Alexander Alex Raymond was born in New Rochelle, NY. He studied art and illustration at the Grand Central School of Art in NYC. In the 1930s he began a series of illustrating jobs ghosting such comic strips as Tillie the Toiler and Blondie. In 1933, Raymond and writer Don Moore were asked to develop a comic strip to compete with the popular character Buck Rogers. Their creation, Flash Gordon, was an immediate hit, spawning a number of Saturday morning serials, animated cartoons, and feature ...[Read Story]