Bill Freyse
cartoonist
William Henry Freyse (June 12, 1898 – March 3, 1969) was an American cartoonist notable for his three decades of work on Our Boarding House, syndicated by Newspaper Enterprise Association.
After Freyse graduated from the Central High School of Detroit, he began as an editorial cartoonist for the Detroit Journal. As a staff artist for the Detroit Times, he did theatrical caricature. His commercial artwork included billboards, theatre advertising and cartoons for Ford Motors.
In 1939, he took over Gene Ahern's Our Boarding House from Bela Zaboly and continued to draw it until his death in 1969. Over a 20-year period, Our Boarding House was written by William M. Braucher (1896–1958).
Others who worked on the strip included Jim Branagan and Tom McCormick. The Sunday color strip ended on March 29, 1981; the weekday panel continued until December 22, 1984.
Freyse and his wife, Evelyn S. Freyse (1908–2003), had two children, a son, Steve, and a daughter, the actress Lynn Borden. The family moved to Cleveland, Ohio, and later to Tucson, Arizona, due to Evelyn Freyse's health needs.
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