Jack Elrod
Jack Elrod (March 29, 1924 – February 16, 2016) was an American cartoonist best known for the comic strip Mark Trail. The creator of Mark Trail, Ed Dodd, began the strip in 1946. Elrod began working on the strip as an artist in 1950, then in 1978 when Dodd's eyesight failed he turned the strip over to Jack Elrod, who continued to draw it under both their names.
Jack Elrod
- Born
- March 29, 1924
- Birthplace
- Gainesville, Georgia, U.S.
- Died
- 16 February 2016
- Place of death
- Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- comics artist
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Jack Elrod (March 29, 1924 – February 16, 2016) was an American cartoonist best known for the comic strip Mark Trail. The creator of Mark Trail, Ed Dodd, began the strip in 1946. Elrod began working on the strip as an artist in 1950, then in 1978 when Dodd's eyesight failed he turned the strip over to Jack Elrod, who continued to draw it under both their names.
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Jack Elrod (1924–2016) was a comics artist, of American nationality. The comics artist was born in Gainesville and died in Atlanta.
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Elrod lived his whole life in Georgia and worked for King Features Syndicate for 64 years before dying in his sleep of kidney failure and related complications at age 91 in his home near Atlanta on February 3, 2016. Prior to becoming a cartoonist, Elrod served in the United States Navy for 3 and a half years f on board the USS Teton as a meteorologist during World War II, from 1942 at the age of 18 to 1945
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• Born — March 29, 1924 • Birthplace — Gainesville, Georgia, U.S. • Died — 16 February 2016 • Place of death — Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. • Cartoonist — y • Notable Works — Mark Trail
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1924
Jack Elrod born at Gainesville.
2016
Jack Elrod died at Atlanta.
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- 1.Jack Elrod, Mark Trail cartoonist: 1925-2016.
- 2.JACK ELROD, CARTOONIST FOR THE "MARK TRAIL" COMIC STRIP, DEAD AT 91. Feb 4, 2016.
- 3.US Department of Commerce, NOAA. Contact Us. www.weather.gov.
- 4.Mark Trail cartoonist Jack Elrod passes at age 91. The Daily Cartoonist. Feb 4, 2016.
- 5.Jack Elrod Obituary - Atlanta, GA | Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Legacy.com.
- 6.Ed Dodd, 88, Creator of 'Mark Trail' Comic. The New York Times. May 29, 1991.
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