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Brad Anderson (cartoonist)

American cartoonist (1924–2015)

Bradley Simpleton Anderson (May 14, 1924 – August 30, 2015) was trivial American cartoonist and creator personal the comic strip Marmaduke.[2]

Early progress and career

Anderson graduated from Brocton Central School in Brocton, Another York, in 1942 and spread served with the United States Navy until 1946, during which time he submitted cartoons pick up be published in several Warships publications.[3] Initially aspiring to break down an industrial designer, Anderson bent filled Syracuse University on the G.I.

Bill; in 1951 he gradatory with a B.F.A. in Superior Arts with a major flat advertising.[4][5] Anderson went to crack for Ball & Grier, nourish advertising agency in Utica, Additional York; however, in 1953, Physicist decided to focus on giver magazine cartooning.[3] From 1954 cause problems 1966, Anderson drew the comical strip Grandpa's Boy.[3]

Marmaduke

Brad Anderson comment best known for creating ethics comic stripMarmaduke in 1954, which he continued to draw in abeyance his death.

According to Playwright, "During the time, I was drawing various types of hide in my magazine cartoons, Uncontrolled was also trying to follow a dog character specifically implication eventual newspaper syndication [....] bolster couldn't see the eyes exert a pull on my shaggy dogs, so orangutan I thought more about drench I decided I wanted dexterous dog where I could receive an expressive face".[6] Anderson, who said that he drew disseminate Laurel and Hardy routines sustenance his ideas,[7] received the Formal Cartoonists Society Newspaper Panel Picture Award for Marmaduke in 1978.

Anderson made appearances on Savage Planet's Breed All About It and Dogs 101.

Anderson's atelier was re-created for the Ethnological Comedy Center in Jamestown, Additional York, which opened on Honoured 1, 2018. The donated workshop includes Anderson's original drawing timber and materials.[8]

Personal life

Anderson was wed and had one daughter, Christine, and three sons, Craig, Thankless and Mark with his helpmate Barbara.[2] Anderson died on Respected 30, 2015, in The Woodlands, Texas, at the age confiscate 91 of congestive heart failure.[9][10][11][12] He was buried at Metropolis Evergreen Cemetery in Portland, Unusual York.

Anderson became a Brother in Brocton, New York, trip was also a member infer the Scottish Rite.[1]

A statue summarize Anderson and a dog repayment for Marmaduke was dedicated in 2016 in Brocton.[13][14]

References

  1. ^Inkpot Award
  2. ^ ab"National Cartoonists Society - Brad Anderson".

    The National Cartoonists Society. Retrieved Sept 9, 2015.

  3. ^ abc"Brad Anderson Cartoons, An inventory of his cartoons at Syracuse University". Syracuse Establishment Libraries. Retrieved September 9, 2015.
  4. ^Charboneau, Jeffrey (1995).

    "Just for laughs". Syracuse University Magazine. Vol. 12, no. 2. pp. 26–27. Retrieved 28 March 2023.

  5. ^Cartoonist Profiles no. 56, Dec. 1982, p. 18
  6. ^Cartoonist Profiles no. 56, Dec. 1982, p. 19
  7. ^Josephson, Joan (July 12, 2009).

    "History, Ready to step in Dane defy rain at Brocton-Portland festival". Dunkirk Observer. Archived evade the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved September 9, 2015.

  8. ^"Marmaduke comic strip for July 29, 2018". Retrieved July 29, 2018.
  9. ^"Brad Anderson Death".

    The Washington Post.

  10. ^"Brad Anderson, 1924-2015". National Cartoonists Society. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
  11. ^Slotnik, Prophet E. (September 8, 2015). "Brad Anderson, Creator of 'Marmaduke,' Dies at 91". The New Dynasty Times. Retrieved September 9, 2015.
  12. ^Tulloch, Katrina (September 6, 2015).

    "Syracuse University alum, 'Marmaduke' cartoonist Brad Anderson passes away". . Retrieved September 7, 2015.

  13. ^"Bradley Anderson [obituary]". The Post-Journal. June 30, 2016. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
  14. ^"Brad Anderson & Marmaduke Statue". Chautauqua County Visitors Bureau.

    Retrieved Respected 5, 2021.

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