Dave Gerard
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Dave Gerard 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
.
Gerard was a 1931 graduate of Wabash College
in Crawfordsville, Indiana
. He was among the Crawfordsville-area cartoonists known as “The Sugar Crick Art School,” Bill Holman perhaps being the most famous of the group.
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.
Dave Gerard was the mayor of Crawfordsville, Indiana
, from 1972 to 1976.
Collier's Weekly
Collier's Weekly was an American magazine founded by Peter Fenelon Collier and published from 1888 to 1957. With the passage of decades, the title was shortened to Collier's....
, Country Gentleman
Country Gentleman
Country Gentleman was an agricultural magazine founded in 1831 in Rochester, NY by Luther Tucker. The magazine was purchased by Curtis Publishing Company in 1911. Curtis redirected the magazine to address the business side of farming, which was largely ignored by the agricultural magazines of the...
, and The Saturday Evening Post
The Saturday Evening Post
The Saturday Evening Post is a bimonthly American magazine. It was published weekly under this title from 1897 until 1969, and quarterly and then bimonthly from 1971.-History:...
.
Wabash College
Wabash College is a small, private, liberal arts college for men, located in Crawfordsville, Indiana. Along with Hampden-Sydney College and Morehouse College, Wabash is one of only three remaining traditional all-men's liberal arts colleges in the United States.-History:Wabash College was founded...
in Crawfordsville, Indiana
Crawfordsville, Indiana
Crawfordsville is a city in Union Township, Montgomery County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 15,915. The city is the county seat of Montgomery County...
. He was among the Crawfordsville-area cartoonists known as “The Sugar Crick Art School,” Bill Holman perhaps being the most famous of the group.
Between 1953 and 1966, Gerard drew the newspaper comic strip
Comic strip
A comic strip is a sequence of drawings arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative, often serialized, with text in balloons and captions....
Will-Yum. Will-Yum was also featured in a Dell
Dell Comics
Dell Comics was the comic book publishing arm of Dell Publishing, which got its start in pulp magazines. It published comics from 1929 to 1973. At its peak, it was the most prominent and successful American company in the medium...
comic book. Gerard was also the creator of Citizen Smith, a strip that featured an everyman
Everyman
In literature and drama, the term everyman has come to mean an ordinary individual, with whom the audience or reader is supposed to be able to identify easily, and who is often placed in extraordinary circumstances...
beset by everyday frustrations; this work appeared in The Indianapolis Star in the 1970s and 1980s.
Dave Gerard was the mayor of Crawfordsville, Indiana
Crawfordsville, Indiana
Crawfordsville is a city in Union Township, Montgomery County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 15,915. The city is the county seat of Montgomery County...
, from 1972 to 1976.