A(nother) belated notice that Paul Frank Gray is now a dues-paying member of the Senior Strippers club. We wish the Reverend Paul Gray a happy and blessed belated birthday, born October 10, 1930.From Assemblies of God last December: Since 2002, Gray has drawn the faith-based cartoon “Shades of Gray” for the religious page of the […]
Betty Boop debuted 90 years ago with the August 9, 1930 release of Dirty Dizzy Dishes.Animation Magazine has a slight overview of Betty Boop at 90.The Forward has a look at creator Max Fleischer.Via YouTube is that introductory Dirty Dishes:After the Hayes Code toned down Betty’s scandalous behavior her popularity never recovered, though she has […]
Famed comics publisher James Warren turns 90 today – born July 29, 1930.I guess technically he should be an Honorary Senior Stripper since Jim didn’t write or draw comics. But he certainly was a major supporter and influencer of comic books with his black and white magazines.During The Sixties and into The Seventies Jim was […]
Cartoonist Charlie Daniel was born December 14, 1929; today he becomes. in our parlance, a Senior Stripper. Happy Birthday Charlie!For 60 years, from 1958 to 2019, Charlie was cartooning for Knoxville, Tennessee. Charlie was let go by Gannett early this year.Charlie has been honored throughout his career, most recently being awarded the Distinguished Artist Award […]
Happy Birthday to comic book artist Don Perlin, born August 27, 1929. The reward for reaching age 90 is The Daily Cartoonist Senior Strippers Plaque:No, wait! There is no such Daily Cartoonist honor, that’s Don getting the National Cartoonists Society’s divisional Comic Book Award in 1997. Don began his comic book career about 70 years ago; and […]