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Martha Orr
''Mary Worth'' is an American newspaper comic strip that has had an eight-decade run from 1938. Distributed by King Features Syndicate, this soap opera-style strip influenced several that followed. It was created by writer Allen Saunders and artist Dale Connor, and initially appeared under the pseudonym "Dale Allen". Ken Ernst succeeded Connor as artist in 1942. ''Mary Worth'' is associated with an older comic strip, ''Apple Mary'', sometimes subtitled ''Mary Worth's Family'', which dates from 1934 and features the character "Apple Mary" Worth, as well as several supporting characters who would continue into the new strip. Publication history Origins Many reference sources state that ''Mary Worth'' was a continuation of Publishers Syndicate's Depression-era strip ''Apple Mary'', created by Martha Orr in 1934, centering on an old woman who sold apples on the street and offered humble common sense. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allen Saunders
Allen Saunders (April 24, 1899 – January 28, 1986) 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. The saying was later slightly modified and popularised by John Lennon in the song "Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)". His full name, John Allen Saunders, sometimes led to confusion with his son John (John Phillip Saunders, 1924–2003), who later continued two of his father's strips. Career overview Allen Saunders covered the gamut of comics genres: editorial, commercial, gag, adventure, and melodrama. ''Big Chief Wahoo'' (later renamed ''Steve Roper and Mike Nomad'') was popular in its day, a witty romp with puns, slapstick and satire. But although it defended Native Americans in the United States, Native Americans and joked at "palefaces," it relied on exaggerated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Markstein's Toonopedia
Don Markstein's Toonopedia (subtitled A Vast Repository of Toonological Knowledge) is an online encyclopedia of print cartoons, comic strips and animation, initiated February 13, 2001. Donald D. Markstein, the sole writer and editor of Toonopedia, termed it "the world's first hypertext encyclopedia of toons" and stated, "The basic idea is to cover the entire spectrum of American cartoonery." Markstein began the project during 1999 with several earlier titles: he changed Don's Cartoon Encyberpedia (1999) to Don Markstein's Cartoonopedia (2000) after learning the word "Encyberpedia" had been trademarked. During 2001, he settled on his final title, noting, "Decided (after thinking about it for several weeks) to change the name of the site to Don Markstein's Toonopedia, rather than Cartoonopedia. Better rhythm in the name, plus 'toon' is probably a more apt word, in modern parlance, than 'cartoon', for what I'm doing." Comic strips Toonopedia author Donald David Markstein (March 21, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |