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Don Flowers landed his first job
with the KANSAS CITY STAR newspaper.
He couldn't even legally drive a
car as he was only 16 yrs old!
He moved on to join the staff at
the CHICAGO JOURNAL AMERICAN.

Essentially self-taught, Flowers
launched his cartooning career
after moving to NYC. He drew a
panel feature called:
"PUFFY PIG"
Then he created a strip called:
"OH, DIANA"
Both were distributed by the
Associated Press.

Flowers next adventure was in 1931
when he started:
"MODEST MAIDENS".
It was a panel feature.
He moved from the Associated Press
to King Features with the panel.
For the next 25 years, Flowers
continued to draw his long-legged
lovely chorus girls, hatcheck girls,
housewives, vixen gold diggers and
buxom bathing beauties -all called:
"GLAMOR GIRLS".

Flowers' work was published
over 300 papers.

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It was noted by critics and admirers,
his "Glamor Girls panels showed the
same graceful lines and clever wit
throughout his career.

A Malibu, california resident,
Flowers worked from his own studio
for almost 2 decades.

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Flowers had been married twice

He was FATHER to an adopted
SON.
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Flowers fought alcoholism and
emphysema. He died at the age
of 59.

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*#* WORDS OF SYMPATHY *#*

"The sorrow of the faithful
is not that of permanent loss,
but the tender sense of sadness
that comes in saying good-bye for now
to someone we love.
May today's sorrow give way
to the peace and
comfort of God's love."

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This biography is
humbly presented by
Audrey Burtrum-Stanley / Arkansas

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Don Flowers landed his first job
with the KANSAS CITY STAR newspaper.
He couldn't even legally drive a
car as he was only 16 yrs old!
He moved on to join the staff at
the CHICAGO JOURNAL AMERICAN.

Essentially self-taught, Flowers
launched his cartooning career
after moving to NYC. He drew a
panel feature called:
"PUFFY PIG"
Then he created a strip called:
"OH, DIANA"
Both were distributed by the
Associated Press.

Flowers next adventure was in 1931
when he started:
"MODEST MAIDENS".
It was a panel feature.
He moved from the Associated Press
to King Features with the panel.
For the next 25 years, Flowers
continued to draw his long-legged
lovely chorus girls, hatcheck girls,
housewives, vixen gold diggers and
buxom bathing beauties -all called:
"GLAMOR GIRLS".

Flowers' work was published
over 300 papers.

++++++++++++++++++++++++

It was noted by critics and admirers,
his "Glamor Girls panels showed the
same graceful lines and clever wit
throughout his career.

A Malibu, california resident,
Flowers worked from his own studio
for almost 2 decades.

+++++++++++++++++++++

Flowers had been married twice

He was FATHER to an adopted
SON.
+++++++++++++++++++++

Flowers fought alcoholism and
emphysema. He died at the age
of 59.

+++++++++++++++++++++

*#* WORDS OF SYMPATHY *#*

"The sorrow of the faithful
is not that of permanent loss,
but the tender sense of sadness
that comes in saying good-bye for now
to someone we love.
May today's sorrow give way
to the peace and
comfort of God's love."

+++++++++++++++++++++

This biography is
humbly presented by
Audrey Burtrum-Stanley / Arkansas

+++++++++++++++++++++