What is Frank Thorne?
{{Infobox comics creator | image = FrankThorne.jpg | caption = Thorne in 2017 | birthname = Benjamin Franklin Thorne | nationality = American | cartoonist = y | write = y | pencil = | ink = | letter = | color = | alias = | notable works = [[Red Sonja]] | awards = [[National Cartoonists Society]] award, 1963<br />[[Inkpot Award]], 1978<br />[[Playboy (magazine)|Playboy]] editorial Award | website = | subcat = American | birth_date={{Birth date|1930|06|16}} | birth_place=[[Rahway, New Jersey]], U.S. | death_date={{Death date and age|2021|03|07|1930|06|16}} | death_place=[[Scotch Plains, New Jersey]], U.S. }} '''Benjamin Franklin ”Frank” Thorne''' (June 16, 1930 – March 7, 2021)<ref name=lam>[http://www.lambiek.net/artists/t/thorne.htm Frank Thorne] at the [[Lambiek Comiclopedia]]</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2021/03/08/frank-thorne-rip/ | title=Frank Thorne – RIP | date=8 March 2021 }}</ref> was an American [[comic book]] [[Comic book creator|artist-writer]]. He was best known for creating the [[Marvel Comics]] character [[Red Sonja]]. Thorne died on March 7, 2021 in [[Scotch Plains, New Jersey]] at the age of 90.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.cbr.com/frank-thorne-obituary/ | title=Frank Thorne, Legendary Red Sonja Artist, Dies at 90 | publisher= CBR | date=2021-03-08|access-date= 2021-03-08}}</ref><ref>[https://www.tapinto.net/towns/scotch-plains-slash-fanwood/sections/arts-and-entertainment/articles/marvel-comics-artist-and-longtime-scotch-plains-resident-frank-thorne-dies-at-age-90-best-known-for-red-sonja-character Marvel Comics Artist and Longtime Scotch Plains Resident Frank Thorne Dies at Age 90; Best Known for Red Sonja Character]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Thorne, Frank}} [[Category:1930 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:American comics artists]] [[Category:American comics writers]] [[Category:Writers from New Jersey]] {{US-bio-stub}}