Swinnerton, Jimmy, 1875-1974

James Guilford Swinnerton, born in Eureka, California, is known as the creator of numerous comic strips including Little Bears and Tykes, Little Jimmy, Mr. Jack, and Mount Ararat. In 1892, he landed his first job at the San Francisco Examiner and by 1896 became the paper's political cartoonist. He later moved to New York wher he worked as a comic Strip artist for the New York Journal. After 1920, Swinnerton began to use the American southwest desert as the subject of his work creating the Canyon Kiddies series for Good Housekeeping magazine. He eventually became one of the most famous desert landscape artists in the world.

From the description of Jimmy Swinnerton Collection, 1911-1973. (Ohio State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 23055170