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Date of birth
17 Oct 1916
111 years ago at Saint Paul Island - Alaska - USA

Also Known As

  • Virgil Franklin Partch II
  • Virgil Franklin Partch

Virgil Partch

American magazine gag cartoonist of the 1940s and 1950s, generally signing his work VIP. Additionally, he created the newspaper comic strips Big George and The Captain's Gig. He published 19 books of illustrations and drew art for children's books.

Biography

Despite being a gagwriter for The New Yorker magazine, his own cartoons were rarely published there because, according to comics historian Bhob Stewart, "New Yorker editor Harold Ross couldn't stomach VIP's drawing style." -Wikipedia

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