Bill Kresse

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William Joseph Kresse (June 17, 1933 - January 21, 2014) [1] was an American cartoonist who drew the comic strip "Super" Duper, which was published in the New York Daily News in the 1960s and 1970s. [2]

After graduating from New York City's High School of Art and Design, he began working for the animation studio Terrytoons, in New Rochelle, New York. [3] He went on to design conveyor belt systems before obtaining a job in the art department of the news agency the Associated Press. [3] He went on to become an illustrator and cartoonist at the New York Daily News , the New York Herald-Tribune and other newspapers. Kresse and Rolf Ahlsen created the comic strips "Super" Duper and Scratch, often signed under the joint credit Krahlsen. [3]

Kresse received the National Cartoonists Society's 1974 Advertising and Illustration Award. [4]

Kresse was married to Lorraine Kresse, [1] who has been board president of their cooperative apartment house, Terrace View, [5] in the Jackson Heights neighborhood of the New York City borough of Queens, [2] and a member of Queens Community Board 3.[ citation needed ]

Kresse died on January 21, 2014, at New York Hospital Queens, in the Flushing neighborhood. [1]

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  2. 1 2 Heintjes, Tom; Buethe, Bob (July 3, 2012). "Bill Kresse and "Super" Duper". Hogan's Alley . No. 15. Archived from the original on April 12, 2013. Retrieved February 1, 2015.
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  4. "NCS Awards > Advertising Illustration". National Cartoonists Society. Archived from the original on July 26, 2014. Retrieved February 1, 2015.
  5. Hedderman, Domini (October 2006). "Getting Good Help: Recruiting (and Keeping) New Board Members". The Cooperator. Archived from the original on July 1, 2014. Retrieved February 1, 2015.