![]() ![]() By 1928, the youngster had dropped out of high school and became an order clerk with a brokerage firm in Wall Street. ![]() Although Raymond showed an early interest in drawing, he held several jobs to support his family after his father passed away in 1922. His father - an engineer working in the Woolworth Building - strongly supported his son's artistic talents. Together with his contemporaries Hal Foster, Milton Caniff and Burne Hogarth, Raymond left a lasting mark on realistically drawn, serious comic series.Īlexander Gillespie Raymond was born in 1909 in New Rochelle, New York, into a family of Irish-American descent. Alex Raymond is widely praised for his realism, elegant depictions of women and clever use of black and white. Other Raymond (co-)creations like the jungle adventure comic 'Jungle Jim' (1934-1954) and the spy series 'Secret Agent X-9' (1934-1996) have become classics too. ![]() With his epic space opera 'Flash Gordon' (1934-2003) he redefined the science fiction genre, while his post-war detective series 'Rip Kirby' (1946-1999) stood out for its contemporary realism and cosmopolitan look and feel. Alex Raymond was one of the most influential American newspaper comic artists of all time. ![]()
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