Melvyn Keefer[1] (July 2, 1926 – February 11, 2022) was an American comics artist and illustrator. Best known for the comic strip Mac Divot, he was a lifetime Inkpot Award inductee.
Mel Keefer | |
|---|---|
| Born | Melvyn Keefer July 2, 1926 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Died | February 11, 2022 (aged 95) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Comic artist |
| Spouses | Rosanne
(m. 1951; died 1982)
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| Children | 3 |
Life and career
editBorn in Los Angeles, California, Keefer trained as an illustrator at the Santa Monica School of Art run by Jefferson Machamer and the ArtCenter College of Design.[2][3] He made his debut as a comics artist drawing Perry Mason for King Features Syndicate.[2] He is best known for the long-running golf-themed series Mac Divot, which he created together with Jordan Lanski for the Chicago Tribune Syndicate and which ran for twenty years starting from 1955.[2] Other comic strips Keefer has worked in include Thorne McBride (1960–1963), Rick O'Shay (which he drew between 1978 and 1981) and the comic versions of Dragnet and Gene Autry.[3][4]
Besides his activity as a cartoonist, Keefer also worked as an illustrator for books, magazines and other publications.[2] He authored the artwork of the Richard Quine's film How to Murder Your Wife.[2] In 2007, Keefer was awarded a lifetime Inkpot Award for his career.[3]
Keefer died on February 11, 2022, at the age of 95.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Melvyn Keefer, Born 07/02/1926 in California | CaliforniaBirthIndex.org". www.californiabirthindex.org. Retrieved 2022-02-19.
- ^ a b c d e Romero, David (1985). "Melvin J.Keefer". Directory of American portrait artists. Huntington Harbour - American Portrait Society. pp. 113–4.
- ^ a b c d D. D., Degg (16 February 2022). "Mel Keefer – RIP". The Daily Cartoonist. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
- ^ Horn, Maurice (1996). 100 years of American newspaper comics : an illustrated encyclopedia. Gramercy Books. p. 132. ISBN 978-0-517-12447-5.
External links
edit- Mel Keefer at Lambiek
- Mel Keefer at Inducks
- Mel Keefer at IMDb
