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|  A cartoonist of the comic strip "Napoleon" for Arthur J Lafave Newspaper features in the 1930s. | |
Biography from Crocker Art Museum Store:
| Clifford McBride was born in Minneapolis, MN on Jan. 26, 1901. After graduating from Occidental College, McBride settled in Pasadena where he began his career in 1923 as a staff artist for the Los Angeles Times. He then became a cartoonist for several national syndications and created the comic strip character Napoleon. His cartoons appeared in Life and Cosmopolitan magazines before his death in Altadena, CA on May 21, 1951.
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Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
California Arts & Architecture list, 1932; Who's Who in California 1942. | | Nearly 20,000 biographies can be found in Artists in California 1786-1940 by Edan Hughes and is available for sale ($150). For a full book description and order information please click here. |
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