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Hugh McClelland (cartoonist)
Hugh McClelland was a cartoonist who headed the cartoon department of the ''Daily Mirror'' in the UK. In 1937, he introduced his wild Western comic strip ''Beelzebub Jones'' in the pages of the ''Daily Mirror''. After taking over as cartoon chief at the ''Mirror'' in 1945, he dropped ''Beelzebub Jones'' and moved on to a variety of new strips, including ''Dan Doofer'', ''Sunshine Falls'' and ''Jimpy''. Drawing for ''Sketch'' In 1952, he exited the ''Mirror'' for the tabloid ''Daily Sketch''. He drew ''Pip Squeak and Wilfred'' until 1956 when he left Selsey and emigrated with his family to Canada. He launched his last strip, ''Jimmy Gimmicks'', in 1957, but it lasted only two months. McClelland had a working method that expedited his production. He would pencil 20 weeks of strips at one session, writing dialogue as he progressed and then ink these in outline. Lastly, he would go back and fill in the blacks.Maurice Horn, Horn, Maurice''The World Encyclopedia of Comics''. Chelsea Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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McClelland is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alyssa McClelland, Australian actress * Charles A. McClelland (1917–2006), American political systems analyst * Charles P. McClelland (1854–1944), New York politician, and US federal judge * David McClelland, American psychologist * Doug McClelland, Australian politician * George William McClelland, American educator * Glenn McClelland, American keyboardist * Helen Grace McClelland (1887–1984), United States Army nurse * Hugh McClelland (politician) (1875–1958), Australian politician * James McClelland (other), several people * Jim McClelland, Australian senator and judge * John McClelland (other), several people * Mac McClelland, journalist * Mark McClelland, bassist for Little Doses, previously for Snow Patrol * Matthew McClelland, (1832-1883), Medal of Honor recipient * Nina McClelland (1929–2020), American chemist * Robert McClelland (other), several people * Thomas McClelland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daily Mirror
The ''Daily Mirror'' is a British national daily tabloid. Founded in 1903, it is owned by parent company Reach plc. From 1985 to 1987, and from 1997 to 2002, the title on its masthead was simply ''The Mirror''. It had an average daily print circulation of 716,923 in December 2016, dropping to 587,803 the following year. Its Sunday sister paper is the '' Sunday Mirror''. Unlike other major British tabloids such as '' The Sun'' and the '' Daily Mail'', the ''Mirror'' has no separate Scottish edition; this function is performed by the '' Daily Record'' and the '' Sunday Mail'', which incorporate certain stories from the ''Mirror'' that are of Scottish significance. Originally pitched to the middle-class reader, it was converted into a working-class newspaper after 1934, in order to reach a larger audience. It was founded by Alfred Harmsworth, who sold it to his brother Harold Harmsworth (from 1914 Lord Rothermere) in 1913. In 1963 a restructuring of the media interests of the Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beelzebub Jones
''Beelzebub Jones'' was a UK newspaper comic strip created by cartoonist Hugh McClelland. Characters and story The wild Western strip ran from December 28, 1937, to December 28, 1945, in the ''Daily Mirror'' newspaper. The sheriff character was based on McClelland's father, a farmer with a wooden leg. After taking over as cartoon chief at the ''Mirror'' in 1945, he dropped ''Beelzebub Jones'' and moved on to a variety of new strips, including ''Dan Doofer'', ''Sunshine Falls'' and ''Jimpy''. In 1952, he exited the ''Mirror'' for the tabloid ''Daily Sketch''. He launched his last strip, ''Jimmy Gimmicks'' in 1957, but it lasted only two months. McClelland had a working method that expedited his production. He would pencil 20 weeks of strips at one session, writing dialogue as he progressed and then ink these in outline. Lastly, he would go back and fill in the blacks. This speedy working method enabled McClelland to continue producing ''Beelzebub Jones'' during his World War II ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daily Sketch
The ''Daily Sketch'' was a British national tabloid newspaper, founded in Manchester in 1909 by Sir Edward Hulton. It was bought in 1920 by Lord Rothermere's Daily Mirror Newspapers, but in 1925 Rothermere sold it to William and Gomer Berry (later Viscount Camrose and Viscount Kemsley). It was owned by a subsidiary of the Berrys' Allied Newspapers from 1928Dennis Griffiths (ed.). ''The Encyclopedia of the British Press, 1422–1992'', London and Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1992, p. 187 (renamed Kemsley Newspapers in 1937 when Camrose withdrew to concentrate his efforts on ''The Daily Telegraph''). In 1946, it was merged with the ''Daily Graphic''. In 1952, Kemsley decided to sell the paper to Associated Newspapers, the owner of the ''Daily Mail'', who promptly revived the ''Daily Sketch'' name in 1953. The paper struggled through the 1950s and 1960s, never managing to compete successfully with the ''Daily Mirror'', and in 1971 it was closed and merged with the ''Daily Mail''. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice Horn
Maurice Horn (born 1931) is a French-American comics historian, author, and editor, considered to be one of the first serious academics to study comics. He is the editor of ''The World Encyclopedia of Comics'', ''The World Encyclopedia of Cartoons'', and ''100 Years of American Newspaper Comics''. Born in France, he is based in New York City. Career Horn grew up in France particularly fascinated by American comics. In the late 1950s, collaborating with countryman (later the editorial director of the French publisher Dargaud) under the joint pen names Karl von Kraft and Franck Sauvage (after Doc Savage), Horn co-wrote a number of French-language pulp mystery and spy novels. From 1956 to 1960, Horn and Moliterni (as Franck Sauvage) wrote the radio mystery show ''Allô... Police!'' for Radio Luxemburg. Looking for more lucrative writing work, Horn emigrated to the United States in 1959. Returning frequently to France, he was a member of the 1960s groups Club Bande Dessinée and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Cartoonists
English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national identity, an identity and common culture ** English language in England, a variant of the English language spoken in England * English languages (other) * English studies, the study of English language and literature * ''English'', an Amish term for non-Amish, regardless of ethnicity Individuals * English (surname), a list of notable people with the surname ''English'' * People with the given name ** English McConnell (1882–1928), Irish footballer ** English Fisher (1928–2011), American boxing coach ** English Gardner (b. 1992), American track and field sprinter Places United States * English, Indiana, a town * English, Kentucky, an unincorporated community * English, Brazoria County, Texas, an unincorporated community * En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Comic Strip Cartoonists
British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, the English language as spoken and written in the United Kingdom or, more broadly, throughout the British Isles * Celtic Britons, an ancient ethno-linguistic group * Brittonic languages, a branch of the Insular Celtic language family (formerly called British) ** Common Brittonic, an ancient language Other uses *''Brit(ish)'', a 2018 memoir by Afua Hirsch *People or things associated with: ** Great Britain, an island ** United Kingdom, a sovereign state ** Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800) ** United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922) See also * Terminology of the British Isles * Alternative names for the British * English (other) * Britannic (other) * British Isles * Brit (other) * Briton (d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
