Billy DeBeck
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William Morgan DeBeck was an American cartoonist. He is most famous as the creator of the comic strip Barney Google, later retitled Barney Google and Snuffy Smith. The strip was especially popular in
Billy DeBeck with Barney Google and Spark Plug
DeBeck with boxing heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey in 1919.
DeBeck introduced the popular race horse Spark Plug on July 17, 1922.
DeBeck's assistant Paul Fung (pictured) took over Barney Google's topper Bughouse Fables in the 1920s.
Fred Lasswell
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Fred D. Lasswell was an American cartoonist best known for his decades of work on the comic strip Barney Google and Snuffy Smith.
Self-caricature of Fred Lasswell
Fred Lasswell at the drawing board
Fred Lasswell employed different art styles when he drew his Christmas cards each year, featuring characters from his comic strip.