Carl Alfred Grubert, Jr. (September 11, 1911 – September 26, 1979) was an American

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who drew the

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, ''

The Berrys ''The Berrys'' was a family comic strip drawn by Carl Grubert and distributed by Field Newspaper Syndicate. It ran from October 30, 1942, until December 28, 1974. A 1934 alumnus of the University of Wisconsin–Madison The University of ...

'' for more than three decades. A 1934 alumnus of the

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, Grubert served in the

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during

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. He worked in advertising in

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prior to his cartoonist career.

Family funnies

Grubert's ''The Berrys'' was syndicated from 1942 to 1974, and during that long run, the strip chronicled the lives of the Berry family members–father Peter, mother Pat, daughter Jill, son Jackie and baby brother Jimmie. Grubert died in 1979, five years after the conclusion of his strip.

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1911 births 1979 deaths American comic strip cartoonists American comics artists American humorists University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni United States Navy personnel of World War II {{comic-strip-creator-stub