Gene Carr
Gene Carr (January 7, 1881 – December 9, 1959) was an American cartoonist. Carr was one of the most active early New York City artists in the young field of comic strips. He was doing newspaper cartoons by age 15 and two years later was working for the William Randolph Hearst papers.
Also recorded as Eugene Carr
Gene Carr
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- Born
- 7 January 1881
- Birthplace
- New York City, U.S.
- Died
- 9 December 1959
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- illustrator · cartoonist
- Languages
- English
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Biography
Biography
Carr is considered a pioneer of the use of sequential panels. He did cartoons for the New York Herald, New York World and the New York Evening Journal. Carr's comic strip Lady Bountiful, debuted in Heart's newspapers in 1902 as a Sunday-comics filler, and the following year jumped to publisher Joseph Pulitzer's The New York World, appearing as the cover feature of May 3, 1903. The strip's star, notes comics scholar Don Markstein, "has been cited by many comics historians and commentators as the very first" female protagonist of a comic strip, cautioning, "Maybe she is. It's certainly difficult to think of any that were in print before her 1902 debut." The strip also featured the first known appearance of grawlix. Carr is the father of illustrator Cléanthe Carr.
Key facts
Key facts
• Born — 7 January 1881 • Birthplace — New York City, U.S. • Died — 9 December 1959 • Area — Syndicated cartoonist • Cartoonist — y • Notable Works — Lady Bountiful (1902–1929) • Illustration — Gene Carr's Lady Bountiful (shown here in 1916).
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Gene Carr (born 1881) is documented in the authority records of the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. Gene Carr was born in 1881.
Comic strips and panels
Comic strips and panels
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For the Hearst Syndicate
For the Hearst Syndicate
• Lady Bountiful (launched in 1902; moved to New York World in 1903)
For The New York World
For The New York World
• Bill and the Jones Boys (1905) — Sunday strip • Buddy's Baby Sister (1913) — Sunday strip • Dearie (1910) — Sunday strip • Duddy's Baby Sister (1913) — Sunday strip • Everyday Movies (1921–1924; strip taken over by Denys Wortman) — gag panel • Home Sweet Home (1907–1908) — Sunday strip • Kitty Kildare (1921) • Lady Bountiful (1903–1905, 1915–1918) • Little Darling (1920–1921) • Major Stuff (1914–1915) — Sunday strip • Mr. Al Most (1911-1912) — Sunday strip • Pansy's Pal (1920) • Phyllis (1903-1906) — Sunday strip • Poor Mr. W (1917–1920) • The Prodigal Son (1906–1907) — Sunday strip • Reddy and Caruso (1907) — Sunday strip • Romeo (1905-1907) — Sunday strip • Step-Brothers (1907-1914) — Sunday strip
Identity
Identity
Gene Carr is recorded as illustrator and cartoonist.
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
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1881
Gene Carr was born in 1881 at New York City.
1959
Gene Carr died in 1959.
Books
Carr's cartoons also appeared in reprint books and on postcards.
Literature
Literature
Carr, Gene, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011
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Notes from the source article
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- 1.Carr, Gene. The International Who's Who in the World. 242. 1912.
- 2.Lady Bountiful at Don Markstein's Toonopedia. from the original on October 23, 2015.
- 3.Edwards, Phil. How #$@!% became shorthand for cursing. Vox. February 22, 2019.
- 4.Deutsch, Hermann B. The Huey Long Murder Case: Enriched edition. A Tale of Political Intrigue, Corruption, and Mystery in 1930s Louisiana. Good Press. 2023-11-09.
- 5.Carr entry, Who's Who of American Comic Books, 1928–1999. Accessed Nov. 16, 2018.
- 6.Sturm, James. "Original Drawings by Denys Wortman," Center for Cartoon Studies website (March 2008).
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