Bio:
Veteran artist Frank Bolle now draws Apartment 3-G, one of the nation’s most enduring soap—opera comic strips. Apartment 3-G details the adventures of three career women who share an apartment in New York City. The remarkable strip was one of the first realistic portrayals of working women in the comics pages. King Features Syndicate distributes it to more than 100 newspapers nationwide.
The strip, created by former psychiatrist Nicholas Dallis, debuted in May 1961. Alex Kotzky had drawn the strip since its inception, and following Dallis’ death in 1991, wrote the story line as well. Since the death in 1996 of Alex Kotzky, the strip continued with text by Lisa Trusiani and artwork by Kotzky’s son, Brian. When Brian decided to make a career change, Bolle took over the reins as artist.
Bolle was born and raised in New York City. An inveterate doodler, he remembers that as a child he drew on any scrap of paper he could find. He went to the High School of Music and Art, and then served with the Army Air Force in Okinawa from 1943 to 1946. After the war, Bolle found work in the booming comic-book industry while continuing his studies at Pratt Institute, where he graduated with honors.
Bolle is one of the most prolific comic book artists of all time. He worked for Western Publishing, illustrating science fiction strips like Buck Rogers, Flash Gordon and Dr. Solar. Around the same time, Bolle began writing and drawing Children’s Tales, a syndicated Sunday feature with original stories and adapted fairy-tale classics.
Bolle drew The Heart of Juliet Jones for King Features from 1984 to 1999, and the long-running soap-opera strip Winnie Winkle.
Bolle lives in Connecticut with his wife, Lori. He is president of Connecticut Classic Arts and is a member of the National Cartoonists Society. He loves to paint watercolors and does pet portraits by commission. His watercolors have won numerous awards at shows across the country.