Bob Thaves, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Bob Thaves

American cartoonist

Date of Birth: 05-Oct-1924

Date of Death: 01-Aug-2006

Profession: comics artist, cartoonist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Bob Thaves

  • Robert Thaves (October 5, 1924 – August 1, 2006) was the creator of the comic strip Frank and Ernest, which began in 1972.
  • Thaves' desire to become a cartoonist began in his childhood.
  • He had no formal training; instead, he practiced by studying and drawing the works of other cartoonists.
  • He was so skilled he could identify the cartoonist of a comic strip without looking at the signature.
  • Robert Lee Thaves was born on October 5, 1924, in Burt, Iowa, where his father, John, published local newspapers.
  • He attended the University of Minnesota, where he received both a bachelor's and master's degree in psychology.
  • While still at university, the first of his cartoons was printed in magazines.
  • He continued to be interested in cartooning, and developed the Frank and Ernest strip while working as an industrial psychologist.
  • Frank and Ernest began appearing in magazines as early as the 1960s.
  • It was first nationally syndicated November 6, 1972 and was eventually carried in 1,300 papers.
  • It was the first single panel strip to appear in the "panel" format, and the first to use block letters for its dialogue.
  • He also drew the short-lived King Baloo strip, which ran during the 1980s.
  • Its format was identical to Frank and Ernest, but featured the titular King. His son Tom began collaborating with him on Frank and Ernest in 1997.
  • The elder Thaves had planned on transitioning his son to take over the strip before his death.
  • Bob Thaves died of respiratory failure in Torrance, California at the age of 81.

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