罗伊·C. 起重机小

漫画家，1919年毕业

罗伊起重机, 沃什·塔布斯和巴斯·索耶的创造者, has been called the father of the adventure story cartoon strip. Some of Crane’s earliest sketches were done in 1918 and 1919 here on the HSU campus and were featured in the student newspaper and in the yearbook.

小罗伊斯顿·坎贝尔·克兰. was born in Abilene, 德州, on November 22, 1901, the only child surviving infancy of Judge R. C. Mamie Douthit Crane. In 1903, 克兰一家搬到了甜水镇, 德州, where Roy began to develop into a remarkable and imaginative artist. 1915年，克兰的父亲把罗伊送进了查尔斯·N. 兰登函授艺术课程设在克利夫兰, 俄亥俄州, to bring discipline and balance to the 13-year-old’s still unfettered talent.

Crane graduated from Sweetwater High School in 1918, where he contributed to the school’s yearbook. 毕业后, 随着第一次世界大战接近尾声, 16岁的罗伊想参军. He was denied enlistment by the recruiting officer who knew Roy’s father, Judge Crane, very well. 那个夏天, Roy joined local businessmen who helped work on the cotton farms of families whose sons were away in service. 在秋天, 罗伊说服父亲让他上西蒙斯学院, 那就是建立一个学生军训练团. 虽然他太年轻了，不能加入部队, 克兰买了一套制服, 和其他人一起接受军事训练, 16岁成为大学新生.

Crane left a sizable legacy of caricatures and biting gag lines in the 1918-1919 edition of the HSU yearbook, 的野马, that uniquely captured the prevailing politics and campus mood during his initial collegiate experience. The Brand became the first college newspaper to publish a Crane cartoon on December 13, 1918.

在西蒙斯上了两个学期之后, Crane worked as an artist and reporter for several newspapers and magazines, 就读于芝加哥美术学院, and later became a journalism student at the University of 德州.

In 1922, 克兰驶向法国和比利时, 离开了孤星之州和他难以捉摸的学位. After a number of harrowing experiences abroad and on board ship, Crane docked in New York City where he found employment at the New York World. There he was a member of the art department and assistant to cartoonist H. T. 韦伯斯特.

During this time, Crane began trying to get published, sending his cartoon sketches to syndicates. 他以前的邮购艺术指导查尔斯. 兰登, had become art director for the PG电子游戏paper Enterprise Association syndicate, 也是他批准了连环画, 华盛顿·塔布斯二世, which debuted in 1924 and eventually established 罗伊起重机 as an internationally famous cartoonist.

In 1928, 克兰娶了伊夫林·塞西拉·海切尔, 这对夫妇有两个女儿, 玛西娅和南希.

Crane’s popular strip was already widely imitated by 1929 when Crane introduced the Captain Easy character as a sidekick to Wash Tubbs. In 1933, the Captain got a series of his own, Captain Easy, Soldier of Fortune.

In 1943, Crane推出了Buz Sawyer, which in a few short years was carried by 550 newspapers in 10 countries and was read by an estimated 40 million people daily. 美国. S. 海军, pleased with the publicity it received from Buz Sawyer’s adventures as a reservist on active duty, recognized Crane with a plaque commemorating his visit aboard the Carrier Independence. 1944年，他被美国海军少将A. W. 雷德福, 海军作战代理副部长, 感谢他通过连环画支持第二次世界大战. He also received the Gold Medal Award for Distinguished Public Service from the U. S. 海军 in 1957 and received a commendation as an accredited war correspondent.

In 1950, Crane became the fifth recipient of the Billy De Beck Memorial Award, which later became the Reuben Award that is given annually to the cartoonist of the year by the National Cartoon Society. He received numerous industry awards throughout his distinguished career as a cartoonist, and in 1957 was awarded an honorary doctorate by Rollins College in Winter Park, 佛罗里达. In 1969, he receive a Distinguished Alumnus Award from the University of 德州.

克兰是国家漫画家协会的成员, 航空航天作家协会, 是联合国的荣誉会员. S. 海军联盟，并被列入美国名人录. In 1965, Crane established the 罗伊起重机 Award for Outstanding Creative Achievement in the Arts at the University of 德州.

Crane continued to take an active part in the daily production of his famous strip until his death on July 8, 1977, 享年76岁.

It is the high honor of Hardin-Simmons University to recognize one of her own and to formally induct 小罗伊斯顿·坎贝尔·克兰. 进入哈佛大学领导大厅.