Stock Show

Creator

Preview

Identifier

20180126

Description

Lex Graham is the cartoonist cowboy riding in the Stock Show Rodeo. He got a job illustrating for Walt Disney, but the horses and ranchers wouldn't make room in his daydreams. After three weeks, Graham came home. Cartooning is putting his daydreams on paper, and now it is for profit. Beginning with a Wichita Fallas newspaper. Graham sold his cartoons to six newspapers. He published a book of fifty cartoons, "Back Forty." He rides in rodeos across the country and keeps his mind on his daydreams. Fort Worth Star-Telegram Morning February 2, 1967.

Archival Date

1967-02-01

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-5455

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

Rights

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License

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Subjects

Artists; Cattle; Illustrations; Westerns