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Born in [[Brooklyn, New York]], Smith was the art editor for the syndication department of the ''[[New York World]]'' from 1920 to 1930. He then moved to work for a syndicate company where he began working on [[Bud Fisher]]'s ''Mutt and Jeff'' in 1932. |
Born in [[Brooklyn, New York]], Smith was the art editor for the syndication department of the ''[[New York World]]'' from 1920 to 1930. He then moved to work for a syndicate company where he began working on [[Bud Fisher]]'s ''Mutt and Jeff'' in 1932. |
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Smith also drew the strips ''Rural Delivery'' and ''[[Mutt and Jeff (comic strip)|Cicero's Cat]]'', the [[topper (comic strip)|topper]] strip accompanying '' |
Smith also drew the strips ''Rural Delivery'' and ''[[Mutt and Jeff (comic strip)|Cicero's Cat]]'', the [[topper (comic strip)|topper]] strip accompanying ''Mutt and Jeff''. |
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==Awards== |
==Awards== |
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Revision as of 19:58, 5 January 2010
| Al Smith | |
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| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Cartoonist |
Al Smith (March 2, 1902 – November 24, 1986) was an American cartoonist whose work included a long run on the comic strip Mutt and Jeff.
Born in Brooklyn, New York, Smith was the art editor for the syndication department of the New York World from 1920 to 1930. He then moved to work for a syndicate company where he began working on Bud Fisher's Mutt and Jeff in 1932.
Smith also drew the strips Rural Delivery and Cicero's Cat, the topper strip accompanying Mutt and Jeff.
Awards
Al Smith received the National Cartoonist Society Humor Comic Strip Award for 1968 for his work on the strip.
In 1980, Smith retired to Vermont, where he died in 1986.