Today in Comics History, July 13: Happy birthday, Fran Hopper!

Born on this day in 1922: Golden Age comic book artist Fran Hopper (Jungle Comics, Movie Comics, Planet Comics, Rangers Comics, and Wings Comics at Fiction House), and possibly some uncredited issues of Patsy Walker comics over at Marvel/Timely!! There, that settles the minimum daily requirements of a post to mention the word "comics" for SEO purposes! Fran's in tan below, along with vital Golden Age artists Ruth Atkinson (creator of Millie the Model, co-creator of Patsy Walker) and Pauline Loth (Miss America, Blackstone, Captain Marvel and more, and animator and voice artist). (And, in the bottom panel at extreme left, Violet Barclay (Ziggy Pig and Silly Seal, Nellie the Nurse, more) in...um, violet!)



from "Golden Girls" in Fearless (2019 series) #4 (Marvel, December 2019); script by Trina Robbins; pencils, inks, and colors by Marguerite Sauvage; letters by Cardinal Rae
Happy birthday, Ms. Hopper!