George Olesen is best known for his work as a penciller on popular comic strip
The PhantomThe Phantom is an American adventure comic strip created by Lee Falk, also creator of Mandrake the Magician. A popular feature adapted into many forms of media, including television and film, it stars a costumed crimefighter operating from the African jungle...
. He worked with the character for around 40 years, although he did not get any official credit for it until penciler
Sy BarrySeymour "Sy" Barry, born in 1928, is an American comic strip artist, best known for his work on The Phantom comic strip, which he drew for over 30 years.-Career:...
retired and Keith Williams took over as the new inker.
George has also illustrated a few Phantom stories for the Scandinavian Phantom comics, which he both pencilled and inked.
George retired in 2005, leaving Paul Ryan to take over both the pencilling and inking jobs on
The Phantom.
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George Olesen is best known for his work as a penciller on popular comic strip
The PhantomThe Phantom is an American adventure comic strip created by Lee Falk, also creator of Mandrake the Magician. A popular feature adapted into many forms of media, including television and film, it stars a costumed crimefighter operating from the African jungle...
. He worked with the character for around 40 years, although he did not get any official credit for it until penciler
Sy BarrySeymour "Sy" Barry, born in 1928, is an American comic strip artist, best known for his work on The Phantom comic strip, which he drew for over 30 years.-Career:...
retired and Keith Williams took over as the new inker.
George has also illustrated a few Phantom stories for the Scandinavian Phantom comics, which he both pencilled and inked.
George retired in 2005, leaving Paul Ryan to take over both the pencilling and inking jobs on
The Phantom. Today, he enjoys a quiet life with his wife Rigmor, far away from the stressing deadlines he constantly had to face as a cartoonist.