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Mollie Slott

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Mollie Slott
Born(1893-04-19)April 19, 1893
DiedJanuary 24, 1967(1967-01-24) (aged 73)
OccupationJournalist
Notable creditNew York Daily News

Mollie Slott (April 19, 1893 – January 24, 1967) was an American journalist. She kept the Chicago Tribune-New York Daily News Syndicate running in its mid-century glory days.

Slott discovered female comic strip pioneer Dale Messick while working as an assistant to New York Daily News publisher Joseph M. Patterson. Slott eventually became the editor.

References

  • Time Magazine article
  • The Art of the Funnies, by R.C. Harvey (p. 95, 111, 114, 144)
  • A Century of Women Cartoonists, by Trina Robbins (p. 64)
  • Comic Art in America, by Stephen D. Becker (p. 223)
  • The Encyclopedia of American Comics, ed. by Ron Goulart (p. 48, 65)
  • The World Encyclopedia of Comics, ed. by Maurice Horn (p. 488, 708)