Hilda Terry

Hilda Terry (June 15, 1914 – October 13, 2006) (born Theresa Hilda Fellman in Newburyport, Massachusetts) was an American cartoonist and the creator of the cartoon "Teena", which ran in newspapers from 1941 to 1964. She created giant portraits of ballplayers for stadium scoreboards in the early 1970s, and subsequently became involved in early computer animation.

She became the first woman to join the National Cartoonists Society in 1950, and received the Animation Award from the organization in 1979.

Terry maintained a non-profit foundation at the house she shared with her husband, Gregory d'Alessio. D'Alessio was also a cartoonist and Terry's teacher in the 1930s. They married in 1938. D'Alessio was men's president of the Art Students League of New York, and died in 1994.

Even into her 80s and 90s, Ms. Terry continued her teaching at the Art Student League.

Fascinated with the Salem witch trials, Ms. Terry expressed her belief that she shared a special connection with Dorcas Good, a 4 year old child who was imprisoned with her accused mother, Sarah Good, who was later executed.

Ms. Terry also held strong pro-Israel beliefs.

References

* [http://www.theartstudentsleague.org/Instructors/dAlessio/dAlessio-BIO.html Art Students League bio]
* [http://www.8hendersonplace.org/ 8hendersonplace.org]
* [http://lambiek.net/artists/t/terry_hilda.htm Lambiek Comiclopedia]
* [http://www.nysun.com/article/41781?page_no=1 Obituary from the New York Sun]
* [http://www.orcafresh.net/Watson/wt61702.html Writing Her Mind: The Life of Hilda Terry]