Fred Lasswell (July 25, 1916-March 4, 2001) is an American cartoonist best known for his work on the comic strip Barney Google and Snuffy Smith. July 25 is the 206th day (207th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 159 days remaining. ... 1916 (MCMXVI) is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January-February January 1 -The first successful blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled. ... March 4 is the 63rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (64th in leap years). ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... This article is about the comic strip, the sequential art form as published in newspapers and on the Internet. ... Barney Google and Snuffy Smith, originally Barney Google, is a long-running American comic strip. ...

Born in Kennett, Missouri, he got his start as a sports cartoonist for the Tampa Daily Times. After noticing his work while playing golf in the area, Barney Google creator Billy DeBeck hired the 17 year old Lasswell as an assistant. After DeBeck's death of cancer in 1942, Lasswell took over the strip. Originally a sports and urban oriented strip, DeBeck introduced Google's hillbilly cousin Snuffy Smith in 1934. Under Lasswell's tenure, Google was gradually phased out and he put the emphasis on Smith, drawing on his rural upbringing for the stories. He also introduced his own characters, including Tater, Elviney Barlow, Parsontuttle and Ol' Doc Pritchart. Laswell received the Reuben Award in 1963, an award that was originally named after DeBeck. Kennett is a city located in Dunklin County, Missouri, USA. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 11,260. ... This article is about the year. ... Hillbilly is a pejorative nickname for people who dwell in remote, rural, mountainous areas. ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Reuben Awards, named for Rube Goldberg, are presented each year by the National Cartoonists Society to the person chosen as Cartoonist of the Year. ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

During World War II, Lasswell served as a flight radio operator in Africa and was a staffer for Leatherneck magazine, for which he created the comic strip Sgt. Hashmark. World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrination, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons such as the atom bomb. ... Africa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Military organizations, like nearly all large exclusive organizations, develop slang as means of self-identification. ...

Despite his rural background and the nature of his work, Lasswell was a prolific inventor and early adopter of new technology. He was one of the first cartoonists to email his strips to his syndicate, King Features Syndicate, and to employ computer generated lettering. A member of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers, he patented a citrus fruit harvester. E-mail, or email, is short for electronic mail and is a method of composing, sending, and receiving messages over electronic communication systems. ... King Features Syndicate is a syndication company owned by The Hearst Corporation; it distributes about 150 comic strips, newspaper columns, editorial cartoons, puzzles and games to thousands of newspapers around the world. ... The American Society of Agricultural Engineers was founded in 1907 and is based in St. ...

He created a Braille comic book called This is Charlie and produced the video series Draw and Color with Uncle Fred. Originally developed by soldiers, the Braille system is a method that the blind use to read and write. ...

External links

• http://www.unclefred.com/
• Lambiek Comiclopedia