22 Facts About Fred Lasswell

Fred D Lasswell was an American cartoonist best known for his decades of work on the comic strip Barney Google and Snuffy Smith.

In Florida, Fred Lasswell lived on a rural property with no electricity or water, an experience that is generally credited with inspiring Fred Lasswell's portrayal of the rural setting of Barney Google and Snuffy Smith.

Fred Lasswell began cartooning during his childhood; he was in third grade when his first comic strip, Baseball Hits, was published in the school newspaper, The Seminole Searchlight.

Fred Lasswell later began his professional career by working for Tampa Daily Times.

In 1933, Fred Lasswell drew a poster advertising the Tampa Chamber of Commerce Jamboree, which attracted the attention of Barney Google creator Billy DeBeck.

Only seventeen years old at the time, Fred Lasswell dropped out of high school to take the job.

Fred Lasswell worked alongside several assistants during his career; these included Fred Rhoads, Ray Osrin, Tom Moore, Bob Weber, and Lasswell's eventual successor John R Rose.

Fred Lasswell's longest-serving assistant was Bob Donovan, whose tenure on the strip lasted from 1957 to 1987.

Fred Lasswell worked on all editions of Leatherneck Magazine, for which he created cover art, humorously illustrated stories, and the wartime comic strip Sgt.

Fred Lasswell was a prolific inventor and early adopter of certain new technologies.

Fred Lasswell's inventions included a Braille comic strip, as well as a mechanical citrus fruit harvester that he patented in 1962.

Fred Lasswell created a digital archive of his work, which was designed to provide reference material for future art teachers and students.

Fred Lasswell's work was used to teach about the alphabet, fruits and vegetables, and environmental awareness.

In 1996, Fred Lasswell reflected on the increase of social commentary into comic strips:.

Fred Lasswell married Shirley Slesinger in 1964, and had three sons and a daughter.

Fred Lasswell was a member of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers.

Fred Lasswell received several honors from the National Cartoonists Society; in 1963, he was awarded both the Reuben Award for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year and the National Cartoonists Society Award for the Best Humor Strip.

Fred Lasswell received the Elzie Segar Award twice, in 1984 and 1994, making him one of the only two cartoonists to receive the award twice.

Fred Lasswell was awarded by the Banshees Society, a New York-based association of media professionals, who gave him the Silver Lady Award in 1962.

Fred Lasswell was "Uncle Fred" to his colleagues in the National Cartoonist Society.

Fred Lasswell was an actively contributing member to the convivialities of the group for almost its entire existence, and no Reuben Weekend was complete without some shenanigan from Uncle Fred.

Fred Lasswell's picture was on the cover of the program booklet.