Frank Minnitt
(3/9/1894 - 12/5/1958, UK)
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A completely self-taught cartoonist, Frank John Minnitt began to freelance joke drawings to newspapers. By 1927 he had successfully taken over several other artists' strips. In 1930, Minnitt tried his luck with DC Thomson, drawing 'Peter Pranky', 'Smiler Smutt' and 'Jimmy and Jumbo' for Adventure Comics. Unlike a contemporary, Allan Morley, Minnitt decided to go to the Amalgamated Press Comics.
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He contributed 'Stainless Stephen' and 'Will Hay' to Pilot. He later contributed among others 'Kiddo the Boy King', 'Bob's Your Uncle' and 'Merry Margie the Invisible Mender'. These strips became so popular that Minnitt soon took over the 'Billy Bunter' strip. This strip made Minnitt's reputation. But after the war, the editors didn't care for Minnitt's old-fashioned style, and he found himself out of work. Minnit's later days were unhappy and he died on May 12, 1958.
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