The following is from the artist's obituary, The New York Times, June 2, 2001.
"Hank Ketcham, Father of Dennis the Menace, Dies at 81"
By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER
Hank Ketcham, who fathered the cartoon character Dennis the Menace, the freckle-face
scamp in droopy overalls whose mischievous childhood has endured for 50
years and amused a worldwide audience, died yesterday at his home in
Carmel, Calif. He was 81.
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