Joe Musial
| Joseph Musial | |
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| Biographical information | |
| Born: | 1905 |
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| Died: | June 6, 1977 |
| Nationality: |  American
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| Occupation: | Artist |
| Website: | N/A |
Joseph Musial (1905 – June 6, 1977), better known as Joe Musial, was an American comics artist and illustrator.
He was born in Yonkers, New York in 1905, from a Polish immigrant family. After graduating from the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, he studied for a year at the "Sorbonne University" in Paris, France, before becoming in 1929 on Billy DeBeck's "Barney Google and Snuffy Smith" and joined the staff of "King Features Syndicate" in 1932.
From then he drew as a "ghost" artist for comic strips, such as "Blondie", "Secret Agent X9", "Bringin Up Father", "Tillie the Toiler" and took anonymously the place of official artists when they were ill Joe Musial also drew "Jan and Aloysius", "Teddy and Sitting Bull" and "Dollar A Dither" and wrote several Flash Gordon story books. Following Doc Winner's death, he retaked "he Katzenjammer Kids" in 1956. He was also the author of some books like "'The Career Guide for Cartoonists', " Matey visits New York" (1941), "Learn How Dagwood Splits the Atom" (1949 / see below) and "Popeye, How to Draw Cartoons".
For the David McKay Company he drew a great part of the Magic Comics and King Comics (magazine) issues. He died on the 6th June 1977 at his home in Long Island, New York.
Magic Comics covers (Mandrake only)
King Comics covers (Mandrake only)
"Learn How Dagwood Splits the Atom" (Book)
When Atomic period came in history, several educational brochures were destined to general public, some on comics book format such as the one released released by King Features Syndicate on January 1, 1949 and entitled "Learn How Dagwood Splits the Atom" with drawnings by Joe Musial. This book features the Chic Young's classical character "Blondie"'s boyfriend Dagwood Bumstead as Atomic neophyte and "Mandrake the Magician" as giver of Atomic knowledge.
