Tuesday, April 07, 2009
Biography: George Herriman
Capsule biography from Martin Sheridan's book,
"Comics and their Creators" (1942)
Here is a treat. Buried in the stacks of Cartoons Magazines that Marc Schirmeister loaned us to digitize, I found a a great article on George Herriman from June of 1917...
Enjoy!
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