Cal Alley
Calvin Lane Alley (October 10, 1915 – November 10, 1970) was the editorial cartoonist for The Commercial Appeal in Memphis, Tennessee, from 1945 until 1970.
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Cal Alley
- Born
- 10 October 1915
- Birthplace
- Memphis, Tennessee
- Died
- 10 November 1970
- Nationality
- American
- Awards
- Sigma Delta Chi Distinguished Service Award, 1955
- Occupation
- cartoonist · comics artist
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Calvin Lane Alley (October 10, 1915 – November 10, 1970) was the editorial cartoonist for The Commercial Appeal in Memphis, Tennessee, from 1945 until 1970.
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• Born — 10 October 1915 • Birthplace — Memphis, Tennessee • Died — 10 November 1970 • Nationality — American • Awards — Sigma Delta Chi Distinguished Service Award, 1955 • Cartoonist — y • Notable Works — The Commercial Appeal editorial cartoonist (1945–1970) Hambone's Meditations (1934–1968) The Ryatts
Hambone's Meditations
Hambone's Meditations
Born in Memphis, Cal Alley was the son of James Pinckney Alley, creator of the syndicated cartoon panel Hambone's Meditations, and the first editorial cartoonist at The Commercial Appeal in 1916. Hambone's Meditations ran on the front page of The Commercial Appeal. When the elder Alley died April 16, 1934, his wife Nona, Cal Alley, and his brother James took over Hambone's Meditations.
Editorial cartoons and The Ryatts
Editorial cartoons and The Ryatts
In 1939, Alley began his cartoon career in Missouri where he was an editorial cartoonist with the Kansas City Journal. When the Journal folded in 1942, he moved on to the Nashville Banner. Three years later, he signed on with The Commercial Appeal, where he launched a comic strip, The Ryatts, syndicated by the Post-Hall Syndicate from 1954 to 1994. Comics historian Don Markstein noted: Alley's sister, Elizabeth Alley, was married to Frank Ahlgren, editor of The Commercial Appeal from 1936 to 1968.
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Cal Alley is recorded as cartoonist and comics artist.
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1915
Cal Alley born at Memphis.
1970
Cal Alley died.
Awards
Alley received the Sigma Delta Chi Distinguished Service Award for a 1955 editorial cartoon. He was inducted into the Tennessee Hall of Fame which "honors those who have made an outstanding contribution to Tennessee Newspaper journalism or, through Tennessee journalism, to newspaper journalism generally, or who have made an extraordinary contribution to their communities and region, or the state, through newspaper journalism." Alley retired in 1965 and died of cancer five years later at the age of 55.
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Cal Alley, The Arkansas Historical Quarterly, 1974
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