When he was 16, he drew a comic strip, Percy the Boy Scout, for the Philadelphia Telegraph, and a year later he became the youngest scoutmaster in the country, heading the 13th troop established in America. From 1911 to 1915, while attending the Art Institute of Chicago, he was a member of the Chicago Tribune staff and of Troop A, First Illinois Cavalry. In 1915–17, Forrest was a member of Headquarters Troop, Third New Jersey Infantry, and during that period, he collaborated with Lee Pape, author of Little Benn's Notebook, on a color Sunday page of comics for The Philadelphia Record.
On the day war was declared, he enlisted and was assigned to the Aviation Section of the Signal Corps in San Antonio, Texas, where he became Sergeant-Major of 144th Pursuit Squadron, Kelly Field. He created Liberty Loan posters and war cartoons for the Bureau of Public Information. At Kelly Field, he drew cartoons for the camp newspaper, the Kelly Field Eagle, and also was art editor of The Set-up, a camp newspaper in Waco, Texas. While he was with the 479th Pursuit Squadron, U.S. Air Corps Reserve, at Clover Field in Santa Monica, Forrest drew Artie the Ace, the first aviation comic strip, which led him to develop, in 1928, the popular Tailspin Tommy, syndicated in more than 200 newspapers as both a Sunday and daily strip.[1]
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forrest, philadelphia, july, 1895, 1959, american, comic, strip, artist, best, known, work, tailspin, tommy, biography, editwhen, drew, comic, strip, percy, scout, philadelphia, telegraph, year, later, became, youngest, scoutmaster, country, heading, 13th, tro. Hal Forrest Philadelphia July 22 1895 1959 was an American comic strip artist best known for his work on Tailspin Tommy 1 Biography editWhen he was 16 he drew a comic strip Percy the Boy Scout for the Philadelphia Telegraph and a year later he became the youngest scoutmaster in the country heading the 13th troop established in America From 1911 to 1915 while attending the Art Institute of Chicago he was a member of the Chicago Tribune staff and of Troop A First Illinois Cavalry In 1915 17 Forrest was a member of Headquarters Troop Third New Jersey Infantry and during that period he collaborated with Lee Pape author of Little Benn s Notebook on a color Sunday page of comics for The Philadelphia Record On the day war was declared he enlisted and was assigned to the Aviation Section of the Signal Corps in San Antonio Texas where he became Sergeant Major of 144th Pursuit Squadron Kelly Field He created Liberty Loan posters and war cartoons for the Bureau of Public Information At Kelly Field he drew cartoons for the camp newspaper the Kelly Field Eagle and also was art editor of The Set up a camp newspaper in Waco Texas While he was with the 479th Pursuit Squadron U S Air Corps Reserve at Clover Field in Santa Monica Forrest drew Artie the Ace the first aviation comic strip which led him to develop in 1928 the popular Tailspin Tommy syndicated in more than 200 newspapers as both a Sunday and daily strip 1 References edit a b CollectAir Hal Forrest and Tailspin Tommy Archived from the original on March 7 2009 Retrieved February 22 2009 External links editLambiek Comiclopedia article nbsp This profile of a comic strip creator writer or artist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Hal Forrest amp oldid 1062637824, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
