COMIC ARTIST

Alex Raymond

1909 - 1956

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Alexander Gillespie Raymond Jr. (October 2, 1909 – September 6, 1956) was an American cartoonist and illustrator who was best known for creating the Flash Gordon comic strip for King Features Syndicate in 1934. The strip was subsequently adapted into many other media, from three Universal movie serials (1936's Flash Gordon, 1938's Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars, and 1940's Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe) to a 1950s television series and a 1980 feature film. Raymond's father loved drawing and encouraged his son to draw from an early age. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alex Raymond is the 148th most popular comic artist (down from 134th in 2019), the 10,747th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,454th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular American Comic Artist.

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Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, Alex Raymond ranks 148 out of 226. Before him are Sergio Aragonés, Mauri Kunnas, Makoto Yukimura, Dave Gibbons, Raymond Briggs, and Guy Delisle. After him are Lynn Okamoto, John Byrne, Željko Pahek, David Beauchard, Norihiro Yagi, and Harvey Kurtzman.

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Among people born in 1909, Alex Raymond ranks 383. Before him are Ivan Fuqua, Heather Angel, Arthur Geoffrey Walker, William Gemmell Cochran, Archie Cochrane, and Teofilo Spasojević. After him are Don Finlay, Raúl Landini, Marcel Balsa, Andrei Bărbulescu, Julius J. Epstein, and Piero Scotti. Among people deceased in 1956, Alex Raymond ranks 214. Before him are Marion Leonard, Norman Kerry, Fanny Durack, Marie Doro, John Garstang, and Hugh Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard. After him are Bob Sweikert, Katherine MacDonald, Tom Whittaker, Henry Stephenson, Paul Kelly, and Sam Langford.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alex Raymond ranks 10,749 out of 20,380. Before him are Chris Broderick (1970), Barbara Bush (1981), Sylvia Robinson (1935), Andy Jassy (1968), Tim LaHaye (1926), and Joseph Kruskal (1928). After him are Jeremiah Denton (1924), Mark Manson (1984), Geoffrey Arend (1978), Alfonso Ribeiro (1971), Jerry Pournelle (1933), and Irving Pichel (1891).

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Among COMIC ARTISTS In United States

Among comic artists born in United States, Alex Raymond ranks 33. Before him are Larry Lieber (1931), Rose O'Neill (1874), Richard Corben (1940), Roy Thomas (1940), John Buscema (1927), and George Herriman (1880). After him are Harvey Kurtzman (1924), Neal Adams (1941), Mike Mignola (1960), Mort Walker (1923), Marv Wolfman (1946), and Jim Starlin (1949).

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