(The story below has appeared before on the Bozo page. I repeat it here for those new GoComics subscribers who has since joined the Bozo page.}
On a warm night in April 1938, Philip Jefferies, age 12, wandered into the offices of the Richmond (Virginia) Times-Dispatch, one of the South’s leading newspapers. He had in hand his creation of a comic strip he named “Nicky.” Ignored in the hustle bustle of the night with looming deadlines, a voice then rang out, according to a full page article in the paper of May 1, : “Hey, just look at this wouldya?” Foxo was saying to anyone who would listen. “This boy is a wonder…why don’t you give him a story. Look at this drawing. It’s a knockout.”Young Philip was then interviewed and his story published, with a photo of him and Foxo together, as a full page story in the magazine section the next Sunday, May 1, 1938. After that interview by the reporter, Philip had added:
“The main thing I wanted to say, though, is how much Foxo has helped me. He told me what kind of ink to buy and what kind of pen to get and I see all the difference in the world in my drawing. If you think this drawing of Nicky is good, you ought to see the one I’m going to make with the new materials. Besides, Foxo told me things to do to make my drawings reproduce better. I think he’s wonderful, and I hope I can draw half as well as he can one day.”
After that encouragement from Times-Dispatch cartoonist and art director Foxo Reardon, Philip Jefferies went on to become a successful Hollywood Art Director and was nominated for an Academy Award. Later He assisted his Art Director brother Matt Jefferies in designing the Starship Enterprise for the Star Trex TV series.The Jefferies tubes that accessed various internal workings of the fictional U.S.S. Enterprise were named for Philip Jefferies in recognition of his contributions to the Starship design .
(The story below has appeared before on the Bozo page. I repeat it here for those new GoComics subscribers who has since joined the Bozo page.}
On a warm night in April 1938, Philip Jefferies, age 12, wandered into the offices of the Richmond (Virginia) Times-Dispatch, one of the South’s leading newspapers. He had in hand his creation of a comic strip he named “Nicky.” Ignored in the hustle bustle of the night with looming deadlines, a voice then rang out, according to a full page article in the paper of May 1, : “Hey, just look at this wouldya?” Foxo was saying to anyone who would listen. “This boy is a wonder…why don’t you give him a story. Look at this drawing. It’s a knockout.”Young Philip was then interviewed and his story published, with a photo of him and Foxo together, as a full page story in the magazine section the next Sunday, May 1, 1938. After that interview by the reporter, Philip had added:
“The main thing I wanted to say, though, is how much Foxo has helped me. He told me what kind of ink to buy and what kind of pen to get and I see all the difference in the world in my drawing. If you think this drawing of Nicky is good, you ought to see the one I’m going to make with the new materials. Besides, Foxo told me things to do to make my drawings reproduce better. I think he’s wonderful, and I hope I can draw half as well as he can one day.”
After that encouragement from Times-Dispatch cartoonist and art director Foxo Reardon, Philip Jefferies went on to become a successful Hollywood Art Director and was nominated for an Academy Award. Later He assisted his Art Director brother Matt Jefferies in designing the Starship Enterprise for the Star Trex TV series.The Jefferies tubes that accessed various internal workings of the fictional U.S.S. Enterprise were named for Philip Jefferies in recognition of his contributions to the Starship design .