Austin Briggs
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| Born | September 8, 1908 Humboldt, Minnesota |
| Died | October 10, 1973(aged 65) Paris,France |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Illustrator, Cartoonist |
Austin Briggs(September 8, 1908 – October 10, 1973)[1]was acartoonistandillustrator.Born inHumboldt,Minnesotahe grew up inDetroit,Michiganbefore moving toNew York Cityas a teenager. After working for a while at anadvertising agency,he began providing illustrations for the "upmarket"pulp magazineBlue Book.[2]Briggs later became an assistant to the cartoonistAlex RaymondonFlash Gordonand succeeded him onSecret Agent Corrigan.[2]In 1940, he drew aFlash Gordondaily strip which he stayed on until about 1944; he moved on to creating illustrations for books and magazines such asReader's DigestandThe Saturday Evening Post.He was one of the founding faculty for theFamous Artists School.[2]
In 1969, he was elected to theSociety of Illustrators' Hall of Fame.
Briggs died fromleukemiainParis,where he had retired.
References
[edit]- ^"Austin Briggs - Illustration History".www.illustrationhistory.org.
- ^abcWalt Reed,Great American illustrators.New York: Abbeville Press, 1979.ISBN0896590755(p.24)
External links
[edit]- Tegneseriemusee Biography(in Danish)
- Lambiek.net's biography
- Works by Austin BriggsatProject Gutenberg
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