Roy Crane (b. 1901)

Born: 1901 November 22 in Abilene, Texas, United States
Died: 1977 July 7 in Orlando, Florida, United States
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Name:

  • Roy Crane
  • Type: Common Alternative Name
    Given name: Roy Family name: Crane

Other Names:

  1. Royston Campbell Crane Type: Name at Birth
    Given name: Royston Campbell Family name: Crane
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Signatures:

  1. R. Crane [generic]
  2. Roy Crane [generic]
  3. Roy Crane

Awards:

  1. William Randolph Hearst Cartoon Hall of Fame - [no name]
  2. 1950: National Cartoonist Society Awards (NCS Awards) - Cartoonist of the Year
  3. 1961: Banshee's Award "Silver Lady Award" - [no name]
  4. 1965: National Cartoonist Society Awards (NCS Awards) - Story Comic Strip Division
  5. 1974: Yellow Kid Award - Comic Illustrators and Authors
  6. 2001: Eisner Award - Hall of Fame - Judge's Choices

Awards for Issues:

  1. 2000: Eisner Award - Best Archival Collection/Project
    Peanuts: A Golden Celebration (1999 series)
  2. 2012: Harvey Award - Best Biographical, Historical or Journalistic Presentation
    Genius, Isolated: The Life and Art of Alex Toth (2011 series)

Schools:

  1. Chicago Academy of Fine Arts ? to ?

  2. Landon School of Illustrating and Cartooning [Cleveland] 1924 to 1924

Art Influences:

Influences by Roy Crane (b. 1901) were stated by:
  1. Greg Baisden (b. 1963)
  2. Frank Borth (b. 1918)
  3. Jack Bradbury (b. 1914)
  4. Roger Brand (b. 1943)
  5. Ben Brown (b. 1921)
  6. John Chilly (b. 1921)
  7. José Luis García-López (b. 1948)
  8. Robert van der Kroft (b. 1952)
  9. Harry Lucey (b. 1913)
  10. Mort Meskin (b. 1916)
  11. Grant Miehm (b. 1960)
  12. Rick Parker (b. 1946)
  13. Mark Schultz (b. 1955)
  14. Lew Sayre Schwartz (b. 1926)
  15. John Severin (b. 1921)
  16. Joe Shuster (b. 1914)
  17. Alex Toth (b. 1928)
  18. George A. Ward (b. 1921)
  19. Al Wenzel (b. 1924)
  20. Mark Wheatley (b. 1954)
  21. Bill Ziegler (b. 1925)

Memberships:

  1. National Cartoonist Society Type: member

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