1940s and 1950s Bolle broke into comics in 1943, drawing backgrounds for
Funnies Inc., one of a handful of "packagers" that supplied content to publishers entering the fledgling medium of
comic books. He served in
World War II, and it is unclear if the small number of Bolle stories that appear in comics from U.S. Camera, Rural Home, and Green Publishing through 1946 were done during the war or were inventory from before his service. His comics output became regular soon afterward with a "Freddy Freshman" story in
Fawcett Comics'
Captain Marvel Jr. #46 (Feb. 1947) and work in
Crown Comics from the publisher McCombs from 1947 to 1948. He did additional work for Fawcett, and signed some of his
Lev Gleason Publications comics work
FWB. Through 1954, he also drew the title feature as well as the backup feature "Redmask", then took over the art for the spinoff series
Red Mask, drawing issues #42–53 to (July 1954 – May 1956). Additionally, for
DC Comics, Bolle drew the
cyborg-
superhero feature "
Robotman" in
Detective Comics #167–179 (Jan. 1951 – Jan. 1952). From 1955 to 1957, Bolle drew
Robin Hood stories in ME's
Robin Hood and the subsequent, TV series-based
The Adventures of Robin Hood. For
Marvel Comics' 1950s forerunner,
Atlas Comics, he drew supernatural fantasy stories in the anthologies
Mystic,
Marvel Tales,
Strange Tales,
Journey into Mystery and other titles in 1956 and 1957. He was the uncredited
ghost artist on the daily
Rip Kirby for
King Features Syndicate from 1977 to 1994, and, for one month in 1982, the Sunday
Tarzan for
United Feature Syndicate. 1996 He continued with the strip through its finale in November 2015, by which point Bolle was 91. From 1996 through at least 2009, Bolle did pet illustrations for the Westport Pet Company, as well as commissioned pet portraits, including one that was scheduled to appear in the
Walt Disney Pictures movie
Old Dogs. He illustrated the 2008
children's book My Cat Merigold by Angelica Joy. As late as 2004, he was a guest and panelist at
San Diego Comic-Con. ==Awards==