Gene Carr (January 7, 1881 – December 9, 1959) was an American cartoonist.
Carr was one of the most active early New York City artists in the young field of comic strips. He was doing newspaper cartoons by age 15 and two years later was working for the William Randolph Hearst papers. Carr is considered a pioneer of the use of sequential panels. He did cartoons for the New York Herald, New York World and the New York Evening Journal.
Carr's comic strip Lady Bountiful, debuted in Heart's newspapers in 1902 as a Sunday-comics filler, and the following year jumped to publisher Joseph Pulitzer's The New York World, appearing as the cover feature of May 3, 1903.Lady Bountiful at Don Markstein's Toonopedia. from the original on October 23, 2015. The strip's star, notes comics scholar Don Markstein, "has been cited by many comics historians and commentators as the very first" female protagonist of a comic strip, cautioning, "Maybe she is. It's certainly difficult to think of any that were in print before her 1902 debut." The strip also featured the first known appearance of grawlix.
Carr is the father of illustrator Cléanthe Carr.
Bibliography Comic strips and panels
Source:Carr entry, Who's Who of American Comic Books, 1928–1999. Accessed Nov. 16, 2018.
For the Hearst Syndicate Lady Bountiful (launched in 1902; moved to New York World in 1903)
For The New York World Bill and the Jones Boys (1905) — Sunday strip Buddy's Baby Sister (1913) — Sunday strip Dearie (1910) — Sunday strip Duddy's Baby Sister (1913) — Sunday strip Everyday Movies (1921–1924; strip taken over by Denys Wortman)Sturm, James. "Original Drawings by Denys Wortman," Center for Cartoon Studies website (March 2008). — gag panel Home Sweet Home (1907–1908) — Sunday strip Kitty Kildare (1921) Lady Bountiful (1903–1905, 1915–1918) Little Darling (1920–1921) Major Stuff (1914–1915) — Sunday strip Mr. Al Most (1911-1912) — Sunday strip Pansy's Pal (1920) Phyllis (1903-1906) — Sunday strip Poor Mr. W (1917–1920) The Prodigal Son (1906–1907) — Sunday strip Reddy and Caruso (1907) — Sunday strip Romeo (1905-1907) — Sunday strip Step-Brothers (1907-1914) — Sunday strip
Books Carr's cartoons also appeared in reprint books and on postcards.
References
External links Gene Carr's St. Patrick's Day postcards