Fay King (cartoonist)

Fay King
Black-and-white portrait of Fay King in a hat and smiling.
Fay King circa 1913
BornMarch 1889
Seattle, Washington, U.S.
DiedApril 1972 [1]
NationalityAmerican
Known forillustration, cartoons, reportage
SpouseOscar "Battling" Nelson (1913–1916)
1918 autobio strip ("Cartoonist's Confessional", in Cartoons Magazine). Second-to-last cartoon refers to her marriage with boxer Oscar "Battling" Nelson.
1911 self-cartoon of her future husband (Oscar "Battling" Nelson) and herself.
Fay King in 1913.

Fay Barbara King (March 1889 – presumed dead [after 1954])[2] was an American illustrator, journalist, and cartoonist. Some of her work represents an early example of autobiographical comics.

King worked for newspapers and magazines in the early twentieth century (at least from 1912 to 1937), moving to New York City in 1918. She was one of the popular Jazz Age cartoonists appearing in the 1924 comedy The Great White Way.

  1. ^ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/251331318/fay-barbara-king?_gl=1*1skqgl*_gcl_au*MTU2ODg4ODM1Mi4xNjk5ODkwOTEy*_ga*MjA2NDQ1NDMyNS4xNjk5ODkwOTIx*_ga_4QT8FMEX30*YWE5YmYwYjMtNzc0Zi00M2EwLWJlYzgtZDc2NmU5OGU1N2E1LjgzLjEuMTcwNjc5Mzg1OS4zNS4wLjA.*_ga_LMK6K2LSJH*YWE5YmYwYjMtNzc0Zi00M2EwLWJlYzgtZDc2NmU5OGU1N2E1LjgyLjEuMTcwNjc5Mzg1OS4wLjAuMA..
  2. ^ Baker, Mark Allen (2016). Battling Nelson, The Durable Dane: World Lightweight Champion 1882–1954. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland and Company, Inc. p. 253. ISBN 978-1-4766-6372-2.