Percy Crosby
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Percy Lee Crosby[1] (December 8, 1891 – December 8, 1964)[2][3] was an American author, illustrator and cartoonist best known for his comic strip Skippy. Adapted into movies, a novel and a radio show, Crosby's creation was commemorated on a 1997 U.S. Postal Service stamp. An inspiration for Charles Schulz's Peanuts,[4] the strip is regarded by comics historian Maurice Horn as a "classic... which innovated a number of sophisticated and refined touches used later by Charles Schulz and Bill Watterson."[4] Humorist Corey Ford, writing in Vanity Fair, praised the strip as "America's most important contribution to humor of the century".[5]
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Born | Percy Lee Crosby (1891-12-08)December 8, 1891 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
Died | December 8, 1964(1964-12-08) (aged 73) Kings Park, New York, U.S. |
Nationality | American |
Area(s) | Cartoonist, Writer, Artist |
Notable works | Skippy |
Spouse(s) | Gertrude Volz
(m. 1917; div. 1927)Agnes Dale Locke
(m. 1929; div. 1939)Carolyn Soper (m. 1940) |
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