George Olesen
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| Biographical information | |
| Born: | December 6, 1924 |
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| Died: | October 15, 2013 |
| Nationality: |  American
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| Occupation: | Artist |
| Website: | N/A |
George (Evert) Olesen was an American comics artist.
Biography
Olesen began to draw while in school, and when he served as pilot during World War II he drew a daily cartoon. After World War II, Olesen studied at the Pratt Institute and majored in illustration.
In 1949 he worked on the comic book Little Beaver and in the 1950's he drew the newspaper strip "Ozark Ike" (a strip which has also been drawn by another Phantom artist, Bill Lignante). From the 1960's Olesen worked as an artist for NBC TV News, aswell as an advertising artist.
He began assisting Sy Barry as a penciller and layout artist on the Sunday strip in 1962, and on the daily strip from 1980, until 1994.
He was first given official Phantom credit on a short story published as a poster in 1990. In 1991, Olesen drew two Phantom stories directly for the Fantomen comic book.
When Sy left the strip in 1994, Olesen was given official credit as penciller along with new inkers Keith Williams and Fred Fredericks. He continued to work on the Sundays until 2000 and the dailies until 2005.
He was guest of honour at a Scandinavian Chapter meeting in Copenhagen in 2004.
After his retirement he enjoyed a quiet life with his wife Rigmor.
Phantom work by George Olesen
Stories
Team Fantomen stories
| # | Title | Writer | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Redbeard the Traitor" | Tierres | Olesen |
| 2 | "The Assassin" | Worker | Olesen |
Daily stories
| # | Title | Writer | Artist | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Phantom Cowboy" | Falk | Barry, Olesen, Williams | 6 Jun 1994 | 17 Dec 1994 |
| 2 | "Buried Treasure" | Falk | Olesen, Williams | 19 Dec 1994 | 29 Apr 1995 |
| 3 | "The Beasts of Phantom Head Peak" | Falk | Olesen, Williams | 1 May 1995 | 2 Sep 1995 |
| 4 | "Raiders of the Eastern Dark" | Falk | Olesen, Williams | 4 Sep 1995 | 6 Jan 1996 |
| 5 | "Mr Big" | Falk | Olesen, Williams | 8 Jan 1996 | 18 May 1996 |
| 6 | "Drama on Eden" | Falk | Olesen, Williams, Fredericks | 20 May 1996 | 30 Nov 1996 |
| 7 | "Prince Rex - Kidnapped" | Falk | Olesen, Williams | 2 Dec 1996 | 29 Mar 1997 |
| 8 | "The Silks of Emira" | Falk | Olesen, Williams | 31 Mar 1997 | 26 Jul 1997 |
| 9 | "The Shaman" | Falk | Olesen, Williams | 28 Jul 1997 | 15 Nov 1997 |
| 10 | "Joomkar's Crown" | Falk | Olesen, Williams | 17 Nov 1997 | 18 Apr 1998 |
| 11 | "The Crater" | Falk | Olesen, Williams | 20 Apr 1998 | 26 Sep 1998 |
| 12 | "The Dakk Pirates" | Falk | Olesen, Williams | 28 Sep 1998 | 9 Jan 1999 |
| 13 | "The Albee" | Falk | Olesen, Williams | 11 Jan 1999 | 13 Mar 1999 |
| 14 | "Terror at the Opera" | Falk, Falk | Olesen, Williams | 15 Mar 1999 | 10 July 1999 |
| 15 | "The Ghost Wall" | DePaul | Olesen, Williams | 12 July 1999 | 20 Oct 1999 |
| 16 | "The Halloween Kidnappers" | Reimerthi | Olesen, Williams | 21 Oct 1999 | 15 Jan 2000 |
| 17 | "The Treasure Hunters" | DePaul | Olesen, Williams | 17 Jan 2000 | 6 May 2000 |
| 18 | "The Strange Robber" | Reimerthi | Olesen, Williams | 8 May 2000 | 5 Aug 2000 |
| 19 | "The Secret City" | DePaul | Olesen, Williams | 7 Aug 2000 | 11 Nov 2000 |
| 20 | "Valley of the Gorillaman" | DePaul | Olesen, Williams | 13 Nov 2000 | 17 Mar 2001 |
| 21 | "Ghost Quest" | DePaul | Olesen, Williams | 19 Mar 2001 | 21 July 2001 |
| 22 | "The Ghost Pirates" | DePaul | Olesen, Williams | 23 Jul 2001 | 17 Nov 2001 |
| 23 | "The Animal Collector" | DePaul | Olesen, Williams | 19 Nov 2001 | 30 Mar 2002 |
| 24 | "The Immortal Man" | DePaul | Olesen, Williams | 1 Apr 2002 | 3 Aug 2002 |
| 25 | "The Crusader's Treasure" | DePaul | Olesen, Williams | 5 Aug 2002 | 28 Dec 2002 |
| 26 | "Jungle Mystery" | DePaul | Olesen, Williams | 30 Dec 2002 | 26 Apr 2003 |
| 27 | "The Hit Men" | DePaul | Olesen, Williams | 28 Apr 2003 | 30 Aug 2003 |
| 28 | "The Connoisseurs" | Reimerthi | Olesen, Williams | 1 Sep 2003 | 27 Dec 2003 |
| 29 | "The Viper God" | DePaul | Olesen, Williams | 29 Dec 2003 | 1 May 2004 |
| 30 | "The Locust God" | DePaul | Olesen, Williams | 3 May 2004 | 28 Aug 2004 |
| 31 | "Stripes" | DePaul | Olesen, Williams | 30 Aug 2004 | 1 Jan 2005 |
| 32 | "Temple of the Gods, Part 1: The U-Boat Mystery" | DePaul | Olesen, Williams, Ryan | 3 Jan 2005 | 14 May 2005 |
Sunday stories
| # | Title | Writer | Artist | Start | End |
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| 1 | "Phantom World" | Falk | Barry, Olesen, Doescher | 10 Jul 1994 | 4 Dec 1994 |
| 2 | "Battle of the Jungle Boys" | Falk | Doescher, Olesen, Fredericks | 11 Dec 1994 | 17 Sep 1995 |
| 3 | "Queen Medusa" | Falk | Olesen, Fredericks | 24 Sep 1995 | 26 May 1996 |
| 4 | "The Lookout" | Falk | Olesen, Fredericks | 2 Jun 1996 | 24 Nov 1996 |
| 5 | "Dig" | Falk | Olesen, Fredericks | 1 Dec 1996 | 24 Aug 1997 |
| 6 | "Waterman" | Falk | Olesen, Fredericks | 31 Aug 1997 | 19 Apr 1998 |
| 7 | "The Vanished Village" | Falk | Olesen, Fredericks | 26 Apr 1998 | 27 Sep 1998 |
| 8 | "The Floradon Mystery" | Falk | Olesen, Fredericks | 4 Oct 1998 | 14 Feb 1999 |
| 9 | "The Kidnappers" | Falk, Falk | Olesen, Fredericks | 21 Feb 1999 | 15 Aug 1999 |
| 10 | "The Wharf Rats" | Falk | Olesen, Fredericks | 22 Aug 1999 | 26 Dec 1999 |
| 11 | "The Shipwreckers" | Avenell, Reimerthi | Olesen, Fredericks | 2 Jan 2000 | 30 Jul 2000 |
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