Antonio Prohias, Morrie Turner, Franklin Osborne Alexander, and Carl Fallberg.
Paperback biographies from a book’s back cover.
Book Jacket Bios has the images where they can be supersized and also adds more biographical information.
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Even at supersize, the Fallberg bio–the one I really wanted to read–is illegible. I mean, not a word.
I agree the black type on the deep red is a major eye strain. So…
The Daily Cartoonist links you to a copy of the original on Ebay where the back cover with black type on a cream colored dust jacket can be opened in a new tab and supersized. Our Christmas gift to you:
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/256239742540 (scroll down)
or https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/rdcAAOSwz3BlGKTC/s-l1600.jpg