Fred Basset is an amazing newspaper comic strip crafted by a Scottish cartoonist, Alexander Steel Graham, his daughter Arran Keith, and Michael Martin, with Alexander Steel Graham being the true mastermind and author being the comic strips.
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Artist: Fred Basset
About Fred Basset’s Real MasterMind ” Alexander Steel Graham ” :
Alexander was very passionate about art from a very young age. he was obsessed with making drawings, sketches, and paintings and studied art at Glasgow School of Art under the supervision of a skilled artist, William Hutchison.
He is a talented cartoonist who also served in the war despite being a cartoonist. He is known for his observational sense of humor and has been called a “gentle genius” by the Daily Mail. He has produced thousands of cartoons during his lifetime including ‘Graham’s Golf Club’ and ‘Daughter in the House’ but his biggest success is the creation of the comic strip, Fred Basset.
Fred Basset; Depicting Author’s life experiences with his dog :
Alexander based the comic strip on his own dog named Frieda and crafted over 9000 comic strips for Fred Basset.
Graham’s Death And Creation Of Comic Strip By Other Cartoonists :
After Graham’s death on December 3, 1991, Michael Martin continued to create comic strips in the same style as Graham, teaming up with Keith, a British comic artist. Arran Keith writes the comic strips while Martin works as an illustrator, creating beautiful and charming illustrations in the same style as Graham. It retained the original whimsical theme of these comics. But after the 21st century, comic strips evolved a bit but still reflected the same theme with some nods to modern life.
About Fred Basset Comics Characters :
- Core Characters Of Fred And A Couple :
Fred Basset chronicles the adventures of a male canine basset hound, Fred who is living with an anonymous middle-aged family consisting of a devoted husband and a wife. The husband works in the city of London and spends most of his leisure time visiting his friends, going on walks reading newspapers, and engaging in games such as golf. He is a social person and loves being around people.
He frequently visits local clubs while his wife is a housekeeper who has a very busy schedule as she spends most of her time taking care of the house, a small, beloved family, and visiting her friends. Like her husband, she is also a great socializer who enjoys visits to her friends and people. She is known for her bad driving skills and her adventures of driving a car bring an element of humor to the comic strips and make the comics more appealing and amusing.
- Supporting Characters :
Other characters include Albert who is the strange uncle of the family and the two sisters of the family, one is living in the UK while other and other is residing out of the country. The family has no children but two twins Amanda and Tucker appear regularly in the comic strips. Their relation to the family is still unknown.
Publications by Fred Bassett under various names:
The comic strips have gained popularity in a very short period. Since its inception in 1963 in the national newspaper of the United Kingdom, it has also been published under different names in various countries. In Germany, it was given the name Wurzei, and in Italy, the comic strips were published under the name Lillo il Cane Saggio which means lillo the wise dog, in Sweden it was called Laban while in Finland, it was renamed Retu, Pitko or Koiraskoria.
Fred Basset’s Fame On Social Media :
Fred Basse has captured millions of hearts with its universal appeal and has amazed a huge fan following on different social media platforms. On Instagram, it has over 86.3k followers while on Facebook, it has gained 2200 followers. People of all ages love these comics.
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It is one of the longest-running comic strips that celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2013 with full dedication and passion and has been delighting its fans for half a century.
