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Lazarus recalled, "I scanned the papers, and there was nothing about schools, so I invented Miss Peach." [3] Although he did not win the United Features contest, Miss Peach was launched in the New York Herald Tribune and eventually was published internationally in 300 newspapers. [3] In the 1990s, the title was changed to the more modern Ms ...
Melvin Lazarus (May 3, 1927 [2] – May 24, 2016) [3] was an American cartoonist, best known as the creator of two comic strips, Miss Peach (1957–2002) and Momma (1970–2016). Additionally, he wrote two novels.
This is a list of cartoonists, visual artists who specialize in drawing cartoons. This list includes only notable cartoonists and is not meant to be exhaustive. Note that the word 'cartoon' only took on its modern sense after its use in Punch magazine in the 1840s - artists working earlier than that are more correctly termed 'caricaturists',
Mell Lazarus – cartoonist, creator of comic strips Miss Peach and Momma [49] Richard Lederer – author of books on word play [50] Jamie Loftus – comedian, writer, and animator, created the podcast "My Year In Mensa" [51] Ranan Lurie – editorial cartoonist and journalist [6]
Li'l Abner was also the subject of the first book-length, scholarly assessment of a comic strip ever published; Li'l Abner: A Study in American Satire by Arthur Asa Berger (Twayne, 1969) contained serious analyses of Capp's narrative technique, use of dialogue, self-caricature and grotesquerie, the strip's overall place in American satire, and ...
This is a list of American comics creators. Although comics have different formats, this list covers creators of comic books , graphic novels and comic strips , along with early innovators. The list presents authors with the United States as their country of origin, although they may have published or now be resident in other countries.
Fanny Cory – Other People's Children, Sonny Sayings, Little Miss Muffet [46] Grace G. Drayton – Dolly Drake and Bobby Blake in Storyland, The Terrible Tales of Captain Kiddo, Toodles, Dolly Dimples, The Campbell Kids, The Pussycat Princess [47] Edwina Dumm – Cap Stubbs and Tippie; Lovrien Gregory – The Pioneers [48]
Momma was Lazarus' second strip; he had been publishing the syndicated strip Miss Peach since 1957. Debuting on October 26, 1970, Momma was initially distributed by the Publishers-Hall Syndicate, and later was handled by Creators Syndicate and published in more than 400 newspapers worldwide.