Gilbert T. "Gill" Fox (November 29, 1919-May 15, 2004) was an American political cartoonist, comic book artist and editor, and animator.
Fox began his career as an animator with Max Fleischer’s studio, but left due to labor unrest. He entered the comic book industry, working for a number of studios and companies, including DC Comics. Beginning in 1940, he worked as an editor and cover artist for Quality Comics and his work graced the covers of titles like Torchy and Plastic Man. He moved to advertising, working for the Johnstone and Cushing Agency, where he met Dik Browne and assisted him on his comic strip Hi and Lois. He later worked as a political cartoonist and was quite proud of his work in that field.
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Gill Fox interview (http://www.twomorrows.com/alterego/articles/12fox.html)
GillFox, a jack-of-all-trades cartoonist who collaborated with the first generation of comic-book creators on innovative characters including Plastic Man and the Spirit, died May 15 in Redding Ridge, Conn., his daughter Donna Morency said.
Fox's first job, in 1936, was as an opaquer for the Fleischer animation studio, where he slapped colored ink on the back of the transparent "cels" on which the characters were drawn.
Fox told his students that the business could be subdivided into nine parts – syndicated strips, comic books, gag panels, advertising, illustration, animation, political cartooning, caricature and sports – and that he had worked in all of them.
Gill, 29, who has taught Advanced Placement government at Nansemond-Suffolk Academy in Virginia Beach for the past five years, said he agrees he was not the best-looking bachelor but is pleased that his interview responses were well received.
Gill kept mum about being the winner of the contest -- per his agreement with the network -- since finding out on September 12, when the show was taped at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Although Gill did not plan to be a teacher when he majored in government at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, he said he "fell in love with it" while coaching and substitute teaching at his former high school, Norfolk Academy, after graduating from college.
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