Life of cartoonist nothing to laugh about

The aspiring cartoonist told his friends on Jan. 17, 1928 to go on back to Dallas without him because he had decided to stay in sunny California. Since his mother was a distant descendant of the “Law West of the Pecos,” she christened her blessed event Frederick Bean Avery. He was born at Taylor in 1908 but grew up in Big D graduating from North Dallas High School. With his athletic good looks…