George Gately Gallagher | |
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| Born | December 21, 1928 Queens Village, Queens, New York, U.S. |
| Died | September 30, 2001 (aged 72) Ridgewood, New Jersey, U.S. |
George Gately Gallagher (December 21, 1928 – September 30, 2001), better known as George Gately, was an American cartoonist, notable as the creator of the Heathcliff comic strip.
Born in Queens Village, Queens, Gately came from a family of comics lovers. His father was an amateur doodler, and his elder brother John was also a cartoonist. He grew up and went to school in Bergenfield, New Jersey.[1]
Gately studied art at Pratt Institute. After graduating, he worked at an advertising agency for 11 years, but commercial art gave him little satisfaction. Seeing the success of his elder brother, George decided to enter the cartoon field. In 1957, he sold his first comic. He dropped his last name of Gallagher to avoid confusion with his brother.
- ^ Hernandez, Cava (2001-10-06). "George Gately: Creador del gato Heathcliff". El Mundo (in Spanish). Madrid. Retrieved 2007-11-20.
George Gately Gallagher nació en Queens Village, Nueva York, en 1928, meses antes de que estallase la Gran Depresión. Pero, a todos los efectos, hay que considerarle un habitante de New Jersey, en cuya localidad de Bergenfield es donde transcurrieron su infancia y su adolescencia.