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| Born | February 10, 1858 Newark, New Jersey, United States |
| Died | March 6, 1938 (aged 80) Waterford, Connecticut |
| Area(s) | Cartoonist |
Notable works | Queer Visitors from the Marvelous Land of Oz |
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Walter Hugh McDougall (February 10, 1858 – March 6, 1938) was an American cartoonist. He produced some of the earliest full color newspaper comic strips, and was one of the first producers of regular political cartoons in American daily papers.[1][2] His satirical cartoons, published in outlets such as the New York World and The North American, were influential in the 1884 U.S. presidential election, and soon after political cartoons became a fixture in American papers. He also drew children's comic strips, including Queer Visitors from the Marvelous Land of Oz written by L. Frank Baum, and has been called the first syndicated cartoonist for his contributions to the weekly columns of humorist Bill Nye. His books include The Hidden City (1891) and The Rambillicus Book (1903).
- ^ Douglas, George H. (1999). The Golden Age of the Newspaper. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 138. ISBN 978-0-313-31077-5.
- ^ Sterling, Guy G. (2014). The Famous, the Familiar and the Forgotten. Xlibris Corporation. p. 99. ISBN 978-1-4990-7990-6.