Robert P. Gregory (October 20, 1921 – December 5, 2003) was an American

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artist and writer best known for writing and drawing hundreds of Gold Key comics starring the

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Biography

Bob Gregory attended the

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and fought in

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before working as a technical illustrator for an

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. He began submitting art sketches to

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, for which he began freelancing on a steady basis in 1958 — first as a writer, then as a writer-artist both writer and artist — on many of Western's

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comics, including the Donald Duck comics produced under license by Dell and Western's Gold Key Comics. Gregory produced hundreds of Disney comics stories for many publications, including ''

'', '' Daisy Duck's Diary'', '' Junior Woodchucks'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Walt Disney's Christmas Parade'', and Brazil's '' Zé Carioca''. He introduced the Billionaires Club of Duckburg, where

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is a member, in the story ''The Christmas Cha Cha'' (''Dell Giant'' #26, Nov 1959), written by Gregory and illustrated by

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. He started doing '' Aristocats'' stories in the 1970s, when he also penciled most issues of ''Daisy and Donald'', co-starring

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. His World War II memoirs, ''Letters from the South Pacific'', was published in 1996. The official cause of death was listed as

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. Gregory's daughter, Roberta Gregory, is also a cartoonist, best known for her character Bitchy Bitch.

Notes

References

News from Me (December 9, 2003): Bob Gregory, R.I.P

External links

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at the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gregory, Bob American comics artists American comics writers American military personnel of World War II Disney comics writers Disney comics artists 1921 births 2003 deaths Deaths from pneumonia in California