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Charles N. Landon
Charles Nelson Landon (December 19, 1878 – May 17, 1937) was an illustrator for ''The Cleveland Press'', art director for the Newspaper Enterprise Association and art editor of ''Cosmopolitan''. He is most notable as the founder of the Landon School of Illustration and Cartooning, a mail-order correspondence course that trained a generation of leading syndicated cartoonists in drawing for publication. Biography Born in Norwalk, Ohio, Landon worked for ''The Cleveland Press'' from 1900 until 1912, managing the art department—and developing new talent—for the last five years of that time. Later, he became art director at the NEA syndicate. His involvement with his correspondence course, having begun in 1909, coincides with some of his time in both those positions. Landon's comic strip artists While at NEA, he was able to train students through the correspondence course and then personally hire some upon graduation to draw features at the syndicate. Counted among Landon's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwalk, Ohio
Norwalk is a city in Huron County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. The population was 17,068 at the 2020 census. The city is the center of the Norwalk micropolitan area and part of the Cleveland–Akron–Canton combined statistical area. Norwalk is located approximately south of Lake Erie, west/southwest of Cleveland, southeast of Toledo, and west/northwest of Akron. History On July 11, 1779, Norwalk, Connecticut, was burned by British Loyalists under Lieutenant-general William Tryon. In 1800, the U.S. federal government gave an area in the Connecticut Western Reserve as compensation; and in 1806, 13 men arrived to make the first survey of what would be called the Firelands. Between 1806 and 1810, many families made the trip to look over land they had purchased in the Firelands. During the War of 1812, because of the fear of British and Indian raids, settlement of the Huron County area came almost to a standstill. However, in 1815, Platt Benedict of Danbu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Holman (cartoonist)
Bill Holman (March 22, 1903 – February 27, 1987) ''New York Times'' (March 21, 1987). was an American cartoonist who drew the classic comic strip ''Smokey Stover'' from 1935 until he retired in 1973. Distributed through the Chicago Tribune New York News Syndicate, Chicago Tribune syndicate, it had the longest run of any strip in the screwball genre. Holman signed some strips with the pseudonym Scat H. He once described himself as "always inclined to humor and acting silly."Goulart, Ron, editor. ''The Encyclopedia of American Comics'', Facts on File, 1990. Born in Crawfordsville, Indiana, Holman lived as a child in Nappanee, Indiana, a town where six successful cartoonists lived when they were children. Holman's father died when he was young. He began drawing when he was 12 years old. While working part-time at Nappanee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
