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People take a liking to me like I'm a long-lost friend.

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I go to the grocery store with my wife. She goes off to buy something. Where is she, anyways? So I ask the manager, 'What aisle do they keep the wives in?'

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I first sold a cartoon for five dollars. I was in the fifth grade.

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I took my basic training on a golf course in Florida. Then I was on the boxing team. We did some demonstrations, and they put me in a theater one night and wanted me to box. So OK, I came out boxing with a friend - thinking we would just spar around - but the guy walked out, hit me, and knocked me out with one stroke.

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You can go through comic strips alone and study the common man. You can trace our history.

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My father was a dreamer who was always broke. He wanted to be a cartoonist.

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About the only way you can find out about the common man, his slang, what he looked like, what he thought, is through the comic strips. It's a powerful way for young people to learn history.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Artist

Born: September 3rd, 1923

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