Albert Hermann Vermeer (1911–1980), known as Al Vermeer, was an American cartoonist. Vermeer created the comic strip ''

Priscilla's Pop ''Priscilla's Pop'' was an American gag-a-day comic strip drawn by Al Vermeer. Syndicated by the Newspaper Enterprise Association, it ran from July 7, 1946, until September 11, 1983. Vermeer drew the strip from July 7, 1946, to July 17, 1976; Ed ...

''.Al Vermeer Cartoons
Syracuse University, 14 Apr 2009, Retrieved 11/23/2010

Early life

Al Vermeer was born in

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in 1911 to Dutch immigrant parents from

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.Lambiek Comiclopedia
Lambiek.net, 16 June 2007, Retrieved 11/23/2010

Career

While growing up in Oakland, Vermeer began his newspaper career as a sports writer. Eventually he moved to sports illustration work at the ''San Francisco News.'' By 1945 he left the ''News'' to work with the

Newspaper Enterprise Association The Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA) is an editorial column and comic strip newspaper syndication service based in the United States and established in 1902. The oldest syndicate still in operation, the NEA was originally a secondary news ...

and a year later his signature creation ''

'' was launched. Initially created as a Sunday, a daily version of ''

'' was soon added to the syndicate. Vermeer worked on the family strip for almost 30 years, before his retirement in 1976. The strip was inspired by Vermeer's own family. Vermeer was succeeded by cartoonist Ed Sullivan, who worked on ''

'' until the end of the comic strip's run in 1983.

Death

Al Vermeer died in 1980 in Humboldt, California.

References

External links

Al Vermeer Cartoons (1966-1968)
at Syracuse University (primary source material) 1911 births 1980 deaths American comics artists American people of Dutch descent American comic strip cartoonists People from Alameda, California {{US-cartoonist-stub