“Frank & Ernest” creator Bob Thaves, 81
Posted: Thursday, August 10th, 2006 12:00 pmBob Thaves, whose nationally syndicated comic strip “Frank & Ernest” amused newspaper readers for decades with its quirky observations on life, has died of respiratory failure. He was 81.
Thaves died Tuesday at Little Company of Mary Hospital in Torrance, California, said his daughter, Sara Thaves.
His long-running strip stars the happy-go-lucky punsters Frank and Ernest, who travel the universe and through time — and sometimes change shape — as they comment on everything from science to world politics.
The strip, which was syndicated in 1972, is distributed to 1,300 newspapers worldwide by Newspaper Enterprise Association and is read by more than 25 million people a day. … Read full obituary
