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Fay King (cartoonist)

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195:. Their 1916 divorce was widely covered by the press. The Veteran Boxing Association paid for part of the cost of Nelson's 1954 funeral; King paid the remainder, in addition to purchasing "beautiful arrangements" for the ceremony. 170:. The young King was adventurous, being one of the first women in the Portland area to own an automobile, and in 1912 had announced plans for a balloon ascension with noted early parachutist 245:
within the genre of newspaper cartooning. She frequently depicted herself in her comics, using a spindly, gangly caricature that bore a strong resemblance to the character of
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King worked for newspapers and magazines in the early twentieth century (at least from 1912 to 1937), moving to New York City in 1918. She was one of the popular
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In addition to her autobiographical reporting, she is known to have created two strips, both of which ran in the
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1911 self-cartoon of her future husband (Oscar "Battling" Nelson) and herself.
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Battling Nelson, The Durable Dane: World Lightweight Champion 1882–1954
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Scrapbook, compiled by cartoonist and journalist, Fay King, 1916–1919
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American Newspaper Comics: An Encyclopedic Reference Guide
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Nell Brinkley and the New Woman in the Early 20th Century
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in March 1889, to John and Ella King. She was raised in
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King's cartoons are recalled as an early example of
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1918 autobio strip ("Cartoonist's Confessional", in
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Black-and-white portrait of Fay King in a hat and smiling.
Seattle
Oscar "Battling" Nelson

Oscar "Battling" Nelson


cartoonist
autobiographical comics
Jazz Age
The Great White Way
Seattle, Washington
Portland, Oregon
Seattle University
Georgia "Tiny" Broadwick
The Oregonian
Turkish bath
Oscar "Battling" Nelson
Hegewisch neighborhood of Chicago
The Denver Post
The San Francisco Examiner
New York Evening Journal
The Great White Way
Winsor McCay
George McManus
autobiographical comics
Olive Oyl
E.C. Segar
Thimble Theater
New-York Mirror

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