Background
Brown, Bo was born on July 2, 1906 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Robert Smith and Louisa (Reese) Brown.
Brown, Bo was born on July 2, 1906 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Robert Smith and Louisa (Reese) Brown.
1 child, R. Franklin Junior Bachelor of Arts, University Pennsylvania, 1928. Postgraduate, 1928-1930. Freelance cartoonist.
His work appeared in such places as The Saturday Evening Post, The New Yorker and some six hundred other publications. He also produced the syndicated comic strip Such Is Life in 1936. He was a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, class of 1928.
Bo Brown was a law student at Penn when he sold two cartoons to the Saturday Evening Post, earning more money than fledgling lawyers could expect in 1930.
Brown"s cartoons were reprinted in Europe, Asia, and South America and he also created illustrations that appeared in about 20 books lieutenant has been said that his work is just as good today as it was 50 years ago.
Brown stated that cartooning was "a relaxed life". Before his life in the art world, Brown served in the United States. Coast Guard Reserve, the Office of War Information during World World War World War II
Brown died in August 1996 from pneumonia and heart failure at Abington Memorial Hospital.
He lived in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania.
Served with United States Coast Guard, 1943-1944. Member National Cartoonists Society (named Best Magazine Gag Cartoonist of Year 1982).
Married Margaret Walker, December 16, 1931. 1 child, R. Franklin Junior Bachelor of Arts, University Pennsylvania, 1928.