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Virgil Partch BIOGRAPHY
1916 St Paul Island, Alaska - 1984 Los Angeles, California. Known for: Illustration, cartoons.
Cartoonist of “Big George,” etc. Fall 1944. “Cartoonist Virgil Partch is Now a Roberts Trainee. Seeing eight or nine fingers on a character in a Partch cartoon is not the only incongruity you’ll... Read full biography
Cartoonist of “Big George,” etc. Fall 1944. “Cartoonist Virgil Partch is Now a Roberts Trainee. Seeing eight or nine fingers on a character in a Partch cartoon is not the only incongruity you’ll find. Galaxies of teeth, grotesque heads many times too large for the bodies, and hair that looks like... Read full biography
Cartoonist of “Big George,” etc. Fall 1944. “Cartoonist Virgil Partch is Now a Roberts Trainee. Seeing eight or nine fingers on a character in a Partch cartoon is not the only incongruity you’ll find. Galaxies of teeth, grotesque heads many times too large for the bodies, and hair that looks like nothing but black steel wool are all parts of the insanity that Pvt. Virgil Franklin Partch II.… fosters on an unsuspecting Nation weekly through the medium of Collier’s, P.M., The New Yorker, or King... Read full biography
Cartoonist of “Big George,” etc. Fall 1944. “Cartoonist Virgil Partch is Now a Roberts Trainee. Seeing eight or nine fingers on a character in a Partch cartoon is not the only incongruity you’ll find. Galaxies of teeth, grotesque heads many times too large for the bodies, and hair that looks like nothing but black steel wool are all parts of the insanity that Pvt. Virgil Franklin Partch II.… fosters on an unsuspecting Nation weekly through the medium of Collier’s, P.M., The New Yorker, or King Features. He was born on St. Paul Island, in the Aleutians, twenty-eight years ago. Chief Petty Officer Virgil Franklin Partch I, who bears the paternal share of grief for having a cartoonist in the family, was stationed there. Traveling was part of... Read full biography
Cartoonist of “Big George,” etc. Fall 1944. “Cartoonist Virgil Partch is Now a Roberts Trainee. Seeing eight or nine fingers on a character in a Partch cartoon is not the only incongruity you’ll find. Galaxies of teeth, grotesque heads many times too large for the bodies, and hair that looks like nothing but black steel wool are all parts of the insanity that Pvt. Virgil Franklin Partch II.… fosters on an unsuspecting Nation weekly through the medium of Collier’s, P.M., The New Yorker, or King Features. He was born on St. Paul Island, in the Aleutians, twenty-eight years ago. Chief Petty Officer Virgil Franklin Partch I, who bears the paternal share of grief for having a cartoonist in the family, was stationed there. Traveling was part of the Navy life, so the family Partch made it’s oceanic way through the Bering Sea to Kodiak, Sitka, Puget Sound, San Francisco, and, as if in complete... Read full biography
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Cartoonist of “Big George,” etc. Fall 1944. “Cartoonist Virgil Partch is Now a Roberts Trainee. Seeing eight or nine fingers on a character in a Partch cartoon is not the only incongruity you’ll find. Galaxies of teeth, grotesque heads many times too large for the bodies, and hair that looks like nothing but black steel wool are all parts of the insanity that Pvt. Virgil Franklin Partch II.… fosters on an unsuspecting Nation weekly through the medium of Collier’s, P.M., The New Yorker, or King Features. He was born on St. Paul Island, in the Aleutians, twenty-eight years ago. Chief Petty Officer Virgil Franklin Partch I, who bears the paternal share of grief for having a cartoonist in the family, was stationed there. Traveling was part of Nancy Dustin Wall Moure, ATASCADERO (including CAMP ROBERTS, CARRIZA/O PLAINS, PASO ROBLES, SAN MIGUEL, SANTA MARGARITA, SHANDON, TEMPLETON, ETC.), ART AND PHOTOGRAPHY BEFORE 1960 (Publications in [Southern] California Art, vol. 13, no. III), Cambria, Ca.: Dustin Publications, 2017...But wait, there's more...
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