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s, notably his long stint on the '' Dennis the Menace'' comic books. Wiseman's clean line was an influence on several cartoonists, including

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, and

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Biography

After Wiseman worked in advertising, he became an assistant to

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on ''Dennis the Menace''. Wiseman and writer Fred Toole worked on the ''Dennis the Menace'' comic book from 1953 into the 1960s."Al Wiseman,"
''Lambiek's Comiclopedia''. Accessed Nov. 30, 2017. Al's granddaughter, Aliza, claims that many of the characters from ''Dennis the Menace'' were created by Al. He had his own feature, ''Punky'', in the ''Dennis the Menace'' comic books. ''Charley Jones Laugh Book'' Wiseman did covers for '' Charley Jones Laugh Book'', contributed to George Crenshaw's ''

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'' and briefly assisted on the ''

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'' Sunday page . He also did children's books, such as ''We Learn to Play'' (1954). A ''Dennis the Menace'' story by Wiseman and Toole was reprinted in the

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and

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collection, ''The Toon Treasury of Classic Children's Comics'' (Abrams, 2009).

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Aliza Wiseman on Al Wiseman
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wiseman, Al American comics artists American comic strip cartoonists American children's book illustrators 1918 births 1988 deaths