Today in Comics History, September 20: Happy birthday, Gus Edson!

Born on this date in 1901: Gus Edson, writer and cartoonist on the comics strip The Gumps (for 24 years!) and co-creator of the strip Dondi (which he wrote for 12 years). Edson co-scripted and made a cameo in the 1961 Dondi movie as a police sergeant (along with artist Irwin Hasen as a police sketch artist).


"A Dream Comes True" from Four Color #1176 [Dondi] (Dell, January 1961)
Happy birthday, Gus!

Today in Comics History, July 8: Happy birthday, Irwin Hasen!

Born today in 1918: comics scripter and artist Irwin Hasen (Green Lantern, Our Army at War, Detective Comics, Wonder Woman, The Flash, All-American Western, Big Town, Johnny Thunder, Justice Society of America, and more) and the co-creator and artist of the long-running comic strip Dondi!


"A Dream Comes True" in Four Color #1176 [Dondi] (Dell, January 1961)
The first page of an extensive Hasen interview:


from Men of Mystery Comics #25 (AC, October 2000), by Christopher Irving
Happy birthday, Irwin!