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{{short description|American cartoonist, contract bridge teacher and writer}}
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| caption = Harry Lampert seen at Motor City Comic-Con 2002
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| birth_place = New York City, New York, U.S.<ref name=wp/>
| death_place = [[Boca Raton, Florida]], U.S.
| nationality = American
| area = Penciller, Inker, Adman, Bridge teacher and writer
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| notable works = [[Flash (DC Comics character)|The Flash]]
| awards = [[Inkpot Award]] (2000)<ref>[https://www.comic-con.org/awards/inkpot Inkpot Award]</ref>
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'''Harry Lampert''' (November 3, 1916 – November 13, 2004) was an American cartoonist and [[contract bridge|bridge]] teacher and writer.

== Biography ==
Born in [[New York City]], Lampert began [[cartoon]]ing when he was sixteen years old, and worked for the legendary [[Max Fleischer]], inking and helping produce ''[[Betty Boop]]'', ''[[Popeye]]'', and ''[[Koko the Clown]]'' cartoons. While stationed at Drew Field in Tampa, FL, he created ''Droopy the Drew Field Mosquito'' which ran in the [http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00076231 ''Drew Field Echoes''] from 1942-1944. He began drawing comic books and he is best known in that field for being the artistic co-creator of the [[DC Comics]] [[superhero]] [[Flash (DC Comics character)|The Flash]]. Created in collaboration with writer [[Gardner Fox]], the hero first appeared in ''[[Flash Comics]]'' #1 in 1940, but Lampert left ''The Flash'' after drawing only two stories, gravitating towards his preference for humorous work. (After he discovered his fame in the comics world 50 years later, Lampert observed that he did not own any "&nbsp;'original' originals", not even a Flash comic book. "It was too expensive.")<ref name=wp/> He also drew the comic book characters "The King", "Red, White and Blue" and "The Atom". Lampert later went on to draw gag cartoons for ''[[TIME]]'', ''[[The New York Times]]'', ''[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]'', and ''[[The Saturday Evening Post]]''. He was also an instructor for the New York City [[School of Visual Arts]] and founded the Lampert Agency, an advertising company which produced award-winning ads for clients such as [[Olympic Airways]], [[Seagram]], and the [[U.S. Virgin Islands]].

After his retirement in 1976, Lampert went on to write many instructional books on [[contract bridge]]. A [[Masterpoints#American Contract Bridge League|Life Master]] and bridge teacher licensed by the [[American Contract Bridge League]],<ref>So stated on the front and back covers of his book ''The Fun Way to Advanced Bridge''.</ref>  Lampert spent years giving classes and working the cruise ship circuit teaching bridge to players.<ref name=wp/> In the mid-1990s, Lampert became active in the [[comic book]] convention circuit, selling new [[Sketch (drawing)|sketch]]es and [[autograph]]s and speaking about his famous comic book creation.

Lampert died on November 13, 2004, in [[Boca Raton, Florida]], of a [[cerebral hemorrhage]]; he was survived by wife Adele Lampert, daughter Karen Akavan and two grandsons.<ref name=wp/>

==Bridge publications==

* {{cite book |last = Lampert|first = Harry |author-mask = 1|title = Fun Way to Learn Serious Bridge |publisher = Hardel Publishing |location = Roslyn, New York |year = 1978 |lccn=78066744  }} Second edition 1980, ''The Fun Way to Serious Bridge''; reprinted 1986, Simon & Schuster Fireside Books. {{LCCN|86006657}}.
* {{cite book |last = Lampert |first = Harry |author-mask = 1 |title = The Fun Way to Advanced Bridge |publisher = Simon & Schuster Fireside Books |location = New York |year = 1985 |lccn=84028802  |isbn = 0-671-53066-6}}
* {{cite book |last = Lampert |first = Harry |author-mask = 1  |title = Declarer Play and Opening Leads, a Fun Way Bridge Book |publisher = Private |location = Deerfield, IL |year = 1988 }}
* {{cite book |last = Lampert |first = Harry |author-mask = 1 |title = Teacher's Guide for Lesson Plans in Conjunction with Declarer Play and Opening Leads, a Fun Way Bridge Book |publisher = Private |location = Deerfield, IL |year = 1988 }}
* {{cite book |last = Lampert |first = Harry |author-mask = 1  |title = Harry's Hands/Over 100 Funway Bridge Hands |publisher = Private |location = Deerfield, IL |year = 2002 }}
* {{cite book |last = Lampert |first = Harry |author-mask = 1  |title = The Fun Way to Better Bridge |publisher = Devyn Press |location = Louisville, KY |year = 2002 }}

;Pamphlets
* "Introduction to Defensive Play" (Devyn, 1989), Future Champions no. 10. {{OCLC|30309406}}

==References== <!--NYTimes obit reportedly Nov 16, 2004-->
{{reflist |25em |refs=
<ref name=wp>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48457-2004Nov13.html "''The Flash'' Creator Harry Lampert Dies"]. Patricia Sullivan. ''The Washington Post''. November 14, 2004; Page C10. Retrieved 2014-06-19.</ref>
}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120204152235/http://homepage.mac.com/mikecatron/Main/Menu64.html Appearance on San Diego Comicon panel, 2000](video) 
* [http://lambiek.net/artists/l/lampert_harry.htm Biography] at Lambiek Comiclopedia
* [http://ufdc.ufl.edu/punch/titles ''Droopy the Drew Field Mosquito''] (scroll down) with gallery at Comics Collection, University of Florida
* {{LCAuth|n79086639|Harry Lampert|3|}}

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[[Category:Inkpot Award winners]]
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