The creator of Little Orphan Annie, Harold Gray is regarded as the first strip cartoonist to use the medium as a vehicle for political philosophy. Gray's gift for narrative and characterization kept... Read full biography
The creator of Little Orphan Annie, Harold Gray is regarded as the first strip cartoonist to use the medium as a vehicle for political philosophy. Gray's gift for narrative and characterization kept the strip popular at a much broader level during its lone history, and established it as a part of... Read full biography
The creator of Little Orphan Annie, Harold Gray is regarded as the first strip cartoonist to use the medium as a vehicle for political philosophy. Gray's gift for narrative and characterization kept the strip popular at a much broader level during its lone history, and established it as a part of American folk culture that has outlasted its author. Harold Lincoln Gray was born in the rural town of Kankakee, Illinois, about 50 miles south of Chicago. His family can be traced back to the 17th... Read full biography
The creator of Little Orphan Annie, Harold Gray is regarded as the first strip cartoonist to use the medium as a vehicle for political philosophy. Gray's gift for narrative and characterization kept the strip popular at a much broader level during its lone history, and established it as a part of American folk culture that has outlasted its author. Harold Lincoln Gray was born in the rural town of Kankakee, Illinois, about 50 miles south of Chicago. His family can be traced back to the 17th century in the new world. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering from Purdue in 1917, and that same year took a job with the art department of the Chicago Tribune. In 1920, he became an assistant to Sydney Smith, assisting with... Read full biography
The creator of Little Orphan Annie, Harold Gray is regarded as the first strip cartoonist to use the medium as a vehicle for political philosophy. Gray's gift for narrative and characterization kept the strip popular at a much broader level during its lone history, and established it as a part of American folk culture that has outlasted its author. Harold Lincoln Gray was born in the rural town of Kankakee, Illinois, about 50 miles south of Chicago. His family can be traced back to the 17th century in the new world. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering from Purdue in 1917, and that same year took a job with the art department of the Chicago Tribune. In 1920, he became an assistant to Sydney Smith, assisting with The Gumps, while offering the Tribune a series of ideas for strips of his own. After four years of con... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (13)
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
100 Years of American Newspaper Comics An Illustrated Encyclopedia
1996
Horn, Maurice (editor)
414 pages (color)
A Grand Tradition: The Art and Artists of the Hoosier Salon, 1925-1990
1993
Newton, Judith/Carol Weiss
479 pages
The Encyclopedia of American Comics From 1897 to the Present
1990
Goulart, Ron (Editor)
408 pages (color)
The Smithsonian Collection of Newspaper Comics
1988
Blackbeard, Bill and Martin Williams
334 pages (color)
Great Cartoonists And Their Art
1987
Wood, Art
192 pages
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
The Adventurous Decade Comic Strips in the Thirties
1975
Goulart, Ron
224 pages
Classic Comics & Their Creators Life Stories of American Cartoonists
1973
Sheridan, Martin
304 pages
Comic Art in America
1959
Becker, Stephen
387 pages
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index