George miracle
George Wunder (born April 24, 1912 in New York , † December 13, 1987 ) was an American comic book artist and author. His best-known work is the adventure strip Terry and the Pirates .
Wunder grew up in Kingston , New York and studied art by distance. In 1936 he was hired by the Associated Press , where he created sports cartoons, among other things, and worked there with Noel Sickles , among others . After working for the Army from 1942 to 1946, at the beginning of 1947 he took over the strip Terry and the Pirates , which had been given up by Milton Caniff , and led it, at times supported by Frank Springer , Russ Heath , Lee Elias and George Evans , up to its discontinuation continued in 1973. After Terry and the Pirates were hired, Wunder became a painter .
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Individual evidence
- ^ A b Franco Fossati: The large illustrated Ehapa comic lexicon . Ehapa Verlag, Stuttgart 1993, ISBN 3-7704-0865-9 , p. 281 .
- ↑ Biographical data at comic-art.com , accessed on March 9, 2009
- ↑ Frank Springer at lambiek.net (English) , accessed on April 30, 2010
- ↑ Russ Heath at lambiek.net (English) , accessed April 30, 2010
- ↑ Lee Elias at lambiek.net (English) , accessed April 30, 2010
- ↑ George Evans at lambiek.net (English) , accessed April 30, 2010
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| SURNAME | Miracle, george |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American comic book artist and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 24, 1912 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 13, 1987 |