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Mary Worth would in turn be reprinted in comic books by Pines Publications, Magazine Enterprises, and Harvey Comics—initially as a backup feature in issues Green Hornet Comics and Black Cat, and later in Love Stories of Mary Worth #1-5 (Sept. 1949 - May 1950).
On February 5, 1947, Ken Ernst chose University of Wisconsin student Ruth Schmitt as the model for a new character in his Mary Worth comic strip. Kenneth Frederick Ernst (1918 – August 6, 1985) was a US comic book and comic strip artist. He is most notable for his work on the popular and long-running comic strip Mary Worth from 1942 to 1985. [1]
Allen Saunders (April 24, 1899 – January 28, 1986) [2] was an American writer, journalist and cartoonist who wrote the comic strips Steve Roper and Mike Nomad, Mary Worth and Kerry Drake. He is credited with being the originator of the saying, "Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans" in 1957. [3]
Judge Parker is an American soap opera-style comic strip created by Nicholas P. Dallis that first appeared on November 24, 1952. [1] The strip's look and content were influenced by the work of Allen Saunders and Ken Ernst on Mary Worth. [2]
Alex Kotzky's Apartment 3-G. Apartment 3-G is an American newspaper soap opera comic strip about a trio of career women who share an apartment in Manhattan.Created by Nicholas P. Dallis with art by Alex Kotzky, the strip began May 8, 1961, initially distributed by the Publishers Syndicate, which later merged with King Features Syndicate in 1988.
Allen Saunders served as comics editor in the 1940s [citation needed] and wrote a number of Publishers Syndicate's most popular strips, including Apple Mary/Mary Worth, Big Chief Wahoo, and Kerry Drake. His protege Nicholas P. Dallis followed in Saunders' footsteps by writing the popular strips Rex Morgan, M.D., Judge Parker, and Apartment 3-G. [1]
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As the obituary in his hometown newspaper (Toledo Blade, 2003) put it, "John Saunders began working on the strips (i.e., Steve Roper and Mary Worth) periodically during the 1950s, but took over in 1979." [11] In early 1985 Overgard left to focus on his own comic Rudy and other work, and the artwork was then taken over by Fran Matera. The strip ...