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Robert Franklin Brown (July 2, 1906 – August 23, 1996) was an American cartoonist. His work appeared in such places as ''
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'', ''
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'', and some six hundred other publications. He also produced the syndicated comic strip ''Such Is Life'' in 1936.


Career

Brown graduated from the
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in 1928. Bo Brown was a law student at Penn when he sold two cartoons to the ''Saturday Evening Post'', earning more money than fledgling lawyers could expect in 1930. So he took a leave of absence from Penn Law and proceeded, with the aid of his wife, Marge, to sell more than 35,000 cartoons to national, regional and local publications over the next 65 years. Brown's cartoons were reprinted in
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and he also created illustrations that appeared in about 20 books. It has been said that his work is just as good today as it was 50 years ago. Brown stated that cartooning was "a relaxed life". Before his life in the art world, Brown served in the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve, the Office of War Information during
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Awards

Bo received the
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Gag Cartoon Award for 1981.Rhonda Goodman
A Career Spans 35,000 Cartoons Robert "Bo" Brown Left Law School To Draw Comics. That Was 65 Years Ago.
www.philly.com, 4 June 1995, retrieved 3 October 2012
Highlights for Children also named one of his works "Cartoon of the Year".NCS Awards
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Personal life

Brown was married to his wife Margaret for 64 years. He died in August 1996 from pneumonia and heart failure at Abington Memorial Hospital. He lived in
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.


References


External links


Bo Brown's biography at the NCS siteBilly Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum Art Database
1906 births 1996 deaths 20th-century American Episcopalians American magazine cartoonists American magazine illustrators American comic strip cartoonists Artists from Philadelphia United States Coast Guard personnel of World War II University of Pennsylvania alumni {{US-cartoonist-stub