Sururi Gümen

Sururi Gümen (July 20, 1920–September 20, 2000) [ [http://www.io.com/~jsm/nph-ap.cgi/http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi?stat=&lastname=Gumen&nt=exact&firstname=Sururi&middlename=&ssn=&submit=Submit Sururi Gumen] , Social Security Death Index] is a Turkish American illustrator. For many years he was an uncredited ghost artist behind Alfred Andriola's comic strip "Kerry Drake", finally receiving co-credit in 1976. [cite web|url=http://www.toonopedia.com/kerry.htm
accessdate=2008-08-18
title=Kerry Drake
work=Toonopedia
author=Markstein, Don]

He emigrated to the United States in 1955. [cite web|url=http://lambiek.net/artists/g/gumen_sururi.htm
accessdate=2008-09-09
title=Comic creator: Sururi Gumen
date=2008-04-13
publisher=Lambiek.Net] His son, graphic artist Murad Gumen, [cite news|url=http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/gundem/6749939.asp?gid=180
accessdate=2008-08-18
title=Murad’ı deşifre etti
work=Hürriyet
date=2007-06-21
language=Turkish
first=Özgür
last=Eksi] said that Sururi's concerns for his family's welfare dictated that he let other artists take the credit for his work. [cite journal|url=http://www.turksolu.org/144/ataov144.htm
accessdate=2008-09-09
title=Taner Akçam’ın açıklaması üstüne anılar
first=Türkkaya
last=Ataöv
volume=144
date=2007-07-02
journal=TÜRKSOLU
language=Turkish]

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