Joseph Medill Patterson
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Joseph Medill Patterson was an American journalist and publisher who founded the New York Daily News. At the time of his death, it maintained a Sunday circulation of 4.5 million copies, the largest ci
c. 1910s–1920s
Poster for A Little Brother of the Rich (1919), adapted from Patterson's novel and play
Captain Joseph Medill Patterson on the American front in France, 1918
Patterson and daughter Alicia at airfield, 1929
Dick Tracy
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Dick Tracy is an American comic strip featuring Dick Tracy, a tough and intelligent police detective created by Chester Gould. It made its debut on Sunday, October 4, 1931, in the Detroit Mirror, and
Joseph Medill Patterson
…character of Gasoline Alley adopt a foundling child who became Skeezix, a central character in the strip. Patterson influenced Chester Gould's 1931 strip Dick Tracy, changing the title from Plainclothes Tracy, and he supported Gould's vision of a technical, grotesque and violent style of storytelling. Milton Caniff…
Chester Gould's Dick Tracy vs. "the Blank" (January 2, 1938)
Dick Tracy and the famous 2-Way Wrist Radio.
In 1949, Spike Jones was caricatured in the Dick Tracy dailies as Spike Dyke
Color guide for Dick Tracy (March 8, 1970)