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(1917-2016) Cartoonist. Frank Modell was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and died in Guilford, Connecticut. He was a cartoonist for The New Yorker.

Full Name

Franklyn (Frank) Bruce Modell

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


1917

BIRTH

Franklyn Bruce Modell was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on September 6, 1917.

1946

OTHER

Mr. Modell began writing cartoons for The New Yorker in 1946.

1978

LITWORK

Stop Trying To Cheer Me Up!
Dodd, Mead
0396076270 / 978-0396076278
Collection of cartoons.

1979

LITWORK

Seen Any Cats?
William Morrow & Company
068880229X / 978-0688802295
Children's book.

1979

LITWORK

Tooley! Tooley!
William Morrow & Company
0688800920 / 978-0688800925
Children's book.

1981

LITWORK

Seen Any Cats?


Seen Any Cats? (1981), Goodbye Old Year, Hello New Year (1984) and One Zillion Valentines (1987). One Zillion Valentines would be later adapted for a short animation in 1998.

1981

LITWORK

One Zillion Valentines
William Morrow & Company
0688005659 / 978-0688005658
Children's book; adapted for a short animation in 1998.

1984

LITWORK

Goodbye Old Year, Hello New Year
Greenwillow Books
0688039383 / 9780688039387
Children's book.

1985

LITWORK

Look Out, It's April Fools' Day
William Morrow & Company
0688040160 / 978-0688040161
Children's book.

1988

LITWORK

Ice Cream Soup
Greenwillow
0688077706 / 978-0688077709
Children's book.

1988

LITWORK

Skeeter and the Computer
William Morrow & Company
0688037038 / 978-0688037031
Children's book.

2016

DEATH

Frank Modell died at his home in Guilford, Connecticut, on May 27, 2016.

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