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1882 St. Louis, Missouri - 1954 Hayward, California. Known for: Illustrator-cartoons.
George McManus was a fun-loving and gregarious man, who came to resemble his most successful creation, Jiggs of Bringing Up Father. McManus tried all sorts of comic strips before he discovered the... Read full biography
George McManus was a fun-loving and gregarious man, who came to resemble his most successful creation, Jiggs of Bringing Up Father. McManus tried all sorts of comic strips before he discovered the right one. As soon as he created Jiggs and Maggie and Bringing Up Father in 1913, he settled down to... Read full biography
George McManus was a fun-loving and gregarious man, who came to resemble his most successful creation, Jiggs of Bringing Up Father. McManus tried all sorts of comic strips before he discovered the right one. As soon as he created Jiggs and Maggie and Bringing Up Father in 1913, he settled down to become a millionaire cartoonist. McManus was born in St. Louis, and was working as an office boy in the art department of the St. Louis Republic by age 15. He was soon doing the sort of graphic... Read full biography
George McManus was a fun-loving and gregarious man, who came to resemble his most successful creation, Jiggs of Bringing Up Father. McManus tried all sorts of comic strips before he discovered the right one. As soon as he created Jiggs and Maggie and Bringing Up Father in 1913, he settled down to become a millionaire cartoonist. McManus was born in St. Louis, and was working as an office boy in the art department of the St. Louis Republic by age 15. He was soon doing the sort of graphic reporting expected of newspaper artists before photographs could be reproduced drawing hangings and the scenes of murders, suicides, and assorted disasters. Early in the 20th century, and acting on a bootblacks tip, McManus bet $100 on a horse running at... Read full biography
George McManus was a fun-loving and gregarious man, who came to resemble his most successful creation, Jiggs of Bringing Up Father. McManus tried all sorts of comic strips before he discovered the right one. As soon as he created Jiggs and Maggie and Bringing Up Father in 1913, he settled down to become a millionaire cartoonist. McManus was born in St. Louis, and was working as an office boy in the art department of the St. Louis Republic by age 15. He was soon doing the sort of graphic reporting expected of newspaper artists before photographs could be reproduced drawing hangings and the scenes of murders, suicides, and assorted disasters. Early in the 20th century, and acting on a bootblacks tip, McManus bet $100 on a horse running at 30-to-1 odds. When he won, he set out for Manhattan. The New York World hired him in 1905. An advantage of this job was that his work was... Read full biography
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Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesArtists in California: 1786-1940 (Two Volumes)
2002
Available For Sale.Hughes, Edan Milton1,249 pagesFor Sale<a href="mailto:info@askart.com">Available For Sale</a>.Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)3,724 pages100 Years of American Newspaper Comics An Illustrated Encyclopedia
1996Horn, Maurice (editor)414 pages (color)The Encyclopedia of American Comics From 1897 to the Present
1990Goulart, Ron (Editor)408 pages (color)Great Cartoonists And Their Art
1987Wood, Art192 pagesMantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986Opitz, Glenn B (editor)1,081 pagesArtists of the American West: Three Volumes A Biographical Dictionary
1985Dawdy, Doris1,184 pagesWho Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)707 pagesDictionary of American Artists
1982Opitz, Glenn372 pagesClassic Comics & Their Creators Life Stories of American Cartoonists
1973Sheridan, Martin304 pagesComic Art in America
1959Becker, Stephen387 pagesThe Comics
1947Waugh, Coulton360 pages (color)