Frank O'Neal

Frank O'Neal (May 9, 1921 – October 10, 1986) was an American cartoonist best known for his comic strip Short Ribs, which he wrote and drew from 1958 to 1973.

Early life and career Born in Springfield, Missouri, O'Neal was kept on the move by his traveling father, and the youth grew up in Arkansas, California, Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan, Tennessee and Washington, D.C. He studied for three years at the Jefferson Machamer School of Art in Santa Monica, California and sold his first cartoon professionally in 1950, to the Saturday Evening Post. After six years of freelance cartooning, he spent a year and a half drawing storyboards. The gag-a-day comic had no regular characters, but frequently featured such recurring settings as a medieval king's court and the American Old West.

Personal life O'Neal and his wife Bettie had two children, John and Mollie. He was living in or near Pacific Grove, California, at the time of his death at age 64.