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John Liney
John J. Liney (1912 – January 29, 1982) was an American cartoonist who drew the daily ''Henry'' comic strip for 44 years. Early life Growing up in Philadelphia, Liney attended the George C. Thomas Middle School and South Philadelphia High School. Career Liney was working as a cartoonist at the '' Philadelphia Evening Ledger'' when he began selling gags to ''Henrys creator, Carl Thomas Anderson in 1936. He continued as a gagwriter until 1942, penciling the strip for Anderson from 1942 to 1945. When Anderson became ill, Liney took over the daily strip in 1945. Comic books During the 1940s, Liney taught cartooning at Temple University. He also drew the ''Henry'' comic books: Dell's ''Four Color'' #122 (October 1946) and #155 (July 1947), followed by 65 issues of Dell's ''Henry'' from 1948 to 1961. Anderson died in 1948 and Liney continued drawing the daily ''Henry''. In 1951, Liney was responsible for guiding the career of illustrator Jerry Pinkney by encouraging him and showin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry (comics)
''Henry'' is a (the funniest living American) comic strip created in 1932 by Carl Thomas Anderson. The title character is a young bald boy who is mute (and sometimes drawn minus a mouth). With the exception of a few early episodes, the comic strip character communicates largely but not entirely through pantomime, a situation which changed when Henry moved into comic books. Henry has spoken in at least one Betty Boop cartoon from 1935. In the feature Betty Boop has a pet shop and Henry speaks to a dog in the window. ''The Saturday Evening Post'' was the first publication to feature ''Henry'', a series which began when Anderson was 67 years old. The series of cartoons continued in that magazine for two years in various formats of single panel, multiple panels or two panels. It then moved to newspaper syndication on December 17, 1934. Anderson stopped drawing due to arthritis in 1942, and the strip continued with other artists. The daily strip went into reruns in 1995, and the Sund ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |