Cliff Sterrett

Cartoonist

Birthday December 12, 1883

Birth Sign Sagittarius

Birthplace Minnesota

DEATH DATE Dec 28, 1954 (71)

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About

Creator of the comic strip Polly and Her Pals, one of the most innovative comics of its time. Some of his work was included in a Library of Congress exhibition entitled Cartoon America.

Before Fame

After two years at the Chase Art School in New York, he started doing cartoons and illustrations for newspapers like the New York Times and New York Evening Journal.

Trivia

He launched Polly and Her Palls through the New York Evening Journal in 1912.

Family Life

He was born in Fergus Falls, Michigan.

Associated With

His famous strip and George Herriman Krazy Kat were considered the epitome of the new Art Deco artistic style in comics.