Fran Matera (b. 1924)
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Biography:
Additional biographical information: Cartoonist PROfiles (Jud Hurd, 1969 series) #56 (December 1982).
Notes:
To be confirmed against the Who's Who entry.
Name:
Other Names:
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George Brenner
Type: Ghost Name
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Francis A. Matera
Type: Name at Birth
Given name: Francis A. Family name: Matera
Editing
Signatures:
- F. M. [generic]
- FM [generic]
- Fran Matera [generic]
- Matera [generic]
Relations:
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Ghosted for
- George Brenner (b. 1908)
Notes: Fran Matera was hired by George Brenner to be a ghost artist for his work due to Brenner's increased workload as an editor for Quality Comics starting about 1942. -
Employee of
- Chesler Studio (b. 1936)
Notes: Matera did some pencil and ink filler comic story work for the studio briefly during 1943.
Schools:
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Correspondence Art Institute ? to ?
Art Influences:
Fran Matera (b. 1924) stated influences by:- Milton Caniff (b. 1907)
- Al Capp (b. 1909)
- Bud Fisher (b. 1885)
- Hal Foster (b. 1892)
- Alex Raymond (b. 1909)
Non Comics Works:
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Publication Title: Hi-Life (magazine) - Role: artist - Year: 1958
Employer Name : Wilmot Enterprises, Inc.
Work Title: ?
Notes: Fran Matera did artwork for the magazine Hi-Life (Wilmot Enterprises, Inc., 1958 series) sometime during 1958. Details are currently not known.
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