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