Frank Stack

For other people named Frank Stack, see Frank Stack (disambiguation).
Frank Stack
Born (1937-10-31) October 31, 1937 (age 86)
Houston, Texas, U.S.
Area(s)Cartoonist, Printmaker, Painter
Pseudonym(s)Foolbert Sturgeon
Notable works
AwardsHarvey Award, 1995
Haxtur Award, Artist That We Love, 2006
Inkpot Award, 2011
Spouse(s)Mildred Roberta "Robbie" Powell[1] (m. 1959–1998; her death)

Frank Huntington Stack (born October 31, 1937, in Houston, Texas)[2] is an American underground cartoonist and fine artist. Working under the name Foolbert Sturgeon to avoid persecution for his work while living in the Bible Belt, Stack published what is considered by many to be the first underground comic, The Adventures of Jesus, in 1964.[3][4]

Stack's main artistic influences were Gustave Doré, Roy Crane, and V. T. Hamlin.[5] He is widely known as a printmaker, specializing in etchings and lithographs, and his sketchy comics style evokes Stack's background as an etcher. (His technique of creating etchings on-site was featured in American Artist magazine.)[citation needed] His oil paintings and watercolors mostly feature landscape and figure compositions. He lives in Columbia, Missouri, where he was a longtime professor at the University of Missouri.

  1. ^ Wilder, Amy. "Artists consider balance, boundaries when depicting the human body," Columbia Daily Tribune (June 16, 2013).
  2. ^ Frank Stack / Foolbert Sturgeon Biography and Information: Comic Book Art - Underground Comix
  3. ^ Stack, Frank; Shelton, Gilbert (25 December 2006). "Introduction". The New Adventures of Jesus. Fantagraphics Books. p. 9. ISBN 978-1-56097-780-3.
  4. ^ Skinn, Dez (20 May 2004). "Heroes of the Revolution". Comix: The Underground Revolution. Thunder's Mouth Press. p. 34. ISBN 978-1-56025-572-7.
  5. ^ "Special Collections and Rare Books: Frank Stack Collection," Archived 2017-04-17 at the Wayback Machine University of Missouri Libraries. Accessed Dec. 29, 2016.