"Jimmy Squirm and Spooky the Sprat", Big Budget, 1900
Frank Henry Holland was born in Bromley by Bow, Poplar, London, in the third quarter of 1871. His father, Henry, worked variously as a glass bottle packer and a dressmaker. Frank was a scenic artist by 1891, and started working in comics in the 1890s, including a stint as art editor of the story-paper-cum-comic The Gleam. Strips he drew included:
- "Chips Colony" (1895) for Illustrated Chips
- "Chokee Bill" for Illustrated Chips (1895-96), Comic Home Journal (1895), Comic Cuts (1897-1900) and Jester and Wonder (1904-05)
- "Mr Chips' Dreams" (1895) and "Sandringham the Snake" (1902) for Comic Home Journal
- "Spudkins and Balmpot" (1898) for The Funny Wonder
- "Those Terrible Twins" for The Halfpenny Comic (1898-1900) and Picture Fun (1909)
- "The Leno Kids" (1899) for Dan Leno's Comic Journal
- "Jimmy Squirm and Spooky Sprat" (1900) for Big Budget
- "Walter the Crocodile" (1901) and "Hongree" (1902-03) for The Gleam
- "Ching Ching" (1904) for Jester and Wonder
He also drew for Fun (1900) and John Bull (1912-13).
He died in Oxford in the second quarter of 1945, aged 73.
References[]
- Alan Clark, Dictionary of British Comic Artists, Writers and Editors, The British Library, 1998, p. 79
- Denis Gifford, Encyclopedia of Comic Characters, Longman, 1987
- John Adcock, Big Budget, Yesterday's Papers, 7 November 2010
