Dave Gerard

Dave Gerard (June 18, 1909 - August 31, 2003) was a prolific magazine humor cartoonist from the 1940s through the 1960s, most notably for Collier's Weekly, Country Gentleman, and The Saturday Evening Post.^[1]

A Gerard panel from The Saturday Evening Post, 04/09/1949: "In about 15 minutes I'm taking a nap. How about beating the drum now and reading the comics later?"

Gerard was a 1931 graduate of Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana.^[1] He was among the Crawfordsville-area cartoonists known as “The Sugar Crick Art School,” Bill Holman perhaps being the most famous of the group.^[2]

Between 1953 and 1966, Gerard drew the newspaper comic strip Will-Yum. Will-Yum was also featured in a Dell comic book. Gerard was also the creator of Citizen Smith, a strip that featured an everyman beset by everyday frustrations; this work appeared in The Indianapolis Star in the 1970s and 1980s.^[3]

Dave Gerard was the mayor of Crawfordsville, Indiana, from 1972 to 1976.^[3]

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b} George Glazer Gallery - Antique Globes - Cram's Toy Globe by Dave Gerard
2. ^ Zach, Karen Bazzani. Crawfordsville, Athens of Indiana. The making of America series. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2003, p. 108.
3. ^ ^{a b} Comic creator: Dave Gerard

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Name	Gerard, Dave
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Date of birth	June 18, 1909
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Date of death	August 31, 2003
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