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Katy Keene Fashion Book Magazine 22 page 16 by Bill Woggon and Cassie Bill

Artists: Bill Woggon (Penciller) , Cassie Bill (Inker)

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Katy Keene Fashion Book Magazine 22 page 16 by Bill Woggon and Cassie Bill Comic Art

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Bill and Jane Woggon on their Wedding Day

Bill Woggon & Family (Bill Jr., Jane (his wife), Bill, and Suzanne)

John Sterling Lucas, Craig Leavitt, Bill Woggon, and Cassie Bill

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Artwork Details

Title:	Katy Keene Fashion Book Magazine 22 page 16 by Bill Woggon and Cassie Bill
Artist:	Bill Woggon (Penciller)
Artist:	Cassie Bill (Inker)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Interior Page
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	3,925
Likes on CAF:	3 4
Comments:	5
Added to Site:	3/19/2016
Comic Art Archive:	Katy Keene Fashion Book Magazine Issue: 22 Page: 16 View

Description

Bill Woggon was a long time Archie Comics writer/artist. He's best known for his creation, Katy Keene. Bill drew her from her debut in Wilbur Comics #5 in 1945 until 1961. She appeared in various formats and titles.

Why did I decide to buy this piece? Well, there are several reasons.

Katy Keene is pretty popular in my house; my girls grew up with John's version in the 80s plus reprints of Bill's work
My theme is artists that I like and the creators I associate with them, and
The picture reminds me of my wife when she dresses up.

The problem is that Bill had a studio and used several assistants and ghosts. My eye isn't quite good enough to be sure that something is actually Bill's pencil work; at least, I don't have much confidence in my judgment. Bill�s assistants would specialize on types of stories and would cover various parts of the production process, e.g., ranging from complete art to inks. Most of that work is signed by Bill and no one else.

When I need help determining who did a piece of KK art, I turn to John Sterling Lucas. John was the person recommended by Bill to take over the comic when it was revived in 1983 and he's an acknowledged Katy Keene expert. He's also an e-friend. Why do I bother to turn to John? Well, I bought a piece for my middle daughter that while lovely was misattributed. My daughter's Katy Keene page though credited to Bill by Heritage was really drawn by Tom Cooke per John. One of the giveaways on that page is that Bill didn't like drawing animals so he farmed that work out to Tom. Another is that you can see the differences in Katy's face.

When this page came up, I contacted John to get his opinion about the artists involved. It looked like Woggon's pencil work to me, but who was the inker, I wondered? John immediately said Cassie Bill.

Various sources, including John S. Lucas, have told me that Bill's assistants included:

Bill Ziegler,
Floyd Norman of Walt Disney fame
Hazel Martin Steffen,
Cassie Bill and
Tom Cooke who drew my daughter's Katy Keene page. Apparently, Tom drew the pages with animals frequently because Bill didn't enjoy that.
Bill Woggon, Jr. who drew the CARS used in the strip when Bill Jr. was a teenager.

Bill W's Sr. daughter, Suzie, was also sometimes the model for Katy's younger sister "Sis - the Candy Kid."

Despite their long association with Katy Keene and Bill Woggon, there's not much available on the internet about Cassie Bill and Bill's other major assistant, Helen Martin, but they were with him throughout his work on Katy.

As an aside, Floyd mentions his time with Woggon in his book, Floyd Norman and Animated Life, and on his blog, here.

This comic is not indexed in the GCD. That's too bad. I'll have to find a copy.

In the Additional Images, you will find three pictures of Bill and related people:

The family picture of the Woggons in Additional Images came from Floyd's blog. [Update - Floyd Norman saw this page on FB and wrote, "Beautiful page, Alex. Yes, the credits go to Bill Woggon who did the rough pencils and Cassie Bill who did the final inks. She was great." Kind of a thrill to have Floyd comment on it.]
The next picture is an event in Santa Barbara that John posted about on Facebook. I couldn't pass it up since it shows both artists on this piece among other significant Katy Keene figures. Left to Right:
- John Sterling Lucas (Woggon's chosen successor when KK was revived in the 80s),
- Craig Leavitt (Editor of the Katy Keene Fan Magazine),
- Bill Woggon (Katy's creator, writer, artist),
- Cassie Bill (Katy Keene Artist under Bill W and the inker on my piece), and
- Barb Rausch (Jem and Barbie Artist).
Bill Woggon and his wife on their wedding day. It was posted on FB by his grandson, Jerico Woggon.Go there to read a little more about Bill.

You will also find the printed page. The idea for this page, for the cover, and for one of the stories was credited to Glen Husar (Age 15) B0x 38, Ashmont, Alberta, Canada. I bet he was happy to see his name throughout.

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Shelton Bryant
Member Since 2005

1 - Posted on 3/19/2016

Luv the Elegance!!!

Aidan (Re-Legion ) Lacy
Member Since 2005

1 - Posted on 3/19/2016

Charming

frank x townsondecker
Member Since 2006

1 - Posted on 3/19/2016

Very nice!!!

Ron S
Member Since 2007

1 - Posted on 3/19/2016

I think it's just great!!

Arthur Chertowsky
Member Since 2008

1 - Posted on 6/20/2016

Beautiful pin-up page, and I enjoyed reading your description and seeing the photo of the Woggon family.

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