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First Weatherbird appearance, February 11, 1901, drawn by Harry B. Martin. The Weatherbird is a cartoon character and a single-panel comic.It is printed on the front of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and has been in the paper continuously since 1901, making it the longest-running American newspaper cartoon and a mascot of the newspaper.
George McManus and Florence Bergere; composite by Marguerite Martyn for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 1910. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, of Irish parents, McManus had an innate gift for drawing and a sense of humor. He recalled an incident when he was in high school: "My teacher sent home to my parents a picture I had drawn of a classmate named ...
Martin, a St. Louis native, was graduated from Lindbergh High School. At age 16, He worked at Six Flags Over Mid-America as caricaturist. He joined the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in 1980 out of the University of Kansas. [1] [2] Martin draws the Weatherbird for the Post-Dispatch. He is the sixth cartoonist to draw the Weatherbird, which debuted in ...
The world of cartooning, cartoon art, animation, funny pictures, whatever you want to call it, is something I can't get enough of and absolutely somewhere I want to spend my time,” Chris wrote ...
Image credits: maritsapatrinos The best way to uplift a creator is by sharing how much their artwork means to the audience. We asked Martisa about a time when a reader's feedback truly made her ...
Some newspapers added their own local features, such as Our Own Oddities in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. There were educational strips, such as King Features' Heroes of American History. In addition to the comic strips, Sunday comics sections also carried advertisements in a comics format, single-panel features, puzzles, paper dolls and cut-and ...
Rubin shared: “I’d like to think it’s lasted this long because it stays consistently fresh, relatable, and (hopefully) funny.”Scroll down to see some recent strips we've selected for you
Growing up in St. Louis, Peters attended Christian Brothers College High School and Washington University, where he studied fine art, became a Sigma Chi member and graduated in 1965. He drew cartoons for the college paper, Student Life, from 1962 to 1965. Peters recalled, "I knew when I was five years old that I wanted to be a cartoonist.