Dana Fradon

Dana Fradon
Born(1922-04-14)April 14, 1922
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
DiedOctober 3, 2019(2019-10-03) (aged 97)
Woodstock, New York, U.S.
EducationArt Students League of New York
OccupationCartoonist
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(m. 1948; div. 1982)​

Arthur Dana Fradon (April 14, 1922 – October 3, 2019) was an American cartoonist. He drew roughly 1,400 cartoons for The New Yorker from 1948 to 1992, and from 1998 to 2003. He also authored several books. Fradon was born in Chicago, Illinois. He served in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II.[1][2]

Selected works

  • Fradon, Dana (1961). Breaking the Laugh Barrier: An Original Cartoon Book. New York: Dell. ISBN 9780684155784. OCLC 11340236.
  • Fradon, Dana (1978). Insincerely Yours: Cartoons. New York: Scribner. ISBN 9780684155784. OCLC 3770785.

References

  1. ^ Sandomir, Richard (October 15, 2019). "Dana Fradon, Prolific New Yorker Cartoonist, Is Dead at 97". The New York Times. Retrieved October 18, 2019.
  2. ^ Smith, Harrison (October 18, 2019). "Dana Fradon, prolific New Yorker cartoonist with a satirical edge, dies at 97". The Washington Post. Retrieved October 18, 2019.


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