Archibald Dale (May 31, 1882 in

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Arch Dale – The Pictorial Spokesman of the West
by Peter Kuch, Transactions of the Manitoba Historical Society, Series 3, 1962-63 Season; retrieved October 17, 2017 – 1962 in Winnipeg) was a Scottish-born cartoonist, who lived and worked for most of his adult life in Canada and Chicago.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/d/dale_arch.htm Lambiek Comiclopedia: Arch Dale Dale began his cartooning career as a teenager, doing various illustrated work for newspapers such as ''

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''. In the early 1920s, while living in Chicago, Dale created the comic strip ''The Doo Dads'', which ran in several Canadian newspapers throughout the decade and reportedly also enjoyed success in

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. According to comics historian

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, ''The Doo Dads'' seems to have been heavily influenced by the critically acclaimed comic strip ''

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''.

(2002). ''Krazy & Ignatz 1927–1928: "Love Letters In Ancient Brick"'', p. 11. Fantagraphics. . He subsequently moved to Canada, where he produced several cartoons for the ''

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''. Dale retired in 1954, after working as a freelance artist at the ''

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'' for several decades. His daughter Julie Dale was likewise a cartoonist.

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Profile of Dale
at ''Punch in Canada'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Dale, Arch 1882 births 1962 deaths Scottish comics artists Artists from Dundee British expatriates in the United States British emigrants to Canada