Marjorie Lyman Henderson (Marge) Buell - Artist Info

About Marjorie Lyman Henderson (Marge) Buell

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Marge Henderson Buell, Marge
  • Biography

    Marjorie Henderson Buell (née Marjorie Lyman Henderson, December 11, 1904 – May 30, 1993) was an American cartoonist who worked under the pen name Marge. She was best known as the creator of Little Lulu.

    Marjorie Lyman Henderson was born in 1904 in Philadelphia to Horace Lyman Henderson and Bertha Brown Henderson. She and her two sisters grew up on a farm outside Malvern. The three sisters drew comics for birthday cards and family events while they were growing up. At the age of 8 she began selling her work to friends. She attended and then graduated from Villa Maria Academy HiIgh School in 1921.

    At 16 she sold her first cartoon to the Public Ledger. Her work appeared in humor magazines and other periodicals, inc...

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