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Friday, July 23, 2010
John Updike, cartoonist
John Updike was an aspiring cartoonist in his teens, dashing off letters to famous cartoonists requesting original art. He was 15 when he wrote to Harold Gray. As a Harvard freshman, he began doing cartoons for the Harvard Lampoon, which he eventually edited. Jeet Heer has written various essays on Updike and his interest in cartooning.
John Updike was an aspiring cartoonist in his teens, dashing off letters to famous cartoonists requesting original art. He was 15 when he wrote to Harold Gray. As a Harvard freshman, he began doing cartoons for the Harvard Lampoon, which he eventually edited. Jeet Heer has written various essays on Updike and his interest in cartooning.
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Sunday, June 13, 2010
Death of Newspapers #15: Farewell, Annie
Be sure to drink your Ovaltine when you control click the heading above to listen to Little Orphan Annie.
Little Orphan Annie won't be singing 'Tomorrow' anymore, Tribune ends comic strip after 86 years
On NPR, Jay Maeder reflects on Little Orphan Annie and Harold Gray.
We wave goodbye to Little Orphan Annie. Today's strip is the last. Below is a look back to earlier times. My earliest memory of listening to the radio was hearing Little Orphan Annie. The radio series ended April 26, 1942, so that suggests to me that I was five years old when I heard it.
Orphan Annie organized her Junior Commandos to collect paper and scrap metal for the war effort, and the idea spread to schools. Every time I pulled my red wagon around the block to the collection truck, unloading newspapers, magazines and comic books, they punched my card. When I turned the card in at school, they gave me a cloth shoulder patch. I then had the official rank of Colonel.
Little Orphan Annie won't be singing 'Tomorrow' anymore, Tribune ends comic strip after 86 years
On NPR, Jay Maeder reflects on Little Orphan Annie and Harold Gray.
We wave goodbye to Little Orphan Annie. Today's strip is the last. Below is a look back to earlier times. My earliest memory of listening to the radio was hearing Little Orphan Annie. The radio series ended April 26, 1942, so that suggests to me that I was five years old when I heard it.
Orphan Annie organized her Junior Commandos to collect paper and scrap metal for the war effort, and the idea spread to schools. Every time I pulled my red wagon around the block to the collection truck, unloading newspapers, magazines and comic books, they punched my card. When I turned the card in at school, they gave me a cloth shoulder patch. I then had the official rank of Colonel.
On the 1938 Telematic Decoder, ROASS stands for Radio Orphan Annie's Secret Society.
First Little Orphan Annie Sunday page (November 2, 1924)
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Sunday, August 23, 2009
Death of Newspapers #7: Chicago Tribune cartoonists
This promotional film shows Chicago Tribune cartoonists at work: Walter Berndt (Smitty), Martin Branner (Winnie Winkle), Carl Ed (Harold Teen), Harold Gray (Little Orphan Annie), W.E. Hill, Frank King (Gasoline Alley), John T. McCutcheon, Carey Orr, Sidney Smith (The Gumps), Frank Willard (Moon Mullins) and Gaar Williams.
January 5, 1936
January 12, 1936
May 16, 1948
November 4, 1928
This promotional film shows Chicago Tribune cartoonists at work: Walter Berndt (Smitty), Martin Branner (Winnie Winkle), Carl Ed (Harold Teen), Harold Gray (Little Orphan Annie), W.E. Hill, Frank King (Gasoline Alley), John T. McCutcheon, Carey Orr, Sidney Smith (The Gumps), Frank Willard (Moon Mullins) and Gaar Williams.
April 25, 1926
November 2, 1924
First Little Orphan Annie Sunday page
July 4, 1926
May 9, 1921
Gaar Williams' The Artist
John T. McCutcheon's Injun Summer
Labels: death of newspapers, frank king, frank willard, gasoline alley, gumps, harold gray, little orphan annie, martin branner, moon mullins, sidney smith, smitty, walter berndt, winnie winkle
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