Overview of the Collection |
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| Creator: | O’Neal, Frank E., 1921- |
| Title: | Frank O'Neal Cartoons |
| Inclusive Dates: | 1966-1968 |
| Quantity: | 5 linear ft. |
| Abstract: | Original daily and Sunday cartoons from the newspaper comic strip Short Ribs. |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: |
Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Library 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 http://scrc.syr.edu |
Frank O'Neal (1921-1986) was an American cartoonist and creator of the newspaper comic strip Short Ribs.
Born in Springfield, Missouri, O'Neal did not begin formal art training until after service in World War II, studying for three years with the cartoonist Jefferson Machamer. After an early freelance career that included work as a television story-board artist, O'Neal signed with NEA in 1958 to produce Short Ribs. A Sunday version was added in 1959. O'Neal worked on the strip for many years, eventually leaving it in 1973 to pursue a career in commercial art and advertising. Frank O'Neal was honored by the National Cartoonists Society with its Newspaper Humor Strip award in 1964.
The Frank O'Neal Cartoons collection contains 572 original daily cartoons and 127 original Sunday cartoons from the comic strip Short Ribs (1966-1968). Daily cartoon: brush, pen and ink on illustration board, approx. 5 ½ x 23 in. Sunday cartoon: opaque white, brush, pen and ink on illustration board, approx. 17 ¾ x 25 ½ in.
Daily and Sunday cartoons are arranged separately in chronological order.
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Special Collections Research Center has collections of over one hundred cartoonists. Please refer to the SCRC Subject Index for a complete listing.
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Frank O'Neal Cartoons,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Library
Created by: EF
Date: 29 May 1968
Revision history: 10 Dec 2008 - converted to EAD (MD)
| Short Ribs (699) | |||||||||||
| Click here for detailed inventory. | |||||||||||
| Daily cartoons (572) | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | 1966 Jan - 1966 Jul | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | 1966 Aug - 1967 Apr | ||||||||||
| Box 3 | 1967 May - 1967 Dec | ||||||||||
| Sunday cartoons (127) | |||||||||||
| Oversize 1 | 1966 Mar - 1968 Dec | ||||||||||
