by Rick Coste | Dec 14, 2020 | Illustrators, Platinum Age, Writers
Margaret Hays Margaret Hays may have been the sister of Grace Drayton, famous for her comic book art, but Margaret could hold her own. Not only was she an accomplished writer, but she also illustrated her own comics. A prime example of this was her 1908 strip Jennie...
by Rick Coste | Dec 14, 2020 | Illustrators, Platinum Age
Ethel Hays As an illustrator for her high school paper, Ethel Hays had aspirations for becoming a painter. Her studies and talent led to a scholarship to attend the private art school, Academie Julian, in Paris. Those dreams were cut short by Wor’d War I. Not...
by Rick Coste | Dec 13, 2020 | Illustrators, Platinum Age
Carol Hager Waddles was a very fortunate duck. One that was cared for and passed down generation after generation. In 1912, the year his grandaughter Carol was born, the artist Dok Hager created Dok’s Dippy Duck, which enjoyed a run in The Seattle Daily Times. When...
by Rick Coste | Dec 13, 2020 | Illustrators, Platinum Age, Writers
Edwina Dumm She was known simply as “Edwina,” and she was the first full-time cartoonist in America. Her full name was Edwina Drumm and, in 1915, she took her first job as a cartoonist working for the short-lived Columbus Daily Monitor. During her time with...
by Rick Coste | Dec 12, 2020 | Illustrators, Platinum Age
Grace Drayton If you’ve ever been to an antique shop and seen posters, postcards, or old ads of little, cherubic-faced children standing around Campbell Soup cans, then you’ve seen the work of Grace Drayton. Ms. Drayton actually created the Campbell Soup Kids in 1904,...
