With artist
Charles Plumb, Conselman created the syndicated comic strip
Ella Cinders in 1925. Using his Frank Smiley pseudonym, he wrote the less successful
Good Time Guy with
Mel Cummin. The latter was drawn by animation pioneer
Dick Huemer, who later spent four decades as a key talent at the
Disney Company. In the summer of 1925, Max Elser Jr., the president of New York's
Metropolitan Newspaper Service, introduced
Ella Cinders and Conselman to the readers of
Cartoons & Movies magazine: Ella Cinders derives her name from and is based on
Cinderella. The
Cinderella motif is generally accepted in fiction, in the movies and in the legitimate drama as the most popular of all themes. This new strip of the Metropolitan was planned last summer by its originator, Conselman, formerly of the editorial staff of the
Los Angeles Times. The drawing is the work of Charlie Plumb, who was formerly on the
Los Angeles Times. The introductory strips were drawn last year. Bill Conselman married Wilhelmina Rambo (who was known as Mina), and the couple lived in
Eagle Rock, California at 4905 Lockhaven Street. In May 1941, their daughter Deirdre married famed tennis pro
Don Budge. Conselman was 43 when he died of a liver ailment at his home after a three-month illness. ==Selected filmography==