Arthur Radebaugh (1906–1974) was an American

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, illustrator,

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artist, and

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er. He produced a significant body of work for the

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. He was noted for his artistic experimentation with

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paint under

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, an interest that stemmed from his design work for the U.S. Army. From 1958 to 1963 he produced the syndicated Sunday comic strip ''Closer Than We Think!'' for the Chicago Tribune-New York News Syndicate.

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External links

''Closer Than We Think'' documentary by Brett Ryan Bonowicz (2017), at the Internet Movie Database
* McGurk, Caitlin
"Found in the Collection: Arthur Radebaugh’s 'Closer Than We Think',"
Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum website (December 27, 2012) — profile and gallery of original images
"Radebaugh: Arthur Radebaugh, 1906-1974"
— profile and gallery of images at Cartype.com. * Novak, Matt
"Before the Jetsons, Arthur Radebaugh Illustrated the Future: In the 1950s and ‘60s, the newspaper cartoonist dreamed up a madcap American utopia, filled with flying cars and fantastical skyscrapers,"
''Smithsonian Magazine'' (April 2012).
Art Radebaugh's Future Past
blog by curators of the exhibit ''"Radebaugh: The Future We Were Promised"'' 20th-century American illustrators American comics artists 1906 births 1974 deaths {{illustrator-stub