Franklin McMahon
Franklin McMahon was an artistreporter whose work took him around the world for more than half a century. His seminal work at the birth of the civil rights movement, his coverage of U.S. presidential campaigns between 1960 and 2008, Americas role in the space race, the formation of the European council, Vatican II, and scores of other political, cultural, religious and sporting events all were part of a Franklin McMahon day at the office for the last 55 years...except that for him, his office was his studio, which is the world. In the words of Peter Lyle of The Sunday Telegraph of London
Franklin McMahon was born in Chicago, IL in 1921. He and his parents lived in Beverly Hills, CA for a time, returning to Chicago in his teens. He commuted to the Chicago suburb of Oak Park, IL to attend Fenwick High School, where his cartoon drawings were published in the schools newspaper, The Wick. Colliers Weekly, a weekly national news magazine, noticed one of his cartoons. Thereafter, they paid him when they saw one they wanted to use. When he graduated in 1939, the Colliers connection helped land him his first job, as an apprentice in an art studio. During World War II, he was an Army Air Corps B17 navigator, and was shot down in action in January 1945. He spent several months in a German prison camp. On occasion, when he could get hold of some paper, he drew his guards.
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