Jerry Dumas
Jerry Dumas (actually: Gerald Dumas ; born June 6, 1930 in Detroit , Michigan ; † November 12, 2016 in Greenwich , Connecticut ) was an American author and cartoonist .
life and work
After graduating from Arizona State University with a degree in English literature , he worked for Mort Walker as an Inker on the comic strips Beetle Bailey and Hi and Lois . With Walker he created the comic strip Sam's Strip , published from 1961 to 1963 , which he drew and which he revived in 1977 as Sam and Silo . In the early 1960s he also created cartoons for various magazines and newspapers such as The New Yorker and The New York Times . As an author, Dumas has published the novel An Afternoon in Waterloo Park and the children's book Rabbits Rafferty , which was published in German under the title Rabbit Kasimir .
Dumas was married and the father of three sons.
literature
- Andreas C. Knigge : Comic Lexicon . Ullstein Verlag, Frankfurt am Main, Berlin and Vienna 1988, ISBN 3-548-36554-X , p. 173.
Web links
- Jerry Dumas at lambiek.net (English)
- Short autobiography at reuben.org (English)
- Literature by and about Jerry Dumas in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dumas, Jerry |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dumas, Gerald (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American author and comic book artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 6, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Detroit , Michigan |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 12, 2016 |
| Place of death | Greenwich, Connecticut |