Henning Dahl Mikkelsen (1915 – June 4, 1982) was a Danish cartoonist, best known for creation of the long running newspaper comic strip '' Ferd'nand'', which he signed as Mik. He was born in

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, and began the pantomime humor strip '' Ferd'nand'' in 1936. Because it had no dialogue or captions, it soon was circulated internationally. After

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...

, he came to the United States, where he continued to do the strip while also profiting from California real estate. He became a United States citizen in 1954. In 1970, he turned the strip over to Al Plastino. Mikkelsen died unexpectedly, from a heart attack, in 1982 at age 67. He lived in

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and is buried at the San Jacinto Valley Cemetery in San Jacinto, California.Europeana
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* Danish cartoonists Danish comics artists American comic strip cartoonists Burials in Riverside County, California 1982 deaths 1915 births People from Skive Municipality People from Hemet, California People from San Jacinto, California {{cartoonist-stub

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