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Louis F. Darvas (30 July 1913 – February 1987) was an American artist and sports cartoonist. He received the National Cartoonist Society Sports Cartoon Award for 1963 and 1967 for his work.

He also authored a book called "You Can Draw Cartoons", published in 1960 by Doubleday.

Background

Darvas was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He started his artistic journey as a cartoonist at Thomas Jefferson Junior High School, and then at the West Technical High School through the 11th grade. He then got a job scrapping old signs for an advertising firm, while he followed his cartoonist training in night art classes at John Huntington Institute.

Career

Darvas's first newspaper job was with the Toledo News Bee as an artist. He moved to Cleveland and worked with the Cleveland Press from 1938 onwards.

During World War II, he served in the United States Army Air Corps as head of the drafting and art room of the senior staff school supervising charts and graphs for secret Air Force statistical records. During his stint in the Army, he won the first place for cartoons in the art show of the Army Air Corps Tactical Center at Orlando, Florida in 1944.

He was the author of a daily comic strip called "Half Nelson" for the Chicago Sun-Times Syndicate for a year before returning to Cleveland Press.

His work appeared regularly from 1946 onwards on the cover of the Sporting News.

Lou Darvas died aged 73, and was survived by his wife Margaret, his daughters Janet and Laura, his son Robert, his stepdaughter Terry Rohde, 2 grandchildren and a sister.

Awards

He was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Sports Media Association and received the National Cartoonist Society Award for the best work in the field of sports in 1964 and 1968.

External links

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-'''Lou Darvas''' is an artist who has worked as a sports cartoonist.  He received the [[National Cartoonist Society]] Sports Cartoon Award for 1963 and 1967 for his work.
-Apart from the fact that Lou Darvas worked as a sports cartoonist, and received the National Cartoonist Society Sports Cartoon Award for 1963 and 1967 for his work, not much is mentioned online about this remarkable artist.
+'''Louis F. Darvas''' (30 July 1913 &ndash; February 1987) was an American artist and sports cartoonist. He received the [[National Cartoonist Society]] Sports Cartoon Award for 1963 and 1967 for his work.
-Several sites also mention the fact that he authored a book called "[http://www.learn-to-draw-and-paint.com/how-to-draw-cartoons.html You Can Draw Cartoons]", published in 1960 by Doubleday, but it seems that the people selling his book are not even aware that Lou passed away many years ago.
+He also authored a book called "You Can Draw Cartoons", published in 1960 by [[Doubleday (publisher)|Doubleday]].
+==Background==
-Louis F Darvas was born in Cleveland, W 56th Street and Denison Avenue, and he started his artistic journey as a cartoonist at Thomas Jefferson Junior High School, and then at the West Technical High School through the 11th Grade.
+Darvas was born in [[Cleveland, Ohio]]. He started his artistic journey as a cartoonist at Thomas Jefferson Junior High School, and then at the West Technical High School through the 11th grade. He then got a job scrapping old signs for an advertising firm, while he followed his cartoonist training in night art classes at [[John Huntington Institute]].
+==Career==
-Later on he got a job scrapping old signs for an advertising firm, whilst he followed his cartoonist training in night art clases at the old John Huntington Institute.
+Darvas's first newspaper job was with the [[Toledo News Bee]] as an artist. He moved to Cleveland and worked with the [[Cleveland Press]] from 1938 onwards.
+During [[World War II]], he served in the [[United States Army Air Corps]] as head of the drafting and art room of the senior staff school supervising charts and graphs for secret Air Force statistical records. During his stint in the Army, he won the first place for cartoons in the art show of the Army Air Corps Tactical Center at [[Orlando, Florida]] in 1944.
-Lou got his first his first newspaper job with the Toledo News Bee as an artist, but wen to Clevaland and worked with the Cleveland Press from 1938 onwards.
+He was the author of a daily comic strip called "[[Half Nelson (comic)|Half Nelson]]" for the [[Chicago Sun-Times]] Syndicate for a year before returning to Cleveland Press.
-During World War 2, he served in the US Army Air Forces as a head of drafting and art room of the senior staff school, supervising charts and graphs for secret air force statistical records. During his stint in the Army, he won the first place for cartoons in the art show of the Army Air Forces Tactical Center at Orlando, Florida in 1944.
+His work appeared regularly from 1946 onwards on the cover of the ''[[Sporting News]]''.
-He was the author of a daily comic strip called "Half Nelson" for the Chicago Sun Times Sydicate for a year before returning to Cleveland Press.
+Lou Darvas died aged 73, and was survived by his wife Margaret, his daughters Janet and Laura, his son Robert, his stepdaughter Terry Rohde, 2 grandchildren and a sister.
-His work appared regularly from 1946 onwards on the cover a the national weekly publication: Sporting News.
+==Awards==
-He was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Sports Media Association of Cleveland, and received the National Cartoonist Society Award for the best work in the field of sports in 1964 and 1968.
+He was inducted into the [[Hall of Fame of the Sports Media Association]] and received the National Cartoonist Society Award for the best work in the field of sports in 1964 and 1968.
+==External links==
-Lou Darvas died aged 73, and was survived by his wife Margaret, his daughters Janet and Laura, his son Robert, his stepdaughter Terry Rohde, 2 granchildren and a sister.
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080629073540/http://www.reuben.org/ncs/awards2.asp NCS Awards]
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060717191058/http://www.learn-to-draw-and-paint.com/how-to-draw-cartoons.html Lou Darvas' Book].
+* [https://www.amazon.com/How-to-Draw-Cartoons/dp/B003RYFBMI Lou Darvas Course on DVD].
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-His professional cartoonist career also left a legacy behind for those aspiring to become carton artists: His book "You Can Draw Cartoons", which has been republished in different editions under different names, including Cartoon Drawing Greatest Secrets.
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-==External links==
+[[Category:1913 births]]
-*[http://www.reuben.org/ncs/awards2.asp NCS Awards]
+[[Category:1987 deaths]]
-*[http://www.learn-to-draw-and-paint.com/how-to-draw-cartoons.html Lou Darvas' Book].
+[[Category:American cartoonists]]
+[[Category:United States Army personnel of World War II]]
+[[Category:United States Army Air Forces soldiers]]
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