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best known for his comic strip ''

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Biography

Momand spent his childhood in

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, where he attended the Trinity School.Arthur R. Momand
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in the '' Hamilton Daily News''; published October 7, 1921; archived at ''Stripper's Guide''; retrieved March 26, 2019 or 1907,

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hired Momand as a staff artist for the ''

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'', where he produced a variety of comic strips including ''Mr. I. N. Dutch''. He also worked at '' The Evening Telegram'', where he created the comic strip ''Pazaza''.Arthur Momand's Cartoons
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'', September 11, 1915, p. 1809, archived at ''Stripper's Guide''; retrieved March 26, 2019 After this, he spent a year studying art at the

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. In 1913, he created ''Keeping Up with the Joneses'', based on his Nassau County experiences. The strip appeared in early issues of both ''

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''; and was syndicated until 1938. After retiring from cartooning, Momand became a portrait painter.

Personal life

In 1910, he was married to May Harding, and lived in

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or Hempstead). Unable to afford the Nassau County lifestyle, they eventually moved back to Manhattan. Momand and Harding subsequently divorced, and in 1928 he married Mayo Deason in

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, Switzerland. By 1931, he was living in Paris.J.L. MOMAND DIES; REAL ESTATE MAN: President of Firm Bearing His Name Had Been in Business for 25 Years.
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References

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