’s comic strip “Gasoline Alley,” which débuted in the Chicago Tribune in 1918, showed Walt Wallet and his...

  7. One of the pioneering giants of American comic strips, Frank King was born in Cashton, Wisconsin in 1883. He joined the staff of the Chicago Tribune in 1909, a newspaper which was known for aggressively developing comics to build circulation.

  8. Aug 17, 2016 · Every day for more than 40 years cartoonist Frank King told the stories of Walt Wallet and his foundling Skeezix. Through his comic, King became one of the 20th century’s most important documentarists of the American middle class.