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Carl Emil Schultze (May 25, 1866 – January 18, 1939) was an American newspaper cartoonist best known for his popular ''
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"Jobless Cheered by Foxy Grandpa"
American comics artists 1866 births 1939 deaths American cartoonists {{US-cartoonist-stub
Foxy Grandpa
''Foxy Grandpa'' was an American gag-a-day newspaper comic strip featuring an eponymous character, created by cartoonist Carl E. Schultze drawing under the name of "Bunny." The strip lasted from 1900 to circa 1918, and was at first hugely popul ...
'' comic strip series. He drew the strip under the pseudonym Bunny, his childhood nickname. The ''Bunny'' signature was usually accompanied by a drawing of a rabbit.
Early life and education
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History
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, he joined up with a group of traveling actors for a brief period. He sold his first drawing in Chicago for four dollars and soon was drawing regularly for the ''Chicago News'' during the late 1880s.
''Foxy Grandpa''
His ''Foxy Grandpa'' comic strip was first published in January 1900 in the '' New York Herald'', moving to the ''New York American
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'' in 1902./ref> In 1907, he was resting at The Homestead in
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where he took the mineral baths for rheumatism.
By 1913, Schultze was president of the Bunny Amusement Corporation of New York. At the peak of his fame with ''Foxy Grandpa'', Schultze lived on Park Avenue. The strip disappeared as a regular feature in 1918.
Later life
In 1919, he traveled about promoting a beverage named Whistle. In 1922, he was leading oceanside physical exercise classes at Miami Beach. Personal problems and debts plagued Schultze through the 1920s. He resurfaced in 1935, illustrating school books, including the popular ''Julia and the Bear''. During the 1930s, he was aWorks Progress Administration
The Works Progress Administration (WPA; renamed in 1939 as the Work Projects Administration) was an American New Deal agency that employed millions of jobseekers (mostly men who were not formally educated) to carry out public works projects, i ...
worker.
In 1935, when Schultze was dependent on the Emergency Work Relief Bureau for his income, he lived in a furnished room at 351 West 20th Street between 8th and 9th Avenues. From there he moved to 360 West 26th Street, where he died of a heart attack in 1939. Headlines at the time of his death read, "Creator of Foxy Grandpa Is Found Dead, a Pauper." On the wall of his room was a picture of Minnie and Mickey Mouse with the inscription, "For Carl E. Schultze, in admiration. Walt Disney
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."''The Hammond Times'', January 19, 1939./ref> His only known relative at the time of his death was his sister, Mrs. C. C. Sandersky of Nicholsville, Kentucky.
Books
* ''Vaudevilles and Other Things'' (1900) * ''The Adventures of Foxy Grandpa'' (1900) * ''The Bunny Book'' (three volumes)References
Sources
*External links
*"Jobless Cheered by Foxy Grandpa"
American comics artists 1866 births 1939 deaths American cartoonists {{US-cartoonist-stub