Tony DePaul is the current writer of the
Lee Falk
Lee Falk (), born Leon Harrison Gross (; April 28, 1911 – March 13, 1999), was an American cartoonist, writer, theater director, and producer, best known as the creator of the comic strips '' Mandrake the Magician'' and ''The Phantom''. At th ...
created adventure comic strip
The Phantom
''The Phantom'' is an American adventure comic strip, first published by Lee Falk in February 1936. The main character, the Phantom, is a fictional costumed crime-fighter who operates from the fictional African country of Bangalla. The char ...
. DePaul has been writing the newspaper strip since Falk died in 1999. As of mid-2018, the artists illustrating his stories are
Mike Manley and
Jeff Weigel.
Tony has also written Phantom stories for Scandinavian publisher Egmont since 1993, in their "Fantomen" (Phantom) comic books.
He previously worked as a journalist for over twenty years, but is today a freelance writer.
External links
Article on Phantomwiki
Interview with De Paul
American comics writers
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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