Jack Cole (b. 1918)

Born: 1918 December 14 in New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: 1958 August 15 in Crystal Lake, Illinois, United States
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Notes:

To be confirmed against the Who's Who entry.

Who's Who gives Cole's birth year as 1914.

R. Johnson pen name is not certain.

Name:

Other Names:

  1. Richard Bruce Type: Pen Name
  2. J. Cole Type: Common Alternative Name
  3. Jack Ralph Cole Type: Name at Birth
    Given name: Jack Ralph Family name: Cole
  4. Ralph Johns Type: Pen Name
  5. R. Johnson Type: Pen Name

Signatures:

  1. Cole [generic]
  2. J. Cole [generic]
  3. Jack Cole [generic]
  4. Jack Cole with name formed by music notes [generic]
  5. Jack Gulp Cole [generic]
  6. Jake [generic]
  7. Ralph Johns [generic]
  8. Richard Bruce [generic]
  9. Sassafrass [generic]

Relations:

  1. Employee of - Chesler Studio (b. 1936)
    Notes: Cole did writing, pencil, and ink work for the studio from 1937 to 1939.
  2. Employee of - Funnies, Inc. (b. 1939)
    Notes: Cole did pencil and ink work for the studio during 1940.
  3. Employee of - Will Eisner Studio (b. 1940)
    Notes: Did writing, pencils and inks 1942 to 1943.

Schools:

  1. Landon School of Illustrating and Cartooning [Cleveland] ? to ?

    Notes: Cole's art education was through the Landon Correspondence Art Course which is known as the Landon School of Illustrating and Cartooning.


Art Influences:

Influences by Jack Cole (b. 1918) were stated by:
  1. George Broderick (b. 1957)
  2. Jerry De Fuccio (b. 1925)
  3. Tom DeFalco (b. 1950)
  4. Kim Deitch (b. 1944)
  5. Roger Langridge (b. 1967)
  6. Joe Staton (b. 1948)
  7. Bill Ward (b. 1919)
  8. Phil Yeh (b. 1954)
  9. Randy Zimmerman (b. 1959)
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