Irving Rose Tripp (June 5, 1921 – November 27, 2009), was an American

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, best known as the illustrator of ''

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'' comics. Irving was born in 1921 in

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. He began working in comics in 1941 when he joined

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as a staff artist. He helped to produce approximately a half-dozen issues of Four Color before leaving to join the

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during

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, where he served in the

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. He returned to work at Dell Comics in 1946 and remained there as a valued staff artist until his retirement in 1982. In 1949, he began working with Little Lulu writer John Stanley when the success of the early comic books called for a more rigorous publishing schedule than Stanley was capable of meeting. Tripp also worked on a number of other comic books during his four decades at Dell. He inked comic book version of ''

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'' and ''

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''. He also aided in illustrating a number of Disney adaptations, most memorably Dumbo. He provided much of the art work in the Clyde Crashcup #1 comic published by Dell. On November 27, 2009, Tripp died from complications from cancer in Lakeland,

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Andrew D. Arnold, "YOW! Two Generations of Kids Comics"

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, March 3, 2005. 1921 births 2009 deaths American comics artists Little Lulu United States Army personnel of World War II United States Army soldiers People from Poughkeepsie, New York People from Lakeland, Florida American expatriates in the Philippines {{US-comics-artist-stub

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