Alex Graham
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Alex Graham (cartoonist)
Alexander S. Graham (1913-1991) was a British cartoonist who created the comic strip, Fred Basset. In a 1953 cartoon for the The New Yorker he originated the phrase Take me to your leader.[1]
Biography
He was educated at the Dumfries Academy.
Graham's best known creation, Fred Basset, is a comic strip about a male basset hound. The cartoon was published first in the Daily Mail on 8 July 1963.[2] It has since been syndicated around the world.[2]
Fred was published in the UK newspaper Daily Mail and more recently The Mail On Sunday from 1963 to the present.[3] Alex Graham, the creator and cartoonist based Fred on his own dog Frieda and drew over 9000 comic strips.[citation needed]
Alex Graham died on 3 December 1991 (aged 78)
References
- ^ "What Do You Say to an Alien?". New York Times. February 11, 2012. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/12/sunday-review/messages-to-et.html?_r=1. Retrieved 2012-02-12. "The first words of a conversation initiated by aliens were immortalized in a 1953 New Yorker cartoon by Alex Graham: 'Take me to your leader.'"
- ^ a b Maria Esposito. "Fred Basset is back". C21 Media. http://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?area=1&article=21463. Retrieved 2007-03-27.
- ^ "Fred Basset". Toonhound. http://www.toonhound.com/fredbasset.htm. Retrieved 2007-03-11.
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