Kin Platt was an American writer, artist, painter, sculptor, caricaturist, and comics artist, best known for penning radio comedy and animated TV series, as well as children's mystery novels, one of which earned him the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award.
10 Facts About Kin Platt
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Kin Platt additionally wrote and drew comic books and comic strips.
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Additionally, Kin Platt wrote for the Bob Hope and Jerry Lewis comics at DC.
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Dave Gantz said that Kin Platt created [the print-advertising comic strip] the Pepsi Cola Cops.
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Kin Platt wrote very well and did so in a lot of mediums.
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Kin Platt was one of the truly gifted guys in our business, very smart and very talented.
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Kin Platt eventually published more than 30 books, including general-reader mysteries.
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Kin Platt's pseudonyms included Guy West, Alan West, Wesley Simon York, Nick Tall, Nick West, Noah Zark and Kirby Carr.
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Kin Platt wrote several novels in the "Hitman" series under the name Kirby Carr.
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Kin Platt continued writing books throughout the 1980s, though some novels remained unpublished.