Craig MacIntosh (born December 28, 1943) is an American

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who, along with artist

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, draws the comic '' Doodles'', which began in 1986 and is distributed by

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. MacIntosh formerly worked on the comic strip ''

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'' along with colleague and writer

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and worked as an editorial cartoonist for the

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until 1992. Craig MacIntosh was born in

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. in 1943. He grew up in a

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family and lived on both coasts as a child and considers Honolulu his hometown. He graduated from Radford High School in 1962 and went to University of Illinois, graduating in 1966 with degree in Fine Arts. McIntosh was drafted that fall and spent three years in the

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, with the last year in

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as a platoon leader. When he returned home, he began work as an editorial cartoonist with the Dayton, Ohio, Journal Herald until 1975. In 1975, he moved to

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to become the editorial cartoonist for the evening Minneapolis Star and then continued with the merged Star and Tribune (now Star Tribune). In 1979–80, he created a strip called "Gunnar" for the Star. In 1986, he and Steve Sack joined to create the children's cartoon feature ''Doodles''. In 1992, he left the paper to work full-time on the syndicated cartoon strip ''Sally Forth'', as well as continuing with ''Doodles''. He has published two books of drawings of historic buildings in Dayton and Minneapolis.

Personal life

McIntosh is married, with two adult children.

Fiction writing career

MacIntosh has also begun writing fiction stories. He has three books currently published as of the time of this writing -- ''McFadden's War'' (a crime story set in the

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), ''The Last Lightning'' (a

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novel), and ''The Fortunate Orphans'' (another

story).

Biography

* ''McFadden's War'' (2014) * ''The Last Lightning'' (2012) * ''The Fortunate Orphans'' (2009) * ''Wolf's Vendetta'' (2015)

References

External links

Doodles on Creators.com
updated daily

- in the Seattle Times 1943 births Living people American cartoonists Sally Forth Artists from Minneapolis Star Tribune people Admiral Arthur W. Radford High School alumni United States Army soldiers {{US-army-bio-stub

Personal life

Fiction writing career

Biography

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