Frank Arthur Nankivell [SEP] date of death
Frank A. Nankivell
Frank Arthur Nankivell (1869–1959) was an Australian artist and political cartoonist, known for his caricatures in publications such as "Puck"
Early Life.
Nankivell was born to John and Annie Nankivell in Maldon, northwest of Castlemaine, Victoria in April, 1869. He was a book illustrator in New York circles of the 1910s and 1920s on such publications as "Puck", which was America's first successful humor magazine. He married Ada J. King in 1899, they divorced later in 1902.
format; most strips there, including the last several years of "Peanuts", have since moved to a three-panel format).
Origin.
Rakuten Kitazawa (who wrote under the name Yasuji Kitazawa) produced the first "yonkoma" in 1902. Entitled "Jiji Manga", it was thought to have been influenced by the works of Frank Arthur Nankivell and of Frederick Burr Opper. Jiji Manga appeared in the Sunday edition.
Structure.
Traditionally, "yonkoma" follow a structure known as "