Rudolph Dirks

Rudolph Dirks

male, deceased (1969)
The Katzenjammer Kids, Katzenjammer Kids, New York World, NewYorkJournal, Yellow Kid, New York Morning Journal…from New York City, journal
Rudolph Dirks (February 26, 1877 - April 20, 1968) was one of the earliest and most successful comic strip artists. Dirks was born in Heide,...
Richard F. Outcault

Richard F. Outcault

male, deceased (1928)
little lord fauntleroy, journal, world, judge, from Ohio, buster brown…New York World, NewYorkJournal
Richard Felton Outcault (January 14, 1863-September 25, 1928) was an American comic strip scriptwriter, sketcher and painter. Outcault was the...

Robert Yates

male, deceased (1831)
united states constitution, constitutional convention, politician, Roman Republic, Philadelphia Convention, Articles of Confederation…NewYorkJournal
Robert Yates was a United States politician well known for his Anti-Federalist stances. Most scholars believe that he was the author of a series of...
Frederick Burr Opper

Frederick Burr Opper

male, deceased (1937) (Madison, Ohio, United States)
cooper union, American, Comics artist, cartoonist, comic strip cartoonist, Joseph Keppler…NewYorkJournal
Frederick Burr Opper (January 2, 1857 - August 27, 1937). is considered one of the pioneers of U.S. newspaper comic strips and in his time was...
E. C. Segar

E. C. Segar

male, deceased (1938)
NewYorkJournal, popeye, hearst, mississippi river, herald, oil lamp
Elzie Crisler Segar (December 8 1894 - October 13 1938) was an American cartoonist, best known as the creator of Popeye, a character who first...
Julian Hawthorne

Julian Hawthorne

male, deceased (1934)
Harvard University, civil engineer, engineer, poet, novelist, historian…NewYorkJournal
Julian Hawthorne (June 22, 1846-1934) followed in the footsteps of his father, the famous novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne and became a prolific...
Harry Hershfield

Harry Hershfield

male, deceased (1974)
Radio personality, Sherlock Holmes, Comics artist, san francisco chronicle, comic, Humorist…NewYorkJournal
Harry Hershfield (October 13, 1885 - December 15, 1974) was an American comic artist, humor writer and radio personality. Born in Cedar Rapids,...
Thomas A. Dorgan

Thomas A. Dorgan

male, deceased (1929)
American, Twenty-three, Skidoo, tad, drugstore cowboy, San Francisco Call, NewYorkJournal
Thomas A. Dorgan (April 29, 1877 - May 2, 1929)("Thomas Aloysius Dorgan," "Tad Dorgan", "TAD") was an American cartoonist who signed his drawings...

Clare Briggs

male, deceased (1930)
University of Nebraska, Chicago American, catch phrases, Globe-Democrat, Someone's Always Taking the Joy Out of Life, There's at Least One in Every Office…NewYorkJournal, New York Tribune
Clare A. Briggs (August 5, 1875, Reedsburg, Wisconsin -January 3, 1930) was an early American comic strip artist who rose to fame in 1904 with his...
Walter Berndt

Walter Berndt

male, deceased (1979)
cartoonist, comic strip, American, From Brooklyn, Reuben Award, NewYorkJournal
Walter Berndt (1899-1979) was a comic strip artist born in Brooklyn, New York. He worked as an office boy at the New York Journal, before starting...