Cecil Jensen (January 17, 1902 - May 1976) was an American

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, Jensen studied at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. After moving to California, Jensen worked at the '' Los Angeles Illustrated Daily News'', eventually as editorial cartoonist.

Editorial cartoons

In 1928, Jensen returned to Chicago, where he was the editorial cartoonist at the ''

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Comic strips

During World War II, Jensen caricatured ''

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'' publisher Colonel McCormick as "Colonel McCosmic". In 1946, he started the

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''Syncopating Sue'', and he also drew ''Elmo and Debbie''. In 1949, the

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renamed the strip ''Little Debbie'', shifting focus from character Elmo to his little sister Debbie. ''Little Debbie'' became its more popular title, and it ran until 1961. ''

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'' noted in 1949: :Jensen operates from a studio in the ''Chicago Daily News'', for whom he did editorial cartoons since 1928 before beginning the comic strip. Publisher John Knight of the ''News'' was persuaded to let him go to comic strip creation only on the promise that he would continue with one editorial cartoon, weekly.

Awards

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ed Jensen for his work in 1953.

References

External links

Cecil Jensen Papers (1865-1971) at Syracuse University
1902 births 1976 deaths American editorial cartoonists American comics artists Artists from Ogden, Utah {{US-cartoonist-stub