Arch Dale

Archibald Dale (May 31, 1882 in Dundee[1] – 1962 in Winnipeg) was a Scottish-born cartoonist, who lived and worked for most of his adult life in Canada and Chicago.[2]

Dale began his cartooning career as a teenager, doing various illustrated work for newspapers such as Glasgow Evening News.[2] In the early 1920s, while living in Chicago, Dale created the comic strip The Doo Dads, which ran in several Canadian newspapers throughout the decade and reportedly also enjoyed success in merchandising. According to comics historian Bill Blackbeard, The Doo Dads seems to have been heavily influenced by the critically acclaimed comic strip Krazy Kat.[3]

He subsequently moved to Canada, where he produced several cartoons for the Grain Growers' Guide.[1] Dale retired in 1954, after working as a freelance artist at the Winnipeg Free Press[1] for several decades.[2]

His daughter Julie Dale was likewise a cartoonist.

References

  1. ^ a b c Arch Dale – The Pictorial Spokesman of the West, by Peter Kuch, Transactions of the Manitoba Historical Society, Series 3, 1962-63 Season; retrieved October 17, 2017
  2. ^ a b c https://www.lambiek.net/artists/d/dale_arch.htm Lambiek Comiclopedia: Arch Dale
  3. ^ Bill Blackbeard (2002). Krazy & Ignatz 1927–1928: "Love Letters In Ancient Brick", p. 11. Fantagraphics. ISBN 1560975075.
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