John Prentice (cartoonist)
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John Franklin Prentice Jr. was an American cartoonist most known for taking over the comic strip Rip Kirby upon the death of the strip's creator, Alex Raymond.
Prentice c. 1990
Prentice's grave
Leonard Starr
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Leonard Starr was an American cartoonist, comic book artist, and advertising artist, best known for creating the newspaper comic strip On Stage and reviving Little Orphan Annie.
John Prentice (cartoonist)
…Kirby, without an illustrator. Sylvan Byck, editor for Rip Kirby publisher King Features Syndicate, originally approached Prentice's longtime friend Leonard Starr to take over, though when he turned it down in hopes of getting his own strip picked up, Starr recommended Prentice, instead. Prentice drew the strip…
Starr in 1982
Leonard Starr's Mary Perkins, On Stage (November 7, 1974)
Leonard Starr's Little Orphan Annie