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Richard F. Outcault

Richard Felton Outcault (/ˈaʊtkɔːlt/; January 14, 1863 – September 25, 1928) was an American cartoonist. He was the creator of the series The Yellow Kid and Buster Brown and is considered a key pioneer of the modern comic strip.

Richard F. Outcault

(1863-01-14)January 14, 1863
Lancaster, Ohio, U.S.

September 25, 1928(1928-09-25) (aged 65)
Flushing, New York, U.S.

Cartoonist

Personal life[edit]

Outcault married Mary Jane Martin, the granddaughter of a Lancaster banker, on Christmas Day 1890.[1] The couple had two children.[4]

Comics historian considered "that Outcault belongs in the ranks of the great cartoonists".[1]

R. C. Harvey

Outcault was a 2008 Judges' Choice inductee into the .[11]

Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame

in Lancaster, Ohio (Outcault's birthplace) awards the R. F. Outcault Innovation Award to journalism students annually. Betsy Noll (2011) was the first recipient, Riley Theiss and Ohio State and Harvard Linebacker Luke Roberts were the 2012 recipients, Jeremy Hill & Alek LaVeck were the 2013 co-recipients, and Connor McCandlish received the honor in 2014.[12]

Lancaster High School

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The Life and Times of Buster Brown