He dropped out of school at age 16 and spent five years working at The Kansas City Star as a staff artist and photo retoucher.

During World War II, the gals of Modest Maidens learned first aid, dug in victory gardens, entertained GIs and served as wardens and lookouts.

However, AP held the rights, so Flowers simply renamed his panel Glamor Girls and signed on with King Features.

was continued by Bill Champs and Phil Berube after Flowers left AP for King Features in 1945.

Flowers continued to draw the Glamor Girls daily and Sunday panels until his 1968 death from emphysema.