Dwyer, Bil

Bil Dwyer was an American cartoonist. Dwyer worked at the Columbus Dispatch with Milton Caniff. Dwyer left for New York and sold gag cartoons to publications such as College Humor and Collier’s .

Both Dwyer and Caniff ended up working at the King Features Syndicate and Dwyer was appointed to take over the Dumb Dora strip from Paul Fung in 1932. According to Milton Caniff in the book Milton Caniff: Conversations, during the first few months of Dwyer's new assignment, Dwyer who was accustomed to creating single panels struggled to get the daily strips finished. Caniff assisted Dwyer by ghosting the female characters and completing some of the inking in addition to his regular duties.

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