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Inspired by wartime pinup girls, Bill Woggon (b. 1911) created Katy Keene in 1945, beginning in Wilbur Comics and taking advantage of its teen market. It became a success during the next ten years, spawning fan clubs and pen pals. Katy Keene featured fashionable young beauty Katy (a model with "traditional values"), who had a pestering little sister, a stream of suitors and dreams of becoming an actress. The stories were not overly inspired and mainly served to put Katy through as many successive wardrobe changes as possible in order to show off reader-submitted fashions that Woggon drew and credited to them. Paper dolls with other outfits for Katy also increased the comic's appeal. It continued through the 1950s in various outlets (Katy Keene Pinup Parade, Laugh Comics, and Pep Comics, and Archie Comics). When it ended in 1961, Woggon turned to other work, such as the Dell comic Millie the Lovable Monster, ghosting the newspaper strip Priscilla's Pop and creating the Archie feature The Twiddles. With the success of Katy Keene, Woggon and his wife Jane moved their family in 1948 to California, where they bought a spread near Santa Barbara. At the same time, Katy also moved from New York City to California. Bill Woggon died March 2, 2003 (aged 92).
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Artist: | Bill Woggon (All) |
Media Type: | Pen and Ink |
Art Type: | Splash Page |
For Sale Status: | NFS |
Views | 3655 |
Comments: | 0 |
Added to Site: | 3/3/2009 |
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Member Since: | March 2005 |
Katy Keene Fashion Splash Page
Artist: Bill Woggon (All)
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Art Details
Artist: | Bill Woggon (All) |
Media Type: | Pen and Ink |
Art Type: | Splash Page |
For Sale Status: | NFS |
Views | 1932 |
Comments: | 3 |
Added to Site: | 11/24/2009 |
About the Owner
Lars Teglbjaerg | |
Member Since: | March 2005 |
Katy Keene Western Coloring Fun
Artist: Bill Woggon (All)
1932 Views, 3 Comments
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