A noted illustrator and cartoonist. Born in Humboldt, Minnesota he grew up in Detroit, Michigan before moving to New York City as a teenager.
He temporarily worked at an advertising agency where he started providing illustrations for the poplular pulp magazine Blue Book.
He later became an assistant to the cartoonist Alex Raymond on Flash Gordon and succeeded him on Secret Agent Corrigan.
In 1940 he drew a Flash Gordon Daily strip which he stayed on until 1944;.
He also started to create illustrations for books and magazines such as Readers Digest and The Saturday Evening Post.
He died from leukemia in Paris, where he had retired.
Father: Harold Norris Briggs. Born 1886 in Clarion Michigan.
Mother: Ethel Blanch Davidson. Born 1889 in Marion, Michigan.
Married in 1904.
Sibling: Leora Blanch Briggs. Born 1907.
He temporarily worked at an advertising agency where he started providing illustrations for the poplular pulp magazine Blue Book.
He later became an assistant to the cartoonist Alex Raymond on Flash Gordon and succeeded him on Secret Agent Corrigan.
In 1940 he drew a Flash Gordon Daily strip which he stayed on until 1944;.
He also started to create illustrations for books and magazines such as Readers Digest and The Saturday Evening Post.
He died from leukemia in Paris, where he had retired.
Father: Harold Norris Briggs. Born 1886 in Clarion Michigan.
Mother: Ethel Blanch Davidson. Born 1889 in Marion, Michigan.
Married in 1904.
Sibling: Leora Blanch Briggs. Born 1907.
A noted illustrator and cartoonist. Born in Humboldt, Minnesota he grew up in Detroit, Michigan before moving to New York City as a teenager.
He temporarily worked at an advertising agency where he started providing illustrations for the poplular pulp magazine Blue Book.
He later became an assistant to the cartoonist Alex Raymond on Flash Gordon and succeeded him on Secret Agent Corrigan.
In 1940 he drew a Flash Gordon Daily strip which he stayed on until 1944;.
He also started to create illustrations for books and magazines such as Readers Digest and The Saturday Evening Post.
He died from leukemia in Paris, where he had retired.
Father: Harold Norris Briggs. Born 1886 in Clarion Michigan.
Mother: Ethel Blanch Davidson. Born 1889 in Marion, Michigan.
Married in 1904.
Sibling: Leora Blanch Briggs. Born 1907.
He temporarily worked at an advertising agency where he started providing illustrations for the poplular pulp magazine Blue Book.
He later became an assistant to the cartoonist Alex Raymond on Flash Gordon and succeeded him on Secret Agent Corrigan.
In 1940 he drew a Flash Gordon Daily strip which he stayed on until 1944;.
He also started to create illustrations for books and magazines such as Readers Digest and The Saturday Evening Post.
He died from leukemia in Paris, where he had retired.
Father: Harold Norris Briggs. Born 1886 in Clarion Michigan.
Mother: Ethel Blanch Davidson. Born 1889 in Marion, Michigan.
Married in 1904.
Sibling: Leora Blanch Briggs. Born 1907.
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