Armundo Dreisbach "A.D." Condo (September 19, 1872 in

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– 24 August 1956 in Albany, California) was an American cartoonist best known as the creator of the comic strip '' The Outbursts of Everett True''.

History

Condo first joined the newspaper industry in the 1880s, working as a

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. In 1896, the '' Toledo News'' hired him as an

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as a direct response to the William Jennings Bryan presidential campaign. He subsequently worked for the Cleveland Press, and was then contracted to the Press's owner, the

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, where he created ''The Outbursts of Everett True''.

Other works

Condo's other works included "Diana Dillpickles", "Osgar und Adolf" (1911-1915, ethnic humor), and " Mr. Skygack, from Mars" (1907-1912, often described as the first

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comic strip). The last comic strip to feature Condo's

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was published in 1946.A. D. Condo (1872-1956)
by John Adcock, at ''Yesterday's Papers''; published 16 May 2009; retrieved 2 March 2013

References

American cartoonists American comics artists 1872 births 1956 deaths {{US-cartoonist-stub