TURNING POINTS by Maggie Thompson
Here’s the latest installment of Maggie Thompson’s ongoing look at important beginnings, middles, and ends, this time for March 13-19, 2020…
155 years ago March 19, 1865 German artist Victor Schramm is born in Romania. Some of his cartoons appear in the Chicago Tribune.
150 years ago March 13, 1870 Editorial cartoonist George F. Kerr is born. He anonymously draws Golden Age Raggedy Ann + Andy comic book stories.
125 years ago March 16, 1895 British artist Henry George Hine dies at age 83. The Punch cartoonist created Mr. Crindle’s Rapid Career upon Town in 1847.
100 years ago March 14, 1920 Animator and award-winning cartoonist Hank Ketcham is born. He creates the Dennis the Menace panel cartoon.
95 years ago March 19, 1925 French artist Firmin Bouisset dies at age 65.
85 years ago March 18, 1935 Instructor and artist Frank McLaughlin is born. The Charlton art director and Judomaster co-creator draws Gil Thorpe and several other newspaper strips.
70 years ago March 14, 1950 Israeli cartoonist Dudu Geva is born.
70 years ago March 16, 1950 The British strip The Gambols by Barry Appleby begins.
70 years ago March 19, 1950 Pulp writer Edgar Rice Burroughs dies of a heart attack at age 74. His creations included Tarzan and John Carter.
65 years ago March 14, 1955 Award-winning artist, editor, educator, and publisher Stephen R. Bissette is born. With his special interest in horror tales, he’s especially known for his work with Alan Moore and John Totleben on Swamp Thing and founds Spiderbaby Grafix.
65 years ago March 18, 1955 Writer-artist Kent Marshall Burles is born. His work appears in roleplaying games and in Malibu comics.
65 years ago March 18, 1955 Artist Bill Reinhold is born. He’s known for his work on tales of The Badger, Punisher, and Silver Surfer and co-creates the Spyke series with Mike Baron.
60 years ago March 13, 1960 Pixar Animation Studio head of story Joe Ranft is born.
60 years ago March 17, 1960 Colorist Rich Powers is born.
55 years ago March 14, 1965 Spirou introduces Sibylline by Raymond Macherot.
55 years ago March 14, 1965 The Kite-Eating Tree is named in Charles Schulz’ Peanuts.
50 years ago March 18, 1970 Dutch artist Jacobus Grosman dies at age 62. He created Gijsje Goochem.
40 years ago March 14, 1980 Dutch writer Arie Pleysier dies at age 89.
35 years ago March 17, 1985 Greg Evans’ Luann strip begins.
15 years ago March 13, 2005 Animator and writer-artist Hal Seeger dies at age 87. He created Muggy Doo, Boy Cat, was director of Hal Seeger Productions animation studio, and was known for his work on the Betty Boop strip and Leave It to Binky.
10 years ago March 19, 2010 British Judge Dredd artist John Hicklenton commits euthanasia at age 42, suffering from multiple sclerosis. He created the award-winning documentary Here’s Johnny about his illness.
5 years ago March 13, 2015 Artist Irwin Hasen dies at age 96. With a career beginning in the Golden Age, he co-created the Dondi comic strip with Gus Edson.
5 years ago March 18, 2015 Award-winning artist-teacher Roy Doty dies at age 92. The NCS Hall of Fame inductee was known (among countless projects) for Wordless Workshop (created for Popular Mechanics) and for his Laugh-In strip.
