Roy Delgado shares some memories of the Billy Hon School, Billy Hon's Cartoonist's Magazine, as well as The Cartoonists' Market Letter, which was edited by a trade journal cartoonist named Lew Card.The above is detail from an ad in The America Cartoonist, a trade journal of the 1950s and 60s. I love Roy's descriptions of some of the ads. Here's one:
CARTOONISTS - Get in on the ground floor of new markets as they open up by getting the dope while it's HOT. " CARTOONISTS' WEEKLY MARKET LETTER " supplies you with the latest market info as well as news and inter-studio chit-chat of just about everybody in the freelance gag-cartoon business. FREE sample copy. CARTOONISTS' WEEKLY MARKET LETTER, La Habra, Calif.
I posted some samples from a 1951 issue of The American Cartoonist magazine in January, thanks to Bob Weber, Sr.
Bob, where would Roy and I be without you cleaning out your house?!
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Does the Billy Hon Cartoon School still exist?
Hi Nick - Quick answer, NO.
unfortunately, by the time I got there in 1953, it was the first year that because of declining attendance, the school had to change into only a night time school type of operation and it was Mon., Wed., and Fri. nights from 7:00 to 10:00 pm. only. Billy was a real old-timer and was a drinking buddy and roomate of Bud Fisher, creator of Mutt & Jeff.( Since they were both syndicated by Hearst's King Features and both worked for Hearst's San Francisco Examiiner, they became close drinking buddies ) . The school lasted only a few more years and finally went out of business.
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