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Fran Matera, 1924-2012 (Comics Reporter)
Fran Matera, an illustrator who worked in both comic strips and comic books
including a long run on the Steve Roper and Mike Nomad daily, died on March 15
in Safety Harbor, Florida. He was surrounded by members of his family. Matera
grew up in Connecticut and through Alfred Andriola made contacts at Quality,
where he worked both before and after graduation during the height of the
North American comic book industry's initial explosion of activity. That work
included uncredited art on Quality's Doll Man character. Matera studied at the
Art Institute of Chicago -- some sources indicate that this may was
supplemented by a correspondence course taken before making the move to the
Windy City -- before dropping out to join the military during World War II. He
spent some of his time in service drawing political cartoons for the camp
newspaper on Parris Island. He also drew that publication's strip Ship To
Shore. He would eventually request combat duty. Matera launched his comics
career in 1947 after leaving the military, starting by assisting Andriola on
Kerry Drake. His first major comic strip assignment was illustrating the
Dickie Dare feature, a gig he held ...
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