Frost Illustrated

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Frost Illustrated
Type Weekly newspaper
Format Broadsheet
PublisherEdward N. Smith [1]
Founded1968
Ceased publicationOctober 2017
HeadquartersFort Wayne, Indiana, United States
Website www.frostillustrated.com

Frost Illustrated was an independent weekly newspaper, [2] [3] featuring "News & Views of African Americans" in Fort Wayne, Indiana. [4] [5] [6] Established in 1968, it was Fort Wayne's oldest weekly newspaper. [7]

Frost was a member of the National Newspaper Association, the National Newspaper Publishers Association, and the Hoosier State Publishers Association, and the Greater Fort Wayne Chamber of Commerce. [7]

Founded in 1968, at the outset the Frost had three competitors that catered to Fort Wayne's minority community. [8] According to Frost Illustrated publisher Edward Smith, the paper differentiated itself through photography, marketing itself as an "illustrated" paper. [8]

In 1969, African-American cartoonist Richard "Grass" Green drew the strip Lost Family for Frost Illustrated. [9] [10] [11]

The final issue of Frost Illustrated covered the weeks of October 11–24, 2017. [1] The cover story was about the new CEO of Fort Wayne's Lutheran Hospital. [1]

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