Coe, Roland, 1906-1954

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Roland Coe (1906-1954) was a cartoonist and commercial artist. A regular contributor to the Buffalo Times and Buffalo Courier, his work also appeared in national magazines such as the Saturday Evening Post, LIFE, and Esquire . He created a number of comic strips or series, including Crosstown, His Nibs (a comic strip for Wheaties breakfast cereal), and The Little Scouts, also released as a Dell comic book.

From the guide to the Roland Coe Papers, circa 1935, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries)

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referencedIn Gypsy Rose Lee papers, 1910-1970 The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.
referencedIn Jack Kapp Collection, circa 1900-1949, 1942-1948 Library of Congress. Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division
creatorOf Roland Coe Papers, circa 1935 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
referencedIn Ohio State University. Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum. Roland Coe 1906-1954 biographical file. Ohio State University Libraries
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associatedWith Kapp, Jack, 1901-1949 person
associatedWith Lee, Gypsy Rose, 1914-1970 person
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Subject
American wit and humor, Pictorial
Art
Art
Caricatures and cartoons
Cartoonists
Occupation
Cartoonists
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Birth 1906

Death 1954

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