Dave Gerard Cartoons. 1949-1968

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Dave Gerard Cartoons. 1949-1968

Original cartoons from the comic strip , and the one-panel gag cartoons and . There are also some untitled cartoons, some notated with the client and some not. Will-Yum Citizen Smith Viewpoint

1.5 linear ft.

eng,

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SNAC Resource ID: 6361693

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Gerard, Dave.

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David Charles Gerard (1909-2003) was an American cartoonist and creator of the comic strip Will-Yum and others. Dave Gerard lived and worked most of his life in his home town of Crawfordsville, Indiana. Born there on June 18, 1909, Gerard graduated from local Wabash College in 1931 and that year his first cartoon appeared in Judge . After a few brief years in New York City during the Depression, he made his way back to Crawfordsville around 1934. Gerard's early career wa...