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s; he also created the

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at the Political Cartoon Society; retrieved May 6, 2014 and ''The Bicker Family''; as well as the daily panels ''Sat's Bear'' and ''Days We'll Never Forget'', as well as ''Bizzy Bear''. Satterfield's career began in 1896 when, after having studied art as a part-time student in

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, he moved to

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for work and began sending unsolicited cartoons (most of which were based on the William Jennings Bryan presidential campaign) to the ''

''; the Press's editor eventually bought one, and hired Satterfield as a regular artist. In 1898, Satterfield was transferred to the ''Kansas City World'', where he functioned as that paper's entire art department for four years until 1902, when

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In 1924, Satterfield signed an exclusive contract with Publishers Autocaster Service; later, he worked for the

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. In 1928, he produced ''Picture Life of a Great American: Pictorial Life of Herbert Hoover'', a prototype of a

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; retrieved May 6, 2014 In 1934, he left the ''Cleveland News'' and joined the ''

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References

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