ROGERS, Boody

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Birth/Death

Birth: 1904 Hobart, Oklahoma
Death: 1996

Occupation/Title

Cartoonist

Bio Summary

Possessed one of the most visually- arresting “big foot” styles ever seen in the comic strips. A contributor to American comic book.

Early Life/Family

Wrote and drawn his high school comic strip called Dudley/ Married his high school sweetheart

Education/Training

Attended the Academy of Arts in Chicago/ Worked as a Assistamt cartoonist for Zack Mosely

Career Outline

Comments On Style

milin Jack, Sparky Watts, Dudley, and Babe.
Comments on Style: Off the wall cartooning style mixed with oddball humor

Influences

Similar styles but was influenced by Zack Mosely (a college roommate helped him get into the business

Personality

Very humorous

Anecdotes

old a few gags to the leading magazine, lettered some Dumb Pora and had to send his wife to Texas in order to eat three meals a day

Miscellaneous

Born Gordon Rogers but was given the name Boody when he was in high school football because he used to kick the ball so hard.

Filmography

Honors

Related Links

http://www.animationarchive.org/2006/08/media-boody-rogers-babe-comics.html
www.lambiek.net/artists/r/rogers_boody.htm
www.chancefiuah.com/boodyrodgers.htm

Bibliographic References

www.chancefiuah.com/boodyrodgers.htm

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Russell Green

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