Dunning, M. A.

Mississippi-native M. A. Dunning studied at the Cleveland Art Institute and became a cartoonist in 1921. He worked for the Houston Post, the San Diego Tribune, and the Atlantic Constitution. As an animator, Dunning contributed to movie shorts for Walt Disney Company, including The Three Little Pigs (1933), and to Krazy Kat shorts at Columbia Pictures. In 1938, Dunning joined the Austin American-Statesman staff, focusing on international political issues as well as local Texas issues for his editorial cartoons.

Sources:

Cartoonist Has His Fun with Dictators, Crises. Daily Texan, September 24, 1939.

Midkiff, Morris. U.T. Faculty and Students Will Tell You ‘That Guy Dunning Is Good’ after Seeing Collection of Original Sketches. Austin Stateman, September 28, 1939.

Cartoonist to Talk with Students. Daily Texan, October 14, 1941.

From the guide to the Dunning (M. A. ) Cartoons 1939; 1940; 1941., [ca. 1938-1941], (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin)